PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Felix Jaroslav (ranked 1340 p4p, 2316 weight class) and Keir Toal (ranked 133 p4p, 195 weight class). Jaroslav comes to the cage accompanied by The Sound of Running Feet. Toal is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Irish Pub Song. Keir Toal struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 146.7lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Jaroslav
vs
Toal

168 cm
42
148
32 - 22 - 2

167 cm
36
159
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Dangerous GnP
Good kicks
Powerful

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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 32 - 22 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Felix Jaroslav!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Keir Toal!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jaroslav looks to land a right hand but Toal moved out of range.
Jaroslav lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Toal connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jaroslav pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jaroslav lands a lovely overhand right.
Toal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Toal with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jaroslav is looking to land body kicks.
Jaroslav lands with a nice body kick.
Jaroslav takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jaroslav misses with a hook.
Jaroslav lands with a slapping head kick.

Toal is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Jaroslav moves into the clinch successfully.
Toal is still on wobbly legs! Can Jaroslav finish him?
Toal blocks a body shot from Jaroslav.
Toal works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jaroslav.
Jaroslav lands a body shot.

Jaroslav breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toal takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jaroslav takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaroslav thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Toal if he has to take too many more of those.
Jaroslav will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Toal seems to have recovered his senses.
Toal misses with a straight left.
Jaroslav feints and then cracks Toal's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Toal down.
Jaroslav takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Toal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jaroslav was well out of range. Poor timing from Toal.
Jaroslav throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jaroslav, as that shot connected.
Jaroslav throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Toal counter with a right hand.
Toal thows a leg kick but Jaroslav checks it
and Jaroslav counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Toal looks winded!
A head kick misses from Jaroslav.
Felix Jaroslav seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toal takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Toal moves out of range as Jaroslav throws a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toal misses with a hook
and Jaroslav counters with a nice body kick.
Toal takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaroslav throws a right hand that misses
and Toal counters with a straight right hand.
Jaroslav misses with an attempted mid kick.
Jaroslav scores with a hook to the body. Toal takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jaroslav misses with a wild combination.

Toal drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Jaroslav explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Jaroslav takes a swing at Toal's ribcage but misses.
Jaroslav tries to land a front kick but Toal steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Toal turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Toal shoots in looking for a takedown. Jaroslav tries to sprawl out of it but Toal keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jaroslav manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toal walks into a jab.
Jaroslav fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Jaroslav throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jaroslav sets himself, and Toal steps forward looking for the clinch! Jaroslav avoids it this time.
Jaroslav throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Toal appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Toal has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Jaroslav.
Jaroslav misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Jaroslav misses the target.
Toal looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jaroslav wants to clinch up but Toal keeps it at a distance.
Toal avoids a kick to the body.
Toal tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jaroslav swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jaroslav feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Jaroslav pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jaroslav misses with a body shot.
Toal throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toal lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Toal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jaroslav's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Toal connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jaroslav scrambles back to his feet.
Felix Jaroslav is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A jab from Jaroslav finds it's way through Toal's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A good leg kick by Jaroslav.
Jaroslav on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Some wild striking there from Jaroslav.
A lazy left from Jaroslav finds it's target.
A jab from Jaroslav misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Toal misses the jab.
Jaroslav was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Toal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jaroslav was well out of range. Poor timing from Toal.
Jaroslav tries to counter by clinching up but Toal breaks away and moves out of range.
Jaroslav walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Toal checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jaroslav lands a brutal head kick. Toal looks out on his feet and Jaroslav throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Felix Jaroslav!
Felix Jaroslav managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Stoner's Killer Apparel, into his post fight interview.
Keir Toal was interviewed post fight and said 'I will be better!'.