PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mama Tosen (ranked 892 p4p, 354 weight class) and Azacca Trounvouche (ranked 101 p4p, 46 weight class). Trounvouche has chosen Wanted Dread & Alive as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Azacca Trounvouche was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Tosen
vs
Trounvouche

177 cm
29
150
11 - 5 - 0

175 cm
30
148
16 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Shadow Warrior Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mama Tosen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Azacca Trounvouche!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trounvouche tries to land a front kick but Tosen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A jab from Trounvouche misses.
Trounvouche loads up on a big right hand but Tosen slips the punch.
Trounvouche stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tosen.
Tosen cracks a nice hook into Trounvouche's ribs.
Tosen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trounvouche fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tosen on the side of the head.
Trounvouche fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tosen manages to avoid it.
That kick from Tosen tenderised Trounvouche's leg. Trounvouche is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tosen scores with a jab.
Trounvouche fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tosen is out of range.
Tosen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Trounvouche.
Trounvouche thinks about the counter body kick.
Tosen lands with a cross.
Tosen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Tosen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trounvouche lands a jab to the nose.
Trounvouche throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tosen has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Trounvouche scores with the left hand. Tosen knows he should have avoided that one.
Trounvouche throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tosen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Trounvouche.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trounvouche slips under a jab from Tosen.
Trounvouche stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Trounvouche throws a leg kick but Tosen checks it.
A little feinted left hand from Tosen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Trounvouche tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Trounvouche is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tosen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Trounvouche throws out a counter right but Tosen avoids it with no problem.
Tosen scores with a punch to the head.
Azacca Trounvouche seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tosen loads up on a big right hand but Trounvouche slips the punch.
Tosen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Trounvouche fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tosen darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Trounvouche gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trounvouche connects with a body shot that sends Tosen's belly button to the back.
That kick from Tosen tenderised Trounvouche's leg. Trounvouche is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tosen throws out a loose jab but Trounvouche uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trounvouche with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Trounvouche moves out of range as Tosen throws a body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Trounvouche misses the target.
Tosen throws a push kick but Trounvouche slaps the foot to one side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Trounvouche misses the target.
A left lands for Tosen.
Tosen misses with a body kick.
Tosen moves out of range of the body kick.
Trounvouche throws a leg kick which misses Tosen's front leg but catches the back leg as Tosen tries to avoid it.
Tosen looks to land a body kick but Trounvouche moved away.
Tosen avoids the body shot from Trounvouche.
Trounvouche throws a quick inside leg kick.
Trounvouche looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tosen defending well as Trounvouche loads up on a big left hand.
Trounvouche lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tosen's sensitive parts.
Tosen takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Tosen ducks under a wild hook from Trounvouche.
Trounvouche bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Trounvouche replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Tosen blocks it well.
Trounvouche dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tosen. That did some damage!
Trounvouche swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tosen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tosen digs a good hook to Trounvouche's body.
A swing and a miss from Trounvouche.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tosen checks a low kick from Trounvouche.
Trounvouche slips under a jab from Tosen.
Trounvouche cracks Tosen with an open hand slap.
Tosen misses with a hook. Trounvouche ducked under it nicely.
Tosen misses with a hook.
Tosen throws a shot to the body.
Trounvouche lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tosen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Trounvouche throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tosen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Trounvouche throws a body kick that misses.
Tosen throws a low kick but it's checked well by Trounvouche.
Tosen lands a jab.
Tosen throws a body shot but no joy.
Trounvouche moves out of range of the strikes.
Trounvouche misses with a leg kick.
A jab from Trounvouche misses.
The fighters circling - Trounvouche throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Tosen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Trounvouche slips a jab from Tosen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tosen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Trounvouche stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trounvouche misses with a body shot.
A clash of legs there as Tosen blocks the low kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Tosen misses the target.
A swing and a miss from Tosen.
Tosen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Trounvouche swings widly with a right hand
and Tosen counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Trounvouche thinking.
Trounvouche thuds a left hand into Tosen's body.
Tosen misses with a hook. Trounvouche ducked under it nicely.
An inside leg kick from Trounvouche misses.
Trounvouche thuds a left hand into Tosen's body.
Trounvouche uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tosen.
Tosen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tosen 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.
Trounvouche takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trounvouche uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tosen.
Tosen throws the left hand but Trounvouche avoids the punch easily.
Trounvouche throws an overhand right that lands on Tosen's shoulder, as Tosen tries to avoid the shot.
Tosen tries a low kick but Trounvouche avoids it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mama Tosen will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Trounvouche slips a jab from Tosen.
Tosen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Tosen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Trounvouche.
Trounvouche throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fighters circling - Tosen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tosen looks to throw the jab but Trounvouche is out of range.
Tosen misses with a head kick.
Trounvouche let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Tosen slips a straight right by Trounvouche.
A shot to the liver by Trounvouche. Beautiful body shot.
Trounvouche is looking to chop away at Tosen's legs.
Trounvouche lands a really nice looking cross but Tosen seems unphased.
Tosen digs a good body shot into Trounvouche's ribs.
Tosen swings for the body but Trounvouche moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trounvouche jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tosen misses with a low kick as Trounvouche jumps back.
Tosen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tosen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tosen moves out of range of the leg kick from Trounvouche.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tosen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trounvouche digs a good hook to Tosen's body.
Tosen lands a jab to Trounvouche's midsection.
Trounvouche bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Trounvouche throws out a leg kick but Tosen moves out of range and Trounvouche only half commits.
Trounvouche misses with a body kick.
Trounvouche throws a wild body kick that Tosen sees coming a mile off.
Trounvouche takes a swing at Tosen's ribcage but misses.
A quick step to the side and Tosen tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tosen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Tosen misses the jab.
Tosen misses with a kick to the body.
Trounvouche throws a poor cross that misses
and Tosen counters with a nice uppercut.
Tosen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Trounvouche! But no joy.
Trounvouche's corner calls for a 1-2. Trounvouche obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Trounvouche throws a body kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Tosen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Tosen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A low kick from Trounvouche is predictable there
and Tosen counters with a leg kick.
Tosen thuds his right hand into Trounvouche's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Trounvouche looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mama Tosen is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trounvouche throws the left hand but Tosen avoids the punch easily.
Trounvouche bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Tosen loads up on a big right hand but Trounvouche slips the punch.
Trounvouche lets loose with a powerful body kick. Tosen will feel that in the morning.
Trounvouche drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Trounvouche wants to land a leg kick but Tosen is out of range.
Trounvouche uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tosen.
Trounvouche on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tosen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Trounvouche misses with a body kick.
Trounvouche fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tosen.
Tosen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trounvouche was well out of range. Poor timing from Tosen.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tosen misses with an uppercut. Trounvouche saw that one coming.
Trounvouche attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Trounvouche walks into a jab.
Trounvouche slips a jab from Tosen.
Trounvouche jabs Tosen right on the nose. Tosen blinks but takes it well.
Both fighters circling a little - Trounvouche finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tosen throws a leg kick but Trounvouche moved away.
Tosen will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Tosen moves out of range of the strikes.
Tosen misses with a looping left.
Tosen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tosen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tosen ducks under a wild hook from Trounvouche.
Tosen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Trounvouche wants to slow Tosen down by chopping away at his legs.
Tosen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Trounvouche tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tosen is able to avoid easily.
Trounvouche works Tosen's body with a nice hook.
Trounvouche keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Trounvouche tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tosen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Trounvouche misses with an uppercut
and Tosen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Trounvouche.
Tosen checks a leg kick nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tosen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Trounvouche fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tosen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Trounvouche.
Tosen throws a shot from downtown. Trounvouche moves away and avoids it.
Trounvouche swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tosen just misses with a punch to the body.
Trounvouche connects with a solid leg kick.
Trounvouche moves out of range as Tosen strikes.
Tosen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Trounvouche.
Tosen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Trounvouche.
Tosen misses with an uppercut.
Trounvouche misses with a looping right.
Trounvouche scores with a kick to the midsection.
Trounvouche pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
It looked like Tosen was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Trounvouche.
Tosen is looking to chop away at Trounvouche's legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trounvouche lets loose with a powerful body kick. Tosen will feel that in the morning.
Tosen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tosen scores with a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Azacca Trounvouche will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Tosen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Trounvouche dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tosen. That did some damage!
Tosen missing with a left hand there. Trounvouche was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Trounvouche throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Trounvouche attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tosen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tosen. That's going to slow Trounvouche down.
Tosen misses with a looping right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Trounvouche! But no joy.
Tosen throws a leg kick but Trounvouche checks it.
Trounvouche uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tosen.
Trounvouche fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tosen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Trounvouche lands with a kick to the ribs.
Tosen looks to land a right hand but Trounvouche moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trounvouche is looking to slow Tosen down with leg kicks.
Trounvouche slips a straight right by Tosen.
Trounvouche is looking to land body kicks.
Trounvouche misses with a low kick.
It looked like Tosen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A bone on bone clash there as Trounvouche blocks the leg kick.
Trounvouche stuns Tosen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tosen scores with a nice right hand.
Trounvouche checks a leg kick nicely.
Tosen checks a leg kick nicely.
Tosen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tosen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tosen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Trounvouche lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tosen's sensitive parts.
Trounvouche staying out of range there.
Tosen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Trounvouche.
Tosen walks into a left hand.
The fighters circling - Tosen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Trounvouche on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tosen. Tosen obviously looking to wear him down.
Trounvouche keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tosen throws a shot from downtown. Trounvouche moves away and avoids it.
Trounvouche connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tosen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Trounvouche.
Tosen misses with a hook.
Trounvouche tries to work over Tosen's front leg with a kick but Tosen checks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trounvouche throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Tosen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trounvouche throws a nice inside leg kick.
Trounvouche throws a leg kick but Tosen checks it.
Trounvouche misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tosen.
Tosen throws a front kick aimed at Trounvouche's knee but Trounvouche avoids it well.
Trounvouche lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tosen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Trounvouche was well out of range. Poor timing from Tosen.
Nice uppercut lands for Tosen. That snapped Trounvouche's head back.
Trounvouche misses with a low kick as Tosen jumps back.
Tosen fails to land with a series of punches.
Trounvouche is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tosen.
Tosen fires out a quick counter leg kick but Trounvouche just manages to avoid it.
Tosen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tosen misses with a straight left.
Trounvouche uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tosen.
Trounvouche scores with a jab.
Trounvouche throws a jab when Tosen was well out of range.
Trounvouche buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trounvouche steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tosen.
Trounvouche checks a leg kick nicely.
Tosen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tosen staying out of range there.
Trounvouche takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Trounvouche connects with a leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Trounvouche.
Tosen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Trounvouche throws out the jab.
Trounvouche misses with a body kick.
Tosen throws a low kick but Trounvouche moves out of range easily.
A jab from Tosen does it's job there.
Tosen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slow jab from Tosen misses its intended target.
Trounvouche misses with a wild body shot.
Tosen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trounvouche looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Trounvouche looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trounvouche ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tosen throws a lazy right hand but Trounvouche sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Trounvouche. Tosen shrugs it off though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tosen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A swing and a miss from Tosen.
Trounvouche lands with a right hand.
Trounvouche takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A slapping leg kick lands for Trounvouche.
Trounvouche bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tosen's head.
Trounvouche connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tosen's hands.
Trounvouche wants to slow Tosen down by chopping away at his legs.
Tosen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tosen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Trounvouche swings for the body but Tosen moves out of range.
Tosen swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Trounvouche has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tosen finds it's way round the side to connect with Trounvouche's head.
Trounvouche throws the kick towards the body but Tosen avoids it.
Trounvouche fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tosen.
Tosen throws a front kick aimed at Trounvouche's knee but Trounvouche avoids it well.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Azacca Trounvouche.
Well Trounvouche has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Azacca Trounvouche!
Azacca Trounvouche bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.