PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Tolo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tristan Oscar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Samuel Tolo could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tristan Oscar's chin.

Tolo
vs
Oscar

190 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

182 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Samuel Tolo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tristan Oscar!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Oscar gets caught flat footed, as Tolo shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Oscar bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tolo's guard.
Tolo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Tolo not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Oscar looks like he's trying to stand up.
Tolo is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Oscar!
Oscar tries to hold on but Tolo postures up.
Oscar tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Tolo looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Oscar tries to hold on but Tolo pushes him away.
Oscar regains half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oscar flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

Oscar makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Oscar checks the leg kick.
Oscar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tolo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice sprawl there from Oscar as Tolo shoots in.
Nice takedown defense from Oscar. No joy for Tolo on that attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tolo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Samuel Tolo. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Oscar clinches with his opponent.

Oscar has picked Tolo up - he's going for a ride! Oscar dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Tolo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Oscar is working away from the top position though.
Oscar wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tolo keeps working.
Tolo manages to get to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oscar keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Tolo's head.
Oscar tries to free his leg and advance position but Tolo is retaining full guard.
Oscar looks gassed!
Oscar looking to sit in guard and control but Tolo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Tolo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tolo won't allow Oscar to get back to his feet.
Tolo trying to control but Oscar is working from the bottom.
Oscar has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Tolo has passed into side control.

Tolo is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Oscar is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Tolo scoring with punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolo landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Tolo is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Tolo tries for a kimura but Oscar is defending well.
Tolo trying to control the position but Oscar is working away.
Oscar wants to control but Tolo postures up.
Oscar is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Tolo asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Tolo works to advance to full mount. Oscar defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oscar working to try and regain half guard.
Oscar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tolo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Oscar tries to buck Tolo off but he can't manage it.
Oscar is looking to get to half guard.
Oscar wants to control but Tolo is having none of it.
Oscar might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Tolo kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Tolo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Oscar is looking to escape.
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 Samuel Tolo will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Oscar gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Oscar blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Oscar manages to break the clinch.
Oscar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oscar tries to clinch there but Tolo circles away.
Tolo fails with the takedown.
Tolo fails with the takedown.
Oscar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Oscar wants to clinch up but Tolo keeps it at a distance.

Oscar looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Tolo!
Oscar tries to control but Tolo wriggling away.
Tolo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Oscar cracks Tolo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oscar is breathing heavily.
Tolo is trying to escape the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oscar lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tolo hang on?
Oscar looking to control but Tolo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tolo is looking to get to half guard.
Tolo is working hard here to advance position.
Oscar scoring with strikes but Tolo is staying in there.
Tolo tries to hold on but Oscar pushes him away.
Oscar looking to control but Tolo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Oscar dominating with strikes here.
Tolo tries to reverse the position but Oscar maintains control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tolo is squirming around, avoiding Oscar's attempts to control the action.
Tolo tries to reverse the position but Oscar maintains control.
Tolo tries to hold on but Oscar pushes him away.

Oscar jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Tolo is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Tolo and Oscar has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Tolo manages to work his way to half guard, despite Oscar's best efforts.
Oscar is tying to control. Tolo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Oscar decides to stand and escape the position.

Oscar shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Tolo is trying desperately to improve position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oscar lands a big shot there that rocks Tolo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Oscar goes for an armbar but Tolo turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Tolo.
Tolo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Tolo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Oscar is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Tolo tries to pull guard but Oscar holds him up against the cage and eventually Tolo drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Samuel Tolo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tolo is trying to stall.
Tolo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Oscar smiles and moves away.
Oscar tries to clinch up but Tolo circles away and keeps his distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oscar fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Oscar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tolo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tolo looks for a takedown but Oscar sprawls well.
Tolo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tolo fails with the takedown
and Oscar counters with a solid body kick.
Oscar throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tolo's waist but Tolo gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Oscar off to one side.
Tristan Oscar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oscar avoids the head kick by Tolo.
Tolo tries to clinch up but Oscar circles away and keeps his distance.

Oscar darts in and clinches Tolo up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Oscar.

Oscar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Oscar shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Tolo is looking for a triangle but Oscar pushes his legs off easily.

Oscar stands up from Tolo's guard - Oscar perhaps looking for a knockout.
Oscar tests Tolo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tristan Oscar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Oscar jabs at Tolo's body.

Oscar shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Tolo's guard.
Tolo really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Oscar gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Oscar bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Oscar tries to close the distance and clinch but Tolo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tolo misses with a body kick.
Tolo shoots and misses

and Oscar counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Oscar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Oscar.

Oscar stands up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tolo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Oscar counters with a straight right hand.
Oscar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tolo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Oscar swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Samuel Tolo. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Tolo scores with a takedown into Oscar's guard.

Tolo drops back looking for a leg! Oscar is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Oscar manages to kick Tolo off! Tolo jumps back into Oscar's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Oscar wriggles free and stands up.

Oscar darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Oscar looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Tolo is rocked!
Tolo tries to get to full guard but Oscar has control of the leg.
Oscar working the head and body with strikes.
Oh Tolo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Oscar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Tolo seems to have got his legs back now.
Tolo wants to control but Oscar is keeping busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Oscar stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Tolo misses with a takedown

so Oscar counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tolo thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Oscar is looking to work some ground and pound but Tolo has wrist control.

Oscar stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Tolo fails with the takedown

and Oscar counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Tolo's guard now.
Oscar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Oscar distracts Tolo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Oscar throws and elbow that misses. Tolo uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Oscar's guard. Nice move by Tolo!

Oscar uses the cage to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Oscar has closed the distance and engaged Tolo in a clinch.
Tolo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A short right from Oscar on the inside.

Oscar breaks the clinch.

Oscar has managed to clinch.
Oscar landing knees to the body.
Tolo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Oscar smiles and moves away.
Oscar stuffs the takedown attempt from Tolo. Tolo gets slowly back to his feet.
Oscar throws a leg kick which misses Tolo's front leg but catches the back leg as Tolo tries to avoid it.
Tolo shoots in for a takedown but Oscar shows good takedown defense.
Good standup being displayed there by Oscar as he connects with a hook.
Oscar jabs at Tolo's body.

Oscar clinches up with Tolo and pushes him back against the cage.

Oscar manages to break the clinch.
Tolo misses with a wild combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Tolo with that takedown attempt.
Tolo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Oscar circles away.
Oscar scores with a sloppy right hand. Tolo should have avoided that one.
Oscar stuffs the takedown attempt from Tolo. Tolo gets slowly back to his feet.
Oscar is looking to clinch.
Oscar throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tolo.
Tolo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tolo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Oscar gets a takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oscar tries to stand and escape but Tolo is controlling the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tristan Oscar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Oscar has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tristan Oscar!