PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mo Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bajs Tolle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mo Mason has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Mason
vs
Tolle

199 cm
21
260 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

195 cm
22
235 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Heavy handed

Xotic Fruits

Drago's Choice

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mo Mason!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bajs Tolle!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mason throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tolle throws out a loose jab but Mason uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tolle misses with a two punch combination.
Mason ducks under a wild hook from Tolle.
Tolle paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

It looks like Mo Mason has been cut.
Mason moves out of range as Tolle strikes.
A cross from Tolle lands.
Tolle lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Mason is rocked!
Mason misses with a takedown attempt - Tolle sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Mason lands a really nice looking cross but Tolle seems unphased.
Tolle misses with an uppercut
and Mason counters with a three punch combo that has Tolle backing up. Tolle nods at Mason to acknowledge the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tolle drops Mason with a nice combination! Tolle dives into Mason's guard, looking to finish!
Oh Mason is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Tolle stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Mason fails to land the takedown.
Mason fails with the takedown.
Mason seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mo Mason. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice defenses there by Mason.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mason slips under a jab.
Tolle throws a poor cross that misses

and Mason counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Mason prevents Tolle from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mason is standing up over Tolle. Tolle looks to escape but Mason dives into side control.
Tolle is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Mason has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Mason has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Tolle is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Mason yanks on the arm and Tolle is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Mason.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mo Mason!
Mo Mason retains his heavyweight title!