PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Redfield Reid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chozen Toguchi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Reid
vs
Toguchi

202 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
191 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

//buriedALIVE// Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Redfield Reid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chozen Toguchi!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reid closes the distance but Toguchi moves to the side

and Toguchi counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Reid!
Toguchi is chipping away with strikes.
Toguchi lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Reid down.
Check out the look on Toguchi's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Reid defending against the ground and pound.
Toguchi working away.
Toguchi lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Toguchi controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toguchi working the body and head with strikes.
Reid is trying to buck Toguchi off.
Reid taking a bit of punishment here - Toguchi scoring with strikes.
Reid takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Toguchi is working Reid over with some ground and pound from side control.
Toguchi in side control lands a decent elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toguchi controlling the position from side mount.
Toguchi advances to mount.
Toguchi unloading with bombs!
Toguchi breaks from Reid's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A nice elbow there by Toguchi.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Reid is in a horrible position here. Toguchi smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Toguchi raining down shots from the mount!

Reid is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reid is trying desperately to improve position.
Toguchi pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Toguchi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Reid really wants to buck Toguchi off and get back to his feet.
Toguchi working Reid over with strikes here.
Toguchi pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Toguchi lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toguchi landing punches.
Reid takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Toguchi unloading with bombs!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Toguchi landing strikes from the mount.
Oh Reid is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Toguchi postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Reid in real trouble here! The ref calls for Reid to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chozen Toguchi!