PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vit Tu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abed Nadir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tu kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Blanket on the ground. Nadir has chosen M.A.S.H Theme as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tu
vs
Nadir

190 cm
36
214 lbs
33 - 21 - 0

188 cm
32
217 lbs
18 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 21 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vit Tu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Abed Nadir!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksandr Martynov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Nadir.
Tu walks into a straight right hand from Nadir.
Tu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nadir.

Nadir forces Tu back against the ropes and clinches.
Nadir tries to land knees in the clinch but Tu avoids the damage to the body.
Nadir crunches a lovely knee into Tu's ribcage.
We've been informed that Nadir has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Tu is trying to pull guard but Nadir turns him against the ropes and we stay in the clinch.
Nadir is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tu is keeping busy.

Tu manages to pull guard.
Nadir trying to control but Tu is working from the bottom.

Tu is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Nadir defends well.
Tu is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Nadir throws a big elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tu is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Nadir distracts Tu with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nadir advances position into side control!
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Tu is not content to let Nadir control the position.
Nadir is working Tu over with some ground and pound from side control.
Nadir works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Nadir is looking to take a break and control but Tu is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Tu is looking to regain half guard here but Nadir keeps moving and retains side control.
Tu is working to avoid the ground and pound but Nadir connects with a decent elbow.
Nadir controlling the position from side mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nadir working the ground and pound but Tu is defending the strikes.
Tu sneaks back into half guard.
Nadir trying to pass the guard but Tu defending well.
Tu manages to get to full guard.
Tu keeping moving, preventing Nadir from controlling successfully.

Tu throws his legs up looking for a submission but Nadir uses it to pass to side control.
Nadir working the ground and pound from side control.
Tu regains half guard.
Nadir is trying to control. Tu wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Nadir is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tu is desperately trying to improve his position but Nadir has a good base and remains in mount.
Nadir wants to control the pace but Tu is squirming around nicely.
Nadir has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Tu tries to reverse the position but Nadir maintains control.
Tu is working hard here to advance position.
Nadir lands a heavy elbow.
Tu is trying to escape the mount.
Nadir putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Nadir lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Nadir working Tu over with strikes here.
Nadir raining down hammerfists from mount.
Tu sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nadir is keen to just control but Tu is a slippery customer.
Tu is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Nadir's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Nadir's back!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nadir is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Even with his hooks in, Tu manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Nadir wants to get back to his feet.
Nadir can't escape the position.

Tu has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Nadir is in real trouble here. Tu gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Nadir is tapping out! Tu wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Vit Tu!
After the big win, Vit Tu made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.