PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Akira Toriyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergei Simenkov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toriyama's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Three 6 Mafia - It's a Fight. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Toriyama
vs
Simenkov

173 cm
39
152 lbs
44 - 25 - 1

165 cm
47
169 lbs
30 - 34 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 44 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Akira Toriyama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 34 - 1, fighting out of New York, Sergei Simenkov!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Toriyama has managed to clinch.
Toriyama lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Toriyama lands a shoulder strike.
Toriyama misses with some punches.
Toriyama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Simenkov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Simenkov has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Toriyama avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Toriyama has a couple of punches blocked by Simenkov.
Toriyama misses with a punch on the inside.
Toriyama lands a nice uppercut.
Toriyama fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Simenkov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Toriyama has closed the distance and engaged Simenkov in a clinch.
Toriyama throws a punch but it's blocked by Simenkov.
Toriyama is pressed up against the cage. Simenkov has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Toriyama down to the mat. Toriyama avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Toriyama gets a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Toriyama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Simenkov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Simenkov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Toriyama.
Toriyama makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Simenkov.
A head punch on the inside from Toriyama fails to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Simenkov is trying to break free.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Toriyama.
Toriyama scores with a nice hook to the head.
Toriyama lands a left hand that snaps the head of Simenkov backwards.
Simenkov blocks an uppercut.
Simenkov can't get the takedown.
Akira Toriyama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sergei Simenkov.

Simenkov is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Toriyama can't fight it off and eventually Simenkov manages to take the fight to the floor. Toriyama looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Toriyama doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Toriyama trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Simenkov working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Toriyama's head.
Toriyama throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Toriyama throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Toriyama 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.
Toriyama scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Toriyama thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Toriyama throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Simenkov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Toriyama swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Toriyama throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toriyama wants to sweep here but Simenkov controlling him for the moment.
Toriyama will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Toriyama tries to strike from the bottom.
Simenkov wants to control from the top but Toriyama keeps moving.
Toriyama trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Toriyama tries to strike from the bottom.
Simenkov makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Simenkov must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Toriyama tries to strike from the bottom.
Toriyama throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Toriyama keeping moving, preventing Simenkov from controlling successfully.
Toriyama throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Toriyama closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Simenkov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Toriyama scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Toriyama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Simenkov tries to stall but Toriyama uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simenkov tries to stall but Toriyama uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Simenkov seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Toriyama misses with some punches.
Toriyama lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Toriyama misses with a hook from the clinch.
Simenkov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Toriyama misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Simenkov.
Toriyama lands with a right to the head.
Toriyama has a couple of punches blocked by Simenkov.
Simenkov is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Toriyama pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Simenkov looking for a takedown.
Toriyama lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Simenkov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Toriyama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Simenkov misses with the head strike.
Simenkov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Simenkov drops down looking for an ankle pick but Toriyama pulls his leg out and moves away.
Good shot there by Simenkov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Simenkov shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Toriyama as he avoids it easily.

Toriyama closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Toriyama misses with a punch on the inside.
Toriyama lands a hook to the side of the head.
Toriyama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Simenkov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Simenkov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Toriyama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Toriyama lands a right hand.
A short right from Toriyama.
Toriyama working aggressively here.
Toriyama throws a punch but it's blocked by Simenkov.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Toriyama.
Toriyama throws a head punch that misses.
Simenkov changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Toriyama fights it off and pushes away nicely.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Toriyama has a couple of punches blocked by Simenkov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Akira Toriyama dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Toriyama clinches.
Simenkov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Toriyama misses with the head strike.
Simenkov changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Toriyama fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Toriyama is looking to clinch but Simenkov is avoiding it.

Toriyama pushes Simenkov up against the cage in a clinch.
Simenkov wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Toriyama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Toriyama has a couple of punches blocked by Simenkov.
Simenkov is looking for a takedown.
Simenkov blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Toriyama.
Toriyama lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Toriyama.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Simenkov tries to score a body lock takedown but Toriyama shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Akira Toriyama has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sergei Simenkov.
Simenkov drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Still in the clinch, Toriyama scores with a nice short uppercut.
Simenkov is trying to break free.
Toriyama fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toriyama fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Simenkov looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The referee calls for Simenkov to work.
Toriyama working aggressively here.
Simenkov goes for a takedown in the clinch but Toriyama prevents it.
Toriyama stops a takedown attempt from Simenkov.
A head punch on the inside from Toriyama fails to land.
Simenkov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Toriyama is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Simenkov can do to turn this around?
A head punch blocked on the inside by Simenkov.
Toriyama scores with a shoulder strike.
Toriyama throws a punch but it's blocked by Simenkov.
Toriyama misses with a short punch on the inside.
Toriyama misses with a punch on the inside.
Toriyama swings wildly with an uppercut but Simenkov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Toriyama throws a head punch that misses.
Simenkov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Toriyama backwards.
Simenkov tries to score a body lock takedown but Toriyama shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Toriyama.
Simenkov takes a shot to the head.
Simenkov has Toriyama pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Toriyama manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Toriyama lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Simenkov backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toriyama misses with a hook from the clinch.
Simenkov tries to score a body lock takedown but Toriyama shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Toriyama tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Toriyama tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Simenkov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Toriyama moves into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Toriyama.
Toriyama lands with a right to the head.
Toriyama lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Simenkov blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Toriyama.
Simenkov tries to break the clinch but Toriyama is controlling the position.
Toriyama misses with a punch on the inside.
Simenkov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Toriyama is defending well for now.
A short uppercut from Toriyama.
Simenkov has Toriyama pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Toriyama manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toriyama has a couple of punches blocked by Simenkov.
Toriyama swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Akira Toriyama has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Simenkov drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Simenkov is breathing heavily.
Simenkov tries to score a body lock takedown but Toriyama shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Simenkov tries for a takedown. No joy.
Toriyama misses with some punches.
Simenkov is looking for a takedown.
Toriyama lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Simenkov backwards.
Toriyama lands a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Toriyama.
Toriyama working aggressively here.
Toriyama lands a hook to the side of the head.
Toriyama lands with a short shot to the head.
Simenkov blocks an uppercut.
Toriyama is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Simenkov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Toriyama lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Simenkov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Toriyama scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Simenkov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Simenkov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Toriyama misses with some punches.
Simenkov can't find room to land a body shot as Toriyama controls the action.
A short right from Toriyama on the inside.
Toriyama misses with some punches.
A short left from Toriyama.

Simenkov is rocked!
Simenkov tries for a takedown. No joy.
Toriyama lands with a right to the head.
Simenkov is still on wobbly legs! Can Toriyama finish him?
Toriyama has a couple of punches blocked by Simenkov.
Simenkov wants to take the fight to the mat but Toriyama manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Toriyama tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Simenkov seems to have recovered his senses.
Toriyama lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Toriyama lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Simenkov has Toriyama pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Toriyama manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Toriyama unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Simenkov! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Toriyama is unloading with more strikes now! Simenkov drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Akira Toriyama!
A very excited looking Akira Toriyama made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.