PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Toppolton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tuhoansun Naamas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Toppolton
vs
Naamas

180 cm
19
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

163 cm
18
142 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eddie Toppolton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tuhoansun Naamas!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Naamas shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Naamas was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Toppolton looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Naamas raining down shots from the mount!
A nice elbow there by Naamas.
Naamas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Toppolton is in a horrible position here. Naamas smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Naamas dominating with strikes here.
Naamas with the ground and pound from mount.
Naamas landing strikes from the mount.
The referee warns Toppolton that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Naamas looking to control but Toppolton is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Naamas with good strikes from the mount here!
Naamas working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Toppolton takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Toppolton really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Naamas can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Toppolton is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toppolton is trying to escape the mount.
Naamas scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Toppolton?
Naamas fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Naamas content just to control the position here.
Naamas lands a nice shot to the head.
Naamas is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Toppolton can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Naamas landing strikes from the mount and Toppolton is in trouble!
Naamas scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Toppolton?
Toppolton in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Naamas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naamas connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Toppolton in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Naamas with shots to the head and body - Toppolton looks very uncomfortable down there.
Naamas is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Toppolton can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Naamas breaks from Toppolton's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Naamas with good strikes from the mount here!
Naamas with the ground and pound from mount.
Naamas scoring with strikes but Toppolton is staying in there.
Naamas landing strikes from the mount.
Naamas scoring with strikes but Toppolton is staying in there.
Naamas with shots to the head and body - Toppolton looks very uncomfortable down there.
A nice elbow there by Naamas.
Naamas landing strikes, looking to finish!
Naamas controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naamas lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Naamas working the ground and pound effectively.
Naamas tries to control but Toppolton wriggling away.
Naamas sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Naamas scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Toppolton?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Naamas can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Toppolton is looking to escape.
Naamas punishing his opponent with strikes.
Naamas connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Naamas lands a nice shot to the head.
Naamas with the ground and pound from mount.
Naamas postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Toppolton looks a forlorn figure.
A nice elbow there by Naamas.
Toppolton taking shots to the head.
Naamas landing shots from mount.
Naamas is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Toppolton can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Naamas raining down shots from the mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tuhoansun Naamas dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Naamas misses the shot to the body.
Toppolton misses with a takedown attempt

and Naamas counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Naamas works over Toppolton with some ground and pound from guard.
Toppolton keeping full guard, as Naamas tries to pass.
Naamas sitting in guard here, content to control.
Naamas postures up and lands a big shot to Toppolton's brow.
Naamas trying to control but Toppolton is working from the bottom.
Naamas with a flurry of punches that miss.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Naamas slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naamas makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Naamas lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Naamas's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Naamas throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Toppolton works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Naamas trying to control but Toppolton is working from the bottom.
Naamas working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Naamas is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Naamas trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Toppolton manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Naamas is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Naamas will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Naamas looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Naamas throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
Naamas looking to control.
Naamas throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Naamas feints and as Toppolton raises his hands in defense, Naamas changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Naamas stands up over Toppolton, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Naamas content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toppolton keeping moving, preventing Naamas from controlling successfully.
Naamas working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Toppolton's head.
Naamas works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Naamas winds up and cracks Toppolton with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Naamas controlling the action here.
Naamas blocks the strikes from Toppolton.
Naamas seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Toppolton does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Naamas not doing much here.
Naamas working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

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.
Naamas with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Naamas is tying to control. Toppolton wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Naamas is taking a breather. Toppolton says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Naamas working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Toppolton blocking the ground and pound attempt from Naamas.
Naamas working the head and body with strikes.
Naamas is controlling the pace.
Naamas throwing shots but Toppolton is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tuhoansun Naamas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! 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.

Naamas scores with a takedown into Toppolton's guard.
Tuhoansun Naamas has got the better of the ground game so far.
Naamas controls from within his opponent's guard.
Naamas trying to control but Toppolton is working from the bottom.
Naamas tries to free his leg and advance position but Toppolton is retaining full guard.
Toppolton keeping moving, preventing Naamas from controlling successfully.

Despite being in the dominant position, Tuhoansun Naamas just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Naamas closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Naamas is looking to take a break and control but Toppolton is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Naamas lands an elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naamas scores with punches from side control.
Toppolton takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Toppolton taking a bit of punishment here - Naamas scoring with strikes.
Naamas is working Toppolton over with some ground and pound from side control.
Naamas in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Naamas lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Toppolton is working to avoid the ground and pound but Naamas connects with a decent elbow.
Toppolton on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Naamas lands some shots froms side control.
Naamas working the head with strikes.
Naamas passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Toppolton!
Naamas landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naamas controlling the position easily from mount.
Naamas fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Naamas lands with some strikes.
Naamas connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Naamas working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Naamas working Toppolton over with strikes here.
Naamas takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
A nice elbow there by Naamas.
Toppolton is in a horrible position here. Naamas smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naamas lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Toppolton hang on?
Naamas looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Naamas looking to control but Toppolton is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Naamas with shots to the head and body - Toppolton looks very uncomfortable down there.
Naamas lands a big shot there that rocks Toppolton but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Naamas lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Naamas lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A nice elbow there by Naamas.
Naamas is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Toppolton can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Naamas lands a heavy elbow.
Naamas breaks from Toppolton's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Toppolton that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Toppolton wants to hold on but Naamas pushes him away.
Naamas pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Naamas unloading with bombs!
A nice elbow there by Naamas.
Naamas raining down shots from the mount!
Naamas scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Toppolton?
Naamas lands a big elbow.
Toppolton is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Naamas lands a big elbow.
Eddie Toppolton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tuhoansun Naamas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Naamas landing punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tuhoansun Naamas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Naamas 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tuhoansun Naamas!