PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Troy Rex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Tostes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rex might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sweet Disposition. Tostes has chosen Tempo Ruim as his entrance music. Thiago Tostes will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Rex
vs
Tostes

175 cm
19
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

163 cm
22
153 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Troy Rex!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Thiago Tostes!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Glass and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tostes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Tostes shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Tostes was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Rex is in all sorts of trouble here.
Tostes controlling the position easily from mount.
Rex on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rex tries to get out of the position.
Rex wants to try and get back to his feet.
Rex tries to hold on but Tostes postures up.
Rex is looking to get to half guard.
Rex swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rex slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Tostes tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Rex.
Rex wants to improve his position but Tostes is controlling well.
Rex trying to hold on to Tostes's head to control him but Tostes postures up.
Rex is pressing down on Tostes's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Tostes trying to control the position from guard on top but Rex is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tostes wanted to stand there but Rex had control of the position.
Tostes won't allow Rex to sweep him here.
Rex is breathing heavily.

Tostes decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Rex, up you get!
Tostes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tostes catches Rex with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rex avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rex throws a lazy head kick

and Tostes counters with a single leg into guard. Rex didn't expect that.
Rex looking for a sweep. Not yet Rex, not yet.
Rex is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tostes stands up from Rex's guard - Tostes perhaps looking for a knockout.
Tostes lands a head shot.
Tostes throws a head kick that misses

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Rex counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Rex stops Tostes from standing up.
Tostes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rex is standing up over Tostes. Tostes looks to escape but Rex dives into side control.
Rex misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rex is putting a hurting on Tostes here, landing some big shots from side control.

Rex goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Tostes rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Rex's guard! Nice work there by Tostes!
Rex throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

Tostes decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Rex, up you get!
Tostes fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rex wants to clinch up but Tostes keeps it at a distance.
Rex takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Tostes dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Tostes misses with a two punch combination.

Tostes shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Rex's guard.

Rex is looking for a triangle here but Tostes uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
You can see the frustration on Rex's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Rex throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rex is looking to regain half guard here but Tostes keeps moving and retains side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tostes decides to stand up, so the ref orders Rex to his feet.

Tostes clinches up against the cage.

Tostes gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Rex is looking to escape.
Rex manages to get to full guard.
Rex looking for a sweep. Not yet Rex, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rex is trying to control the position but Tostes postures up.
Tostes throwing strikes from guard but Rex blocks nicely.
Rex not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tostes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tostes wants to get up but he can't break Rex's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Rex fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tostes shoots in looking for a takedown. Rex tries to sprawl out of it but Tostes keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rex manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rex shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tostes pinned against the cage. Tostes gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rex wants to clinch but Tostes slips to the side
and Tostes counters with a stiff right hand.
Tostes cracks Rex with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rex avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tostes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rex on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rex misses with a takedown
and Tostes counters with a head kick. That will keep Rex thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Troy Rex. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice sprawl there from Tostes as Rex shoots in.

Tostes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rex, pushing him back against the cage.
Rex struggles to land a body shot inside as Tostes controls his hands.
Tostes works on Rex's body with a couple of short punches.
Tostes lands a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Rex is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tostes is looking to break free of the clinch but Rex has double underhooks.
Rex jumps guard but Tostes stands there with Rex around his waist. Rex gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Rex manages to break the clinch.

Tostes changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Rex looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Rex tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Tostes decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Tostes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rex avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tostes scores with a decent looking hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Tostes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Rex shoots and misses
and Tostes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rex takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Troy Rex is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tostes misses with a two punch combination.
Tostes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tostes has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tostes throws a right hand that Rex ducks under and follows up with a left that Rex also avoids with ease.
Rex gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rex misses with the combination.
Rex fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tostes lands a jab to the nose.
Rex tries for a takedown but Tostes sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Troy Rex. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Tostes shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Rex's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rex is on top in guard.
Tostes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rex looking to pass the guard.
Rex works over Tostes with some ground and pound from guard.
Rex won't allow Tostes to get back to his feet.
Rex cracks Tostes with a solid left hand.
Rex throwing strikes but missing.
Rex scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tostes manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Tostes wants to control the pace but Rex is squirming around nicely.
Rex tries to hold on but Tostes pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rex is squirming around, avoiding Tostes's attempts to control the action.
Tostes wants to control but Rex has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Rex tries to get to full guard but Tostes has control of the leg.
Rex gets full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Rex scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Tostes looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tostes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rex doesn't manage to clinch there - Tostes circles away.

Tostes gets the takedown into side control.
Rex struggling a bit here.
Rex is looking to reverse the position.
Troy Rex has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thiago Tostes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Tostes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tostes 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago Tostes!