PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mantis Toboggan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ayrton Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mantis Toboggan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Toboggan
vs
Lewis

155 cm
18
165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

166 cm
18
155 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Prefers standup

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mantis Toboggan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ayrton Lewis!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Toboggan. Lewis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Toboggan throws a sloppy body shot

and Lewis counters with a takedown into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Lewis.
Lewis tries to score with some ground and pound. Toboggan controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Lewis landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Toboggan takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toboggan is looking to reverse the position.
The ground and pound from Lewis seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lewis creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Toboggan sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Toboggan on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Lewis throws an elbow but Toboggan slips to the side and avoids it well.
Toboggan is working to avoid the ground and pound but Lewis connects with a decent elbow.
Toboggan is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Toboggan takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The strikes coming from Lewis are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Lewis scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis in side control, throwing shots but Toboggan defends.
Toboggan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lewis landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Lewis scoring with punches and elbows.
Lewis lands a decent elbow from side control.
Toboggan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lewis on the ground.
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Lewis scores with a couple of short elbows.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lewis is chipping away with strikes.
Lewis working the head with strikes.

Toboggan is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big shot lands for Lewis! That's hurt Toboggan! Will he recover? Lewis fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ayrton Lewis!
After winning the bout, Ayrton Lewis thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.