PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Toki Tooth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Fabarossi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tooth comes to the cage accompanied by Thunderhorse. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Tooth
vs
Fabarossi

192 cm
21
176 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

196 cm
19
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers ground

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 Tokyo, Toki Tooth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marco Fabarossi!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tooth shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Fabarossi as he jumps to the side.
Fabarossi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fabarossi fails with the takedown

and Tooth counters by moving into the clinch.

Tooth breaks from the clinch.
Fabarossi looks for a takedown but Tooth sprawls well.
Tooth misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tooth throws a hook but Fabarossi avoids it easily.
Tooth scores with a nice body kick.
Fabarossi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tooth throws out a loose jab but Fabarossi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fabarossi avoids the head kick by Tooth.
Tooth throws a chopping leg kick but Fabarossi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

Tooth forces Fabarossi back against the cage and clinches.
Fabarossi is working for takedown but Tooth is calmly controlling the position for now.
Toki Tooth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marco Fabarossi.

Tooth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tooth stuffs the takedown.
Tooth fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

Tooth gets caught flat footed, as Fabarossi shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Fabarossi looks gassed!
Tooth is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fabarossi is controlling him.
Fabarossi pushes down on Tooth's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Tooth keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Tooth avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fabarossi.
Fabarossi misses with a head shot. Tooth uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tooth kicks Fabarossi off and gets to his feet.

Tooth closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fabarossi is looking to regain half guard here but Tooth keeps moving and retains side control.
Fabarossi lands with an elbow strike from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fabarossi is looking to regain half guard here but Tooth keeps moving and retains side control.
Fabarossi can't do much from the bottom here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tooth decides to stand back up. Tooth steps back and let's Fabarossi get back to his feet.
Tooth fails in his attempt to clinch.

Fabarossi gets the takedown into side control.
Fabarossi lands some shots froms side control.
Fabarossi is looking to take a break and control but Tooth is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Fabarossi throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Fabarossi connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Tooth some visible discomfort.

Fabarossi tries for a kimura but Tooth is defending well.
Fabarossi working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fabarossi throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Fabarossi works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Fabarossi creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Fabarossi is trying to ground and pound but Tooth uses the momentary lack of control by Fabarossi to regain half guard.
Tooth really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Fabarossi thows a huge punch but Tooth dodges it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fabarossi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tooth regains full guard. Nicely done.
Fabarossi throws and elbow that misses. Tooth uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Fabarossi's guard. Nice move by Tooth!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Toki Tooth will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Tooth with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tooth looks to score with a jab to the body but Fabarossi is just out of range.
Tooth swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Fabarossi counters with a takedown into side control.
Tooth struggling a bit here.
Fabarossi advances to mount.

Fabarossi jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Tooth is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Tooth and Fabarossi has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Fabarossi creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Tooth sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fabarossi working the ground and pound from side control.

Tooth is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fabarossi in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Oh Tooth is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fabarossi trying to control the action but Tooth is working from the bottom.
Fabarossi lands a nice forearm strike.
Fabarossi tries to advance to mount but Tooth denies him.

Fabarossi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Fabarossi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Tooth seems to have got his legs back now.
Tooth is trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Fabarossi are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Fabarossi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fabarossi in side control, throwing shots but Tooth defends.

Fabarossi is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Tooth is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Fabarossi postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Tooth tries to escape but Fabarossi is in control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Fabarossi misses with a takedown
and Tooth counters with a body kick.
Tooth throws a head kick that misses

and Fabarossi counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Fabarossi.
Tooth wants to stand up but Fabarossi is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fabarossi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fabarossi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Tooth controls Fabarossi momentarily but Fabarossi frees himself.
Fabarossi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fabarossi passes Tooth's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Tooth manages to get to full guard.
Fabarossi working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fabarossi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tooth is keeping the position for now.
Fabarossi won't allow Tooth to sweep him here.
Fabarossi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fabarossi throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fabarossi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fabarossi throws and elbow that misses. Tooth uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Fabarossi's guard. Nice move by Tooth!

Fabarossi working for a triangle but Tooth defends it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tooth would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Fabarossi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Fabarossi tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tooth looks to clinch

and Fabarossi counters with a single leg into guard. Tooth didn't expect that.
Tooth wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Fabarossi keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tooth's head.
Marco Fabarossi has got the better of the ground game so far.

Fabarossi is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Tooth is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Tooth has escaped and now he's on top!
Tooth is stalling in the full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tooth gets to his feet. Fabarossi looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Fabarossi takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A punch combination from Tooth misses.
Toki Tooth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tooth closes the distance looking to clinch
and Fabarossi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fabarossi shoots in for a takedown but Tooth shows good takedown defense.

Fabarossi scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Fabarossi not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Tooth moves into full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fabarossi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tooth manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Tooth controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fabarossi working to try and regain half guard.
Tooth controlling his opponent.
Fabarossi really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tooth sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Tooth blocks Fabarossi's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Tooth looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fabarossi is working to get back to half guard.
Tooth looking to control and managing it successfully.
Tooth has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marco Fabarossi.
I think Fabarossi has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marco Fabarossi!