PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ray Nathan (ranked 2176 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stud Toddler (ranked 3474 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nathan
vs
Toddler

175 cm
31
189 lbs
16 - 12 - 0

178 cm
30
190 lbs
13 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful

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 16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ray Nathan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Stud Toddler!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nathan throws a head kick that misses.
Nathan dodges the punch combination from Toddler.
Toddler takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Toddler takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Toddler tries to close the distance and clinch but Nathan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Toddler closes this distance looking for a takedown but Nathan circles away.
Nathan looks to land a left hand but Toddler moved out of range nicely.
Toddler shoots in looking for a takedown but Nathan manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Toddler's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toddler ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Toddler steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Nathan.
Nice jab there from Nathan.
Nathan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nathan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Toddler on the side of the head.
Nathan avoids the head kick by Toddler.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nathan is looking to land body kicks.
Nathan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Toddler misses with a head kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Nathan. Toddler shrugs it off though.
Toddler on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nathan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Toddler moves away from the strike by Nathan.
Nathan throws a body shot but no joy.
Nathan scores with a hook.
Nathan throws a hook but Toddler blocks it.

Nathan sends Toddler crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Nathan is motioning to the referee to let Toddler up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!

Toddler is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toddler shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nathan as he avoids it easily.
Ray Nathan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stud Toddler.
Nathan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toddler ducks right into an uppercut from Nathan.
Toddler is still on wobbly legs! Can Nathan finish him?
Toddler is trying hard to land a takedown here. Nathan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nathan looks to land a left hand but Toddler moved out of range nicely.
Toddler seems to have recovered his senses.
Nathan loads up on a big right hand but Toddler slips the punch.
Toddler is trying to counter with his kicks.
Toddler misses with a two punch combination.
Toddler has his takedown stuffed
and Nathan counters with a nice uppercut.
Toddler uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nathan.
Nathan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nathan lands a nice shot that snaps Toddler's head back.
Good work by Nathan as he checks the leg kick.
Toddler takes a swing at Nathan's ribcage but misses.
Ray Nathan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nathan scores with a hook to the body. Toddler takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Nathan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Toddler stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nathan throws a hook but Toddler avoids it easily.

Nathan lands a big uppercut and Toddler crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Toddler looks OK. Nathan waves Toddler back to his feet!
Nice defenses there by Toddler.
Nathan misses with a straight left.
Nathan connects with a body shot.
Toddler avoids a kick to the body.
Nathan throws a jab but it's blocked by Toddler.
Toddler showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nathan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nathan connects with a right hand. Toddler shakes it off.
Nathan throws a hook to the side of Toddler's head but Toddler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nathan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Toddler.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Nathan cracks Toddler with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Nathan has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Toddler to stand back up!
Nathan throws a jab when Toddler was well out of range.
Nathan scores with a hook.
A big right from Nathan misses.
Nathan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Toddler is trying desperately to land a takedown but Nathan is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Toddler.
Nathan throws a hook to the side of Toddler's head but Toddler sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Toddler tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Toddler misses with a takedown attempt - Nathan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nathan attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nathan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Toddler tries to close the distance and clinch but Nathan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nathan throwing a counter right hand but Toddler manages to avoid it.
Nathan throws a big shot that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Nathan dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nathan misses with a looping right.
Stud Toddler is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nathan throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nathan stuffs the takedown.
Toddler takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That kick from Nathan tenderised Toddler's leg. Toddler is trying to keep his angry face on.
Nathan misses with a looping left.
Nathan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nathan lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Nathan throws a body punch but Toddler moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nathan takes a swing at Toddler's ribcage but misses.
Toddler moves out of range of the strikes.
Toddler shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Nathan but Nathan pushes him off and we're back to square one.
It looked like Nathan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nathan thows a body kick. Toddler tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Toddler takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nathan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Toddler can do to turn this around?
A punch lands to the side of Toddler 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Toddler takes one to the side of the head.
Nathan missing with a left hand there. Toddler was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nathan connects with a looping right hand.
Toddler walks straight into a right hand from Nathan - that's dropped him! Nathan jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Toddler from any more punishment! Toddler complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Ray Nathan!