PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kimbo Slice (ranked 3 p4p, 41 weight class) and Peleki Tuala (ranked 1 p4p, 6 weight class). Tuala comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dock of Fiji kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Slice
vs
Tuala

202 cm
36
270
44 - 8 - 1

190 cm
34
267
26 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

HELLS BALLS RECOVERY
Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

HELLS BALLS RECOVERY
Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 44 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kimbo Slice!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Peleki Tuala!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slice throws a lazy uppercut
and Tuala makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Slice connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tuala's hands.

It looks like Peleki Tuala has been cut.
Kimbo Slice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tuala uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Slice.
Tuala replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Slice blocks it well.
Tuala ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tuala fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Slice swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Slice cracks Tuala with an open hand slap.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Tuala checks a leg kick.
Slice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Slice backing away here, and Tuala unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tuala scores with a shot to the body.
Tuala throws a lazy right hand but Slice sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tuala on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Slice fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tuala manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slice connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tuala's hands.
Tuala walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tuala takes a swing at Slice's ribcage but misses.
A slow jab from Slice misses its intended target.
Slice lands with a right hand.
Slice takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Slice takes one to the chin there.
Tuala is looking to land body kicks.
Slice seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Slice is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A shot to the body from Slice misses
and Tuala counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tuala throws out a loose jab but Slice uses good head movement to avoid it.
A lazy body kick from Tuala
enabling Slice to counter with a crisp jab.
Tuala ducks under a wild hook from Slice.
Slice drops Tuala with a straight right hand, right on the button! Slice follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kimbo Slice!
Kimbo Slice retains his heavyweight title!
Kimbo Slice was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.