PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Solrac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malcolm Too (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Solrac
vs
Too

155 cm
18
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carlos Solrac!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Malcolm Too !
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Solrac avoids the body shot from Too .
Solrac avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Too darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Solrac moves out of range as Too strikes.
Too swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Solrac takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Too scores with a sloppy right hand. Solrac should have avoided that one.
Too clobbers Solrac with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Solrac ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Too throws a right hand that Solrac ducks under and follows up with a left that Solrac also avoids with ease.
Too swings for the body but Solrac moves out of range.
Too throws a right and a left that both miss.
Too throws a hook to the side of Solrac's head but Solrac sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Solrac moves away from the strike by Too .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Too misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Solrac.
Too throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Good standup being displayed there by Too as he connects with a hook.
Solrac slips a straight right by Too .
Too cracks Solrac with a right hand to the side of the head.
Malcolm Too seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Solrac slips a jab from Too .
Solrac on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Solrac moves out of range as Too strikes.
Too connects with a single shot there.
Too throws a hook but Solrac blocks it.
Too is a very stocky fighter. Infact he's such a weird shape that he's almost like some sort of comedy character - it's hard to believe he's real.
Too misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Too tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Solrac was well out of range. Poor timing from Too .
Too misses the jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Too .
Too getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Solrac avoids a punch combination nicely.
Solrac bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Too takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Too throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A telegraphed right hand from Too misses the target.
Too lands the left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Too slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Donk. Too catches Solrac right on the button with a cross.
Solrac could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Solrac uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Too .
Too is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Too misses with a wild body shot.
Too fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Solrac manages to avoid it.
Too just misses with a punch to the body.
Solrac slips a jab and a cross from Too .
Solrac uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Too .
Decent striking displayed by Too there.
Too throws a hook to the side of Solrac's head but Solrac sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Solrac slips under a jab from Too .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Too takes a swing at Solrac's ribcage but misses.
Too is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Solrac had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Good shot there by Too .
Solrac keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Too lands a lovely overhand right.
Too misses with a straight right.
Too lands with a good body shot.
Too misses with a straight right.
Too paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Too misses with a looping left.
Solrac on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Solrac moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Malcolm Too dominated that round.
That's time! Solrac's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Too misses with a wild body shot.
Too connects with the punch.
Too paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Too just misses with a punch to the body.
Too fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Solrac looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Solrac steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Too .

Too moves into range and clinches up with Solrac.
Solrac tries to pull guard but Too won't allow it.
Too digs a right hand underneath Solrac's ribcage. Solrac let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Too lands a left hand.
Too gets through Solrac's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Solrac jumps guard but Too turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Too gets through Solrac's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Too creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Too lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Solrac or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Too lands a right hand that snaps the head of Solrac backwards.
Too has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Too gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Solrac regains guard.

Solrac escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Too gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Too engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Too passes into half guard.
Too wants to free his trapped foot but Solrac is holding on for dear life with his legs.

Solrac looking for subs from the bottom but Too mounts him!
Too controlling from the full mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Malcolm Too was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Too fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Solrac looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Too connects with a looping right hand.
Jab, jab by Too - just one landing.
A jab from Too finds it's way through Solrac's defenses.
Too cracks Solrac with a good jab.
Too jabs at Solrac's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Too does no damage.
Solrac displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Too throws out the jab.
Too swings for the body but Solrac moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Too throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Too connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Solrac takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Solrac uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Too .
Solrac avoids the body shot from Too .
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The fighters circle momentarily. Too darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Too cracks Solrac with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Malcolm Too showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nice shot by Too .
Solrac needs to keep his hands up - Too had a free shot at his head there.
Too bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Solrac's head.
Too pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Solrac gets tackled into the cage by Too . Too maintains the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Too .
A body shot lands from Too .
Solrac jumps guard but Too turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Too gets through Solrac's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Too has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Solrac fails to pull guard.
Too lands with a right to the head.

Too breaks from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Too tests Solrac's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Solrac takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Solrac on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Too paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Too fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Solrac's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Too connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Solrac scrambles back to his feet.
Too connects with a right hand. Solrac shakes it off.
Too fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Solrac manages to avoid it.
Nice cross by Too .
Too lands a really nice looking cross but Solrac seems unphased.

Solrac is rocked!
Too throws a big shot that misses.
Solrac looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Too scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Malcolm Too is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A telegraphed right hand from Too misses the target.
Too throws an overhand right that lands on Solrac's shoulder, as Solrac tries to avoid the shot.
Solrac moves forwards but Too connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Too stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Solrac keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Too uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nice shot by Too .
Too misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Too does it's job there.
Too moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solrac drops his hands momentarily and Too takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Solrac avoids the body shot from Too .
Solrac takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Too fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Solrac, pushing him back against the cage.
Too softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Solrac jumps guard but Too stands there with Solrac around his waist. Solrac gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Carlos Solrac. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Too has hold of one of Solrac's legs. Solrac is fighting the takedown attempt but Too gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Solrac looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Solrac looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Too passes into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Too wants to pass the guard but Solrac is defending well.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Solrac looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Too pushes past his half guard into mount!
Too manages to capitalize on a mistake by Solrac to take his back!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Too controls the action.
Let's hope that Too has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

And that's the end of the fight!
Malcolm Too comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Too has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight for Malcolm Too !
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Malcolm Too !
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight for Malcolm Too !

Malcolm Too wins by unanimous decision!