PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dean Wakefield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angel Toney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toney comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Korn - Twisted Transistor kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Dean Wakefield is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Wakefield
vs
Toney

182 cm
27
186 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

185 cm
24
174 lbs
7 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dean Wakefield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Angel Toney!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Jonathan Paton and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut lands for Wakefield. That snapped Toney's head back.
Toney takes one to the chin there.

Toney scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Toney missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Toney wants to free his trapped foot but Wakefield is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Toney is trying to work for a kimura but Wakefield is defending well.
Wakefield wants to control but Toney is keeping busy.
Wakefield wants to improve his position but Toney is controlling well.
Toney throwing shots but Wakefield is blocking nicely.
Wakefield is looking to improve his position.
Toney looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wakefield wants to control but Toney is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wakefield is doing well to control the position and prevent Toney from advancing to side control.

Toney is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Wakefield tries to get to full guard but Toney has control of the leg.
Toney is looking to pass Wakefield's guard but actually Wakefield recovers to full guard.
Toney trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Wakefield manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Toney looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Toney lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Toney passes Wakefield's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toney prevents Wakefield from standing back up.
Toney misses with a head shot. Wakefield uses the momentum to regain guard.
Wakefield utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Toney pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Wakefield is keeping the position for now.
Toney keeps trying to improve his position.
Wakefield working a defensive guard here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wakefield seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Toney wants to pass the guard but Wakefield is keeping the position.

We're going to have a standup here because Dean Wakefield wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Wakefield is looking to slow Toney down with leg kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Toney closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Wakefield quickly recovers to half guard.
Wakefield is looking to control Toney's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Wakefield avoid being mounted?
Wakefield won't allow Toney to pass to mount.
Toney is still trying to improve position.
Wakefield is trying to control but can't.
Wakefield blocking the ground and pound attempt from Toney.
Toney frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Wakefield is in all sorts of trouble here.
Toney fails to take his opponent's back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toney throwing strikes here but Wakefield is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Toney connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Toney looking to finish with strikes here!
Wakefield wants to control but Toney is having none of it.
Toney misses with a head shot.
Toney with good strikes from the mount here!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wakefield wants to hold on but Toney pushes him away.
Toney looking to finish with strikes here!
Wakefield tries to lock up and control but Toney gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Toney has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Toney lands with some strikes.

Toney looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Angel Toney dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Toney throws a series of punches but Wakefield avoids them all with ease.
Toney takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wakefield misses with a hook
and Toney counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Horrible takedown attempt by Toney or perhaps it was just good defense by Wakefield, which made it look bad.
Wakefield keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wakefield takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Toney moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

It looks like Dean Wakefield has been cut.
Wakefield looks to land a left hand but Toney moved out of range nicely.
Wakefield is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Wakefield misses with a looping right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toney waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wakefield.
Nice defenses there by Toney.
Wakefield scores with a crisp jab that stopped Toney in his tracks.
Wakefield stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Toney gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Wakefield.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toney takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Toney moves out of range of the strikes.
Dean Wakefield seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wakefield lands the left hand.
Wakefield cracks Toney with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wakefield lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Toney circles away quickly and effectively.
Toney bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wakefield lands a jab-cross combination.
Wakefield misses with a looping left.
Wakefield lands with an uppercut that bounces Toney off the cage and back into range.

Toney is rocked!
Wakefield takes one on the button.
Toney is still on wobbly legs! Can Wakefield finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toney is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wakefield.
Toney seems to have recovered his senses.
Toney uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wakefield.
Angel Toney is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Toney swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wakefield scores with a sloppy right hand. Toney should have avoided that one.
Dean Wakefield is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wakefield throws a series of punches but Toney avoids them all with ease.
A big left from Toney misses.
Wakefield dips to his left and cracks Toney with an uppercut!
Wakefield throws a lazy right hand but Toney sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wakefield throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Toney displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Wakefield throws out the jab.
Toney dives in for a single leg takedown but Wakefield sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Toney tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Wakefield just stands there and leans against the cage.
Dean Wakefield has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Angel Toney.

Wakefield breaks the clinch.
Wakefield fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Toney throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Wakefield's waist but Wakefield gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Toney off to one side.
Toney misses with a hook. Wakefield ducked under it nicely.
Dean Wakefield is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Toney.
Toney's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wakefield connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Toney scrambles back to his feet.
Nice defenses there by Toney.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toney swings for the body but Wakefield moves out of range.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Toney.
Wakefield lands a right hook to the body.
Toney tries to bum rush Wakefield with a series of wild strikes but Wakefield uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wakefield scores with a jab.
Wakefield lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Toney ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Toney shoots in looking for a takedown but Wakefield manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Toney's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Toney drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wakefield is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Toney fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wakefield manages to avoid it.
Wakefield connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Toney momentarily.
The fighters circling - Wakefield throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wakefield avoids a punch combination nicely.
Toney misses with a double jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wakefield throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Decent striking displayed by Toney there.
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!
Wakefield connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Wakefield lands a really nice looking cross but Toney seems unphased.
Toney takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wakefield throws a right and a left that both miss.
Toney moves out of range as Wakefield strikes.
Wakefield cracks Toney with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Toney misses with a double jab
and Wakefield counters with a left and a right... And another left! Toney is down! He's done! The ref dives in to save him and that's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dean Wakefield!
Dean Wakefield took some time post fight to say the following; 'Hoping that this win will mean that I will be back on track in my MMA career!'.