PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Manu Tuilagi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Okin Slavas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slavas comes into a darkened arena with his song building. WolfMother kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tuilagi
vs
Slavas

174 cm
22
175 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

184 cm
23
188 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

TWGC Champion
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Fury Nutrition Inc.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Manu Tuilagi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Okin Slavas!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuilagi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Slavas misses with a body shot.
Tuilagi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Slavas.
Slavas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tuilagi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Slavas.
Slavas misses with an uppercut.
Slavas misses with a wild body shot.
Slavas misses the shot to the body.
Slavas swings for the body but Tuilagi moves out of range.
Tuilagi feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Slavas's calf.

Tuilagi forces Slavas back against the cage and clinches.

Tuilagi turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Tuilagi manages to end up in side control.
Slavas is trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Slavas is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Tuilagi's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Tuilagi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tuilagi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Slavas keeps working.
Tuilagi missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Slavas is looking for a sweep. Tuilagi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Slavas keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tuilagi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tuilagi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Slavas is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Tuilagi jumps into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Slavas takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Tuilagi lands some shots froms side control.
Tuilagi working the body and head with strikes.
Tuilagi sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Slavas is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An elbow from Tuilagi crashes against the mat.
Tuilagi wants to control but Slavas is keeping him busy.
Tuilagi lands some shots froms side control.
Tuilagi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Slavas keeps working.
Tuilagi misses with the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuilagi cracks Slavas with a big elbow.
Slavas is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Slavas can't do much from the bottom here.
Slavas is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tuilagi misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Slavas struggling a bit here.
Tuilagi with the ground and pound but Slavas regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slavas has hold of Tuilagi's hands but Tuilagi slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Slavas is looking to improve his position.

Tuilagi wants to work for an arm triangle but Slavas is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Tuilagi is trying to control the action in half guard but Slavas is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Tuilagi in particular looking to stall.
Slavas is doing well to control the position and prevent Tuilagi from advancing to side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tuilagi trying to control from half guard but Slavas is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manu Tuilagi dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Tuilagi changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Slavas tries to avoid it but Tuilagi manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Slavas to the ground. Slavas escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Tuilagi closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Slavas's guard.
Manu Tuilagi overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tuilagi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tuilagi postures up.
Tuilagi is looking to work some ground and pound but Slavas has wrist control.
Slavas is trying to control the position but Tuilagi postures up.
Tuilagi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tuilagi wants to control from the top but Slavas keeps moving.
Tuilagi tries to free his leg and advance position but Slavas is retaining full guard.
Tuilagi wants to control from the top but Slavas keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuilagi throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Slavas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tuilagi trying to control but Slavas is working from the bottom.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

Slavas has his foot on Tuilagi's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Tuilagi works his way back into a safe position though.
Slavas keeping moving, preventing Tuilagi from controlling successfully.
Tuilagi is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Slavas is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Manu Tuilagi just wasn't active enough.
Tuilagi shoots in but no luck this time.
Tuilagi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Slavas.
Slavas throws a lazy right hand but Tuilagi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tuilagi rushes Slavas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tuilagi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tuilagi scores a nice knee to the body.
Tuilagi crunches a lovely knee into Slavas's ribcage.
Slavas throws a punch but it's blocked by Tuilagi.
Slavas struggles to land a body shot inside as Tuilagi controls his hands.
Slavas is looking to break free of the clinch but Tuilagi has double underhooks.
Slavas throws a punch but it's blocked by Tuilagi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Tuilagi.
Slavas is trying to stall.
Tuilagi avoiding damage.
Tuilagi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Slavas tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Slavas has had enough of the clinch but Tuilagi keeps him there for the moment.
Slavas takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tuilagi blocks an uppercut.
Slavas prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Manu Tuilagi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Slavas avoiding damage as Tuilagi throws knees to the body.
Tuilagi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Slavas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Tuilagi gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Slavas is refusing to be controlled, as Tuilagi sits in half guard.
Slavas avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tuilagi.
Slavas gets full guard.
Tuilagi wants to control from the top but Slavas keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slavas manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Tuilagi is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Slavas landing strikes from the mount and Tuilagi is in trouble!
Tuilagi working to try and regain half guard.
Tuilagi gets back to half guard.
Slavas thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tuilagi's head.
Slavas prevents Tuilagi from improving his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tuilagi wants to control but Slavas is keeping busy.
Tuilagi gets full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Manu Tuilagi dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tuilagi tries to close the distance and clinch up but Slavas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tuilagi blocks a jab.

Tuilagi gets a double leg takedown into Slavas's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tuilagi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tuilagi is in close to Slavas's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tuilagi postures up and lands a big shot to Slavas's brow.

Slavas is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Tuilagi has his hands clasped together but Slavas extends and breaks Tuilagi's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Slavas.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Okin Slavas!
Okin Slavas is the new welterweight champion!
Okin Slavas decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.