PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ceaser El Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Waters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). El Toro's entrance music is Bulls On Parade. A fine choice. Waters has chosen Hip Hop as his entrance music. Ceaser El Toro could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Derek Waters's chin.

El Toro
vs
Waters

174 cm
33
194 lbs
25 - 7 - 1

189 cm
25
195 lbs
10 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 25 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ceaser El Toro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Derek Waters!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Bruno Lombardi and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Toro misses with an uppercut
letting Waters counter with a right hand.
Waters thows a body shot but no joy.
El Toro walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Waters fails to land with a series of punches.
El Toro takes a swing at Waters's ribcage but misses.
El Toro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
El Toro will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ceaser El Toro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
El Toro throws a combination that misses
and Waters counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Waters takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Waters stuns El Toro with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
El Toro misses with a double jab.
Waters connects with a right hand. El Toro shakes it off.
El Toro works the jab nicely.
El Toro throws a poor cross that misses
and Waters counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Waters takes the fight into the clinch.
El Toro misses with some punches.
El Toro wants to get back to striking at distance but Waters won't allow it.

Waters breaks the clinch.
Waters moves out of range of the strikes.
El Toro walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Waters checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nice uppercut there from Waters.
A low kick from El Toro is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
El Toro throws a hook but Waters avoids it easily.
El Toro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
El Toro is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Waters's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A low kick from El Toro is predictable there
and Waters counters with a good low kick that El Toro was not able to check.
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!
Waters wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Toro misses with the combination.
Waters motions for El Toro to come forward. Waters throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
El Toro attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Waters slips a jab and a cross from El Toro.
Waters throws a hook but El Toro avoids it easily.
El Toro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Waters moves away.
Waters takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
El Toro clobbers Waters with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Jab from El Toro.
El Toro with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Waters to score with a decent uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Waters rushes El Toro and presses him up against the cage.
Waters misses with a hook from the clinch.
El Toro has a couple of punches blocked by Waters.
Waters tried to land a shot to the body but connects with El Toro's elbow.
Waters lands a hook to the side of the head.

El Toro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
El Toro jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from El Toro misses the target.
Waters takes a swing at El Toro's ribcage but misses.
El Toro throws a right and a left that both miss.
Waters lands with an uppercut that bounces El Toro off the cage and back into range.
El Toro throws a push kick but Waters slaps the foot to one side.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Toro connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Waters checks a leg kick.
Waters throws a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
El Toro takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
El Toro connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Waters ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
El Toro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
El Toro takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
El Toro lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
El Toro misses with an uppercut
and Waters counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Waters takes a swing at El Toro's ribcage but misses.
El Toro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from El Toro, right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Waters dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

El Toro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
El Toro lands with a hook. Waters tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
El Toro rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Waters counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
El Toro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Waters.
That kick from Waters tenderised El Toro's leg. El Toro is trying to keep his angry face on.
El Toro throws a right and a left that Waters avoids nicely.
Waters connects with a single shot there.
No joy there for El Toro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Waters lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
El Toro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Waters moves away.
Waters misses with an uppercut. El Toro saw that one coming.
El Toro throws a hook to the side of Waters's head but Waters sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Waters slips a jab from El Toro.
El Toro throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Waters counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro lands with a good body shot.
Waters avoids the body shot from El Toro.
El Toro ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Waters has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
El Toro throws a hook to the side of Waters's head but Waters sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts El Toro, as that shot connected.
Waters avoids the body shot from El Toro.
Donk. El Toro catches Waters right on the button with a cross.
A nice combination there by El Toro.
El Toro misses with a jab to the body
and Waters counters with an inside leg kick.
Waters just misses with a punch to the body.
Waters cracks El Toro with an open hand slap.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
El Toro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
El Toro has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waters jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A left lands for El Toro.
Waters steps to the side to avoid the strikes from El Toro.
El Toro thows a body shot but no joy.
El Toro takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Waters swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Waters uses good head movement to avoid the hook from El Toro.
Waters lands a nice hook to El Toro's body. El Toro takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Waters slips a jab from El Toro.
Waters slips under a jab.

Waters drops El Toro with a beautiful combination! El Toro stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Waters is looking for the KO!

El Toro is rocked!

It looks like Ceaser El Toro has been cut.
El Toro missing with a left hand there. Waters was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Oh El Toro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Waters moves out of range of the body kick from El Toro.
El Toro seems to have got his legs back now.
Waters misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waters connects with a looping right hand.
Waters tries to clinch but El Toro is having none of it.
El Toro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A solid leg kick lands there for El Toro.
Waters misses with a straight left.
Good leg kick by El Toro there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A slow jab from El Toro misses its intended target.
Waters with a jab.
Waters is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
An inside leg kick from Waters misses.
Waters avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
El Toro moves out of range as Waters strikes.
Waters steps to the side to avoid the strikes from El Toro.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Toro avoids a kick to the body.
El Toro throws a big shot that misses.
El Toro looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
El Toro throws a lazy right hand but Waters sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Donk. El Toro catches Waters right on the button with a cross.
Waters connects with a solid leg kick.
Waters walks into a stiff left hand from El Toro.
El Toro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
El Toro misses with a left hand
and Waters counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Waters avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Waters takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
El Toro throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Waters looks to score with a jab to the body but El Toro is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derek Waters showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ceaser El Toro's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

El Toro looks to throw the jab but Waters is out of range.
Waters misses with a series of wild punches.
El Toro misses with a hook. Waters ducked under it nicely.
El Toro throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Waters stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Derek Waters seems to be getting the better of the standup.
El Toro throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Waters counters with a right hand to the body.
El Toro misses the body punch
and Waters counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
El Toro will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Waters tries a low kick but El Toro avoids it.
El Toro thows a body shot but no joy.
El Toro misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Waters with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Waters closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops El Toro! Waters dives in looking to finish! El Toro is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Derek Waters!
Derek Waters took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Mango Nutrition (90% Laundry) for their support in the buildup to the fight.