PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Adam Toth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Sebastiao Cardoso (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toth comes into the arena with Shots blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Toth
vs
Sebastiao Cardoso

185 cm
18
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Good takedowns
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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam Toth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anderson Sebastiao Cardoso!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toth scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Anderson Sebastiao Cardoso has been cut.
Toth tries to clinch up but Cardoso circles away and keeps his distance.
Adam Toth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toth tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice cross by Toth.
Toth throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A big head kick from Toth and Cardoso is sent sprawling to the canvas!

Cardoso is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Cardoso is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Toth trying to stand up but can't free himself from Cardoso's guard.
Cardoso keeping moving, preventing Toth from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cardoso working for a triangle but Toth defends it easily.
Toth is looking to stand up but Cardoso won't let him.

Cardoso is looking for a triangle but Toth pushes his legs off easily.
Toth has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Toth would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Cardoso has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Toth can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Cardoso has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Toth can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Cardoso looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toth is looking to stand up but Cardoso won't let him.
Toth trying to control but Cardoso is working from the bottom.
Toth tries to stand but Cardoso is controlling from the bottom.
Cardoso is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Toth misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Cardoso wants to free his trapped foot but Toth is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Toth pushes Cardoso off looking to stand but Cardoso dives back in and keeps control.

Cardoso is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Toth doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Cardoso.
Cardoso is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Toth reverses the position - he's now on top in Cardoso's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cardoso is looking for a triangle but Toth pushes his legs off easily.
Cardoso will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Toth is looking to stand up but Cardoso won't let him.
Cardoso throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

Cardoso is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Cardoso has his foot on Toth's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Toth works his way back into a safe position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cardoso looking for a guillotine here but Toth defends easily.
Toth wants to stand but Cardoso has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

Cardoso has his foot on Toth's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Toth works his way back into a safe position though.
Cardoso has a closed guard, preventing Toth from standing up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Toth trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
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 Adam Toth will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Anderson Sebastiao Cardoso's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Toth shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cardoso as he avoids it easily.
Toth misses with a jab, cross combination.
Toth lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toth tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cardoso paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cardoso closes the distance and clinches up with Toth, looking for a takedown. Cardoso pushes Toth against the cage but Toth circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toth tries to clinch but Cardoso is having none of it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Toth.
Adam Toth is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cardoso throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Toth's waist but Toth gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cardoso off to one side.
Toth tries to close the distance and clinch but Cardoso swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Toth tries to clinch but Cardoso is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cardoso fails with a takedown attempt.
Adam Toth has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Anderson Sebastiao Cardoso.
Cardoso swats away the attempt to clinch by Toth.
Cardoso fails with the takedown.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toth tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Toth wants to clinch up but Cardoso keeps it at a distance.
Horrible takedown by Cardoso or perhaps it was just good defense by Toth which made him look bad.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Toth lands with a slapping head kick.

Cardoso shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cardoso with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cardoso content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cardoso is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cardoso postures up in Toth's guard and throws a big left but Toth blocks it.
Cardoso throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Toth works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cardoso is working Toth over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Toth dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Sebastiao Cardoso's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Toth fails with the takedown

and Cardoso counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Cardoso is nestled in close to Toth, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Cardoso sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Toth defending well though.
Cardoso working over Toth with some ground and pound. Toth looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Cardoso looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Toth with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cardoso not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cardoso seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Cardoso is thwarting Toth's attempts to control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Cardoso connects with a nice short shot to Toth's temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardoso moves nicely into side control.
Cardoso creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Toth sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Cardoso looks up at the clock and then as Toth takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Cardoso smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Cardoso tries for a kimura but Toth is defending well.
Cardoso prevents Toth from escaping the position.
Toth taking a bit of punishment here - Cardoso scoring with strikes.
Toth takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Toth is looking to reverse the position.
Toth taking punishment in the form of punches.
Cardoso works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Cardoso looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Cardoso creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Toth sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Toth is trying to get back to half guard.
Anderson Sebastiao Cardoso has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cardoso scores with a couple of short elbows.
Toth dodges the ground and pound from Cardoso.
Toth is trying to improve his position.
Cardoso in side control lands a decent elbow.

Cardoso is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Toth knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cardoso looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

Cardoso is trying to get an arm triangle but Toth is defending well.
Cardoso in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Toth tries to buck Cardoso off but Cardoso is having none of it.

Cardoso tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cardoso is putting a hurting on Toth here, landing some big shots from side control.
You can see the frustration on Toth's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cardoso lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Toth down.

Cardoso tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cardoso has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Cardoso thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Anderson Sebastiao Cardoso has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adam Toth is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cardoso working the head and body with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Sebastiao Cardoso comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Toth has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!