PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Palma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rory O Toole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palma comes to the cage accompanied by Give It All. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Palma
vs
O Toole

170 cm
23
170 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

183 cm
19
180 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Palma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rory O Toole!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Toole shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Palma pinned against the cage. Palma gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Palma fails to land with a series of punches.
O Toole looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
O Toole showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Palma.
O Toole shoots in looking for a takedown. Palma tries to sprawl out of it but O Toole keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Palma manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
John Palma has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rory O Toole.
Palma throws a series of punches but O Toole avoids them all with ease.
Palma lands an overhand right.

Palma closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

O Toole looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Palma decides to stand up.
O Toole fails with a takedown attempt.
O Toole is trying hard to land a takedown here. Palma sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
O Toole looks gassed!
O Toole shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Palma defends it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Toole shoots in and drives through. Palma sprawls well.
Palma throws a nice looking combination but O Toole bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Palma moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
O Toole shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Palma defends it nicely.

Palma shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. O Toole manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Palma stands up from O Toole's guard - Palma perhaps looking for a knockout.
O Toole walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A punch combination from Palma misses.
O Toole tries to clinch up but Palma circles away and keeps his distance.
O Toole fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Palma throws a combination but it was largely blocked by O Toole.
John Palma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Toole with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Palma to score with a decent uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Palma both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Rory O Toole has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Palma lands with an uppercut that bounces O Toole off the cage and back into rage.
Palma misses with a two punch combination.

Palma darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Palma postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for O Toole to stand up.
Palma rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but O Toole moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice sprawl there from Palma as O Toole shoots in.
Palma throws a series of punches but O Toole moves out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Palma.
Palma throws a combination but it was largely blocked by O Toole.
Palma misses with a few strikes there.
Palma throws a combination. O Toole tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
O Toole tries for a takedown but Palma sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
O Toole on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Palma throws a right and a left that O Toole avoids nicely.
O Toole shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Palma closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
O Toole tries to roll over but Palma keeps him under control.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
O Toole looking for submissions off his back.

O Toole looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

O Toole actively working from the bottom here.
O Toole is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
O Toole has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Palma is working away from the top position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Palma dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rory O Toole's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

The fight stays on the outside here - O Toole looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
O Toole tries to clinch but Palma is having none of it.
O Toole tries to score a power double leg takedown but Palma sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten O Toole somewhat.
O Toole fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Palma avoids it really well and circles away.
Palma throws a series of strikes that have O Toole backpedaling.
Palma lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as O Toole backs up against the cage.
Palma lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but O Toole circles away quickly and effectively.
Palma will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
O Toole shoots for a double leg takedown but Palma sprawls well. He's pushed O Toole's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
John Palma has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rory O Toole.
Palma tries to bum rush O Toole with a series of wild strikes but O Toole uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Palma misses with a jab, cross combination.
O Toole avoids a punch combination nicely.
No luck with that takedown attempt from O Toole.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Palma throws a series of punches but O Toole avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palma lands a two punch combo.
O Toole shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Palma as he jumps to the side.

Palma shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches O Toole napping and manages to drive through into side control!
O Toole looks to move to half guard but instead Palma has passed into mount! Damn!

Palma stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Palma throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Palma fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
O Toole tries to close the distance and clinch up but Palma swats him away and circles back towards the center.
John Palma is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
O Toole tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Palma displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from O Toole.
Palma looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Palma lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Palma gets a takedown into half guard.
O Toole is trying to get back to full guard.
O Toole is pressing down on Palma's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.

Palma avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

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

That's three minutes gone in the round.

O Toole working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Palma doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Palma manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

O Toole throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Palma escapes and throws O Toole's legs to the side, diving into side control!
O Toole tries to improve position but can't.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
O Toole is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Palma is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
O Toole is looking to get to half guard.

O Toole tries to improve his position but Palma has taken his back! Palma has a choke - it's sunk in pretty tight... Will O Toole tap? No... maybe... yes! He's tapped! Palma pushes O Toole away and gets up to celebrate with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). John Palma!