PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aze Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arman Dorh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toro comes to the cage accompanied by Hate me or Get DIE tryn' - 50cent. Dorh is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Todo poderoso. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Toro
vs
Dorh

190 cm
23
164 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

175 cm
23
156 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aze Toro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arman Dorh!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toro misses with an uppercut.
Toro doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Dorh counters with a right hand to the body.
Dorh throws a predictable looking body shot
and Toro counters with a two punch combo.
Toro avoids the body shot from Dorh.
Toro shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dorh lands with an uppercut that bounces Toro off the cage and back into rage.
Toro fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aze Toro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Toro has his takedown stuffed
and Dorh counters with a one-two to the body.
Aze Toro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dorh cracks Toro with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Toro changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dorh tries to avoid it but Toro manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dorh to the ground. Dorh escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Toro with a hook.
Toro closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dorh makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Toro fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Dorh avoids it really well and circles away.
Toro defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dorh.
Toro throws a series of punches but Dorh avoids them all with ease.
Toro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dorh circles away quickly and effectively.
Toro shoots in and drives through. Dorh sprawls well.
Toro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dorh.
Toro doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Dorh connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dorh misses with a double jab
and Toro counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dorh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dorh thows a left - swing and a miss!
Toro tries to bum rush Dorh with a series of wild strikes but Dorh uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dorh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Toro looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Dorh!
Toro really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Toro wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Toro trying to control but Dorh is having none of it.

Toro swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Dorh is now in Toro's guard. A big mistake from Toro there, giving up the dominant position!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Toro looking for a guillotine here but Dorh defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dorh is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Toro working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Dorh doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Dorh manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dorh in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Dorh must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Toro has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dorh can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Toro wants to sweep but no luck.

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.
Dorh stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Toro swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Toro has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Dorh can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Toro wants to sweep here but Dorh controlling him for the moment.

Toro throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Dorh escapes and throws Toro's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Dorh trying to control the action but Toro is working from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Toro prevents Dorh from improving position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arman Dorh dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dorh leaves Toro with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Dorh swinging wildly here.
Dorh throws a series of punches but Toro moves out of range.
Dorh throws a right hand that Toro ducks under and follows up with a left that Toro also avoids with ease.
Dorh swats away the attempt to clinch by Toro.
Toro throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dorh counters with a left and a right that stings Toro.
Dorh throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Toro takes the fight into the clinch.
Toro wants a takedown.

Toro decides to pull guard.

Toro has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Dorh is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Toro.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dorh decides to stand back up. Dorh steps back and let's Toro get back to his feet.
Toro lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Dorh tries to bum rush Toro with a series of wild strikes but Toro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Toro shoots in looking for a takedown. Dorh tries to sprawl out of it but Toro keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Dorh manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aze Toro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dorh throws a looping overhand right but Toro ducks down to avoid it.
Toro throws a right hand that Dorh ducks under and follows up with a left that Dorh also avoids with ease.
Toro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Toro darts in trying to clinch
and Dorh counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dorh fails to land with a series of punches.
Toro swinging wildly here.
Toro tries to clinch but Dorh is having none of it.
Toro throws a sloppy body shot
and Dorh connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The fight stays on the outside here - Toro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Toro misses with a takedown attempt - Dorh sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Dorh looks to score with a jab to the body but Toro is just out of range.
Arman Dorh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Toro just misses with a punch to the body.
Dorh works over Toro's head and body with a nice combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dorh moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Toro is looking to wear down Dorh with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dorh lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Toro circles away quickly and effectively.
Toro shoots for a takedown but Dorh saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Toro throws a lazy uppercut
and Dorh counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheers as Toro lands an impressive looking overhand right. Dorh doesn't seem phased though.
Toro tries to clinch
and Toro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Toro.
A combination from Dorh does no damage.
Toro tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Dorh counters with a left and a right... And another left! Toro is down! He's done! The ref dives in to save him and that's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arman Dorh!