PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sean Tooley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Theodore Donald Kerabatsos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kerabatsos has chosen Creedence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Backdoor as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Tooley
vs
Donald Kerabatsos

188 cm
24
204 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
190 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sean Tooley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Theodore Donald Kerabatsos!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tooley swings for the body but Kerabatsos moves out of range.
Sean Tooley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tooley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Tooley takes the fight into the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kerabatsos jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tooley walks away with a smile on his face. Kerabatsos gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kerabatsos slips under a jab.
Tooley throws a series of punches but Kerabatsos avoids them all with ease.
Tooley misses with a hook.
Tooley lands a glancing blow to the side of Kerabatsos's head.
Kerabatsos tries to clinch but Tooley moves out of range.
Tooley looks to land a combination but Kerabatsos avoids it well.
Horrible takedown by Kerabatsos or perhaps it was just good defense by Tooley which made him look bad.
Kerabatsos tries to close the distance and clinch but Tooley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big right from Tooley misses.
No joy there for Tooley, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Kerabatsos clinches.
Kerabatsos slowing the pace effectively.
Kerabatsos drops down looking for an ankle pick but Tooley pulls his leg out and moves away.
Sean Tooley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Theodore Donald Kerabatsos.
Tooley lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kerabatsos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tooley.
Kerabatsos looks to clinch

and Tooley counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tooley.
Kerabatsos drops down looking for an ankle pick but Tooley pulls his leg out and moves away.
Tooley throws a hook to the side of Kerabatsos's head but Kerabatsos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Tooley moves into the clinch.
Tooley lands with a right to the head.

It looks like Theodore Donald Kerabatsos has been cut.
Tooley managing to block the knees to the body from Kerabatsos.
Tooley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kerabatsos is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tooley is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tooley is working Kerabatsos over against the cage.
Kerabatsos wants to break the clinch but can't.

Kerabatsos gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Tooley keeping moving, preventing Kerabatsos from controlling successfully.
Kerabatsos throwing strikes from guard but Tooley blocks nicely.
Tooley keeping moving, preventing Kerabatsos from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kerabatsos wants to pass the guard but Tooley is keeping the position.
Tooley wants to get back to his feet but Kerabatsos is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kerabatsos tries to free his leg and advance position but Tooley is retaining full guard.
Tooley working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kerabatsos.
Kerabatsos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Tooley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kerabatsos circles away quickly and effectively.
Tooley lunges at Kerabatsos with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kerabatsos's hand.
Kerabatsos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Donk. Tooley catches Kerabatsos right on the button with a cross.
Tooley throws the left hand but Kerabatsos avoids the punch easily.
Kerabatsos looks for a takedown but Tooley sprawls well.
Tooley looks to land a combination but Kerabatsos avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tooley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kerabatsos circles away quickly and effectively.
Kerabatsos ducks under a wild hook from Tooley.
Jab, jab by Tooley - just one landing.
Tooley dodges the punch combination from Kerabatsos.
Tooley throws out a loose jab but Kerabatsos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tooley fails with an attempt to clinch.
A shot to de liver by Tooley. Beautiful body shot.
Kerabatsos scores with a nice strike.
Kerabatsos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tooley.
Tooley falls off balance throwing a combination

and Kerabatsos counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Tooley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Theodore Donald Kerabatsos's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tooley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kerabatsos was well out of range. Poor timing from Tooley.
Kerabatsos is looking to clinch.

Tooley gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kerabatsos tries to pull guard but Tooley won't allow it.
Tooley takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kerabatsos looking for a takedown.
Kerabatsos misses with a knee to the head.
Kerabatsos has Tooley pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tooley manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Sean Tooley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Theodore Donald Kerabatsos.
A short uppercut from Tooley.
Kerabatsos tries for a takedown. No joy.
Kerabatsos gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kerabatsos is pushing Tooley up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tooley.
Kerabatsos wants a takedown but no success here.
Kerabatsos is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tooley gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kerabatsos misses with a knee to the head.
Tooley lands with a short shot to the head.
Kerabatsos is breathing heavily.
Tooley lands a body punch.
Tooley lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Kerabatsos lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Tooley kicks off Kerabatsos and gets to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tooley connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Kerabatsos is rocked!
Tooley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kerabatsos is still on wobbly legs! Can Tooley finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tooley drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Kerabatsos right on the button. Kerabatsos goes down! Tooley follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Tooley gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sean Tooley!