PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Quinteros (ranked 561 p4p, 77 weight class) and Taiga Toriyama (ranked 1232 p4p, 155 weight class). Toriyama comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Japan National Anthem kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Quinteros
vs
Toriyama

185 cm
28
179 lbs
9 - 0 - 0

180 cm
22
174 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Bee Krazy

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nelson Quinteros!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Taiga Toriyama!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Igor Prikhodko and Ivan Kurochkin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toriyama throws a lazy right hand but Quinteros sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Quinteros throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Toriyama.
A jab from Toriyama misses.
A quick step to the side and Quinteros tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Toriyama avoids the body shot from Quinteros.
Quinteros misses the jab.
Toriyama misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Quinteros misses the target.

Quinteros drives through and clinches with Toriyama against the cage.
Quinteros lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Toriyama backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for Toriyama.
Toriyama prevents a body shot from Quinteros.
Quinteros blocks the elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toriyama wants to break free but Quinteros has control.
Our sources have told us that Quinteros has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Toriyama pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Quinteros missing with knees to the body.

Toriyama manages to break the clinch.
Toriyama throws a leg kick but Quinteros moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toriyama goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Toriyama throws a jab when Quinteros was well out of range.
Toriyama lands a jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Toriyama. That's going to slow Quinteros down.
Quinteros lands a nice shot to the body.
Quinteros misses the shot to the body.
Quinteros misses with a jab, cross combination.
A head kick misses from Toriyama.
Quinteros throws a body punch but Toriyama moves out of range.
Quinteros throws a body punch but Toriyama moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Quinteros. Toriyama does a little dance to reset his feet.
Quinteros scores with a hook to the body. Toriyama takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toriyama scores with a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quinteros ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Toriyama moves away.
Quinteros sizes up Toriyama with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

It looks like Taiga Toriyama has been cut.
Quinteros keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Toriyama.
Toriyama avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Toriyama looks to land a left hand but Quinteros moved out of range nicely.
Quinteros is looking to counter the offense by Toriyama and move into the clinch.
Toriyama throws a shot to the body.
Quinteros tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Toriyama paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A countering left hand to the body from Toriyama misses.
Quinteros throws a jab when Toriyama was well out of range.
Quinteros ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Toriyama moves away.
Quinteros misses with a wild combination.
Quinteros falls off balance throwing a combination
and Toriyama counters with a big head kick but Quinteros shrugs it off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toriyama gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Quinteros.
The crowd cheers as Toriyama lands an impressive looking overhand right. Quinteros doesn't seem phased though.
Toriyama throws a nice looking combination but Quinteros bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A quick step to the side and Quinteros tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Toriyama scores with a crisp jab that stopped Quinteros in his tracks.

Toriyama gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Quinteros scores a nice knee to the body.
Quinteros lands a hook that snaps the head of Toriyama backwards.
Toriyama is working Quinteros over against the cage.
Toriyama wants to break free but Quinteros has control.
Toriyama looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Quinteros makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Quinteros lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toriyama pushes off an throws an elbow but Quinteros leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Quinteros lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Toriyama or not.
Quinteros lands a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quinteros stalling in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Toriyama as the two fighters clinch.
Quinteros tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Toriyama avoids it.
Toriyama throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A frustrated look appears on Toriyama's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Good body shot from Quinteros.
Toriyama wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Quinteros has him pressed against the cage.
Toriyama pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Toriyama is trying to break the clinch but Quinteros has him pressed against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Toriyama.
Quinteros lands with a light punch inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Toriyama just misses with a elbow thrown towards Quinteros's brow.
Toriyama tries to work over Quinteros's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Toriyama breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Quinteros throws a right and a left that both miss.
Quinteros is looking to wear down Toriyama with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Toriyama uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Quinteros.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Nelson Quinteros will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Taiga Toriyama's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Toriyama lands a head kick!
Toriyama lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Quinteros is rocked!
Toriyama wobbles Quinteros with a right hand and the left hook that follows puts him on his rear! Toriyama dives in with a huge flying punch that connects right on the button and puts Quinteros to sleep! - What a violent and spectacular finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Taiga Toriyama!
Taiga Toriyama is the new welterweight champion!
Taiga Toriyama 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.