PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gerbert Bryant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ottis Toole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bryant comes to the cage accompanied by I just wanna. Toole has chosen Sexy and I Know It by LMFAO as his entrance music. Gerbert Bryant could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ottis Toole's chin.

Bryant
vs
Toole

195 cm
29
275 lbs
22 - 8 - 0

205 cm
34
275 lbs
33 - 15 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Humanoid Nutrition (160Q for 160$)
Hellbent

MayheM sportswear
Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gerbert Bryant!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ottis Toole!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toole takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bryant misses with a hook. Toole ducked under it nicely.
Bryant throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Toole has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Toole throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Bryant gets a clinch.
Toole is looking to take this one to the mat.
Toole gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Bryant.
I was talking to Bryant's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short right from Bryant on the inside.

Bryant works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Bryant's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Toole keeping moving, preventing Bryant from controlling successfully.
Toole wants to control the position but Bryant says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Bryant is trying to control the action in half guard but Toole is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Toole is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bryant's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bryant's back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Toole's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Bryant is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Bryant avoids the strikes from Toole.
Bryant is really stuck here.
Toole missing with strikes from the back.
Bryant is taking damage to the body and head.
Toole doesn't have the hooks in and Bryant manages to turn into his guard.
Toole utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Toole manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bryant manages to get himself to full guard.

Toole missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Toole throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toole throwing strikes but missing.
Toole wants to control from the top but Bryant keeps moving.
Toole preventing the sweep.
Toole postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Toole looking to sit in guard and control but Bryant gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toole is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Toole working for a triangle but Bryant defends it easily.
Toole is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryant lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Toole working a defensive guard here.
Toole is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Toole is trying to control the position but Bryant postures up.
Toole bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bryant's guard.

Bryant is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Toole missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bryant working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Toole.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryant working a defensive guard here.
Toole working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Toole throws a big right hand that misses.
Toole trying to control but Bryant is working from the bottom.
Bryant pulls Toole in close to his closed guard and prevents Toole from doing any damage or advancing position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bryant keeping moving, preventing Toole from controlling successfully.
Toole is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Gerbert Bryant will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Toole bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A big left from Bryant misses.
Bryant throws an off balance right hand

and Toole counters with a single leg into guard. Bryant didn't expect that.
Toole working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Toole seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Toole wants to control from the top but Bryant keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toole is looking to work some ground and pound but Bryant has wrist control.
Toole trying to control but Bryant is working from the bottom.
Toole stopping the sweep attempt from Bryant.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toole wants to control from the top but Bryant keeps moving.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Toole throws a strike but Bryant rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Bryant postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bryant wants to control from the top but Toole keeps moving.
Ottis Toole has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bryant looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Toole is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Toole looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Bryant puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryant working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bryant working Toole over with strikes.
Toole is staying active underneath Bryant, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Toole is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Bryant's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Bryant's back!
Toole trying to control momentarily.
Toole is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Toole missing with punches from the back.
Bryant turns into Toole and is now in his guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toole wants to sweep here but Bryant controlling him for the moment.
Bryant looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryant is looking to work some ground and pound but Toole has wrist control.

Toole is looking for a triangle but Bryant pushes his legs off easily.
Toole keeping moving, preventing Bryant from controlling successfully.
Bryant is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

It looks like Ottis Toole has been cut.
Bryant cracks Toole with a solid left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bryant stopping the sweep attempt from Toole.
Toole is trying to keep Bryant in close.

Bryant got a little sloppy there for a moment and Toole has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bryant has managed to get both his arms back between Toole's legs - danger averted.
Toole is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bryant lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bryant content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Toole looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bryant is working Toole over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Toole keeping moving, preventing Bryant from controlling successfully.
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 Gerbert Bryant will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ottis Toole's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Toole will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bryant half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Toole fails with the takedown
and Toole takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Toole misses with a left hand

and Bryant counters with a left hand that sends Toole to the canvas!

Toole is rocked!
Bryant is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Toole can do to turn this around?
Bryant postures up, still in guard. A huge hammer fist lands that bounces Toole's head off the mat! Toole is out! He's out! Bryant jumps to his feet and celebrates with his corner!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Gerbert Bryant!
Gerbert Bryant retains his super heavyweight title!
Gerbert Bryant seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Ottis Toole spoke after the fight, saying 'My opponent may have won this time, but I'm going to eat his children. '.