PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Abe Goldman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ceaser El Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying El Toro's choice of entrance music: Bulls On Parade. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Goldman
vs
El Toro

190 cm
21
190 lbs
10 - 0 - 0

174 cm
23
194 lbs
10 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Abe Goldman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ceaser El Toro!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Damien Edna and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Goldman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Goldman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Goldman bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps El Toro's head backwards.
Goldman tries to bum rush El Toro with a series of wild strikes but El Toro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
El Toro swings for the body but Goldman moves out of range.
El Toro slips a jab from Goldman.
El Toro misses with a jab, cross combination.
Goldman misses the jab.
Goldman scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Goldman moves out of range of the strikes.
Goldman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling El Toro to counter with a crisp jab.
El Toro throws a big shot that misses.
Goldman misses with a hook to the body
and El Toro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Goldman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from El Toro.
Goldman scores with a crisp jab that stopped El Toro in his tracks.
Goldman scores with a one two! El Toro had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - El Toro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jab from El Toro.
El Toro lands with a right hand.
El Toro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Goldman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
El Toro misses the jab.
Goldman moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
El Toro scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
El Toro thows a left - swing and a miss!
Goldman connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between El Toro's hands.
El Toro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Goldman.
Goldman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Goldman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice shot by Goldman.
Goldman fails to land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goldman throws the left hand but El Toro avoids the punch easily.
Goldman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and El Toro counters with a stiff right hand.
El Toro paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Goldman is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Goldman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Goldman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Goldman avoids the body shot from El Toro.
El Toro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
El Toro uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Goldman.
El Toro scores with a nice head shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Goldman, right into the meat.
El Toro lands a nice shot to the body.
El Toro slips a jab and a cross from Goldman.
El Toro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Abe Goldman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
El Toro doesn't manage to clinch there - Goldman circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Toro takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
El Toro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Goldman misses with a combination
and El Toro counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A big left from El Toro misses.

El Toro closes the distance and clinches.
El Toro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
El Toro lands a left hand that snaps the head of Goldman backwards.
El Toro stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
El Toro tries to work over Goldman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Goldman blocks an uppercut.
El Toro holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Goldman blocks a body shot from El Toro.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Toro wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Goldman prevents a body shot from El Toro.
El Toro stalling in the clinch but Goldman improves position.

Goldman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
El Toro walks into a jab.
The fighters circling - El Toro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
El Toro throws a lazy right hand but Goldman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
El Toro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
El Toro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Goldman manages to avoid it.
Goldman misses with a wild body shot.
El Toro slips a straight right by Goldman.
Goldman is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
El Toro looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Goldman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from El Toro.
El Toro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Goldman.
El Toro throws a sloppy body shot
and Goldman counters with a two punch combo.
Goldman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ceaser El Toro will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Goldman misses with a body shot.
Goldman moves away from the strike by El Toro.
Goldman getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Goldman looks to score with a jab to the body but El Toro is just out of range.
Goldman misses with a double jab
and El Toro counters with a stiff right hand.
El Toro misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
El Toro takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Abe Goldman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Goldman throws a body kick that misses.

El Toro clinches up against the cage.
A right hand to the body from El Toro.
El Toro prevents Goldman from breaking the clinch.
Goldman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
El Toro lands a body shot in the clinch.
El Toro is trying to break the clinch but Goldman is controlling him.
El Toro tries to throw a body punch but Goldman avoids it by throwing El Toro back against the cage.
El Toro throws a punch but it's blocked by Goldman.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldman tries to break free but El Toro pushes him back against the cage.
El Toro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

El Toro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
El Toro slips a straight right by Goldman.
Goldman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Goldman.
El Toro moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
El Toro connects with a body shot.
Goldman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract El Toro.
El Toro fails to land with a series of punches.
Ceaser El Toro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Goldman throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
El Toro misses with an uppercut. Goldman saw that one coming.
Goldman scores with a three punch combo!
El Toro misses with a body shot
and Goldman counters with a body kick.
Goldman avoids the body shot from El Toro.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goldman slips under a jab from El Toro.
Goldman takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Goldman falls off balance throwing a combination
and El Toro counters with a right hand to the body.
Goldman fails to land with a series of punches.
El Toro throws a jab but it's blocked by Goldman.
El Toro staying out of range there.
El Toro slips under a jab from Goldman.
El Toro scores with a decent looking hook.
El Toro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
El Toro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
El Toro staying out of range there.
Goldman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from El Toro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goldman throws a predictable looking body shot
and El Toro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
El Toro lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
El Toro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
El Toro throws a lazy right hand but Goldman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Goldman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Goldman misses with a hook.
Goldman thows a left - swing and a miss!
El Toro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Goldman was well out of range. Poor timing from El Toro.
Goldman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
El Toro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from El Toro misses.
Goldman misses with a wild combination.
A clash of legs there as Goldman blocks the low kick.
El Toro with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Toro throws out a powerful jab.
Some wild striking there from El Toro.
El Toro misses with a hook. Goldman ducked under it nicely.
El Toro misses with a straight right.
El Toro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
El Toro takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

El Toro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
El Toro is working Goldman over against the cage.
El Toro lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Goldman.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Goldman content to slow the pace in the clinch.
El Toro stalling in the clinch.
Goldman prevents a body shot from El Toro.
El Toro working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ceaser El Toro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action!

Goldman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A jab from Goldman misses.
El Toro punishes Goldman's body with a nice straight punch.
El Toro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
El Toro cracks a nice hook into Goldman's ribs.
El Toro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Goldman finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Goldman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Goldman misses with a combination
and El Toro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Goldman looks to score with a jab to the body but El Toro is just out of range.
Goldman fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
El Toro fails to land with a series of punches.
El Toro throws a hook but Goldman avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro misses with a wild combination.
El Toro misses with a head kick.
Goldman looks to score with a jab to the body but El Toro is just out of range.
Goldman lands a nice hook to El Toro's body. El Toro takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A jab from Goldman does it's job there.
Goldman throws out a leg kick but El Toro moves out of range and Goldman only half commits.
El Toro scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
El Toro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Goldman throws a nice looking combination but El Toro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Goldman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but El Toro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
El Toro fails in his attempt to clinch.
El Toro takes a swing at Goldman's ribcage but misses.
El Toro works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
El Toro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Goldman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Toro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Goldman manages to avoid it.
Goldman thuds his right hand into El Toro's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
El Toro doesn't manage to clinch there - Goldman circles away.
Goldman throws a right and a left that El Toro avoids nicely.
Goldman swinging wildly here.
El Toro tries to work over Goldman's front leg with a kick but Goldman checks it.
El Toro doesn't manage to clinch there - Goldman circles away.
El Toro misses with the combination.
Goldman misses with a few strikes there.
Goldman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from El Toro.
El Toro thows a leg kick but Goldman checks it
and Goldman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Goldman misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goldman works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Goldman throws a leg kick
enabling El Toro to counter with a crisp jab.
Goldman lands a two punch combo.
Goldman misses with a body punch

and El Toro counters by moving into the clinch.
El Toro lands a body punch in the clinch.
El Toro taking a breather.
El Toro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
El Toro throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
El Toro lands a nice uppercut.
El Toro has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
El Toro works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
El Toro dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Goldman wants to stall.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Toro working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Goldman wants to break free but El Toro has control.
El Toro lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Goldman backwards.
A bit of stalling here from El Toro.

Goldman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
El Toro thows a body shot but no joy.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Goldman, as that shot connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
El Toro scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
El Toro swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Goldman counters with a stiff right hand.
El Toro scores with a punch to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ceaser El Toro really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Goldman throws a jab when El Toro was well out of range.
El Toro has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Goldman throws a series of punches but El Toro avoids them all with ease.
El Toro scores with a leg kick.
Goldman scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
El Toro dodges the punch combination from Goldman.
El Toro misses with the combination.
Left hook, right uppercut from Goldman.
El Toro cracks a nice hook into Goldman's ribs.
El Toro swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Goldman lands a nice hook to El Toro's body. El Toro takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
El Toro turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Goldman throws a series of punches but El Toro avoids them all with ease.
A cross from El Toro lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Goldman throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
El Toro lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
El Toro throws a right hand that Goldman ducks under and follows up with a left that Goldman also avoids with ease.
El Toro throws a leg kick that misses.
Nice uppercut there from El Toro.
Goldman lands a two punch combo.
El Toro misses with a combination
and Goldman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
El Toro tries to bum rush Goldman with a series of wild strikes but Goldman uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
El Toro misses with a wild combination.
Goldman throws a shot from downtown. El Toro moves away and avoids it.
El Toro throws a jab but it's blocked by Goldman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goldman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from El Toro.
El Toro rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Goldman moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Goldman throws a right hand that El Toro ducks under and follows up with a left that El Toro also avoids with ease.
Goldman misses with a two punch combination.
Goldman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Goldman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
El Toro throws an overhand right that lands on Goldman's shoulder, as Goldman tries to avoid the shot.
El Toro throws a jab when Goldman was well out of range.
Goldman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from El Toro.
El Toro misses with an attempted mid kick.
Goldman throws a combination that misses
and El Toro counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
El Toro lands a nice leg kick that just misses Goldman's sensitive parts.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A combination from Goldman does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from El Toro does no damage.
El Toro moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Goldman on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by El Toro. El Toro obviously looking to wear him down.
Goldman throws a series of punches but El Toro moves out of range.
El Toro looks to land a right hand but Goldman moved out of range.
El Toro throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Goldman. El Toro does a little dance to reset his feet.
Goldman throws a hook but El Toro avoids it easily.
Goldman checks a leg kick nicely.
El Toro tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Goldman counters with a straight right hand.
Goldman looks to land a right hand but El Toro moved out of range.
Goldman misses with a double jab
and El Toro counters with a stiff right hand.
El Toro misses the shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goldman slips a straight right by El Toro.
Good work by Goldman as he checks the leg kick.
Goldman just misses with a punch to the body.
Goldman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but El Toro manages to avoid it.
Goldman throws a jab when El Toro was well out of range.
Goldman throws a shot from downtown. El Toro moves away and avoids it.
Goldman misses with a double jab.
El Toro bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Goldman misses with a hook.
Goldman throws a series of punches but El Toro moves out of range.
El Toro lands a glancing blow to the side of Goldman's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Goldman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and El Toro counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Goldman thinking.
Goldman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from El Toro.
Goldman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by El Toro.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ceaser El Toro dominated that fourth round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts El Toro, as that shot connected.
El Toro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Goldman.
El Toro buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

El Toro forces Goldman back against the cage and clinches.
Goldman is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
El Toro looking to stall.
A nice right hand lands inside from El Toro.
Goldman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Goldman wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Goldman can't break the clinch.
El Toro tries to work over Goldman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Goldman can't break the clinch.
El Toro holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Goldman blocks a body shot from El Toro.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro misses with a hook to the ribs.
El Toro content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from El Toro fails to land.

Goldman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
El Toro throws a leg kick but Goldman checks it.
El Toro moves out of range as Goldman strikes.
El Toro throws a looping overhand right but Goldman ducks down to avoid it.
Goldman walks into a jab.
An inside leg kick from El Toro misses.
El Toro defending well as Goldman loads up on a big left hand.
Goldman scores with a jab.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by El Toro.
El Toro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
El Toro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Toro fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Goldman looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
El Toro ducks right into an uppercut from Goldman.
El Toro lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
El Toro takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
El Toro misses with a wild combination.
Goldman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck El Toro on the side of the head.
El Toro cracks Goldman with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Goldman thuds a left hand into El Toro's body.
Goldman scores with a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
El Toro just misses with a punch to the body.
Goldman tries to bum rush El Toro with a series of wild strikes but El Toro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
El Toro takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Toro scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
El Toro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Goldman.
El Toro looks to throw the jab but Goldman is out of range.
Goldman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and El Toro counters by moving into the clinch.
Goldman can't break the clinch.
El Toro is looking to break free of the clinch but Goldman has double underhooks.

Goldman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Goldman walks into a left hand.
Abe Goldman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
El Toro is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
El Toro misses with a double jab
and Goldman counters with a straight right hand.
Goldman looks to throw the jab but El Toro is out of range.
Goldman closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Goldman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ceaser El Toro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Toro misses the body punch
and Goldman counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Goldman throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A combination from Goldman does no damage.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Goldman smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Goldman avoids a punch combination nicely.
El Toro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Goldman.
Goldman takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

El Toro closes the distance and pushes Goldman back into the cage.
A short right from El Toro.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot in the inside from El Toro.
Goldman keeps the fight in the clinch, despite El Toro's efforts to push away.
El Toro wants to stall.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ceaser El Toro.
Well El Toro 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 45:50
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 45:50
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ceaser El Toro! Ceaser El Toro retains his middleweight title!