PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cabo Daciolo (ranked 5515 p4p, 469 weight class) and Thom Toin (ranked 5514 p4p, 468 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.

Daciolo
vs
Toin

182 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cabo Daciolo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thom Toin!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, John Kavanagh and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daciolo doesn't manage to clinch there - Toin circles away.
Daciolo wants to clinch up but Toin keeps it at a distance.
Toin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Toin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
No joy there for Daciolo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Toin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Daciolo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toin.
Daciolo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Toin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Daciolo. That snapped Toin's head back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daciolo misses with a few strikes there.
Toin unleashes a big counter combination but Daciolo bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Daciolo misses the target.
Toin let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A combination from Daciolo does no damage.

Toin moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Daciolo is trying to push Toin away but Toin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Toin blocks an elbow strike from Daciolo.
Daciolo misses with some punches.
Daciolo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice body punch from Daciolo.
Daciolo tries to land a knee to the head but Toin blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Daciolo fails to land.

Daciolo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Toin closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Toin lands a few punches from side control.
Toin lands some shots froms side control.
Toin in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toin working the ground and pound from side control.
Toin works to advance to full mount. Daciolo defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Toin lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Daciolo is breathing heavily.
Daciolo is in a horrible position here. Toin smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Toin lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Toin fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Daciolo is rocked!
Toin loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Daciolo scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Toin land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Toin stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thom Toin!