PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nakki Makkara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Toney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toney has chosen Wicked as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Nakki Makkara had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Makkara
vs
Toney

195 cm
26
220 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

179 cm
20
220 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nakki Makkara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Toney!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Eliza Hachem and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Makkara misses.
Toney waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Makkara.
Makkara tries to clinch up
and Toney makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Makkara tries to clinch but Toney is having none of it.

Makkara drives through and clinches with Toney against the cage.
Makkara misses with a hook from the clinch.
Makkara scores with a shot to the side of Toney's head.
Makkara misses with a punch on the inside.
Makkara lands a right hand that snaps the head of Toney backwards.
Toney is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Toney tries a body shot but Makkara blocks it.
Toney is trying to break free.
Toney lands a body shot.
Makkara struggles to land a body shot inside as Toney controls his hands.
Toney is trying to force a seperation but Makkara has the dominant position.

Toney's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makkara is looking to clinch but Toney is avoiding it.
Makkara misses with a wild combination.
Makkara tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Toney will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Toney clinches.
Makkara is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Toney pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Toney wants to break the clinch but can't.
Toney blocks an uppercut.
Makkara manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Makkara throws a head punch that misses.
Makkara misses with the head strike.
Toney wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Toney as Makkara tries to tie him up.
Makkara misses with the head strike.
Makkara tries for a takedown but Toney manages to get underhooks.
Toney prevents a body shot from Makkara.
Toney prevents a body shot from Makkara.
Toney blocks a body shot from Makkara.
Toney working hard to break the clinch.
Makkara stalling the fight.
Toney blocks an uppercut.
Toney working hard to break the clinch.
Toney gets through Makkara's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Makkara gets through Toney's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Toney breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Toney misses with a jab, cross combination.
Toney stuns Makkara with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toney staying out of range there.
Makkara thows a body shot but no joy.
A punch combination from Toney misses.
Makkara closes this distance looking for a takedown but Toney circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nakki Makkara. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Toney throws a hook but Makkara blocks it.
Makkara throws a lazy uppercut
letting Toney counter with a right hand.
Makkara closes the distance but Toney moves to the side
and Toney counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Nakki Makkara has been cut.
Makkara tries to clinch there but Toney circles away.
Makkara uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Toney.
Makkara pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Makkara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Toney was well out of range. Poor timing from Makkara.
Makkara tries to clinch up.
Toney misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Toney shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toney lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Makkara circles away quickly and effectively.
Makkara thows a body shot but no joy.
Toney misses with a series of wild punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Makkara lands a body shot.

Makkara clinches.
Makkara trying to stall but Toney improves his position.
Toney tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Makkara misses with a hook from the clinch.
Toney struggles to land a body shot inside as Makkara controls his hands.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Makkara lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Toney.
Makkara scores with a shot to the side of Toney's head.
Toney is trying to force a seperation but Makkara has the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Nakki Makkara will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Nakki Makkara's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Makkara fails with a takedown attempt.
Makkara misses with a jab, cross combination.
Toney rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Makkara moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Toney uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Makkara.
Toney misses the jab.
Toney lands a slapping body shot.
A combination from Toney does no damage.
Makkara misses with a body shot
and Toney counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Makkara dips to his left and cracks Toney with an uppercut!
Toney avoids the body shot from Makkara.
Toney fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Makkara steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Toney.
Toney has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Toney there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Makkara throws an overhand right that lands on Toney's shoulder, as Toney tries to avoid the shot.
Toney thows a body shot but no joy.
James Toney is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Makkara forces Toney back against the cage and clinches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Toney scores with a nice hook to the head.
Toney gets through Makkara's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Makkara gets through Toney's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Toney - that landed with a thud.
Makkara misses with a punch on the inside.
Makkara has Toney pressed against the cage, preventing Toney from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Makkara stalling in the clinch but Toney improves position.
Makkara stalling in the clinch.
Toney blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Makkara lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Toney lands a right hand that snaps the head of Makkara backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Toney digs a right hand into Makkara's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Makkara's gas tank.
Makkara tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Toney manages to break the clinch.
James Toney seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Makkara rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Toney counters with a stiff right hand.
Nakki Makkara is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Makkara throws a right and a left that both miss.
Makkara fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Makkara looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Makkara tries to close the distance and clinch up but Toney swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Makkara throws a hook but Toney avoids it easily.
Toney connects with a body shot that sends Makkara's belly button to the back.

Oooh a lovely combination from Toney sends Makkara down but not out. Toney dives into side control looking to finish.

Makkara is rocked!

Toney decides to stand up, so the ref orders Makkara to his feet.
Oh Makkara is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Toney throws a right and a left that both miss.
Toney cracks Makkara with a hook to the temple - Makkara is on wobbly legs here! Toney swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Makkara falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Toney wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). James Toney!
An out of breath James Toney thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.