PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiki Toke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toke has chosen Bonecracker- Shocore as his entrance music. Jonathan Hall has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hall
vs
Toke

186 cm
37
226 lbs
24 - 10 - 0

183 cm
32
220 lbs
18 - 16 - 2

Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Spartan Nutrition
KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250

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 24 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jonathan Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tiki Toke!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toke defending well as Hall loads up on a big left hand.
Toke comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Toke takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Toke staying out of range there.
Toke lands with an uppercut that bounces Hall off the cage and back into range.
Hall throws a hook but Toke blocks it.
Hall jabbing away but nothing is landing.
As Hall backs off Toke throws a huge counter combo but Hall manages to avoid it all.
Hall moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Hall drops Toke with a nice combination! Hall dives into Toke's guard, looking to finish!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hall trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Toke pushes Hall off and scrambles back to his feet.
Hall scores with a body shot.
Toke slips a straight right by Hall.
Toke flicks out a counter leg kick but Hall steps away.
Toke needs to keep his hands up - Hall had a free shot at his head there.
Hall jabs Toke right on the nose. Toke blinks but takes it well.
Hall swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hall lands a nice leg kick that just misses Toke's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Toke misses.
Jonathan Hall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hall attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Toke blocks a low kick nicely.
Hall displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Toke.

Toke moves into the clinch.
Hall misses with a punch on the inside.
Hall working aggressively here.
Hall lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Toke manages to pull guard.
Toke controlling the position.
Hall lands a couple of digs.
Toke wants to sweep here but Hall controlling him for the moment.
Hall trying to control the position from guard on top but Toke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hall is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Toke looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hall trying to control the position from guard on top but Toke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hall postures up.
Toke bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hall's guard.
Toke wants to control from the top but Hall keeps moving.
Hall looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hall lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Hall is looking to work some ground and pound but Toke has wrist control.

Toke throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall throwing strikes but missing.
Our spies down at at Sanitarium inform us that Toke has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Hall missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Toke wants to sweep here but Hall controlling him for the moment.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Hall misses the jab.
Toke throws a big counter head kick but Hall avoids it with no problem.
Toke shoots in but Hall avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Toke misses with a takedown attempt - Hall sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Jonathan Hall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tiki Toke.
Hall ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Toke moves away.
A jab from Toke finds it's way through Hall's defenses.
Hall has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Toke finds it's way round the side to connect with Hall's head.
Hall tried to score with a low kick but Toke checks it.
Toke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hall throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Toke.
Hall pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Toke back to the cage. Hall follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Toke closes the distance and clinches up with Hall, looking for a takedown. Toke pushes Hall against the cage but Hall circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Hall throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A leg kick checked by Toke.
Toke is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice straight punches there by Hall. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hall.
Toke has a takedown stuffed.
Toke lands with a good body shot.
Toke shoots in looking for a takedown but Hall manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Toke's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Toke thows a body kick. Hall tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Hall throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Toke lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hall blocks a head kick by Toke.
Hall swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hall tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonathan Hall dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Hall loads up on a big right hand but Toke slips the punch.
Toke avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hall misses with a right hand
and Toke counters with a nice uppercut.
Hall scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Toke lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hall misses with a looping left.
Toke throws out a counter right but Hall avoids it with no problem.
Hall turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Toke wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hall misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hall throws a hook but Toke avoids it easily.
Toke lands a lovely overhand right.
Hall looks for the body kick but Toke saw that one coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab by Hall.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Toke is defended easily by Hall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toke tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Hall defends well and Toke ends up having to push Hall into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Hall throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Toke ducks under a wild hook from Hall.
Jonathan Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toke blocks the body kick.
Toke checks a low kick from Hall.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hall.

Toke shoots in and gets a takedown into Hall's guard.

Hall pushes Toke off and scrambles back to his feet.
Hall throws a head kick but Toke moves out of range.
Hall misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Toke bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hall throws a head kick that half lands.
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!
Hall on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Toke. Toke obviously looking to wear him down.

Toke drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Toke trying to control the position but Hall is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Toke thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

Toke looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Toke is putting a hurting on Hall here, landing some big shots from side control.
Hall gets back to half guard.
Hall is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Toke can do to turn this around?
Hall makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Hall.
Toke postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Toke trying to control but Hall is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall trying to keep a closed guard but Toke is proving a slippery customer.
Toke working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Toke throwing strikes but missing.
Toke lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Toke postures up in Hall's guard and throws a big left but Hall blocks it.
Hall has Toke pulled in close to control his posture.
Toke has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Toke throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Toke pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hall is keeping the position for now.
Toke working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Hall has his foot on Toke's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Toke works his way back into a safe position though.
Toke working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Toke trying to control the position from guard on top but Hall is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hall is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Hall wants to stand up but Toke is controlling him.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Hall throws a jab when Toke was well out of range.
Toke lands a nice hook to Hall's body. Hall takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Toke tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hall manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Toke lands a really nice looking cross but Hall seems unphased.
Donk. Toke catches Hall right on the button with a cross.
Toke throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hall misses with a body kick.
Hall is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Toke.
Jab from Hall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jonathan Hall will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Toke tests Hall's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Toke shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Hall sprawls well. Hall wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Toke gets slowly back to his feet.
Hall looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Toke cracks the inside of Hall's front leg.
Toke misses with a two punch combination.
Hall tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Toke manages to circle out of the way.
Hall tries a head kick but it misses.
Hall throws a wild body kick that Toke sees coming a mile off.
Toke tests Hall's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Toke lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hall jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Toke shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Hall has one foot on Toke's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toke punishes Hall's body with a nice straight punch.

Toke scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Toke throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Toke seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hall does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Hall is looking for a sweep. Toke is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hall moves into full guard.
Toke trying to control the position from guard on top but Hall is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hall keeping full guard, as Toke tries to pass.
Toke looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

Toke closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Hall did well to prevent Toke getting side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toke wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hall keeps working.
Toke works his way into full mount!
Toke landing punches.

Hall is rocked!

Toke is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Hall has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Toke drops a big elbow. That's hurt Hall! More shots from Toke and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tiki Toke!
Tiki Toke bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.