PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mantis Toboggan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Oquendo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toboggan's entrance music is Reaching Out. A fine choice. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Toboggan
vs
Oquendo

190 cm
29
198 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

185 cm
35
190 lbs
26 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mantis Toboggan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Oquendo!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oquendo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Toboggan. Oquendo shrugs it off though.
Toboggan lands a leg kick that knocks Oquendo off balance momentarily.
Toboggan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Oquendo.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Oquendo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Oquendo.
Toboggan throws a head punch that misses.
Toboggan lands a shoulder strike.
Toboggan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice body punch from Oquendo - that landed with a thud.
Toboggan lands a shot to the body.
Toboggan working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Oquendo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oquendo lands with a nice body kick.
Toboggan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Oquendo throws a low kick but Toboggan moves out of range easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Oquendo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oquendo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Oquendo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Toboggan if he has to take too many more of those.
Oquendo misses with the combination.
Oquendo takes one to the side of the head.
A shot to the liver by Oquendo. Beautiful body shot.
Toboggan is looking to clinch but Oquendo is avoiding it.
Oquendo throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Toboggan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Oquendo throws a punch but it's blocked by Toboggan.
Toboggan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Toboggan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oquendo has had enough of the clinch but Toboggan keeps him there for the moment.
Toboggan is trying to stall.
Oquendo misses with a body punch.
A short left from Toboggan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oquendo lands with a right to the head.
Oquendo blocks a body shot from Toboggan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Oquendo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A leg kick checked by Toboggan.
Oquendo fails to land with a series of punches.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Toboggan, right into the meat.
Toboggan misses with a looping right.
Oquendo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Oquendo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Toboggan throws a solid leg kick but Oquendo takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Toboggan.
Oquendo tried to score with a low kick but Toboggan checks it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Toboggan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

It looks like Jose Oquendo has been cut.
Jab, jab by Toboggan - just one landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Toboggan misses the target.
Oquendo misses with a looping left.
Oquendo misses with a head kick.
Toboggan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oquendo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Oquendo looks for the body kick but Toboggan saw that one coming.

Oquendo tries to keep at a distance but Toboggan has taken the fight into the clinch.
Oquendo can't find room to land a body shot as Toboggan controls the action.
Oquendo swings wildly with an uppercut but Toboggan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Toboggan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Oquendos head.
Toboggan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Toboggan gets through Oquendo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Oquendo breaks the clinch.
Toboggan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Oquendo.
Toboggan connects with a nice looking jab.
Oquendo misses with a hook.
Both fighters circling a little - Toboggan finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's four 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!
Toboggan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Oquendo.
Oquendo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Toboggan takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Oquendo scores with a kick to the body.
Toboggan slips a jab and a cross from Oquendo.
Oquendo throws a head kick that misses
and Toboggan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Toboggan blocks a head kick by Oquendo.
Toboggan checks a leg kick.
Toboggan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Oquendo.
Toboggan ducks under a wild hook from Oquendo.
Toboggan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Oquendo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Toboggan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Toboggan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A jab from Toboggan does it's job there.
Oquendo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Toboggan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mantis Toboggan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jose Oquendo's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Toboggan throws a good cross that connects.
Oquendo staying out of range there.
Oquendo misses with a low kick.
Toboggan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Toboggan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Toboggan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Toboggan shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Oquendo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Oquendo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Oquendo motions for Toboggan to come forward. Oquendo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Oquendo wants to land a leg kick but Toboggan is out of range.
Oquendo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Oquendo tries to circle away but Toboggan has him pinned against the cage.
Oquendo working aggressively here.
Toboggan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Oquendo backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Oquendo fails to land.
Oquendo is trying to break the clinch but Toboggan is controlling him.
Toboggan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Toboggan is trying to break the clinch but Oquendo has him pressed against the cage.
Toboggan keeps control of Oquendo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Toboggan taking a breather.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Oquendo is trying to break free.
Oquendo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Toboggan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Toboggan leaning against his opponent.
Toboggan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Toboggan swings wildly with an uppercut but Oquendo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oquendo blocks an uppercut.
Oquendo is trying to break the clinch but Toboggan is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oquendo working hard to break the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Toboggan keeps control of Oquendo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Oquendo breaks from the clinch.
Toboggan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
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!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Oquendo. Toboggan shrugs it off though.
Oquendo swats away the attempt to clinch by Toboggan.
Mantis Toboggan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toboggan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Oquendo slips under a jab.
Oquendo blocks a head kick by Toboggan.
Toboggan wants to land a leg kick but Oquendo is out of range.
Toboggan throws a jab but it's blocked by Oquendo.
Oquendo throws a head kick but Toboggan moves out of range.
Toboggan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Toboggan checks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oquendo misses with a head kick.
Oquendo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Toboggan circles away quickly and effectively.
Mantis Toboggan is winning the standup battle so far.
Toboggan walks into a left hand.
Jose Oquendo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Toboggan wants to clinch up but Oquendo keeps it at a distance.
Toboggan is looking to clinch.
Toboggan wants to clinch up but Oquendo keeps it at a distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Toboggan.
Oquendo connects with the punch.
Toboggan tries to clinch up.
Oquendo misses with a low kick.
Oquendo misses with a head kick.
Toboggan moves out of range of the strikes.
Toboggan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Toboggan goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Oquendo scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toboggan throws a leg kick but Oquendo moved away.
Toboggan throws a head kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oquendo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Oquendo 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.
Oquendo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Toboggan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Toboggan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Toboggan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Toboggan feints and then cracks Oquendo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Oquendo down.
Toboggan missing with a left hand there. Oquendo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Toboggan throws a head kick but Oquendo moves out of range.
Oquendo avoids a kick to the body.
Toboggan tries to clinch up but Oquendo circles away and keeps his distance.
Oquendo throws a shot from downtown. Toboggan moves away and avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Toboggan misses the jab.
Oquendo throws a shot from downtown. Toboggan moves away and avoids it.
Toboggan avoids a kick to the body.
Toboggan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mantis Toboggan dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jose Oquendo's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Oquendo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Oquendo slips a jab from Toboggan.

Toboggan takes the fight into the clinch.
Oquendo tries to circle away but Toboggan has him pinned against the cage.
Toboggan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Oquendo wants to get back to striking at distance but Toboggan won't allow it.
Mantis Toboggan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Toboggan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Toboggan.

Toboggan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oquendo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Toboggan lands a head shot.
Toboggan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Oquendo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Toboggan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oquendo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Toboggan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toboggan misses the body punch
and Oquendo counters with a head kick. That will keep Toboggan thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Oquendo avoids the head kick by Toboggan.
Toboggan lands a head kick. Oquendo smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Oquendo misses with a low kick.
Toboggan 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.
Toboggan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Oquendo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A head kick by Oquendo misses
and Toboggan counters with a nice uppercut.
Oquendo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Oquendo throws a leg kick which misses Toboggan's front leg but catches the back leg as Toboggan tries to avoid it.
Oquendo throws a nice inside leg kick.
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!
Toboggan tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Toboggan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Oquendo swats away the attempt to clinch by Toboggan.
Toboggan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Oquendo. That's going to slow Toboggan down.
Toboggan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Toboggan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oquendo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Toboggan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Oquendo checks a leg kick.
A punch combination from Toboggan misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Toboggan takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Toboggan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Oquendo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Oquendo connects with a solid leg kick.
Oquendo moves out of range of the body kick.
Toboggan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Oquendo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Oquendo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Toboggan connects with a high kick.
Toboggan misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oquendo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Toboggan throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Oquendo.
Oquendo lands a nice looking body kick.
Oquendo tries a head kick but it misses.
Toboggan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Oquendo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Oquendo lands with a hook. Toboggan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Toboggan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oquendo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Oquendo misses with a wild combination.
Oquendo throws a series of punches but Toboggan moves out of range.
Toboggan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Oquendo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Toboggan has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Oquendo finds it's way round the side to connect with Toboggan's head.
Oquendo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Oquendo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Oquendo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Toboggan connects with a leg kick. Oquendo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toboggan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Toboggan tries to score with a low kick but Oquendo moves his leg out of the way.
Jose Oquendo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A chopping leg kick lands by Oquendo.
Toboggan takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Oquendo checks a leg kick.
Oquendo misses with an uppercut.
Toboggan throws a hook to the side of Oquendo's head but Oquendo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Oquendo connects with a solid leg kick.
A slow jab from Oquendo misses its intended target.
Toboggan fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oquendo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Good leg kick by Oquendo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Toboggan throws the kick towards the body but Oquendo avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Oquendo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Toboggan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mantis Toboggan!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Mantis Toboggan waved his t-shirt featuring CEC Nutrition Q160's logo in front of the cameras.