PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julio El Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tong Po (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

El Toro
vs
Po

178 cm
29
196 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

189 cm
27
224 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

BeastMode

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Julio El Toro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tong Po !
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Ben Watson and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from El Toro misses.
Po tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Po uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by El Toro.
Po tries to close the distance and clinch but El Toro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Po tries to close the distance and clinch up but El Toro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
El Toro blocks a head kick by Po .
El Toro lands with a shot to the body.
El Toro misses with a jab to the body

and Po counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Po .
El Toro tries a body shot but Po blocks it.
El Toro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

El Toro is trying to trip Po . He has hold of a leg but Po is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. El Toro persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
El Toro in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
El Toro postures up.
El Toro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Po is keeping the position for now.
El Toro with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
El Toro wants to control from the top but Po keeps moving.
El Toro won't allow Po to sweep him here.
Po is trying to control the position but El Toro postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as El Toro accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
El Toro throws a big right hand that misses.
El Toro stands up over Po , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
El Toro pushes down on Po 's leg and manages to get into half guard.
El Toro seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Po does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Toro thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Po 's head.
El Toro 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.
El Toro missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
El Toro not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Po regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from El Toro.
El Toro is looking to work some ground and pound but Po has wrist control.
El Toro trying to control the position from guard on top but Po is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Po on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Po shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. El Toro eats them both and turns towards Po to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Julio El Toro has been cut.
El Toro scores with a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Po is looking to clinch.
Po fails in his attempt to clinch.
Po walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Po moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
El Toro fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Po on the side of the head.
El Toro scores with a sloppy right hand. Po should have avoided that one.

El Toro has managed to clinch.
Po throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from El Toro.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Po .
El Toro misses with a punch to the body.
El Toro misses with a short punch on the inside.
El Toro tries to throw a body punch but Po avoids it by throwing El Toro back against the cage.
Po lands a hook to the side of the head.
Po misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right handed body shot lands from El Toro.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
El Toro blocking some punches.
El Toro looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

El Toro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Po dips to his left and cracks El Toro with an uppercut!
El Toro changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Po tries to avoid it but El Toro manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Po to the ground. Po escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
El Toro misses with a left hand

and Po counters with a crisp right hand that drops El Toro! Po lets El Toro back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

El Toro is rocked!
Po wants to clinch.
Oh El Toro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
El Toro cracks Po with an open hand slap.
El Toro seems to have got his legs back now.
Po tries to clinch up but El Toro circles away and keeps his distance.
Po tries to close the distance and clinch but El Toro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Julio El Toro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julio El Toro's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

El Toro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Po takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Po tries to clinch up but El Toro circles away and keeps his distance.

Po cracks El Toro with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Po has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning El Toro to stand back up!

El Toro is rocked!
Po flashes El Toro a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. El Toro's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. El Toro crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Po punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tong Po !
After winning the bout, Tong Po thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.