PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Russell Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Toney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toney has chosen Mercy is for the Weak 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.

Bell
vs
Toney

185 cm
26
218 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

180 cm
24
224 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Conviction
SPARTAN FIGHTWARE

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Russell Bell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Toney!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toney ducks under a wild hook from Bell.
Bell takes a swing at Toney's ribcage but misses.
Bell changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Toney blocks the body kick.
Toney ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Toney misses with a straight left.
Toney sizes up Bell with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bell just misses with a punch to the body.
Toney's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Toney duly obliges.

It looks like Russell Bell has been cut.
Bell lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bell.
Toney misses with a hook to the body
and Bell counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Toney throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Toney dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Toney takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bell jabs at Toney's body.

Bell closes the distance and pushes Toney back into the cage.
Toney has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Toney working hard to break the clinch.
Toney wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bell scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Toney tries to break the clinch but Bell is controlling the position.

Bell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Bell pushes Toney up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toney is trying to break the clinch but Bell has him pressed against the cage.

Bell breaks from the clinch.
Toney jabs Bell right on the nose. Bell blinks but takes it well.
Toney scores with a body shot.
Toney thuds a left hand into Bell's body.
James Toney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bell defending well as Toney loads up on a big left hand.
Bell scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Toney doesn't seem bothered though.
Toney throws a right and a left that both miss.
Toney throws a body punch but Bell moves out of range.
Toney drops his hands momentarily and Bell takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bell swings for the body but Toney moves out of range.
Toney showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bell.
Bell is looking to wear down Toney with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bell connects with a body shot.
Bell just misses with a punch to the body.
Toney slips under a jab from Bell.
Bell dodges the punch combination from Toney.
Bell throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Toney on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bell swings for the body but Toney moves out of range.
Toney misses with a series of wild punches.

Bell closes the distance and clinches.
Bell is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Toney is defending well for now.

Bell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toney thows a body shot but no joy.
Toney on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Toney throws a right and a left that Bell avoids nicely.
Nice cross by Bell.
Bell fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Toney looks gassed!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bell misses with a wild body shot.

Bell rushes Toney and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Toney is trying to break the clinch but Bell has him pressed against the cage.
Toney tries to break free but Bell pushes him back against the cage.
Toney has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Toney working hard to break the clinch.
Toney is trying to break the clinch but Bell has him pressed against the cage.
Toney has had enough of the clinch but Bell keeps him there for the moment.
Toney is trying to break the clinch but Bell is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell has Toney pressed against the cage, preventing Toney from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Bell breaks the clinch.
Bell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters circling - Toney throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Toney throws a combination that misses
and Bell counters with a leg kick.
Bell uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Toney on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Nice shot by Bell.
Good standup being displayed there by Bell as he connects with a hook.
Bell lands with an uppercut that bounces Toney off the cage and back into rage.
Bell connects with the punch.

Toney tries to keep at a distance but Bell has taken the fight into the clinch.

Bell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toney takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Toney scores with a one two! Bell had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Toney tries to move into range but Bell moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bell thuds his right hand into Toney's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toney uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bell.
Nice shot by Bell.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bell lands with a shot to the body.
Toney throws a hook to the side of Bell's head but Bell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bell swinging wildly here.
Bell's corner calls for a 1-2. Bell obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Toney walks into a left hand.

Toney is rocked!
Nice cross by Bell.
Toney is still on wobbly legs! Can Bell finish him?
Bell rushes Toney with punches - Toney moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Toney goes down! Bell follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Russell Bell!