PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Te Mana Lumotuffio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Blank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Lumotuffio might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Aue Te Aroha. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Mana Lumotuffio
vs
Blank

150 cm
26
300 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

197 cm
25
314 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Te Mana Lumotuffio!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joey Blank!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Steve Erwin and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blank lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lumotuffio circles away quickly and effectively.
Blank throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blank looks to land a combination but Lumotuffio avoids it well.
Blank should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Blank misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Blank rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lumotuffio moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Blank misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A combination from Blank does no damage.
No joy there for Blank, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Blank throws a nice looking combination but Lumotuffio bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Blank throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Blank looks gassed!

Lumotuffio shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Blank napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Lumotuffio is staying tight to Blank's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Blank bucks up and tries to throw Lumotuffio off but instead Lumotuffio has got his back!
Good control from Lumotuffio.
Lumotuffio softening up his opponent with strikes here.

It looks like Joey Blank has been cut.
Lumotuffio has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Lumotuffio has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Lumotuffio is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged Blank with him. Blank is trying to defend but Lumotuffio has an arm under the chin now! Blank grimaces and is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Te Mana Lumotuffio!
Te Mana Lumotuffio is the new super heavyweight champion!