PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chaz Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and teila tuli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Michaels
vs
tuli

186 cm
27
218 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

200 cm
21
215 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chaz Michaels!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, teila tuli!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Michaels.
Michaels fails with an attempt to clinch.
tuli throws a head kick but Michaels moves out of range.

Michaels shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. tuli is trying to defend but Michaels finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
tuli wants to get back to his feet.
tuli is trying to escape back to his feet but Michaels uses the scramble to pass into side control.

Michaels stands up and beckons tuli to his feet.
Michaels lands with a nice combination. tuli backs away looking to recover.
Michaels avoids a kick to the body.
Michaels closes this distance looking for a takedown but tuli circles away.

tuli closes the distance and clinches.
Michaels tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. tuli just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chaz Michaels. That's going to take a lot out of him.
tuli throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Michaels blocks it with crossed arms.

Michaels breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
tuli slips a jab and a cross from Michaels.

That's one minute gone in the round.

tuli instigates a clinch.
Michaels goes for a takedown in the clinch but tuli prevents it.
tuli misses with a knee to the head.
tuli unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Michaels is looking for a takedown up against the cage. tuli gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Michaels is breathing heavily.
tuli putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Michaels in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
tuli throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Michaels blocks it with crossed arms.
Michaels takes a knee right on the jaw!
Michaels takes a knee right on the jaw!
tuli lands an elbow that stopped Michaels in his tracks for a moment.
tuli effectively controlling the action here.
A knee to the head by tuli.
tuli with a knee to the head.
tuli is struggling to control the position.
Knees to the body from tuli.
Michaels takes an elbow to the forehead.
tuli lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Michaels is trying to work for a single leg takedown but tuli pulls him back up using the underhooks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
tuli avoiding damage.
tuli creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Michaels's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
tuli with a knee to the head.
tuli landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by tuli.
tuli lands a good knee to the midsection. Michaels won't want to take too many of those.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as tuli takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
tuli tries a knee to the head but Michaels blocks it.
tuli tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Michaels jumps guard.
tuli must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Michaels has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. tuli doesn't defend quickly enough and Michaels has managed to lock this one up! Can tuli escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Michaels on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Chaz Michaels!
Chaz Michaels retains his light heavyweight title!