PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sam Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter Tosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hall might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to AC/DC - Hell's Bells. Tosh comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Stepping Razor kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Sam Hall has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hall
vs
Tosh

178 cm
29
182 lbs
30 - 6 - 1

184 cm
26
183 lbs
15 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Sam Hall!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peter Tosh!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Franklyn Lucas and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tosh thows a body shot but no joy.
Hall tries to clinch but Tosh moves away
and Tosh counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hall is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tosh.
Tosh throws a lazy body kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sam Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tosh slips a straight right by Hall.
That kick from Tosh tenderised Hall's leg. Hall is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tosh misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Tosh feints and as Hall raises his hands in defense, Tosh changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tosh wants to pass the guard but Hall is keeping the position.
Tosh preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tosh!
Tosh is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tosh working to try and regain half guard.
Hall controlling from the full mount.
Tosh is looking to improve his position but Hall isn't that keen on the idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hall stands up from mount. Strange move.
Tosh misses with a straight right.
Hall tries to land a leg kick but Tosh saw it coming and moves away.
Tosh throws a leg kick but Hall sees it coming and moves out of range.
Tosh fails with a takedown attempt.
Hall fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall throws a leg kick but Tosh moved away.

Hall fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tosh, pushing him back against the cage.
Tosh trying to control the position but instead, Hall has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tosh into the cage.
Tosh leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hall looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tosh wants a takedown but no success here.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hall throws an elbow but misses.
Hall tries to land knees in the clinch but Tosh avoids the damage to the body.
Tosh managing to block the knees to the body from Hall.
Stalling in the clinch from Tosh.

Tosh has clasped his hands together around Hall's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Hall tries to bench press Tosh off him but Tosh keeps the position.
Hall stops Tosh from passing to mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tosh throws a strike aimed at the side of Hall's head but Hall avoids it well.
Tosh advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Tosh dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Hall throws a looping overhand right but Tosh ducks down to avoid it.
Hall lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tosh uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hall.
Tosh looks to score with a jab to the body but Hall is just out of range.
Tosh lands a jab to the nose.
Tosh checks a low kick from Hall.
Tosh throws a body kick the misses
and Hall makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hall misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall misses with a right hand
and Tosh counters with a right hand to the body.
Hall is looking to clinch but Tosh is avoiding it.
Hall will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jab from Hall.
Hall misses with a wild combination.
Tosh tries a head kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tosh throws a leg kick
and Hall counters with a nice leg kick.
Hall throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tosh counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tosh slips a jab from Hall.
Hall thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tosh ducks under a wild hook from Hall.
Tosh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tosh throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hall ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tosh moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tosh ducks under a wild hook from Hall.
A low kick from Tosh misses
and Hall counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tosh throws a leg kick
and Hall counters with a right hand to the body.
Hall checks a low kick from Tosh.
Hall swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hall slaps away a takedown attempt from Tosh, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Tosh shoots in but Hall avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tosh shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tosh throws a body kick that misses.
Hall misses with a looping right.
Hall swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Tosh scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Hall explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tosh checks the leg kick nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Hall 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.

Hall jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Tosh shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hall is trying to defend but Tosh finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Tosh trying to control from Hall's half guard. Hall has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Tosh trying to control the position from guard on top but Hall is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hall is trying to keep Tosh in close.
Tosh seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tosh lands a couple of elbows.
Tosh wants to control from the top but Hall keeps moving.
Hall wants to sweep here but Tosh controlling him for the moment.
Hall pulls Tosh in close to prevent any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tosh stopping the sweep attempt from Hall.
Tosh content to stall in guard here.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Peter Tosh was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Hall fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tosh walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hall checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tosh keeps the fight on the outside.
Tosh is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Hall rather than just go for the knockout.
Hall cracks the inside of Tosh's front leg.
Hall moves in looking to clinch but Tosh pushes him off.
Tosh fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tosh fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tosh 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall throws out a loose jab but Tosh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tosh shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tosh fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Hall avoids it really well and circles away.
Sam Hall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Tosh.

Tosh drives through with a takedown into Hall's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Peter Tosh has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tosh is fighting to break Hall's control of his arms but Hall is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Tosh really dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hall tests Tosh's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hall scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Tosh drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Tosh looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hall wants to sweep here but Tosh controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall has Tosh pulled in close to control his posture.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Sam Hall.

Tosh closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Tosh in side control, throwing shots but Hall defends.
Hall wants to control but Tosh postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Tosh are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Hall manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Tosh is trying to maintain the position but Hall is very close to passing his half guard.
Hall stalling.

Hall gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tosh ducks under a wild hook from Hall.
Hall swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hall throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tosh lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tosh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hall fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tosh checks it well.
Tosh checks a low kick from Hall.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall loads up on a big right hand but Tosh slips the punch.
Hall looks to throw the jab but Tosh is out of range.
Tosh takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tosh fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tosh fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hall misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sam Hall had his way with Peter Tosh in that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Hall will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sam Hall is winning the standup battle so far.
Hall dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hall throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tosh's head.
Tosh misses with a straight right.
Tosh misses with a takedown attempt
and Hall counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Tosh is rocked!

Tosh darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.

Tosh is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hall defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall works his way to full guard. Good work.
Hall managing to control the position.
Hall looking to control.
Hall controlling Tosh's posture.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tosh throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hall works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Tosh trying to control but Hall is working from the bottom.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Hall manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hall stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Hall throws an overhand right that lands on Tosh's shoulder, as Tosh tries to avoid the shot.
Hall lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tosh.
Hall displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tosh.
Sam Hall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peter Tosh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hall clinches up with Tosh and pushes him back against the cage.
Tosh stalling against the cage.
Tosh is working for takedown but Hall is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tosh slowing the pace effectively.
Tosh receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hall is struggling to control the position.
Tosh dodges an elbow strike from Hall.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Hall showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hall has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 48:47
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 48:47
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Hall!
Sam Hall retains his welterweight title!
Post fight, Sam Hall stared into the camera and said 'My name it is Sam Hall and I hate you one and all, damn your eyes!'.