PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Snowdon (ranked 450 p4p, 68 weight class) and Yokuni Togashi (ranked 765 p4p, 110 weight class). Togashi has chosen Imagine Dragons - Radioactive as his entrance music. Yokuni Togashi has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Snowdon
vs
Togashi

189 cm
25
180 lbs
17 - 6 - 0

181 cm
25
177 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Urban Fighter
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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 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Snowdon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Yokuni Togashi!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Togashi jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Snowdon appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
William Snowdon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Snowdon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Snowdon swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Togashi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Snowdon lands a jab to the head.
Snowdon thuds his right hand into Togashi's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Snowdon throws a hook to the side of Togashi's head but Togashi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Togashi has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Snowdon scores with a jab to the jaw.
Togashi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Snowdon.
Togashi pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Snowdon moves out of range of the strikes.
Togashi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Snowdon.
Togashi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Snowdon moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Togashi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Snowdon has time to react.
Togashi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Snowdon.
Togashi walks into a stiff left hand from Snowdon.
Togashi throws a jab but it's blocked by Snowdon.
Togashi throws a front kick aimed at Snowdon's knee but Snowdon avoids it well.
Nice defenses there by Togashi.
Snowdon connects with a nice looking jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Snowdon.
Snowdon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Snowdon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Snowdon misses with an uppercut.
A nice side step and Togashi releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Snowdon fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Togashi takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Togashi lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Snowdon definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Snowdon clobbers Togashi with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Snowdon misses with a wild body shot.
Togashi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Snowdon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Snowdon tries to clinch up.
Togashi throws a right hand that misses
and Snowdon counters with a thumping low kick.
Yokuni Togashi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Snowdon throws a chopping leg kick but Togashi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Togashi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Snowdon ducks under a wild hook from Togashi.
Snowdon connects with the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Togashi moves into range and connects with a jab.
Snowdon is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Togashi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Snowdon scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Togashi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

Snowdon drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Togashi wants to sweep here but Snowdon controlling him for the moment.
Snowdon advances position into side control!
Snowdon advances to mount.
Snowdon looking to control but Togashi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snowdon prevents Togashi from getting the reversal.
Togashi keeps trying to improve his position.
Snowdon tries to control but Togashi wriggling away.
Togashi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Snowdon. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Snowdon forces the positional change into back control.
Togashi is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Snowdon off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Snowdon has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Togashi is in real trouble here. Snowdon gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Togashi is tapping out! Snowdon wins by rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). William Snowdon!
A very excited looking William Snowdon made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Yokuni Togashi stepped up to the mic, saying 'The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.'.