PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Collins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksandar Toppington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aleksandar Toppington is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Collins
vs
Toppington

200 cm
22
270 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

200 cm
28
225 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kyle Collins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aleksandar Toppington!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Collins throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Collins throws a body shot but no joy.
Collins keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Toppington takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Collins throws a right and a left that Toppington avoids nicely.

Collins takes the fight into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Collins.

It looks like Aleksandar Toppington has been cut.
Stalling in the clinch from Collins.
Toppington misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toppington swings wildly with an uppercut but Collins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Toppington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Collins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Collins tries to throw a body punch but Toppington avoids it by throwing Collins back against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Collins lands with a short shot to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toppington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Collins swings wildly with an uppercut but Toppington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Collins blocks an uppercut.
Collins misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Collins.
Collins misses with some punches.
Toppington blocking some punches.
Toppington blocks an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Collins - that landed with a thud.
Toppington swings wildly with an uppercut but Collins uses good head movement to avoid it.
I was talking to Collins's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Collins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Collins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Collins struggles to land a body shot inside as Toppington controls his hands.
Toppington blocking some punches.
Toppington blocks a body shot from Collins.
Toppington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Collins lands a hook that snaps the head of Toppington backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins scores with a hook to the body.
Toppington throws a punch but it's blocked by Collins.
Collins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Collins lands with a right to the head.
Collins lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Collins.
Toppington misses with the head strike.
Toppington's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Toppington's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Toppington lands a left hand that snaps the head of Collins backwards.
Collins gets through Toppington's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Collins stalling against the cage.
Toppington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Collins lands with a light punch inside.
Collins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Toppington throws a punch but it's blocked by Collins.
Collins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A left hand lands to the body for Collins.
Toppington looks winded!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins scores with a shoulder strike.
Collins pushes Toppington back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Collins cracks Toppington with a nice body shot.
Collins pushes Toppington back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Collins lands with a light punch inside.

Toppington is rocked!
Still in the clinch, Collins scores with a nice short uppercut.
Toppington is still on wobbly legs! Can Collins finish him?

That has opened up Aleksandar Toppington's cut even more.
Collins cracks Toppington with a nice body shot.
Collins misses with a short punch on the inside.
Collins misses with some punches.
Toppington blocks an uppercut.
Collins working aggressively here.
Collins swings wildly with an uppercut but Toppington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Collins misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Collins.
Collins's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Toppington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Collins throws a punch but it's blocked by Toppington.
Toppington seems to have recovered his senses.
Collins lands a body punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Collins gets through Toppington's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Collins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Collins just leaning against Toppington, taking a breather.
Collins lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Toppington to his knees! Collins keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kyle Collins!
Kyle Collins decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.