PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Timmy O Toole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manny Sessions (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Toole's entrance music is Say my name. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

O Toole
vs
Sessions

168 cm
29
164 lbs
19 - 12 - 1

169 cm
29
156 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Timmy O Toole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Manny Sessions!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sessions keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Toole avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Toole looks to land a body kick but Sessions moved away.
O Toole staying out of range there.
Manny Sessions seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sessions throws a hook but O Toole blocks it.
Sessions uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Toole.
Sessions throws a wild body kick that O Toole sees coming a mile off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sessions. O Toole does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sessions tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
O Toole connects with an inside leg kick.
A big left from O Toole misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sessions.
O Toole with a jab.
O Toole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sessions.
Sessions throws a nice looking combination but O Toole bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
O Toole throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sessions moves out of range of the body kick.
O Toole keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sessions walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sessions jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Sessions does it's job there.
O Toole swings away with a leg kick that misses.
O Toole scores with a nice head shot.
O Toole keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
O Toole throws a body kick that misses.
Sessions throws a series of punches but O Toole avoids them all with ease.
O Toole thows a body shot but no joy.
O Toole avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sessions misses with a low kick.
Sessions misses with an attempted mid kick.
O Toole scores with a head kick.
O Toole scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sessions tries a head kick but it misses.
Sessions on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Sessions swings for the body but O Toole moves out of range.
O Toole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
O Toole misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sessions moves out of range of the strikes.
Sessions throws a hook but O Toole avoids it easily.
Sessions looks to land a body kick but O Toole moved away.
Sessions misses with an uppercut. O Toole saw that one coming.
Sessions lands a nice looking body shot.
Sessions looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
O Toole catches Sessions with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Sessions throws the left hand but O Toole avoids the punch easily.
Sessions misses the shot to the body.
O Toole shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sessions jabs at O Toole's body.
Sessions swings for the body but O Toole moves out of range.
Sessions looks to score with a jab to the body but O Toole is just out of range.
Sessions finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
O Toole scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
O Toole uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sessions.
O Toole is looking to land body kicks.
Good leg kick by O Toole there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sessions throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sessions misses with a low kick.
O Toole takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
O Toole misses with a looping right.
Good shot there by Sessions.
O Toole throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sessions avoids the head kick by O Toole.
O Toole keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sessions looks to land a body kick but O Toole moved away.
Sessions throws the kick towards the body but O Toole avoids it.
Manny Sessions is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sessions lands a nice looking body kick.
O Toole tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sessions misses the shot to the body.
O Toole throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nice body kick from O Toole.
Sessions fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
O Toole throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from O Toole.
Sessions defends well against a solid takedown attempt from O Toole.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
O Toole fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sessions.
Sessions throws a body punch but O Toole moves out of range.
O Toole closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
O Toole misses with an attempted mid kick.

O Toole scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

O Toole is trying to get an arm triangle but Sessions is defending well.
O Toole working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sessions pushes O Toole away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, O Toole gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Sessions manages to work his way to half guard, despite O Toole's best efforts.

O Toole is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Sessions has managed to free his arm - good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timmy O Toole dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

O Toole takes one to the side of the head.
Timmy O Toole is winning the standup battle so far.
O Toole keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sessions.
Sessions throws a right hand that O Toole ducks under and follows up with a left that O Toole also avoids with ease.
O Toole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sessions.
O Toole pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sessions is out of range and O Toole settles back down.
Sessions thuds his shin into the meat of O Toole's side.
Sessions wants to slow O Toole down by chopping away at his legs.
Sessions closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sessions uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from O Toole.
Sessions ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sessions falls off balance throwing a combination
and O Toole counters with an inside leg kick.
A punch combination from Sessions misses.
Sessions misses with a hook to the body
and O Toole finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
O Toole pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
O Toole throws a leg kick
and Sessions counters with a big head kick but O Toole shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Toole is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sessions.
A solid leg kick lands there for O Toole.
Sessions throws a nice outside leg kick.
O Toole connects with a solid leg kick.

O Toole looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
O Toole in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
O Toole throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
O Toole has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
O Toole is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
O Toole throwing strikes from guard but Sessions blocks nicely.
Sessions avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sessions preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
O Toole working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
O Toole trying to control but Sessions is working from the bottom.
Sessions is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

O Toole drops back, looking for a kneebar! Sessions looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Sessions looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Sessions!
O Toole keeps Sessions under control for a moment.
O Toole parries the strikes from Sessions easily there. Sessions is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable O Toole to escape.
Sessions throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
O Toole gets back to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. O Toole manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sessions tries to free his leg and advance position but O Toole is retaining full guard.

O Toole has his feet on Sessions's thighs here. He's pushed Sessions off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Sessions screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Timmy O Toole!
A relieved looking Timmy O Toole thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.