PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Mad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksandar Toppington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Mad looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Mad
vs
Toppington

185 cm
27
210 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

200 cm
27
225 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Mad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aleksandar Toppington!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Jeff Smith and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mad moves into the clinch successfully.
Toppington working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Toppington.
Toppington working aggressively here.
Mad landing knees to the head.

It looks like Aleksandar Toppington has been cut.
Toppington tries to work over Mad's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mad stalling the fight.
Mad comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mad tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mad lands a nice knee to the body.
Mad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mad crunches a lovely knee into Toppington's ribcage.
Our sources have told us that Mad has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mad tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mad lands an elbow just above Toppington 's eye.
Mad lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Toppington gets through Mad's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Toppington scores with a shoulder strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Toppington.
Mad is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Mad.
Mad is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Toppington throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toppington working aggressively here.
Toppington takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mad using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Toppington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Toppington working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mad obliges.
Still in the clinch, Toppington scores with a nice short uppercut.
Toppington misses with the head strike.
Mad tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Toppington throws a punch but it's blocked by Mad.
Mad blocks a body shot from Toppington.
Mad is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Toppington is keeping busy.
Mad lands a good knee to the midsection. Toppington won't want to take too many of those.
Mad blocks an uppercut.
Mad putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Toppington in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Toppington managing to block the knees to the body from Mad.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toppington scores with a hook to the body.
Mad with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mad trying to land knees to the body.
Toppington misses with a punch on the inside.
Mad is trying to maintain a safe position but Toppington gets an underhook and turns Mad into the cage.
Toppington misses with a punch to the body.
Mad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Toppington softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mad misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Toppington.
Toppington working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mad tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Toppington avoids it.
Mad tries to land a knee to the head but Toppington blocks with his arms.
Mad misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Toppington.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Toppington.
Mad blocking some punches.
Toppington lands a hook that snaps the head of Mad backwards.
Mad utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Toppington.
Toppington working aggressively here.
Mad tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Toppington avoids it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Toppington.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mad.
Mad unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Toppington lands with a right to the head.
Toppington working aggressively here.
Mad is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Toppington is defending well for now.
Toppington softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Toppington avoiding damage as Mad throws knees to the body.
Mad with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Aleksandar Toppington's cut even more.
Mad looking to throw knees to the head but Toppington is blocking nicely.
Mad lands a knee to the body.
Mad comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mad landing knees to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Toppington.
Toppington digs a right hand into Mad's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mad's gas tank.
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!
Toppington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mad lands an elbow inside that Toppington shrugs off.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Toppington.
Mad blocking some punches.
Toppington gets through Mad's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Toppington.
Toppington scores with a shot to the side of Mad's head.
Toppington scores with a shot to the side of Mad's head.
Toppington working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Toppington swings wildly with an uppercut but Mad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mad stalling in the clinch but Toppington improves position.
Toppington lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Toppington.
A shot in the inside from Toppington.
Toppington lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mad backwards.
Toppington working aggressively here.
Toppington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Toppington lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mad backwards.

Mad is rocked!
Mad tries to land a knee to the head but Toppington blocks with his arms.
Oh Mad is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Toppington has a couple of punches blocked by Mad.
A short uppercut from Toppington.
Mad tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Toppington lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Aleksandar Toppington will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Aleksandar Toppington's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Toppington fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Toppington connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mad. Mad circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Mad seems to have got his legs back now.
Mad tries to clinch but Toppington moves away
enabling Toppington to counter with a crisp jab.
Mad wants to clinch
and Toppington counters with a left and a right that stings Mad.
Mad moves in looking to clinch but Toppington pushes him off.
Mad tries to clinch
and Toppington counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mad looks to clinch
and Toppington counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mad thinking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mad wants to clinch but Toppington slips to the side
and Toppington counters with a left and a right that stings Mad.
Toppington cracks Mad with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mad closes the distance but Toppington moves to the side
and Toppington counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mad tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Toppington manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Toppington misses with the combination.
Toppington smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Mad tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mad takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Mad tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Toppington counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mad tries to clinch but Toppington moves away
and Toppington counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Toppington has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Mad tries to close the distance and clinch but Toppington swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Toppington rushes Mad and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mad lands a damaging elbow.

Toppington drops Mad onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Mad is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toppington avoids a wild elbow strike from Mad.
Mad scores a nice knee to the body.
Toppington throws a head punch that misses.
Toppington tries to throw a body punch but Mad avoids it by throwing Toppington back against the cage.
Toppington misses with some punches.
Mad trying to stall but Toppington improves his position.
Toppington tries to throw a body punch but Mad avoids it by throwing Toppington back against the cage.
Mad creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toppington lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mad blocking some punches.
Toppington misses with a punch on the inside.
Toppington blocks an elbow strike from Mad.
Mad is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Toppington working aggressively here.
Toppington lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Toppington swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mad is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Toppington is defending well for now.
Toppington lands a right hand.
A short body shot lands from Toppington as the two fighters clinch.
Mad looking to throw knees to the head but Toppington is blocking nicely.
Toppington lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Toppington working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Toppington dips a shoulder and cracks Mad with a mighty uppercut! Mad falls back against the cage and Toppington unloads with a barrage of strikes! Mad is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Toppington screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aleksandar Toppington!
Aleksandar Toppington really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that 155q/145q Recovery, 140 Bulk/Stam logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.