PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Toure (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Biggin Lolz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Biggin Lolz has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Toure
vs
Lolz

193 cm
25
260 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
270 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Good in bed

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight 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 Los Angeles, William Toure!
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, Biggin Lolz!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toure tries to clinch up but Lolz circles away and keeps his distance.
Lolz misses with a double jab

and Toure counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Lolz wants to get back to his feet.
Lolz looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Toure throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lolz is not content to let Toure control the position.
Toure slips a nice elbow through Lolz's hands, connecting with Lolz's forehead.
Toure not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Toure seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Toure lands with a punch from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toure prevents Lolz from standing back up.
Toure throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lolz can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lolz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Toure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lolz wants to get back to his feet.
Toure thows a huge punch but Lolz dodges it nicely.
Toure not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lolz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Toure. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Toure is trying to control. Lolz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Toure throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Toure scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Toure missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Toure is trying to control the action in half guard but Lolz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Lolz tries to kick Toure off but Toure keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Toure takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Toure lands a nice short elbow.
Lolz pushes Toure off looking to stand but Toure dives back in and keeps control.
Lolz looks winded!
Toure missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Toure thows a huge punch but Lolz dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toure takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Toure scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Toure stops Lolz from getting back to his feet.
Toure trying to control the action but Lolz is working from the bottom.
Toure thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Toure is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Toure is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Toure missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ground and pound from Toure.
Toure is controlling the pace.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Toure wants to pass to mount but Lolz is defending the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lolz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Lolz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Toure.
Lolz pushes Toure off looking to stand but Toure dives back in and keeps control.
Lolz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Toure.
Toure looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lolz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Toure wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lolz keeps working.
Toure not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Toure throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Lolz pushes Toure off but Toure dives into side control.
Toure trying to control the position but Lolz is working away.
Lolz pushes Toure away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Toure gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toure is looking to take a break and control but Lolz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Toure is working Lolz over with some ground and pound from side control.
Toure 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.
Toure scoring with punches and elbows.
Lolz managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Toure.
Lolz is trying to get back to his feet.
Toure throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Toure lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Toure lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Toure controls the position.
Lolz takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
You can see the frustration on Lolz's face as Toure controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Toure dominated that round.
That's time! Toure's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Lolz pushes Toure up against the ropes in a clinch.
Lolz tries to break the clinch but Toure is controlling the position.
Toure looking for a takedown.
Toure goes for a takedown attempt but Lolz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Lolz tries to close the distance and clinch but Toure swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Toure keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Toure misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lolz tries to clinch up.
Toure changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Lolz takes one to the side of the head.
Toure looks to land a combination but Lolz avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toure takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Lolz throws a body shot but no joy.
Lolz falls off balance throwing a combination

and Toure counters with a single leg into guard. Lolz didn't expect that.
Lolz is breathing heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Toure accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lolz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Toure working some strikes from top position.
Toure trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Toure postures up and lands a big shot to Lolz's brow.
Lolz wants to stand up but Toure is controlling him.
Toure postures up and lands a big shot to Lolz's brow.
Toure with a flurry of punches that miss.
Toure looking to pass the guard.
Toure with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lolz keeping moving, preventing Toure from controlling successfully.
Toure is looking to work some ground and pound but Lolz has wrist control.
Toure slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Toure working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lolz wants to get back to his feet but Toure is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Toure working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Toure makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Lolz wants to stand and escape but Toure is having none of it.
Lolz has momentary wrist control but Toure slips an elbow through the middle.
Toure postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Toure is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lolz can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toure slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Toure distracts Lolz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Toure wants to pass the guard but Lolz is keeping the position.
Toure sitting in guard here, content to control.
Toure is in close to Lolz's body, working some short punches and elbows.

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.
Toure stops Lolz from standing up.
Lolz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Toure.
William Toure overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Toure throws an elbow that misses. Lolz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Toure's guard. Nice move by Lolz!

Lolz stopping the sweep attempt from Toure.
Toure is pulling down on Lolz's head. It's preventing any offense from Lolz, at least for the moment.
Lolz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Lolz is working Toure over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Connects with an elbow from the bottom, proving to the judges that he's still active off his back.
Lolz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Toure dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lolz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lolz tries to close the distance and clinch but Toure swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Toure cracks Lolz with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Toure avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lolz tries to close the distance and clinch but Toure swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Toure changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Lolz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lolz sizes up Toure with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lolz throws a lazy right hand but Toure sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lolz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lolz feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Toures jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lolz tries to bum rush Toure with a series of wild strikes but Toure uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lolz checks the leg kick nicely there.
Toure looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Toure has taken the fight to the clinch.
Lolz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lolz is looking for a takedown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toure drops down looking for an ankle pick but Lolz pulls his leg out and moves away.
Lolz is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Toure.
Lolz jabs at Toure's body.
Biggin Lolz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toure takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Some wild striking there from Toure.
Lolz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Biggin Lolz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Toure takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Toure throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lolz.
Toure throws a body shot but no joy.
Lolz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lolz needs to keep his hands up - Toure had a free shot at his head there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lolz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Toure paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lolz is looking to clinch but Toure is avoiding it.
Toure thows a left - swing and a miss!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lolz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Toure circles away from the clinch attempt.

Lolz clinches up against the ropes.
Lolz misses with a punch on the inside.
Lolz drops down looking for an ankle pick but Toure pulls his leg out and moves away.
Lolz shoots in for a takedown but Toure shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
William Toure has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Biggin Lolz.

Toure closes the distance and pushes Lolz back into the ropes.

Toure gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Toure throws a big right hand that misses.
Toure working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lolz's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toure with a flurry of punches that miss.
Toure working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Toure passes Lolz's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Lolz is in trouble now - Toure has advanced to mount!
Toure lands a couple of good shots and Lolz has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Lolz trying to get back to his feet but Toure is in full control for now.
Toure controlling from the back.
Toure has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Toure lands punches and elbows.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lolz trying to get back to his feet but Toure is in full control for now.
Toure looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Toure lands with a hammerfist to the side of Lolz's head.
Toure is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Lolz. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Toure lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Lolz hold on?!
Toure lands punches and elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lolz is trying to remain composed but Toure is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Toure is landing with strikes from the back.
Toure is punishing Lolz with some ground and pound.
Toure is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Lolz up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Toure clearly takes that round.
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.

Toure throws a right and a left that both miss.
Toure moves out of range of the strikes.
Toure takes one to the chin there.
Toure lands a jab-cross combination.
Lolz changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Lolz slips under a jab from Toure.

Toure closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Lolz did well to prevent Toure getting side control.
Lolz wants to get back to his feet.
Lolz is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Toure seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Toure thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Lolz's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Toure lands a nice short elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toure lands with a punch from half guard.
Toure not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Toure looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Lolz is trying to stand up here but Toure is controlling him well.
Toure 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.
Lolz is trying to stand back up but Toure is controlling him
Toure looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lolz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Toure lands strikes from half guard.
Toure not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Toure not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Toure performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Toure scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Toure there.
Toure not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Toure controlling the pace.
Toure passes the guard and advances to mount!
Toure scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Toure with the ground and pound from mount.
Toure punishing his opponent with strikes.
Lolz is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toure working the ground and pound effectively.
Toure pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Lolz trying desperately to get to his feet.
Toure lands a nice shot to the head.
Toure with the ground and pound from mount.
Toure scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Lolz?
Lolz is bucking up trying to escape but Toure cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Lolz bucks up and throws Toure to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Lolz misses with a few strikes there.
A bone on bone clash there as Lolz blocks the leg kick.
Toure misses with a looping right.

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!
Lolz tests Toure's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Toure misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lolz tries to close the distance and clinch but Toure swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Lolz closes the distance and pushes Toure back into the ropes.

Toure gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Toure lands strikes from half guard.
Lolz is trying to stand back up but Toure is controlling him
Toure looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Toure had his way with Biggin Lolz in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Lolz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Toure counters with a stiff right hand.
Toure slips under a jab from Lolz.
Toure takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Toure thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lolz moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Toure throws out a loose jab but Lolz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lolz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Toure paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lolz misses with an uppercut. Toure saw that one coming.

Toure moves into the clinch successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toure tries for a takedown. No joy.
Toure gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lolz.

Toure has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Lolz regains guard immediately.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lolz is looking to stand up but Toure isn't so interested in that idea.
Toure pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lolz is keeping the position for now.
Toure working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Toure trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Toure throws a big elbow that misses.
Lolz wants to stand but Toure is controlling the position.

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

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Lolz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
William Toure is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Toure throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lolz throws a lazy right hand but Toure sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Toure misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lolz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lolz misses with a straight left.
Lolz connects with a body shot that sends Toure's belly button to the back.
Toure with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lolz to score with a decent uppercut.
Lolz thuds his right hand into Toure's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice defenses there by Lolz.
Toure looks to land a right hand but Lolz moved out of range.
Lolz fails with a takedown attempt.
As Lolz backs away, Toure returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toure fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lolz fails to land with a series of punches.
Toure takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Toure throws a shot from downtown. Lolz moves away and avoids it.
Lolz let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Toure stuffs the takedown.
Toure seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
William Toure has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Biggin Lolz.

Toure drives through with a takedown into Lolz's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Toure works over Lolz with some ground and pound from guard.
Toure is looking to work some ground and pound but Lolz has wrist control.
Toure missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Toure is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Biggin Lolz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lolz keeping full guard, as Toure tries to pass.
Lolz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Toure wants to control from the top but Lolz keeps moving.
Lolz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Lolz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Toure landing with the ground and pound.
William Toure is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Lolz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Toure showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to William Toure.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Toure, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 50:44
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 50:46
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Toure!
William Toure is the new heavyweight champion!