PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Connor Rostowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torres comes to the cage accompanied by Old Way's. Connor Rostowski has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Miguel Torres's chin.

Torres
vs
Rostowski

175 cm
32
143 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

165 cm
18
139 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Damnfield clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Miguel Torres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Connor Rostowski!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rostowski scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Torres shoots in for a takedown but Rostowski shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Rostowski throws a hook to the side of Torres's head but Torres sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Torres shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Rostowski is trying to defend but Torres finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Torres content to control rather than advance.
Rostowski is trying to stand.
Rostowski is looking for a sweep. Torres is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rostowski really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Torres. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Torres passes to full mount!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres lands a big elbow.
Rostowski taking shots to the head.
BOOM! Torres connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Torres landing strikes from the mount.
Torres with the ground and pound from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torres scoring with strikes but Rostowski is staying in there.
Torres in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Torres with the ground and pound from mount.
Torres scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Torres looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Rostowski taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Torres landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rostowski is desperately trying to improve his position but Torres has a good base and remains in mount.
Torres lands a nice shot to the head.
Torres unloading with bombs!
Torres scoring with strikes but Rostowski is staying in there.
Torres with a couple of short strikes.
Torres looking to control and managing it successfully.

Torres has hold of Rostowski's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Rostowski manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rostowski trying desperately to get to his feet.
Rostowski taking shots to the head.
Torres postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rostowski looks a forlorn figure.
Torres lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Torres lands a big elbow.
Torres sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Torres working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Torres lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Torres landing punches.
Rostowski is in a horrible position here. Torres smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Torres breaks from Rostowski's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rostowski takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Torres looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Torres lands a nice shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Torres lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Torres cracks Rostowski with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Rostowski is rocked!
Torres cracks Rostowski with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miguel Torres!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Miguel Torres waved his t-shirt featuring Hopkins Athletics ($6 shirts!)'s logo in front of the cameras.