PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mantis Toboggan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jane Speedo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toboggan comes to the cage accompanied by Reaching Out. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Toboggan
vs
Speedo

190 cm
22
198 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

210 cm
25
200 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mantis Toboggan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jane Speedo!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Speedo misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Speedo misses the target.
Toboggan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Speedo misses with a leg kick
and Toboggan counters with a three punch combo that has Speedo backing up. Speedo nods at Toboggan to acknowledge the strikes.
Speedo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Toboggan scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Toboggan throws a body punch but Speedo moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Speedo misses.
Toboggan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Speedo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Toboggan manages to avoid it.
Speedo throws a one two combo.
Toboggan misses with a looping right.
Toboggan throws a low kick, looking for Speedo's leg but Speedo calmly moves out of range.
Toboggan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Speedo manages to avoid it.
Toboggan lands a nice hook to Speedo's body. Speedo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Toboggan just misses with a punch to the body.
Toboggan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Speedo cracks a nice hook into Toboggan's ribs.
Toboggan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Speedo misses with a body shot.
Speedo moves forwards but Toboggan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Speedo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Toboggan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Toboggan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Speedo.
Jane Speedo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Speedo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Toboggan throws out the jab.
Toboggan thows a body shot but no joy.
Toboggan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Speedo moves away.
A shot to the body from Toboggan misses
and Speedo counters with a thumping low kick.
Nice straight punches there by Speedo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Speedo.
Toboggan swings for the body but Speedo moves out of range.
Jab by Speedo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toboggan avoids the body shot from Speedo.
Speedo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Toboggan was well out of range. Poor timing from Speedo.
Speedo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Speedo looks to score with a jab to the body but Toboggan is just out of range.
Toboggan feints and then cracks Speedo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Speedo down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toboggan throws a low kick but Speedo avoids it.

Toboggan has closed the distance and engaged Speedo in a clinch.
Toboggan tries to work over Speedo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Toboggan lands a nice uppercut.
Toboggan working aggressively here.
Toboggan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toboggan misses with a punch to the body.
Toboggan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Toboggan.
Toboggan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Toboggan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Speedos head.
A nice left hand lands by Toboggan.
Toboggan tries to throw a body punch but Speedo avoids it by throwing Toboggan back against the cage.
Speedo is trying to stall.
Speedo dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toboggan misses with a punch to the body.
Toboggan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Toboggan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Speedo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Speedo working hard to break the clinch.
Speedo avoiding damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Speedo jumps guard but Toboggan stands there with Speedo around his waist. Speedo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Speedo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mantis Toboggan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Toboggan throws the left hand but Speedo avoids the punch easily.
Toboggan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A slow jab from Speedo misses its intended target.
Toboggan misses with a double jab.
Toboggan is looking to wear down Speedo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Speedo misses with a wild body shot.
Toboggan has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A left and a right from Speedo both land. Nice combination.
Toboggan dodges the punch combination from Speedo.
Toboggan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Toboggan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Speedo.
Speedo works over Toboggan's head and body with a nice combination.
Toboggan tries to clinch but Speedo moves out of range.
Toboggan ducks under a wild hook from Speedo.
Speedo missing with a left hand there. Toboggan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Toboggan catches Speedo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Mantis Toboggan is winning the standup battle so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toboggan lands a nice hook to Speedo's body. Speedo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Speedo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Toboggan's hands.
Speedo misses with a body shot.
Speedo checks a leg kick.
Speedo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Toboggan circles away quickly and effectively.
Toboggan connects with an inside leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Speedo.
A big left from Speedo misses.
Toboggan just misses with a punch to the body.
Toboggan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Toboggan swings for the body but Speedo moves out of range.
Toboggan misses with a body shot.
Speedo throws an overhand right that lands on Toboggan's shoulder, as Toboggan tries to avoid the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toboggan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Speedo misses with a two punch combination.
Toboggan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Toboggan throws a body punch but Speedo moves out of range.
Toboggan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Speedo throws a hook to the side of Toboggan's head but Toboggan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Toboggan thuds a left hand into Speedo's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Toboggan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Toboggan lands with a right hand.
Toboggan fails to land with a series of punches.
Speedo feints a jab promting Toboggan to slip. Speedo then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Toboggan slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Toboggan slips a jab and a cross from Speedo.
Toboggan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Speedo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speedo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Toboggan connects with a solid leg kick.
Toboggan throws a right and a left that Speedo avoids nicely.
Jane Speedo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Speedo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toboggan.
Good shot there by Toboggan.
Speedo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Toboggan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Speedo is out of range and Toboggan settles back down.
Toboggan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Toboggan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Speedo misses the shot to the body.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Toboggan misses with some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Speedo holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Speedo's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Toboggan cracks Speedo with a nice body shot.
Toboggan misses with a short punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Toboggan lands a nice uppercut.
Speedo blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mantis Toboggan dominated that second 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Speedo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Toboggan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Speedo throws a body punch but Toboggan moves out of range.
Toboggan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Speedo.
Toboggan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Toboggan ducks under a wild hook from Speedo.
Speedo throws a sloppy head kick and Toboggan moves out of range easily.
Speedo checks a leg kick.
Speedo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Toboggan misses the shot to the body.
Toboggan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Speedo manages to avoid it.
Toboggan throws a solid leg kick but Speedo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Toboggan.
Speedo takes a swing at Toboggan's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toboggan misses with a wild body shot.
Toboggan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Speedo.
Toboggan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A left and a right from Speedo both land. Nice combination.
A punch combination from Speedo misses.
A big right from Toboggan misses.
A jab from Speedo does it's job there.
Toboggan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Speedo moves away.
Speedo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Toboggan throws a body punch but Speedo moves out of range.
Speedo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Toboggan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speedo moves away from the strike by Toboggan.
Speedo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Toboggan.
Toboggan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Speedo doesn't seem bothered though.
Speedo avoids the body shot from Toboggan.
Toboggan throws a body punch but Speedo moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Toboggan.
Toboggan looks to land a left hand but Speedo moved out of range nicely.
Speedo thows a body shot but no joy.
No joy there for Speedo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Toboggan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Speedo manages to avoid it.
Toboggan misses with a wild body shot.
Speedo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toboggan.
A looping hook to the body misses from Toboggan. Speedo does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Speedo ducks right into an uppercut from Toboggan.
Speedo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toboggan.
Speedo misses with a few strikes there.
Toboggan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Speedo.
Speedo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Toboggan doesn't manage to clinch there - Speedo circles away.
Toboggan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Toboggan is looking to chop away at Speedo's legs.
Speedo throws a nice looking combination but Toboggan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Speedo scores with a one two! Toboggan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Speedo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Speedo misses with a wild combination.
Speedo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A punch lands to the side of Speedo 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toboggan thows a body shot but no joy.
Speedo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Toboggan gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Toboggan struggles to land a body shot inside as Speedo controls his hands.
Speedo is trying to maintain a safe position but Toboggan gets an underhook and turns Speedo into the cage.
Speedo is trying to force a seperation but Toboggan has the dominant position.
A hook to the body from Toboggan.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Speedo is trying to maintain a safe position but Toboggan gets an underhook and turns Speedo into the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Speedo blocking some punches.
Toboggan holding his opponent close, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mantis Toboggan.
Well Toboggan 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Mantis Toboggan!
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight for Mantis Toboggan!
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight for Mantis Toboggan!

Mantis Toboggan wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Mantis Toboggan thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.