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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between timmy O Toole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Moy Mendez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Toole's entrance music is Capone & Noreaga - Thug Poetry. A fine choice. Mendez has chosen Ironman - Black Sabbath as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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164 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of New York, timmy O Toole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Moy Mendez!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Toole stuffs the takedown.
No luck for Mendez with that takedown attempt.
O Toole moves into the clinch.
O Toole prevents Mendez from breaking the clinch.
Mendez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
O Toole tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by O Toole.
Mendez can't get the takedown.
timmy O Toole has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Moy Mendez.
Mendez managing to block the knees to the body from O Toole.
Mendez is trying to break free.
Mendez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. O Toole just stands there and leans against the cage.
O Toole with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mendez jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as O Toole walks away with a smile on his face. Mendez gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
O Toole throws a front kick aimed at Mendez's knee but Mendez avoids it well.
Mendez closes the distance but O Toole moves to the side
and O Toole counters with a solid body kick.
Mendez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
O Toole is looking to slow Mendez down with leg kicks.
Mendez looks gassed!
O Toole throws a solid leg kick but Mendez takes the impact on his shin and smiles at O Toole.
O Toole connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Toole cracks the inside of Mendez's front leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Mendez checks a leg kick.
O Toole thumps Mendez with a low kick.
Mendez looks to throw the jab but O Toole is out of range.
Mendez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mendez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Both fighters circling a little - O Toole finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A good leg kick by O Toole.
O Toole throws a leg kick which misses Mendez's front leg but catches the back leg as Mendez tries to avoid it.
A jab from Mendez misses.
A leg kick checked by Mendez.
O Toole will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
O Toole throws out a leg kick but Mendez moves out of range and O Toole only half commits.
O Toole scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
O Toole misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Moy Mendez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Toole feints and then cracks Mendez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mendez down.
Mendez checks a low kick from O Toole.
Mendez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mendez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by O Toole. O Toole obviously looking to wear him down.
O Toole thows a body kick. Mendez tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Mendez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
O Toole closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
O Toole throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mendez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by O Toole.
O Toole lands a nice looking body kick.
Good work by Mendez as he checks the leg kick.
O Toole circles away from the clinch attempt
and O Toole counters with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A leg kick checked by Mendez.
O Toole throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Mendez checks a leg kick nicely.
O Toole looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mendez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before O Toole can pounce on him.
O Toole attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
O Toole thuds his shin into the meat of Mendez's side.
O Toole moves into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. O Toole obliges.
O Toole missing with knees to the body.
Mendez has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from O Toole.
O Toole crunches a lovely knee into Mendez's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mendez tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. O Toole smiles and moves away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from O Toole lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mendez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mendez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendez checks a leg kick nicely.
Mendez falls off balance throwing a combination
and O Toole counters with a nice body kick.
O Toole misses with a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for O Toole.
A chopping leg kick lands by O Toole.
O Toole connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
O Toole fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mendez.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Toole misses with a body kick.
O Toole throws a leg kick but Mendez moved away.
timmy O Toole is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mendez closes the distance looking to clinch
and O Toole counters with an outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
timmy O Toole dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
O Toole is looking to land body kicks.
Moy Mendez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mendez avoids a kick to the body.
Mendez looks to clinch
and O Toole makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Mendez really felt that one!
Mendez blocks the body kick.
O Toole is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mendez can do to turn this around?
Mendez avoids the head kick by O Toole.
O Toole chopping away at his opponent's legs.
O Toole lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mendez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
A solid leg kick lands there for O Toole.
Mendez throws and low kick but O Toole moves out of range easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from O Toole, right into the meat.
O Toole tried to score with a low kick but Mendez checks it.
O Toole jabs at Mendez's body.
Mendez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from O Toole.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Toole scores with a leg kick.
O Toole rushes Mendez and presses him up against the cage.
O Toole connects with a knee to the head.
O Toole tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mendez is trying to break free.
Mendez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but O Toole pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. O Toole obliges.
O Toole scores a nice knee to the body.
O Toole tries to land a knee to the head but Mendez blocks with his arms.
O Toole landing knees to the head.
Mendez managing to block the knees to the body from O Toole.
Mendez lands a body shot.
Mendez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
O Toole blocks an uppercut.
Knees to the body from O Toole.
O Toole looking to throw knees to the head but Mendez is blocking nicely.
Mendez looking for a takedown.
timmy O Toole has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Moy Mendez.
Mendez tries to work over O Toole's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
O Toole tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mendez checks a low kick from O Toole.
Mendez blocks a low kick nicely.
O Toole throws a front kick aimed at Mendez's knee but Mendez avoids it well.
Mendez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Mendez with a poor takedown
and O Toole counters with a good low kick that Mendez was not able to check.
O Toole throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Mendez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mendez is looking to clinch but O Toole is avoiding it.
Nice sprawl there from O Toole as Mendez shoots in.
A nice inside leg kick there by O Toole. That's going to slow Mendez down.
O Toole looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nice sprawl there from O Toole as Mendez shoots in.
O Toole scores with a leg kick.
O Toole fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mendez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Toole drives through and clinches with Mendez against the cage.
Mendez is trying to break the clinch but O Toole has him pressed against the cage.
O Toole is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mendez is defending well for now.
O Toole tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
O Toole looking to throw knees to the head but Mendez is blocking nicely.
O Toole keeps control of Mendez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mendez goes for a takedown in the clinch but O Toole prevents it.
O Toole tries to land knees in the clinch but Mendez avoids the damage to the body.
O Toole landing knees to the body.
Mendez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mendez is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
O Toole throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mendez blocks it with crossed arms.
A frustrated look appears on Mendez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for O Toole.
O Toole throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mendez jumps guard and drags O Toole to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Mendez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Mendez is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Toole passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
O Toole is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Mendez is refusing to be controlled, as O Toole sits in half guard.
O Toole wants to stand up but Mendez is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
timmy O Toole dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Mendez tries for a takedown but O Toole circles away easily
and O Toole counters with a body kick.
Mendez tries to bum rush O Toole with a series of wild strikes but O Toole uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
O Toole scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mendez clinches but O Toole breaks the clinch
and O Toole counters with a thumping low kick.
O Toole looks for the body kick but Mendez saw that one coming.
O Toole tried to score with a low kick but Mendez checks it.
Mendez doesn't succeed with the takedown
and O Toole counters with a flying knee. Nice.
An inside leg kick lands from O Toole.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
O Toole darts in and clinches Mendez up against the cage.
O Toole keeps control of Mendez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mendez managing to block the knees to the body from O Toole.
A knee to the head by O Toole.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Toole unloads a knee to the mid-section.
O Toole misses with a knee strike.
O Toole throws a knee to the head but misses.
O Toole with an attempt at a knee that misses.
O Toole putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mendez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
O Toole misses with a knee to the head.
Mendez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. O Toole is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
timmy O Toole has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Moy Mendez.
O Toole lands a knee to the body.
O Toole throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mendez throws a punch but it's blocked by O Toole.
O Toole landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
O Toole is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mendez is defending well for now.
Mendez manages to break the clinch.
Mendez closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Mendez seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Mendez thows a huge punch but O Toole dodges it nicely.
O Toole wants to control but Mendez is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Toole controlling the position for now.
O Toole might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Mendez thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing O Toole to regain full guard.
Mendez drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but O Toole manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Mendez has O Toole in his guard.
O Toole stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by O Toole there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
O Toole throws a leg kick
and Mendez counters with a three punch combo that has O Toole backing up. O Toole nods at Mendez to acknowledge the strikes.
O Toole scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
O Toole scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mendez checks a leg kick nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Mendez blocks the leg kick.
Mendez with a lazy takedown attempt
and O Toole counters with a thumping low kick.
O Toole scoring well with a low kick there.
O Toole connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
O Toole buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
O Toole throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Mendez's head.
Mendez has his takedown stuffed
and O Toole makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Mendez really felt that one!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Toole moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Mendez tries to clinch up
and O Toole counters with a thumping low kick.
O Toole scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
timmy O Toole is winning the standup battle so far.
O Toole tries to land a front kick but Mendez steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
O Toole will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
O Toole looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Toole feints and then cracks Mendez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mendez down.
Moy Mendez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
timmy O Toole is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
O Toole throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
O Toole thumps Mendez with a low kick.
O Toole misses with a leg kick.
Mendez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and O Toole counters with a thumping low kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
timmy O Toole showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for O Toole, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... timmy O Toole!
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RATING
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