PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Master Sifu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shelby Toe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Sifu
vs
Toe

183 cm
26
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

195 cm
25
221 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Enjoys gardening

Pirates Powder

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Master Sifu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Shelby Toe!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Chris Saunders and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sifu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Toe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sifu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Toe throws a shot from downtown. Sifu moves away and avoids it.
Toe tries to bum rush Sifu with a series of wild strikes but Sifu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sifu tries to clinch up but Toe circles away and keeps his distance.
Sifu looks to clinch
and Toe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Sifu rushes Toe and presses him up against the ropes.
Toe is trying to break the clinch but Sifu is controlling him.
Sifu missing with knees to the body.
Toe is trying to push Sifu away but Sifu has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Sifu working Toe over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sifu unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Toe tries to pull guard but Sifu holds him up against the ropes and eventually Toe drops back down to his feet.
Sifu comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sifu looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Toe takes a knee to the side of the body.
Toe looks winded!
Sifu tries to land knees in the clinch but Toe avoids the damage to the body.
Sifu is stalling here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sifu obliges.
Sifu with a knee to the head.
Sifu slows down the pace here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sifu working Toe over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toe takes an elbow to the temple.
Toe jumps guard but Sifu turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Sifu content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Master Sifu.
Sifu wants to clinch

and Toe counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Toe not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Toe prevents Sifu from standing back up.
Sifu might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Toe lands strikes from half guard.
Toe is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sifu preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sifu is looking to improve his position.
Sifu is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Toe scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sifu trying to control from the bottom.
Toe lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sifu on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sifu tries to get out of the position.
Sifu wants to improve his position but Toe is controlling well.
Toe passes to side control.
Toe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Toe working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Toe is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sifu knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toe is putting a hurting on Sifu here, landing some big shots from side control.

Toe tries for a kimura but Sifu is defending well.
Toe lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Sifu down.
Sifu is looking to regain half guard here but Toe keeps moving and retains side control.
Sifu taking punishment in the form of punches.
Sifu can't do much from the bottom here.
Sifu on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Toe landing strikes.
Toe scoring with punches from side control.
Sifu is looking for a sweep.
Toe scoring with punches and elbows.
You can see the frustration on Sifu's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Sifu tries to bench press Toe off him but Toe keeps the position.

Toe has hold of Sifu's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Sifu tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Toe cranks the arm and Sifu screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Sifu, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Shelby Toe!
After the big win, Shelby Toe made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Pirates Powder and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.