PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jairo Bolsonato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Tortoise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jairo Bolsonato is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Bolsonato
vs
Tortoise

190 cm
25
260 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

187 cm
18
255 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Jairo Bolsonato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Tortoise!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bolsonato uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tortoise.
Thomas Tortoise seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tortoise getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

Tortoise clinches.
Bolsonato makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tortoise throws an elbow that misses.
Tortoise blocking some punches.
Tortoise misses with a punch on the inside.
Tortoise looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nice body punch from Tortoise - that landed with a thud.
A nice right hand lands inside from Tortoise.
Tortoise fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bolsonato throws a head punch that misses.
Tortoise is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bolsonato misses with a punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bolsonato misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Tortoise scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tortoise blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Bolsonato fails to land.
Tortoise tries to land knees in the clinch but Bolsonato avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bolsonato.
Bolsonato blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bolsonato looking to slow down the pace here.
Tortoise looking to slow down the pace here.
Tortoise looking to throw knees to the head but Bolsonato is blocking nicely.
A short uppercut from Tortoise.
Bolsonato misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tortoise tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tortoise tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bolsonato avoids it.
Tortoise can't find room to land a body shot as Bolsonato controls the action.
Bolsonato lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tortoise backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bolsonato blocks the elbow strike.
Bolsonato is pushing Tortoise up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tortoise using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bolsonato has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tortoise blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tortoise is looking to control Bolsonato's arms but Bolsonato gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tortoise has his back to the cage.
Bolsonato tries to break the clinch but Tortoise is controlling the position.
Bolsonato is looking to break free of the clinch but Tortoise has double underhooks.
Tortoise misses with a punch on the inside.
Bolsonato has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch on the inside from Tortoise fails to land.
Tortoise throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tortoise.
Bolsonato is trying to maintain a safe position but Tortoise gets an underhook and turns Bolsonato into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Tortoise fails to land.
Tortoise will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Bolsonato up against the cage.
Tortoise blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bolsonato's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tortoise throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tortoise fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolsonato misses with some punches.
Bolsonato can't break the clinch.
Tortoise tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bolsonato's elbow.
Bolsonato lands a shot to the body.
Bolsonato lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tortoise swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tortoise using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bolsonato has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tortoise with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bolsonato stalling in the clinch but Tortoise improves position.
A short left from Tortoise.
Bolsonato lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tortoise lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tortoise creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bolsonato has a couple of punches blocked by Tortoise.
Bolsonato misses with a punch on the inside.
Tortoise throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tortoise lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolsonato wants to get back to striking at distance but Tortoise won't allow it.
Bolsonato is trying to push Tortoise away but Tortoise has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tortoise scores with a shot to the side of Bolsonato's head.
Tortoise misses with some punches.
Bolsonato is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tortoise fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Come on Bolsonato - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tortoise throws a punch but it's blocked by Bolsonato.
Tortoise misses with a punch to the body.
Tortoise blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bolsonato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tortoise lands with a left to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tortoise throws a punch but it's blocked by Bolsonato.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Tortoise dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Tortoise drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Bolsonato right on the button. Bolsonato goes down! Tortoise follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Tortoise gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Tortoise!