PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Waits (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio El Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Waits comes to the cage accompanied by What A Waste. Tom Waits has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Waits
vs
El Toro

183 cm
25
193 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

178 cm
25
194 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Tokyo United Fightwear

Conquer

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Waits!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Julio El Toro!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Toro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Waits missing with a left hand there. El Toro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
El Toro tries to close the distance and clinch up but Waits swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A leg kick checked by El Toro.
A slow jab from El Toro misses its intended target.
El Toro blocks a head kick by Waits.
Waits throws a body punch but El Toro moves out of range.
Waits scores with the left hand. El Toro knows he should have avoided that one.
Waits lands a high kick!

It looks like Julio El Toro has been cut.
El Toro lands with a cross.

Waits moves into the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Waits has been working on his elbows in the gym.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
El Toro's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Waits lands a nice elbow.
Waits avoiding damage.
Waits misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Waits just misses with a elbow thrown towards El Toro's brow.
Waits working some nice short punches in the clinch.
El Toro lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Waits backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Waits.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
El Toro trying to stall but Waits improves his position.
A short left from Waits.
El Toro takes an elbow to the temple.
El Toro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
El Toro misses with a punch to the body.
Waits lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Waits lands with a left to the head.
El Toro slowing the pace effectively.
El Toro throws a head punch that misses.
Waits throws an elbow but it misses.
El Toro stalling against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Waits lands an elbow that stopped El Toro in his tracks for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waits throws a blind hook that connects with the side of El Toros head.
Waits misses with a short punch on the inside.
Waits effectively controlling the action here.
El Toro lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Waits swings wildly with an uppercut but El Toro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Waits goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Waits lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Waits lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.

That has opened up Julio El Toro's cut even more.
Waits swings wildly with an uppercut but El Toro uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Waits.
El Toro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Waits tries a body shot but El Toro blocks it.
El Toro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
El Toro misses with a hook from the clinch.
El Toro drops down looking for an ankle pick but Waits pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Waits lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and El Toro has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from El Toro and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Waits lands with a cross.
El Toro fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Waits avoids the body shot from El Toro.
Decent striking displayed by El Toro there.
El Toro getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Waits throws a head kick that half lands.
Waits misses with a looping left.
Waits ducks under a wild hook from El Toro.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Waits tries to clinch up but El Toro circles away and keeps his distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Waits landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Waits lands with a short shot to the head.
El Toro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
El Toro struggles to land a body shot inside as Waits controls his hands.
Waits dodges an elbow strike from El Toro.
Waits scores with a shoulder strike.

The cut above Julio El Toro's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
El Toro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Waits lands a left hand.
El Toro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Waits misses with a punch on the inside.
The referee calls for El Toro to work.
Waits lands a right hand that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Waits dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julio El Toro'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.

Waits darts in and clinches El Toro up against the cage.
El Toro throws an elbow but it misses.
Waits lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt El Toro or not.
A right hook to the body lands for Waits.
El Toro looking for a takedown.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Waits.
Waits scores with a hook to the body.
Waits looking to stall.
Waits throws an elbow that misses.
Waits lands an elbow just above El Toro 's eye.
El Toro takes an elbow to the temple.

Julio El Toro's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Waits working some nice short punches in the clinch.
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!
El Toro is looking to take this one to the mat.
El Toro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Waits.
A head punch on the inside from El Toro fails to land.
El Toro blocks a body shot from Waits.
Waits lands an elbow inside.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Julio El Toro's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tom Waits!
Tom Waits really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Tokyo United Fightwear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.