PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Django (ranked 4646 p4p, 3459 weight class) and Aibek Tos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tos is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Right Above It. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Django
vs
Tos

182 cm
25
182
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
180
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, James Django!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Aibek Tos!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Django with a poor takedown
and Tos cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A big right from Tos misses.
Django gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Tos counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tos lands a nice shot that snaps Django's head back.
A swing and a miss from Tos.

Tos rushes Django and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Tos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Django gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Tos counters with a nice uppercut.
Django misses with a hook
and Tos counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Django fails with the takedown
and Tos counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Django. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Django rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tos counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tos lands a jab to the nose.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tos lands a nice looking body shot.
Django moves out of range of the strikes.
Django uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tos.
Tos looks to throw the jab but Django is out of range.
Django with a lazy takedown attempt
and Tos counters with a nice uppercut.
Django misses with a takedown
and Tos counters with a stiff right hand.
Tos is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Django had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Donk. Tos catches Django right on the button with a cross.
Tos slips under a jab from Django.
Tos throws out a loose jab but Django uses good head movement to avoid it.
Django has his takedown stuffed
and Tos counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Django shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Tos is trying to defend but Django finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tos keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Django is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tos trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!

Django working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Django avoids the attempt from Tos to control.
Django is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Tos can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Django lands a couple of good shots and Tos has given up his back, trying to escape the position!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Django thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Django misses with a punch to the head.
Django loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Tos hold on?
Django throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Tos trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Tos rolls, trying to escape but Django keeps control of the position.
Django punches the canvas rather than the man.
Django punches the canvas rather than the man.
Django throwing sloppy strikes.
Django misses with an elbow to the head.
Django lands with a hammerfist to the side of Tos's head.
Tos looks winded!
What can Tos do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). James Django!
Aibek Tos was interviewed post fight and said 'Pressure makes diamonds'.