PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ottis Toole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pasi Palander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pasi Palander has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ottis Toole's chin.

Toole
vs
Palander

205 cm
20
300 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

200 cm
30
300 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Zombie Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ottis Toole!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Pasi Palander!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palander defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Toole.

Toole closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Palander quickly recovers to half guard.
Palander tries to get to full guard but Toole has control of the leg.
Toole thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Palander's head.
Toole missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Toole thows a huge punch but Palander dodges it nicely.
Palander taking some punishment here, with Toole in his half guard.

Palander is defending against the submission attempts here by Toole.
Palander is staying active underneath Toole, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Toole working Palander over with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toole working Palander over with strikes.
Toole sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Toole missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toole scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Toole 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.
Palander is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Toole scores with a couple of nice shots.
Toole missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Toole is thwarting Palander's attempts to control the position.
Toole has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Toole not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Palander keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Toole throwing shots but Palander is blocking nicely.
Toole not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Toole thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Palander's head.
Toole is nestled in close to Palander, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toole not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Palander really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Toole. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Toole lands strikes from half guard.
Palander is looking to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toole winds up and cracks Palander with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Palander blocking the ground and pound attempt from Toole.
Palander trying to control but Toole postures up.
Toole slips a nice elbow through Palander's hands, connecting with Palander's forehead.
Palander wants to control but Toole is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Toole working the head and body with strikes.
Toole lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Toole throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Toole lands with a punch from half guard.
Toole throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Toole seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Toole missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toole drops an elbow to the side of Palander's head.
Toole throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Palander on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Palander is rocked!
Toole lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Palander! More strikes land and this one is all over! Toole jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ottis Toole!
Ottis Toole retains his super heavyweight title!
Ottis Toole took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Zombie Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.