PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Toretto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and St Petersburg Strangler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Strangler has chosen Let Me Through by The Dead Weather as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as St Petersburg Strangler enters the cage!

Toretto
vs
Petersburg Strangler

167 cm
17
147 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

174 cm
19
150 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dominic Toretto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, St Petersburg Strangler!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Steve Montenegro and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Strangler wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Toretto has him pressed against the cage.
Strangler wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Toretto tries a knee to the head but Strangler blocks it.
Toretto swings wildly with an uppercut but Strangler uses good head movement to avoid it.

Strangler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toretto throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Strangler throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Toretto stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nice defenses there by Toretto.
Toretto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Strangler has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Toretto is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Strangler scores with the left hand. Toretto knows he should have avoided that one.

Toretto takes the fight into the clinch.

Toretto has picked Strangler up - he's going for a ride! Toretto dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toretto trying to mount his opponent but Strangler defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like Toretto is going to stand back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Strangler really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Toretto. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Toretto tries to pass the half guard into mount. Strangler knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Toretto wants to stand up but Strangler has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Toretto seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Strangler does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Strangler connects with a body shot that sends Toretto's belly button to the back.
Toretto is looking to clinch but Strangler is avoiding it.

Strangler clinches with his opponent.
Strangler is trying to break free.
Strangler lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Strangler on the inside.
Strangler pushes Toretto back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Strangler working hard to break the clinch.
Toretto prevents Strangler from breaking the clinch.
Strangler lands a body shot.
Toretto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Strangler is defending well for now.
Toretto has Strangler pressed against the cage, preventing Strangler from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Toretto prevents Strangler from breaking the clinch.
Strangler lands a body shot.

Toretto breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Toretto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Strangler.
Toretto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toretto fails to land with a series of punches.
Strangler slaps away a takedown attempt from Toretto, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Strangler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice straight punches there by Strangler. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Strangler.
Strangler lands a glancing blow to the side of Toretto's head.

Toretto is rocked!
Strangler comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Oh Toretto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Toretto is breathing heavily.
Strangler fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Toretto square on the jaw! Damn, Toretto is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). St Petersburg Strangler!
St Petersburg Strangler is the new featherweight champion!
Our winner, St Petersburg Strangler, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.