PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Moses Moses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al B Toakin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Toakin's choice of entrance music: Hits From the Bong. Al B Toakin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Moses
vs
B Toakin

183 cm
19
185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
195 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Moses Moses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Al B Toakin!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Hugh Johnson and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toakin lands a jab to Moses's midsection.
Moses looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Toakin swinging wildly here.
Toakin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Moses misses with a takedown attempt - Toakin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Toakin drops Moses with a right and a left! Toakin comes rushing in but Moses regains his composure and manages to keep Toakin in guard.

Moses is rocked!

It looks like Moses Moses has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toakin stays in close to Moses's body and controls the position.
Toakin passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Toakin working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Toakin cracks Moses with a big elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toakin in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Toakin working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Toakin working the body and head with strikes.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Toakin cracks Moses with a big right hand but Moses just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Toakin creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Toakin scoring with punches from side control.
Toakin lands a nice forearm strike.

Toakin wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Moses, who protects the arm well.
Toakin landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
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!
Toakin lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Moses down.
Toakin scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toakin lands a few punches from side control.
Toakin remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Toakin's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Toakin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Let's hope that Toakin has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Toakin is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Moses looks calm but he's in trouble here. Toakin gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Moses is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Toakin lets go of the hold and Moses can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Al B Toakin!