PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jukka Toskala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Jawbreak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jawbreak has chosen Jawbreaker - by NK (Rukkus) as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Toskala
vs
Jawbreak

180 cm
29
189 lbs
14 - 2 - 0

177 cm
23
193 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Knockout power

Fenrir Fightgear - Be the Wolf

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jukka Toskala!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dick Jawbreak!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toskala connects with a single shot there.
Toskala throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Jawbreak has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
No luck for Jawbreak with that takedown attempt.
Toskala is looking to counter punch.
Nice body punch from Toskala.
Toskala leaves Jawbreak with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jawbreak fails with the takedown.
Jukka Toskala has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dick Jawbreak.
Jawbreak changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Toskala tries to avoid it but Jawbreak manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Toskala to the ground. Toskala escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Toskala defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Jawbreak.
Jawbreak tries to score a power double leg takedown but Toskala sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jawbreak somewhat.
Toskala is looking for a counter combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toskala lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jawbreak tries to score a power double leg takedown but Toskala sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jawbreak somewhat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jawbreak looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Toskala wants to stand up but Jawbreak is controlling him.
Toskala pulls Jawbreak in to control the position.
Toskala 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.
Toskala knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jawbreak on the ground.
Toskala trying to control the position here.
Jawbreak stops Toskala from standing up.
Toskala looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

Jawbreak thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Jawbreak drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Jawbreak seems to have locked his on tight now - Toskala screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Jawbreak, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Dick Jawbreak!
Dick Jawbreak is the new middleweight champion!
Dick Jawbreak was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.