PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brian Blessed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Odafin Tutuola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blessed
vs
Tutuola

175 cm
18
181 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Das Labor

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Brian Blessed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Odafin Tutuola!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blessed scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tutuola doesn't seem bothered though.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Blessed crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tutuola - the referee stops the clock and Blessed gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tutuola. Blessed manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Blessed misses with a jab, cross combination.

Blessed clinches up against the cage.
Tutuola blocking some punches.
Tutuola wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Blessed's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Blessed for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

Tutuola breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tutuola circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blessed moves in looking to clinch but Tutuola pushes him off.

Tutuola shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Tutuola controlling the position easily from mount.
Tutuola connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tutuola looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tutuola pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tutuola looking to control but Blessed is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Tutuola stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Tutuola misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tutuola wants to clinch.
Blessed misses with the combination.

Tutuola instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tutuola has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Blessed avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Tutuola wants to break the clinch but can't.
Blessed lands with a light punch inside.
Tutuola changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Blessed fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Blessed gets caught flat footed, as Tutuola shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Blessed not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Blessed keeping moving, preventing Tutuola from controlling successfully.
Tutuola stays in close to Blessed's body and controls the position.
Tutuola trying to control but Blessed is working from the bottom.
Tutuola looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tutuola postures up.
Tutuola stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Blessed swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tutuola seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Blessed not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tutuola tries to free his leg and advance position but Blessed is retaining full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Blessed keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Brian Blessed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Odafin Tutuola.
Blessed scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Blessed looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Blessed moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Tutuola is rocked!

It looks like Odafin Tutuola has been cut.
Blessed throws a series of strikes that have Tutuola backpedaling.
Tutuola is still on wobbly legs! Can Blessed finish him?
Blessed connects with a superb combination that knocks Tutuola out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Blessed before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Tutuola!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Brian Blessed!