PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tolby Tovington (ranked 2677 p4p, 2047 weight class) and Michal Materlak (ranked 358 p4p, 280 weight class). Materlak has chosen Marzenia as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!

Tovington
vs
Materlak

181 cm
24
181
5 - 3 - 0

175 cm
20
172
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tolby Tovington!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michal Materlak!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Steve Erwin and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tovington scores with a hook to the body. Materlak takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Materlak's corner calls for a 1-2. Materlak obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

Materlak instigates a clinch.
Materlak throws a head punch that misses.
Tovington blocking some punches.
Materlak lands a right hand.
Materlak lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tovington backwards.
Still in the clinch, Materlak scores with a nice short uppercut.
Materlak lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tovington backwards.
Tovington is trying to push Materlak away but Materlak has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Materlak lands with a right to the head.
Materlak swings wildly with an uppercut but Tovington uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Materlak swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Materlak lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Materlak fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Materlak.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Materlak lands a shoulder strike.
Tovington takes a shot to the head.
Tovington blocks an uppercut.
We've been informed that Materlak has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Materlak throws a punch but it's blocked by Tovington.
Materlak lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Materlak pushes Tovington back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Materlak lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Materlak lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tovington wants to get back to striking at distance but Materlak won't allow it.
Materlak drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tovington gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Materlak swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Materlak.
Materlak gets through Tovington's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tovington tries for a takedown. No joy.
Materlak swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Materlak scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Materlak.
A head punch on the inside from Materlak fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Materlak.
Materlak misses with some punches.
Materlak has Tovington pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tovington manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Materlak lands a right hand.
Materlak tries a body shot but Tovington blocks it.
Materlak throws a punch but it's blocked by Tovington.
Tovington wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Materlak fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Materlak fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Materlak makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tovington's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Materlak lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tovington backwards.
Tovington is pressed up against the cage. Materlak has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Tovington down to the mat. Tovington avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Tolby Tovington has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michal Materlak.
Tovington throws a series of punches but Materlak moves out of range.
Materlak bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tovington throws a good cross that connects.
Tovington misses with a series of wild punches.
Materlak connects with a crisp jab.
Tovington rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Materlak counters with a low kick, right behind Tovington 's knee.
Tovington with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Materlak to counter with a crisp jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Materlak cracks Tovington with an open hand slap.
Tovington throws the left hand but Materlak avoids the punch easily.
Tovington has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tovington there as he acknowledges the shot.
Materlak tests Tovington's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tovington jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A countering left hand to the body from Materlak misses.

Materlak gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Materlak working aggressively here.
A right hand to the body from Materlak.
Materlak pushes Tovington back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Materlak fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Materlak lands a hook that snaps the head of Tovington backwards.
Materlak scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Materlak tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Materlak.
Tovington takes a shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Materlak tightens his grip and picks Tovington up, before dumping him to the ground. Tovington manages to land in guard.
Materlak is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Tovington wants to improve his position but instead Materlak has moved into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Michal Materlak dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Materlak jabs Tovington right on the nose. Tovington blinks but takes it well.
Tovington falls off balance throwing a combination
and Materlak counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Good exchange - Materlak coming out on top.
Materlak lands a right hook to the body.
Materlak lands with a good body shot.
Tovington takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Materlak moves into range and connects with a jab.

Tovington is rocked!
Materlak has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Materlak instigates a clinch.
Oh Tovington is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Materlak lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Materlak unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Tovington! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Materlak is unloading with more strikes now! Tovington drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michal Materlak!
Michal Materlak is the new welterweight champion!
Michal Materlak decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.