PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Toney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Calico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toney comes to the cage accompanied by Wicked. The crowd seem to be enjoying Calico's choice of entrance music: Heat--J.U.I.C.E.. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Toney
vs
Calico

179 cm
24
220 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

191 cm
24
213 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Toney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jay Calico!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calico throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Toney throws a hook but Calico avoids it easily.
Calico misses with a low kick.
Toney moves in looking to clinch but Calico pushes him off.
Calico takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Calico misses with a low kick.

Calico shoots in and gets a takedown into Toney's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Calico tries to free his leg and advance position but Toney is retaining full guard.
Calico wants to control from the top but Toney keeps moving.
Toney is pulling down on Calico's head. It's preventing any offense from Calico, at least for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Toney uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Calico.
Some wild striking there from Toney.
Toney misses with a body shot.
Calico scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Calico is looking to slow Toney down with leg kicks.
Calico scores with a jab.
Toney just misses with a punch to the body.
Toney misses with a hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Calico.
Toney throws a predictable looking body shot
and Calico counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Toney fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Calico looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Calico takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Calico connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Toney throws a right hand that misses
and Calico counters with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Calico scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Toney trying to control but Calico postures up.
Calico is keen to just control but Toney is a slippery customer.
Toney controlling the position for now.
Toney gets full guard.
Toney might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Toney keeping moving, preventing Calico from controlling successfully.
Calico won't allow Toney to sweep him here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toney trying to keep a closed guard but Calico is proving a slippery customer.
Calico postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Toney working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Calico.
Toney is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Toney is trying to control. Calico wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Calico is looking to control Toney's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Calico avoid being mounted?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calico is looking for a sweep. Toney is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Still in half guard, Toney seems content to control.
Calico tries to get to full guard but Toney has control of the leg.

We're going to have a standup here because James Toney wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Toney looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Calico is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Toney takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Calico showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Toney.
Calico lets loose with a powerful body kick. Toney will feel that in the morning.
Toney checks a low kick from Calico.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Calico.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Toney takes a swing at Calico's ribcage but misses.
Toney takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Toney takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Calico swats away the attempt to clinch by Toney.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Calico 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.

Toney swings widly with a right hand
and Calico counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Toney tries to clinch there but Calico circles away.
Toney smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A punch combination from Toney misses.
Toney is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Calico.
Calico scores with a nice body kick.
Calico catches Toney with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Toney wants to clinch up but Calico keeps it at a distance.
Toney fails to land with a series of punches.
Toney's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Calico connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Toney scrambles back to his feet.
Calico has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
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!
Calico connects with a good right hand that stumbles Toney. Toney circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Toney lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Calico is looking to land body kicks.
Calico throws a head kick that misses.
Toney misses with a two punch combination.
Toney throws an off balance right hand
and Calico counters with a good low kick that Toney was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calico buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jay Calico seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Calico looks for a takedown but Toney sprawls well.
Toney fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Calico manages to avoid it.
Toney walks into a straight right hand from Calico.
Toney throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Calico sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Calico looks for the body kick but Toney saw that one coming.
Toney on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Toney misses with a body shot.
Toney lands a two punch combo.
Calico lands with an overhand left.
A head kick misses from Calico.

Calico gets tackled into the cage by Toney. Toney maintains the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Calico prevents a body shot from Toney.
Calico gets through Toney's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Calico misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Calico's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
James Toney is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Toney throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Toney is looking to clinch.
Calico shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Toney but Toney pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Calico. That's going to slow Toney down.
A punch combination from Toney misses.
James Toney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toney comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Calico moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Toney uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Calico.
Calico throws a nice outside leg kick.
Toney fails with an attempt to clinch.
Calico takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Calico lands a leg kick that knocks Toney off balance momentarily.

Calico shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calico sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Toney makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Toney.
Toney trying to keep a closed guard but Calico is proving a slippery customer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calico is in close to Toney's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jay Calico has got the better of the ground game so far.
Calico trying to control but Toney is working from the bottom.
Toney keeping full guard, as Calico tries to pass.
Toney keeping moving, preventing Calico from controlling successfully.
Toney managing to control the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Calico content to stall in guard here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Calico showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're 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.

Calico feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Toney's calf.
Toney keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Calico cracks Toney with an open hand slap.
James Toney is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Toney misses.
Toney will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Toney throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Calico sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Calico. That's going to slow Toney down.
Toney on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Toney throws a good cross that connects.
Calico throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Toney's head.
Calico scores with a decent looking hook.
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!
Toney misses with a two punch combination.
Calico throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toney has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Calico.
Toney tries to clinch up.
Toney thows a body shot but no joy.
Calico misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Toney.
Toney misses with a wild combination.
Calico scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Calico scores with a head kick.
Toney swinging wildly here.
Toney goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Toney fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Calico manages to avoid it.
Calico throws a head kick that Toney semi-blocks.
Toney misses with an uppercut. Calico saw that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Calico scores with a nice strike.
James Toney has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calico with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Toney throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Calico.
Toney tries to clinch but Calico moves out of range.
Jay Calico is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Calico is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Toney.
Toney walks into a stiff left hand from Calico.
Calico keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Toney.

Calico throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Toney was covering up waiting for the punch and Calico finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Toney keeping moving, preventing Calico from controlling successfully.
Toney looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calico 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.
Toney looking for a sweep. Not yet Toney, not yet.
Calico looking to pass the guard.
Toney is trying to control the position but Calico postures up.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Toney swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Toney throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Decent striking displayed by Calico there.
Toney throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The fighters circling - Toney throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toney tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Calico counters with a straight right hand.
Calico lands with a slapping head kick.
Calico throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Calico throws a quick inside leg kick.
Calico fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Calico delivers a nice body kick.
Calico throws a leg kick which misses Toney's front leg but catches the back leg as Toney tries to avoid it.
A big right from Toney misses.
Calico lands with a slapping head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Calico.
Toney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Calico takes one on the button.
Nice defenses there by Calico.
Calico lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jay Calico comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Calico has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Calico!
Jay Calico very nearly forgot to thank Global Empire MMA Gear amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.