PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Corey Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Tosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tosh has chosen Stepping Razor as his entrance music. The key to victory for Corey Taylor has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Taylor
vs
Tosh

185 cm
21
185 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

184 cm
21
183 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

5th Round

{GTI} - HGH Nutrients

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Corey Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peter Tosh!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tosh needs to keep his hands up - Taylor had a free shot at his head there.
Taylor misses the shot to the body.
Taylor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tosh manages to avoid it.
Taylor lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tosh moves out of range of the strikes.

Tosh closes the distance and clinches.
Tosh keeps control of Taylor as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Taylor gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tosh.

Tosh has picked Taylor up - he's going for a ride! Tosh dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taylor wants to get back to full guard.
Tosh throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Tosh wants to pass to mount but Taylor is defending the position.
Taylor avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tosh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tosh sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Taylor defending well though.
Tosh thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tosh is trying to control the action in half guard but Taylor is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Taylor won't allow Tosh to pass to mount.
Tosh is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Tosh sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Taylor defending well though.
Taylor is trying to maintain the position but Tosh is very close to passing his half guard.
Tosh wants to control but Taylor is keeping him busy.
Tosh has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Taylor is in trouble now - Tosh has advanced to mount!
Tosh looking to finish with strikes here!
Tosh has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Taylor's face.
Tosh connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Tosh throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Taylor because Tosh loaded up on that one.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tosh lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tosh with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tosh lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Tosh looking to finish with strikes here!
Taylor is breathing heavily.
Tosh throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Taylor because Tosh loaded up on that one.
Tosh lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tosh trying to control but Taylor is having none of it.
The referee warns Taylor that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tosh unloads with some shots from mount but Taylor bucks and avoids them well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tosh in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Tosh tries to control but Taylor wriggling away.
Tosh working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Tosh controlling from mount.
Tosh avoids the attempt from Taylor to control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taylor is squirming around, avoiding Tosh's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Tosh dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

A big right from Taylor misses.

Tosh closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Tosh pulls guard successfully.
Taylor looking to pass the guard.
Taylor has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Tosh had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Taylor defends it easily.
Tosh trying to keep a closed guard but Taylor is proving a slippery customer.
Tosh manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Taylor manages to get himself to full guard.
Tosh working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tosh slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Taylor pushes Tosh off and gets back to his feet.
Taylor misses with a few strikes there.

Tosh shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Taylor is trying to defend but Tosh finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Taylor tries to kick Tosh off but Tosh keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tosh seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Taylor does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Tosh wants to pass to mount but Taylor is defending the position.
Tosh passes to side control.
Tosh prevents Taylor from escaping the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tosh misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Tosh cracks Taylor with a big right hand but Taylor just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Tosh looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Taylor is avoiding damage well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tosh tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Tosh has hold of Taylor's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Taylor seems comfortable defending it but Tosh has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Taylor is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Taylor is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Tosh couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Peter Tosh!