PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Toti Rotiz (ranked 805 p4p, 1747 weight class) and Xavier Dayton (ranked 128 p4p, 239 weight class). Rotiz comes to the cage accompanied by Southtown. Toti Rotiz has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Rotiz
vs
Dayton

195 cm
32
215
13 - 11 - 0

194 cm
23
205
4 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Toti Rotiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Xavier Dayton!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Anthony Taglia and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dayton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rotiz.
Rotiz tries to counter by clinching up but Dayton breaks away and moves out of range.
Dayton throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dayton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rotiz lands a nice shot to the body.
Dayton swings for the body but Rotiz moves out of range.
Rotiz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Xavier Dayton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rotiz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dayton.
Dayton checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dayton listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

It looks like Toti Rotiz has been cut.
Dayton connects with a solid leg kick.
Dayton throws a sloppy head kick and Rotiz moves out of range easily.
As Dayton backs away, Rotiz returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Dayton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rotiz fails with the takedown.
Rotiz scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

It looks like Xavier Dayton has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rotiz shoots in looking for a takedown but Dayton manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Rotiz's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Dayton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rotiz counters with a series of strikes. Dayton will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dayton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dayton scores with a jab to the head.
Dayton throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dayton throws a lazy head kick
letting Rotiz counter with a right hand.
A swing and a miss from Dayton.
Dayton cracks Rotiz with a good jab.
Dayton with a hook.
Dayton throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rotiz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
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!
Dayton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rotiz.
Xavier Dayton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dayton scores with a jab to the body.
Dayton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Donk. Dayton catches Rotiz right on the button with a cross.
Dayton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rotiz was well out of range. Poor timing from Dayton.
Dayton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dayton misses with a looping right.
Dayton throws a lazy body kick
letting Rotiz counter with a right hand.
Rotiz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dayton.
Dayton throws a lazy head kick

and Rotiz counters with a nice double leg into side control. Dayton won't be happy with that.
Dayton is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Rotiz is controlling him well.
Rotiz misses with the ground and pound.
Rotiz throws a strike aimed at the side of Dayton's head but Dayton avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dayton parries the strikes from Rotiz easily there. Rotiz is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Dayton to escape.
Dayton felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Rotiz throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Dayton managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Rotiz.
Rotiz in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Rotiz misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Rotiz cracks Dayton with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Rotiz throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
We've been hearing that Rotiz has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Rotiz misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Rotiz working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Dayton wants to get back to his feet.
Rotiz postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Rotiz throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Rotiz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dayton managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Rotiz.
Dayton avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rotiz.
The ground and pound from Rotiz seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Dayton is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Rotiz asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Rotiz with the ground and pound but Dayton regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Dayton is looking to escape.
Dayton keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Rotiz is looking for a kimura here.
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 Toti Rotiz will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Dayton throws a looping overhand right but Rotiz ducks down to avoid it.
Rotiz throws a big counter combination but Dayton scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Toti Rotiz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rotiz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dayton.
Dayton misses with an uppercut
and Rotiz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rotiz shoots in for a takedown but Dayton shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Dayton changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Dayton shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Rotiz eats them both and turns towards Dayton to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rotiz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rotiz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Toti Rotiz's cut is getting worse.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Dayton lands a big head kick that sends Rotiz tumbling to the mat! Dayton takes a step backwards and waves Rotiz back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Rotiz is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dayton throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rotiz counters with a two punch combo.
Dayton missing with a left hand there. Rotiz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A quick step to the side and Rotiz tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rotiz avoids the body shot from Dayton.
Rotiz drops down looking for a counter takedown but Dayton sprawls and moves away.
Dayton looks to land a right hand but Rotiz moved out of range.
Rotiz avoids the head kick by Dayton.
Rotiz feinted with a counter takedown.
A right-left combo lands from Dayton.

Toti Rotiz's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Dayton lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rotiz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dayton.
Dayton just misses with a punch to the body.
Rotiz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rotiz with a jab.
Rotiz walks into a jab.
Rotiz slips a straight right by Dayton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Dayton.
Dayton swinging wildly here.
It looked like Rotiz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dayton throws a right hand that misses
letting Rotiz counter with a right hand.
Dayton throws a series of punches but Rotiz moves out of range.

Rotiz closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Rotiz landing strikes.

Dayton is rocked!
A big shot lands for Rotiz! That's hurt Dayton! Will he recover? Rotiz fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Toti Rotiz!
A very excited looking Toti Rotiz rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.