PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Julio El Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akio Atarashii (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

El Toro
vs
Atarashii

188 cm
29
190 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

180 cm
23
183 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julio El Toro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Akio Atarashii!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Toro keeps Atarashii at a distance using the push kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for El Toro.
Atarashii connects with a nice looking jab.
El Toro throws a solid leg kick but Atarashii takes the impact on his shin and smiles at El Toro.
Atarashii throws a looping overhand right but El Toro ducks down to avoid it.

El Toro closes the distance and clinches.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Atarashii blocks it.
Atarashii avoids a wild elbow strike from El Toro.
El Toro looking to throw knees to the head but Atarashii is blocking nicely.
El Toro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Atarashii blocks it with crossed arms.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Atarashii managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by El Toro as Atarashii tries to tie him up.
Atarashii tries to work over El Toro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Atarashii trying to control the position but instead, El Toro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Atarashii into the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
El Toro misses with a knee to the head.
Atarashii slowing the pace effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro throws an elbow but it's blocked.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Atarashii on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
El Toro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Atarashii is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
El Toro tries to land knees in the clinch but Atarashii avoids the damage to the body.
Atarashii tries to stall but El Toro uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Stalling in the clinch from Atarashii.
Atarashii tries to stall but El Toro uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Akio Atarashii.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from El Toro, right into the meat.
Atarashii moves in looking to clinch but El Toro pushes him off.
A slapping leg kick lands for El Toro.
El Toro misses with a double jab.
El Toro fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
El Toro throws a sloppy head kick and Atarashii moves out of range easily.
Atarashii blocks a head kick by El Toro.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Toro thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Atarashii if he has to take too many more of those.
El Toro throws a low kick, looking for Atarashii's leg but Atarashii calmly moves out of range.
El Toro throws a sloppy head kick and Atarashii moves out of range easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Atarashii misses with a straight left.
Atarashii connects with a body shot.
Julio El Toro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Atarashii tries to close the distance and clinch up but El Toro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
El Toro tries a low kick but Atarashii avoids it.
Atarashii fails in his attempt to clinch.
El Toro moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
El Toro lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Atarashii is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by El Toro.
Atarashii misses with an uppercut. El Toro saw that one coming.
El Toro looks to land a right hand but Atarashii moved out of range.
Atarashii is looking to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atarashii tries to clinch up.
El Toro scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Atarashii doesn't seem bothered though.
Sloppy strikes from Atarashii. Those never looked like landing.
An inside leg kick lands from El Toro.
Atarashii tries to clinch up.
A solid leg kick lands there for El Toro.
El Toro throws a push kick but Atarashii slaps the foot to one side.
Atarashii fails with an attempt to clinch.
Atarashii throws a hook but El Toro blocks it.
El Toro avoids the body shot from Atarashii.
Atarashii moves in looking to clinch but El Toro pushes him off.
Atarashii is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Atarashii takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Atarashii tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Atarashii waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract El Toro.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

El Toro clinches.
Atarashii taking a breather.
El Toro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Atarashii blocks it with crossed arms.
El Toro putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Atarashii in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Atarashii takes an elbow to the forehead.
Atarashii is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Atarashii blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
El Toro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Atarashii's face.
Atarashii looking to slow down the pace here.
El Toro using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Atarashii looks gassed!
El Toro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Atarashii's face.
El Toro throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Atarashii is struggling to control the position.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Atarashii blocks it.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Atarashii swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
El Toro lands a knee to the head.
El Toro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Atarashii.
Atarashii blocks an elbow strike.
Atarashii on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Atarashii stalling.
Atarashii looking to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Akio Atarashii.
El Toro scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A nice inside leg kick there by El Toro. That's going to slow Atarashii down.
Atarashii doesn't manage to clinch there - El Toro circles away.
El Toro throws a head kick that Atarashii semi-blocks.
Atarashii keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
El Toro throws a hook to the side of Atarashii's head but Atarashii sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Atarashii tries to close the distance and clinch but El Toro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
El Toro tries a low kick but Atarashii avoids it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Atarashii checks a leg kick.

El Toro has Atarashii up against the cage in a clinch.
Atarashii stalling against the cage.
Atarashii's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
El Toro comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
El Toro landing knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Atarashii.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Atarashii effectively controlling the action here.
Atarashii managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
El Toro missing with knees to the body.
El Toro looking to throw knees to the head but Atarashii is blocking nicely.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Atarashii struggles to land a body shot inside as El Toro controls his hands.
Atarashii is pushing El Toro up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
El Toro lands a damaging elbow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by El Toro as Atarashii tries to tie him up.
Atarashii is stalling here.
Atarashii is trying to maintain a safe position but El Toro gets an underhook and turns Atarashii into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Akio Atarashii.
Atarashii tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. El Toro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Atarashii stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from El Toro.
Atarashii tries to clinch up.
El Toro throws a sloppy head kick and Atarashii moves out of range easily.
Atarashii avoids the head kick by El Toro.
El Toro connects with a solid leg kick.
Atarashii misses with an uppercut.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
El Toro throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Atarashii's head.
Atarashii tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but El Toro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
El Toro throws a jab but it's blocked by Atarashii.
Atarashii misses the shot to the body.
El Toro throws a head kick that Atarashii semi-blocks.
Some bone on bone action there as Atarashii checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
El Toro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Atarashii tries to clinch up.
El Toro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
El Toro throws a leg kick but Atarashii sees it coming and checks it nicely.
El Toro fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Atarashii.
Atarashii tries to close the distance and clinch but El Toro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Atarashii misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from El Toro.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
El Toro ducks right into an uppercut from Atarashii.
Atarashii tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but El Toro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
El Toro lunges at Atarashii with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Atarashii's hand.
El Toro circles away from the clinch attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for El Toro.
Nice uppercut lands for Atarashii. That snapped El Toro's head back.
El Toro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Atarashii.
A bone on bone clash there as Atarashii blocks the leg kick.

El Toro drives through and clinches with Atarashii against the cage.
El Toro lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Atarashii wants to stall.
Atarashii managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
Atarashii taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio El Toro dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Atarashii keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Atarashii fails in his attempt to clinch.
El Toro turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Atarashii wants to clinch
and El Toro counters with a slapping leg kick.

El Toro drives through and clinches with Atarashii against the cage.
El Toro lands a nice knee to the body.
Atarashii tries to stall but El Toro uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Atarashii receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Julio El Toro has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by El Toro as Atarashii tries to tie him up.
El Toro landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atarashii takes a knee to the side of the body.
Atarashii is breathing heavily.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Atarashii taking a breather.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but Atarashii blocks with his arms.
El Toro unloads a knee to the mid-section. Atarashii lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
El Toro lands an elbow that stopped Atarashii in his tracks for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. El Toro obliges.
El Toro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees to the body from El Toro.
Atarashii takes an elbow to the forehead.
El Toro is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by El Toro.
El Toro looking to throw knees to the head but Atarashii is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by El Toro.
El Toro lands an elbow that stopped Atarashii in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atarashii avoiding damage as El Toro throws knees to the body.
El Toro crunches a lovely knee into Atarashii's ribcage.
Atarashii misses with a shot to the kidneys.
El Toro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Atarashii has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
El Toro scores with a knee to the head.
Atarashii's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
El Toro landing knees to the head.
El Toro creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Atarashii's defenses.
Atarashii has El Toro pressed against the cage.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Atarashii blocks it.
El Toro misses with an elbow strike.
Atarashii manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Atarashii blocks an elbow strike from El Toro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Toro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from El Toro.
Atarashii is looking to control El Toro's arms but El Toro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Atarashii has his back to the cage.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
Atarashii fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
El Toro scores a nice knee to the body.
El Toro lands an elbow that stopped Atarashii in his tracks for a moment.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by El Toro as Atarashii tries to tie him up.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Atarashii has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
El Toro landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
El Toro misses with a knee to the head.
Atarashii blocks an elbow strike from El Toro.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atarashii is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
El Toro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Atarashii can do to turn this around?
El Toro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
El Toro lands an elbow inside that Atarashii shrugs off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
El Toro blocks a body shot from Atarashii.
El Toro trying to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Atarashii.
El Toro looks to throw an elbow but misses.
El Toro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by El Toro as Atarashii tries to tie him up.
Atarashii just leaning against El Toro, taking a breather.
El Toro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Atarashii is defending well for now.
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Atarashii is looking to control El Toro's arms but El Toro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Atarashii has his back to the cage.
El Toro looking to throw knees to the head but Atarashii is blocking nicely.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Atarashii on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Atarashii trying to control the position but instead, El Toro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Atarashii into the cage.
Atarashii lands a right hand that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.
Atarashii lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
El Toro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Atarashii blocks it.
Atarashii lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
El Toro lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Atarashii wants to stall.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Atarashii blocks it.
Atarashii has El Toro pressed against the cage.
El Toro throws an elbow that misses.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Atarashii has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
El Toro misses with a short punch on the inside.
Atarashii is looking to control El Toro's arms but El Toro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Atarashii has his back to the cage.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Atarashii blocks it.
El Toro tries to land knees in the clinch but Atarashii avoids the damage to the body.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but Atarashii blocks with his arms.
Atarashii lands with a right to the head.
Atarashii dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Atarashii avoiding damage as El Toro throws knees to the body.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but Atarashii blocks with his arms.
Atarashii managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
El Toro misses with an elbow over the top.
Atarashii lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atarashii pushes El Toro back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Atarashii is looking to control El Toro's arms but El Toro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Atarashii has his back to the cage.
El Toro prevents a body shot from Atarashii.
Atarashii blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Atarashii stalling in the clinch.
Atarashii is trying to maintain a safe position but El Toro gets an underhook and turns Atarashii into the cage.
Atarashii leaning his opponent against the cage.
Atarashii on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Atarashii lands a shoulder strike.
El Toro using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Atarashii is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but El Toro is keeping busy.
Atarashii working aggressively here.
Atarashii tries to stall but El Toro uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, El Toro just misses with a elbow thrown towards Atarashii's brow.
Atarashii is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Akio Atarashii.
Atarashii blocks a head kick by El Toro.
El Toro fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Atarashii has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
El Toro swats away the attempt to clinch by Atarashii.

El Toro rushes Atarashii and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Atarashii has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Atarashii is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from El Toro.
El Toro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Atarashii blocks it with crossed arms.
Atarashii on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Atarashii managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
Atarashii slowing the pace effectively.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Akio Atarashii.
Atarashii tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
El Toro misses with an attempted mid kick.
El Toro misses with a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
El Toro swats away the attempt to clinch by Atarashii.
El Toro lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio El Toro dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

El Toro looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
El Toro scores with a kick to the body.
El Toro throws a quick inside leg kick.

El Toro moves into the clinch.
Atarashii is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
El Toro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
El Toro being controlled against the cage.
Atarashii trying to stall but El Toro improves his position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Atarashii creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Akio Atarashii.
Atarashii moves out of range of the leg kick from El Toro.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atarashii tries to clinch there but El Toro circles away.
A lazy left from El Toro finds it's target.
El Toro moves away from the strike by Atarashii.
El Toro feints and then cracks Atarashii's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Atarashii down.
Atarashii takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
El Toro tries to work over Atarashii's front leg with a kick but Atarashii checks it.

El Toro clinches with his opponent.
El Toro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Atarashii's face.
A short right from Atarashii.
Atarashii is trying to maintain a safe position but El Toro gets an underhook and turns Atarashii into the cage.
El Toro lands a knee to the body.
El Toro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Atarashii blocks an elbow strike.
Atarashii trying to control the position but instead, El Toro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Atarashii into the cage.
El Toro comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Atarashii leaning against his opponent.
El Toro looking to throw knees to the head but Atarashii is blocking nicely.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
El Toro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch blocked on the inside by El Toro.
El Toro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Atarashii's face.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by El Toro as Atarashii tries to tie him up.
With the fighters up against the cage, El Toro throws an elbow but misses.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Atarashii has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by El Toro as Atarashii tries to tie him up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Akio Atarashii.
Atarashii misses with a wild body shot.
Atarashii swings for the body but El Toro moves out of range.
El Toro throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

El Toro fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Atarashii, pushing him back against the cage.
El Toro lands an elbow just above Atarashii 's eye.
Nice elbow from El Toro.
El Toro working Atarashii over with knees to the body.
El Toro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A nice glancing elbow lands by El Toro.
El Toro misses with a knee to the head.
Atarashii looking to slow down the pace here.
El Toro blocks an uppercut.
El Toro lands a knee to the head.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atarashii is trying to maintain a safe position but El Toro gets an underhook and turns Atarashii into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by El Toro.
Atarashii trying to control the position but instead, El Toro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Atarashii into the cage.
El Toro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
Atarashii trying to control the position but instead, El Toro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Atarashii into the cage.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Atarashii blocks it.
Atarashii stalling.
El Toro landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Atarashii takes a knee right on the jaw!
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
El Toro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
El Toro misses with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Atarashii slows down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Akio Atarashii.
Atarashii throws a body punch but El Toro moves out of range.

El Toro moves into the clinch.
Atarashii stalling in the clinch but El Toro improves position.
El Toro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Atarashii's face.
Atarashii is trying to maintain a safe position but El Toro gets an underhook and turns Atarashii into the cage.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
El Toro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Atarashii's face.
El Toro scores with a knee to the head.

Atarashii is rocked!
Atarashii trying to control the position but instead, El Toro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Atarashii into the cage.
Atarashii is still on wobbly legs! Can El Toro finish him?
El Toro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Atarashii blocks it with crossed arms.
Atarashii seems to have recovered his senses.
Atarashii misses with the head strike.
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
El Toro blocks an uppercut.
Atarashii throws a punch but it's blocked by El Toro.
El Toro looking to throw knees to the head but Atarashii is blocking nicely.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but Atarashii blocks with his arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Atarashii looking to stall.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
El Toro misses with a knee to the head.
Atarashii tries to work over El Toro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Atarashii blocks an elbow strike.
El Toro working Atarashii over with knees to the body.
El Toro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Atarashii blocks it with crossed arms.
El Toro working Atarashii over with knees to the body.
Atarashii is looking to control El Toro's arms but El Toro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Atarashii has his back to the cage.
El Toro tries to land knees in the clinch but Atarashii avoids the damage to the body.
Atarashii is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
El Toro lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
El Toro connects with a knee to the head.
El Toro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Atarashii blocks it with crossed arms.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Atarashii slowing the pace effectively.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Atarashii stalling the fight.
El Toro misses with an elbow strike.
A short uppercut from Atarashii.
Atarashii lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Atarashii blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Atarashii tries to work over El Toro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
El Toro misses with a knee to the head.
Atarashii is trying to maintain a safe position but El Toro gets an underhook and turns Atarashii into the cage.
Atarashii is stalling here.
El Toro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Atarashii tries to stall but El Toro uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Atarashii is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and El Toro has denied him.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Akio Atarashii.
Atarashii is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
El Toro throws a jab when Atarashii was well out of range.
Julio El Toro is winning the standup battle so far.
Atarashii with a body punch. A glancing blow.

Atarashii clinches up with El Toro and pushes him back against the cage.
El Toro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Atarashii takes an elbow to the forehead.
El Toro gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Atarashii has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Atarashii seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio El Toro clearly takes that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Atarashii closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Atarashii blocks it.
The referee calls for Atarashii to work.
El Toro lands with a short shot to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Atarashii is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Akio Atarashii.

El Toro closes the distance and clinches.
El Toro connects with a knee to the head.
Atarashii trying to stall but El Toro improves his position.
El Toro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Atarashii's face.
Atarashii is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
El Toro looking to throw knees to the head but Atarashii is blocking nicely.
El Toro lands a good knee to the midsection. Atarashii won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Atarashii blocks an elbow strike.
Atarashii stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
El Toro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Atarashii looking to stall.
El Toro landing some nice looking knees to the body.
El Toro with a knee to the head.
El Toro trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Atarashii blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Atarashii tries to stall but El Toro uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Atarashii managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
El Toro misses with a knee to the head.
Atarashii trying to control the position but instead, El Toro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Atarashii into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Akio Atarashii.
El Toro closes the distance and lands a one-two.

El Toro forces Atarashii back against the cage and clinches.

El Toro drops Atarashii with a big knee straight up the middle! Atarashii is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
El Toro attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Atarashii swings for the body but El Toro moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by El Toro.
El Toro scores with a leg kick.

El Toro fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Atarashii, pushing him back against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atarashii misses with the head strike.
El Toro lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
El Toro scores a nice knee to the body.
El Toro landing knees to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. El Toro obliges.
El Toro lands a nice elbow.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but Atarashii blocks with his arms.
Nice elbow from El Toro.
Atarashii taking a breather.
Atarashii misses with the head strike.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but Atarashii blocks with his arms.
Atarashii stalling in the clinch but El Toro improves position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atarashii has a couple of punches blocked by El Toro.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Atarashii has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Atarashii taking a breather.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Atarashii has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Atarashii is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but El Toro is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Akio Atarashii.
El Toro throws a sloppy head kick and Atarashii moves out of range easily.
El Toro throws a leg kick which misses Atarashii's front leg but catches the back leg as Atarashii tries to avoid it.
Atarashii throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Atarashii moves forwards but El Toro connects with a nice, crisp jab.
El Toro cracks the inside of Atarashii's front leg.
A looping hook to the body misses from Atarashii. El Toro does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Atarashii moves in looking to clinch but El Toro pushes him off.
Atarashii tries to close the distance and clinch up but El Toro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
El Toro lands a glancing blow to the side of Atarashii's head.

El Toro drives through and clinches with Atarashii against the cage.
El Toro lands a knee to the body.
El Toro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Atarashii trying to stall but El Toro improves his position.
El Toro crunches a lovely knee into Atarashii's ribcage.
El Toro lands a knee to the head.
Atarashii takes a knee to the side of the body.
El Toro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Atarashii takes an elbow to the forehead.
Atarashii on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
El Toro lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
El Toro utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
El Toro connects with a nasty looking knee right to Atarashii's face.
El Toro misses with a knee to the head.
Atarashii avoiding damage as El Toro throws knees to the body.
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Atarashii taking a breather.
Atarashii lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Atarashii tries to stall but El Toro uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Atarashii lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Atarashii is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Atarashii takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Atarashii is looking to control El Toro's arms but El Toro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Atarashii has his back to the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Akio Atarashii.
Atarashii misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from El Toro.
El Toro pushes Atarashii away with a front kick.
Atarashii is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Atarashii looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A chopping leg kick lands by El Toro.
Atarashii scores with a sloppy right hand. El Toro should have avoided that one.
Atarashii tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but El Toro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice body kick from El Toro.
El Toro looks to land a body kick but Atarashii moved away.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Atarashii tries to clinch but El Toro is having none of it.
El Toro with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
El Toro plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The fight stays on the outside here - Atarashii looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Atarashii wants to clinch up but El Toro keeps it at a distance.
El Toro swats away the attempt to clinch by Atarashii.
El Toro feints and then cracks Atarashii's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Atarashii down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
El Toro throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
El Toro with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Atarashii fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
El Toro throws a leg kick but Atarashii moved away.
El Toro throws a leg kick which misses Atarashii's front leg but catches the back leg as Atarashii tries to avoid it.
El Toro throws a low kick but Atarashii moves out of range easily.
El Toro fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

El Toro closes the distance and clinches.
Atarashii looking to slow down the pace here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by El Toro.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Atarashii trying to control the position but instead, El Toro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Atarashii into the cage.
El Toro with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio El Toro had his way with Akio Atarashii in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

El Toro lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
El Toro misses with a body kick.
El Toro feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Atarashii's calf.
Atarashii takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Atarashii moves out of range of the leg kick from El Toro.
Nice uppercut lands for Atarashii. That snapped El Toro's head back.
El Toro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

El Toro drives through and clinches with Atarashii against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Atarashii scores with a shoulder strike.
Atarashii is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but El Toro is keeping busy.
El Toro letting Atarashii take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Atarashii taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Akio Atarashii.
El Toro bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Atarashii is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Atarashii ducks under a wild hook from El Toro.
El Toro throws a front kick aimed at Atarashii's knee but Atarashii avoids it well.
El Toro throws a low kick, looking for Atarashii's leg but Atarashii calmly moves out of range.

El Toro closes the distance and clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. El Toro obliges.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
El Toro looking to throw knees to the head but Atarashii is blocking nicely.
Atarashii takes a knee right on the jaw!
El Toro with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Atarashii has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Atarashii has El Toro pushed against the cage.
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Atarashii.
Atarashii wants to stall.
El Toro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Atarashii creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
El Toro misses with a knee to the head.
El Toro tries to land knees in the clinch but Atarashii avoids the damage to the body.
Atarashii tries a body shot but El Toro blocks it.
Atarashii stalling in the clinch but El Toro improves position.
Nice elbow from El Toro.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atarashii managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
A nice glancing elbow lands by El Toro.
Atarashii just leaning against El Toro, taking a breather.
Atarashii trying to control the position but instead, El Toro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Atarashii into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Akio Atarashii.
Atarashii uses good head movement to avoid the hook from El Toro.
Atarashii keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from El Toro.
El Toro thuds his shin into the meat of Atarashii's side.

El Toro closes the distance and pushes Atarashii back into the cage.
Atarashii has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from El Toro.
El Toro working Atarashii over with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A knee to the head by El Toro.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
Atarashii is looking to control El Toro's arms but El Toro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Atarashii has his back to the cage.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Atarashii blocks it.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
Atarashii blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
El Toro trying to land knees to the body.
Atarashii trying to stall but El Toro improves his position.
El Toro lands an elbow that stopped Atarashii in his tracks for a moment.
Atarashii lands a shoulder strike.
Atarashii tries to stall but El Toro uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Atarashii on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Atarashii swings wildly with an uppercut but El Toro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Atarashii looking to slow down the pace here.
El Toro misses with a knee to the head.
El Toro trying to land knees to the body.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by El Toro as Atarashii tries to tie him up.
El Toro missing with knees to the body.
El Toro gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Atarashii on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Atarashii is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
El Toro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Atarashii blocks it with crossed arms.
Atarashii stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
El Toro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Atarashii lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by El Toro.
Atarashii blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
El Toro letting Atarashii take a breather here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by El Toro.
El Toro throws an elbow that misses.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but Atarashii blocks with his arms.
Atarashii has El Toro pushed against the cage.
El Toro lands a good knee to the midsection. Atarashii won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. El Toro obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
El Toro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Atarashii stalling in the clinch but El Toro improves position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
El Toro lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
El Toro looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Atarashii managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
Atarashii is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Atarashii stalling.
Atarashii is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but El Toro is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Akio Atarashii.
Atarashii cracks El Toro with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
El Toro buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
El Toro catches Atarashii with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
An inside leg kick lands from El Toro.
El Toro feints and then cracks Atarashii's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Atarashii down.

Atarashii gets tackled into the cage by El Toro. El Toro maintains the clinch.
El Toro lands an elbow just above Atarashii 's eye.
Atarashii lands with a light punch inside.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Atarashii blocks it.
Atarashii taking a breather.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Atarashii is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Akio Atarashii.
Atarashii ducks under a wild hook from El Toro.
Atarashii will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Atarashii has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from El Toro.
El Toro throws a nice outside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Atarashii is looking to clinch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Atarashii tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. El Toro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
El Toro throws a leg kick but Atarashii sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Atarashii tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but El Toro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Atarashii takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Atarashii thuds a left hand into El Toro's body.
El Toro feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Atarashii's calf.

El Toro has Atarashii up against the cage in a clinch.
El Toro creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Atarashii's defenses.
Atarashii will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning El Toro up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
El Toro misses with a knee to the head.
Akio Atarashii has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
El Toro lands a nice elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Julio El Toro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well El Toro has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight for Julio El Toro!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Julio El Toro!
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Julio El Toro!

Julio El Toro wins by unanimous decision!