PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robson Novaes (ranked 3743 p4p, 6531 weight class) and Benjamin Torkoly Sr (ranked 463 p4p, 650 weight class). Novaes comes to the cage accompanied by Favela Venceu - MC's Cabelinho & Hariel. Benjamin Torkoly Sr has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Novaes
vs
Torkoly Sr

182 cm
24
190
1 - 1 - 0

200 cm
26
194
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robson Novaes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Benjamin Torkoly Sr!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Columbo Gatti and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Novaes scores with a jab to the jaw.

Torkoly Sr moves into the clinch.
Novaes tries to break the clinch but Torkoly Sr is controlling the position.
Novaes can't break the clinch.
Nice body punch from Torkoly Sr.
Novaes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Torkoly Sr looking to throw knees to the head but Novaes is blocking nicely.

Torkoly Sr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Novaes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Torkoly Sr manages to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Torkoly Sr.
Novaes tried to score with a low kick but Torkoly Sr checks it.
Robson Novaes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Torkoly Sr uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Novaes.
We've been told by Novaes's head coaches at Alpha Brasil that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Novaes with a nice cross.
Novaes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Torkoly Sr feints the counter takedown.

Torkoly Sr clinches up against the cage.
Torkoly Sr wants to break free but Novaes has control.
Novaes tries to break the clinch but Torkoly Sr is controlling the position.
Novaes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Torkoly Sr's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Novaes working aggressively here.
Novaes tries to circle away but Torkoly Sr has him pinned against the cage.
Torkoly Sr is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Torkoly Sr holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Novaes breaks the clinch.
Novaes thumps Torkoly Sr with a low kick.

Torkoly Sr instigates a clinch.
Novaes prevents Torkoly Sr from breaking the clinch.
Torkoly Sr trying to land knees to the body.
Novaes wants to get back to striking at distance but Torkoly Sr won't allow it.
Torkoly Sr keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Novaes's efforts to push away.
Novaes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Novaes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Torkoly Sr throws a body shot but no joy.
Novaes throwing a counter right hand but Torkoly Sr manages to avoid it.
Torkoly Sr has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.

Torkoly Sr darts in and clinches Novaes up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Novaes is trying to force a seperation but Torkoly Sr has the dominant position.
Torkoly Sr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Torkoly Sr misses with a hook from the clinch.
Novaes throws a head punch that misses.
Novaes is trying to break free.
Torkoly Sr has Novaes pressed against the cage, preventing Novaes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Torkoly Sr holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Novaes tries to circle away but Torkoly Sr has him pinned against the cage.

Novaes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Torkoly Sr closes the distance and clinches.
Novaes letting Torkoly Sr take a breather here.
Torkoly Sr stalling the fight.
Torkoly Sr continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Torkoly Sr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Novaes swings wildly with an uppercut but Torkoly Sr uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torkoly Sr tries to throw a body punch but Novaes avoids it by throwing Torkoly Sr back against the cage.
Novaes misses with a punch on the inside.
Novaes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Torkoly Sr keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Novaes's efforts to push away.
Novaes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Novaes tries to break the clinch but Torkoly Sr is controlling the position.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Torkoly Sr pressing his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Torkoly Sr's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Novaes avoiding damage as Torkoly Sr throws knees to the body.
Torkoly Sr wants to get back to striking at distance but Novaes won't allow it.
Torkoly Sr is trying to push Novaes away but Novaes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Torkoly Sr has Novaes pressed against the cage, preventing Novaes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Torkoly Sr missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Novaes wants to get back to striking at distance but Torkoly Sr won't allow it.
Torkoly Sr is trying to force a seperation but Novaes has the dominant position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Torkoly Sr.
Novaes wants to get back to striking at distance but Torkoly Sr won't allow it.
Novaes has Torkoly Sr pressed against the cage, preventing Torkoly Sr from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Novaes can't break the clinch.
Novaes is trying to break the clinch but Torkoly Sr has him pressed against the cage.
Torkoly Sr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Novaes blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Torkoly Sr doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Novaes misses with some punches.
Novaes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Torkoly Sr is pushing Novaes up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Torkoly Sr missing with knees to the body.
Novaes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Benjamin Torkoly Sr will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Torkoly Sr looks to score with a jab to the body but Novaes is just out of range.
Novaes lands a right hook to the body.

Torkoly Sr moves into the clinch.
Novaes tries to break the clinch but Torkoly Sr is controlling the position.
A frustrated look appears on Torkoly Sr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Novaes can't break the clinch.
Torkoly Sr is trying to break the clinch but Novaes is controlling him.
Torkoly Sr wants to break the clinch but can't.
Novaes tries to circle away but Torkoly Sr has him pinned against the cage.
Torkoly Sr working hard to break the clinch.
Novaes is trying to push Torkoly Sr away but Torkoly Sr has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Novaes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Novaes is trying to stall.
Torkoly Sr is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Novaes is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Torkoly Sr is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Novaes wants to break free but Torkoly Sr has control.
Torkoly Sr wants to break the clinch but can't.
Novaes throws a head punch that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Novaes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Novaes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Novaes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Torkoly Sr misses with a low kick.
Torkoly Sr is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Novaes appears to be looking for a big counter.
Novaes misses with an uppercut. Torkoly Sr saw that one coming.
Torkoly Sr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
It looked like Novaes was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Torkoly Sr.
Novaes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Torkoly Sr momentarily.

Torkoly Sr has taken the fight to the clinch.
Torkoly Sr misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torkoly Sr stalls.
Novaes wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Novaes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Novaes tries to throw a body punch but Torkoly Sr avoids it by throwing Novaes back against the cage.
Novaes working aggressively here.
Torkoly Sr keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Novaes's efforts to push away.
Novaes has had enough of the clinch but Torkoly Sr keeps him there for the moment.
Torkoly Sr using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Novaes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Novaes letting Torkoly Sr take a breather here.
Novaes wants to get back to striking at distance but Torkoly Sr won't allow it.
Novaes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Novaes breaks the clinch.
Benjamin Torkoly Sr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Torkoly Sr gets a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Torkoly Sr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Torkoly Sr controlling the action here for a moment.
Torkoly Sr wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Novaes has him pressed against the cage.

Torkoly Sr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Novaes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Torkoly Sr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Torkoly Sr takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Novaes misses with a straight right.
Torkoly Sr slips a jab from Novaes.
Novaes connects with an inside leg kick.
A jab from Novaes does it's job there.
Novaes throws an off balance right hand

and Torkoly Sr counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Novaes has had enough of the clinch but Torkoly Sr keeps him there for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Novaes has a couple of punches blocked by Torkoly Sr.
Torkoly Sr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Novaes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Novaes throws a punch but it's blocked by Torkoly Sr.
Torkoly Sr is stalling here.

Novaes breaks from the clinch.

Torkoly Sr clinches.
Novaes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Novaes tries to break the clinch but Torkoly Sr is controlling the position.
Torkoly Sr blocks a body shot from Novaes.
Novaes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Torkoly Sr controlling the action here for a moment.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Novaes can't break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Robson Novaes will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Torkoly Sr misses with a two punch combination.
Novaes throws a sloppy head kick and Torkoly Sr moves out of range easily.
Novaes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Torkoly Sr manages to avoid it.
Novaes moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromTorkoly Sr.
Torkoly Sr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It looked like Novaes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Torkoly Sr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Torkoly Sr misses with a few strikes there.
Torkoly Sr takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The fighters circling - Novaes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

Torkoly Sr takes the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Novaes is trying to break the clinch but Torkoly Sr is controlling him.
Novaes wants to break the clinch but can't.

Torkoly Sr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Novaes throws a nice looking combination but Torkoly Sr bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Novaes misses with a straight left.
Torkoly Sr checks a leg kick.
A jab from Novaes finds it's way through Torkoly Sr's defenses.
Robson Novaes is winning the standup battle so far.

Torkoly Sr closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Torkoly Sr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Novaes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Torkoly Sr.
Novaes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Novaes throws a right hand that Torkoly Sr ducks under and follows up with a left that Torkoly Sr also avoids with ease.
No joy there for Torkoly Sr, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Torkoly Sr closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Novaes swings wildly with an uppercut but Torkoly Sr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Novaes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Novaes misses with some punches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Novaes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Torkoly Sr tries to work over Novaes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Novaes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Novaes throws the left hand but Torkoly Sr avoids the punch easily.
Novaes jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Torkoly Sr throws a series of punches but Novaes moves out of range.
Novaes lunges at Torkoly Sr with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Torkoly Sr's hand.
Novaes scores with a decent looking hook.

Torkoly Sr instigates a clinch.
Novaes tries a body shot but Torkoly Sr blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Torkoly Sr's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Novaes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Torkoly Sr has had enough of the clinch but Novaes keeps him there for the moment.
Novaes has had enough of the clinch but Torkoly Sr keeps him there for the moment.
Novaes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Torkoly Sr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Torkoly Sr is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Novaes is looking to break free of the clinch but Torkoly Sr has double underhooks.
Torkoly Sr has a couple of punches blocked by Novaes.
Torkoly Sr throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Novaes manages to break the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Torkoly Sr.

Torkoly Sr clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torkoly Sr tries to circle away but Novaes has him pinned against the cage.
Torkoly Sr working hard to break the clinch.
Novaes is looking to break free of the clinch but Torkoly Sr has double underhooks.
Novaes misses with a body punch.

Novaes breaks from the clinch.
Novaes defending well as Torkoly Sr loads up on a big left hand.
Novaes looks to throw the jab but Torkoly Sr is out of range.

Torkoly Sr closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Novaes wants to break the clinch but can't.
Torkoly Sr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Novaes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Novaes struggles to land a body shot inside as Torkoly Sr controls his hands.
Torkoly Sr stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Novaes swings away with an uppercut that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Benjamin Torkoly Sr.
I think Torkoly Sr has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 29:29
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!