PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Eli Massey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Todd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Massey
vs
Todd

184 cm
22
194 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
29
190 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eli Massey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marco Todd!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Massey missing with a left hand there. Todd was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Massey tests Todd's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Todd ducks under a wild hook from Massey.
Massey lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Todd at a distance.
Massey dives in and grabs Todd's left leg, looking for a takedown. Todd pushes down on Massey's head and hops out.
The crowd cheers as Todd lands an impressive looking overhand right. Massey doesn't seem phased though.
Todd misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Todd.
Todd avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Massey throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Todd stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Todd swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Todd throws a low kick but Massey avoids it.
The crowd cheers as Todd lands an impressive looking overhand right. Massey doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Todd slips a jab and a cross from Massey.
Massey throws a hook to the side of Todd's head but Todd sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Todd misses with a body kick.
Massey lands a lovely overhand right.

It looks like Marco Todd has been cut.
Todd misses with a wild combination.
Todd goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Todd throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Massey stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Todd lands a nice looking body kick.
Massey moves out of range of the body kick from Todd.
Todd takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Todd throws a hook but Massey avoids it easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Todd. That's going to slow Massey down.
Todd swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Massey cracks a nice hook into Todd's ribs.
Massey lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Todd scores with the left hand. Massey knows he should have avoided that one.
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!

Massey scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Massey with the ground and pound but Todd regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Massey not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Todd keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Massey is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Todd defends it well.
Massey wants to pass to mount but Todd is defending the position.
Massey thows a huge punch but Todd dodges it nicely.
Massey is keen to just control but Todd is a slippery customer.
Massey missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Todd tries to get to full guard but Massey has control of the leg.

Massey wants to work for an arm triangle but Todd is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Todd is defending against the submission attempts here by Massey.
Massey not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Todd is trying to stand up here but Massey is controlling him well.

Massey is trying to work for a kimura but Todd is defending well.
Massey 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.
Massey not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Todd wants to get back to full guard.
Massey seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Massey is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Todd defends it well.
Massey throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Massey wants to pass the guard but Todd is defending well.
Massey is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eli Massey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marco Todd's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Todd missing with a left hand there. Massey was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Massey just misses with a punch to the body.
Todd swings for the body but Massey moves out of range.
Crunch! Todd slams his shin into Massey's torso.
Massey misses the jab.
Todd is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Massey.
Massey moves out of range as Todd throws a body kick.
Todd throws a front kick that sends Massey stumbling back into the cage.
Massey stuns Todd with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Massey throws a hook but Todd avoids it easily.
Massey moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Massey. Todd does a little dance to reset his feet.
Todd throws out a loose jab but Massey uses good head movement to avoid it.
Todd looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Massey misses with a body shot.
A punch combination from Todd misses.
Todd throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
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!
Massey scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Todd rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Massey moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Todd looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Some wild striking there from Todd.
Eli Massey is winning the standup battle so far.
Massey misses with a looping left.
Todd misses with a wild combination.
Todd throws a shot from downtown. Massey moves away and avoids it.
Todd looks for the body kick but Massey saw that one coming.
Todd misses with a looping right.
Massey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Todd.
Massey misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Todd.
Massey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Massey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Todd.
Todd lands a nice hook to Massey's body. Massey takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Massey swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Todd swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Massey to counter with a crisp jab.
Some wild striking there from Massey.
Todd jabs Massey right on the nose. Massey blinks but takes it well.
Todd moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Massey misses with an uppercut.
Todd lands a high kick!
Massey connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Todd momentarily.
Massey swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Todd moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Todd will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Massey throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Todd uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Massey.
Todd takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A big right from Todd misses.
Massey walks into a straight right hand from Todd.
Todd slips under a jab from Massey.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Massey throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Todd.
Jab by Todd.
Todd keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Massey.
Massey on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Massey moves out of range of the body kick from Todd.
Massey scores with a crisp jab that stopped Todd in his tracks.
Todd fakes the leg kick and cracks Massey in the body.
Todd misses with a double jab.
Massey chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Todd can pounce on him.
Todd lands a nice leg kick that just misses Massey's sensitive parts.
A punch combination from Massey misses.
Massey throws a front kick aimed at Todd's knee but Todd avoids it well.
Massey cracks Todd with a good shot that sees him stumbling back 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!
Todd moves out of range of the strikes.

Massey gets a double leg takedown into Todd's guard.
Massey connects with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Massey tries to free his leg and advance position but Todd is retaining full guard.
Massey is looking to work some ground and pound but Todd has wrist control.
Massey stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Todd swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Massey throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Massey throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Massey throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Massey trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Massey is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eli Massey dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marco Todd's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Massey darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Todd with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Todd steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Massey.
Todd fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Massey gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Todd misses with a body kick.
Massey pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Massey misses with a wild combination.
Massey misses with a looping right.
Todd throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Todd lands a lovely overhand right.
Todd lands a front kick.
Massey avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Todd scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Todd uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Massey.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Massey misses with a hook.
Marco Todd is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Massey finds it's way through Todd's defenses.
Massey looks to throw the jab but Todd is out of range.
Marco Todd is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Todd misses with an uppercut. Massey saw that one coming.
Todd swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Massey throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice combination there by Todd.
Massey misses with a kick to the body.
Todd looks to land a body kick but Massey moved away.
Todd explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Massey throws a push kick but Todd slaps the foot to one side.
A looping hook to the body misses from Massey. Todd does a little dance to reset his feet.
Massey keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Todd ducks under a wild hook from Massey.
Todd throws a head kick that misses.
Nice shot lands for Todd.
Eli Massey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Todd on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Massey tries a low kick but Todd avoids it.
Massey swings for the body but Todd moves out of range.
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!
Massey throws a good cross that connects.
Todd swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Massey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Todd.
Massey takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Massey misses with a wild body shot.
Todd pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A punch lands to the side of Todd 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Massey will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Todd connects with the punch.
Massey moves out of range as Todd throws a body kick.
Todd walks into a straight right hand from Massey.
Todd throws a body kick that misses.
Marco Todd seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Todd missing with a left hand there. Massey was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Massey scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Todd doesn't seem bothered though.
Massey finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Massey scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A combination from Todd does no damage.
Massey lands with a good body shot.
Todd turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Todd misses with a body shot.
Todd drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Todd misses with a kick to the body.
Todd fails to land with a series of punches.
Todd takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jab from Massey.
Todd looks to land a combination but Massey avoids it well.
Nice shot lands for Todd.
Todd uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Massey.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Massey.
Massey content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Marco Todd has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Massey seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Todd for as long as he can get away with.

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 Eli Massey.
Well Massey 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eli Massey!
Eli Massey thanked the fans post fight for their support.