PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Timofey Boyko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akira Toriyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boyko comes into the arena with Kamaedzitca - Колазварl blaring out of the sound system. The crowd seem to be enjoying Toriyama's choice of entrance music: Three 6 Mafia - It's a Fight. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Boyko
vs
Toriyama

174 cm
31
156 lbs
24 - 11 - 1

173 cm
30
152 lbs
26 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Fast

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Timofey Boyko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Akira Toriyama!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boyko wants to slow Toriyama down by chopping away at his legs.
Boyko throws a half hearted mid kick.
Boyko has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gym Beam in the buildup to the fight.
Toriyama throws a leg kick but Boyko moved away.
Boyko ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Toriyama ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boyko moves away.
Boyko ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Toriyama misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Boyko counters with a series of strikes. Toriyama will be more careful next time no doubt.
Toriyama lands a really nice looking cross but Boyko seems unphased.
Boyko connects with a nice looking jab.

Boyko instigates a clinch.
Boyko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Toriyama has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Toriyama tries to work over Boyko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Boyko lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boyko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Toriyama pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Boyko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Boyko pushes Toriyama back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Boyko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Toriyama blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boyko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Toriyama is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boyko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Toriyama is defending well for now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Toriyama tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boyko's elbow.
Boyko lands a left hand that snaps the head of Toriyama backwards.
Boyko tries to land knees in the clinch but Toriyama avoids the damage to the body.
Boyko tries to throw a body punch but Toriyama avoids it by throwing Boyko back against the cage.
Boyko gets through Toriyama's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Toriyama misses with an elbow over the top.
Toriyama works on Boyko's body with a couple of short punches.
Boyko pushes off an throws an elbow but Toriyama leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Boyko lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Toriyama just misses with a elbow thrown towards Boyko's brow.
Toriyama takes an elbow to the temple.
Toriyama trying to control the position but instead, Boyko has worked for underhooks and has pushed Toriyama into the cage.
Boyko keeps control of Toriyama as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Boyko lands a knee to the body.
Toriyama's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toriyama misses with a short punch on the inside.
Toriyama can't find room to land a body shot as Boyko controls the action.
Boyko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Toriyama is defending well for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Toriyama tries to break the clinch but Boyko is controlling the position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Boyko.
Toriyama blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Boyko tries a knee to the head but Toriyama blocks it.
Boyko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Toriyama's elbow.
Boyko misses with a punch to the body.
Boyko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Boyko creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Toriyama's defenses.

It looks like Akira Toriyama has been cut.
Boyko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Toriyama's face.
A hook to the body from Boyko.
Toriyama digs a right hand underneath Boyko's ribcage. Boyko let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Boyko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boyko.
Boyko looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Toriyama avoiding damage as Boyko throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boyko lands a right hand.
Boyko is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Boyko misses with a punch to the body.
Boyko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Toriyama in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Toriyama.
Toriyama throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Boyko tries to land knees in the clinch but Toriyama avoids the damage to the body.
Boyko blocks an elbow strike from Toriyama.

Toriyama pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Toriyama swings away with a body shot that misses
and Boyko connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Toriyama tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Toriyama is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Boyko.
Toriyama thows a leg kick but Boyko checks it
letting Boyko counter with a right hand.
Boyko on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Boyko connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Boyko lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toriyama throws a leg kick that misses.
Boyko throws a head kick but Toriyama moves out of range.
Toriyama moves out of range of the strikes.
Toriyama throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Boyko throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Toriyama counters with a straight right hand.
Toriyama connects with a good right hand that stumbles Boyko. Boyko circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Toriyama ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Boyko turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Toriyama throws a leg kick but Boyko sees it coming and moves out of range.
Boyko attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Nice body kick there by Boyko.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boyko throws a nice inside leg kick.
Toriyama wants to land a leg kick but Boyko is out of range.
Toriyama swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A good leg kick by Boyko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Timofey Boyko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Akira Toriyama'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.

Nice shot lands for Toriyama.
Boyko is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Toriyama can do to turn this around?
Boyko lands a glancing blow to the side of Toriyama's head.
Boyko scores with a jab to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Toriyama. Boyko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Toriyama looks to throw a body kick
and Boyko counters with a thumping low kick.
Boyko scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Boyko thumps Toriyama with a low kick.
Boyko throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Toriyama takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Boyko lands with a thumping leg kick.
Boyko lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boyko connects with a solid leg kick.
Toriyama tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Boyko slips under a jab.
Toriyama waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Boyko.
Toriyama swings for the body but Boyko moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Boyko.
Toriyama throws a head kick but Boyko moves out of range.
Boyko cracks Toriyama with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Timofey Boyko is winning the standup battle so far.
Toriyama thows a leg kick but Boyko checks it
and Boyko counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Boyko bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Toriyama misses with a low kick.
Boyko throws a leg kick which misses Toriyama's front leg but catches the back leg as Toriyama tries to avoid it.
Boyko sizes up Toriyama with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Toriyama scores with the left hand. Boyko knows he should have avoided that one.
Boyko's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Toriyama connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Boyko scrambles back to his feet.
A low kick from Toriyama misses
and Boyko counters with a good low kick that Toriyama was not able to check.
Toriyama throws out a leg kick but Boyko moves out of range and Toriyama only half commits.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boyko scores with a push kick.
Toriyama throws a low kick but it's checked well by Boyko.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boyko scores with a jab to the head.
Toriyama misses with a looping right.
A nice inside leg kick there by Boyko. That's going to slow Toriyama down.
Toriyama takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Boyko goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Toriyama misses with a hook.
Boyko misses with a double jab.
Boyko takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Toriyama scores with a jab. Boyko acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Toriyama lands a high kick!
A slapping leg kick lands for Boyko.
Toriyama lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Toriyama lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Boyko wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Boyko throws a quick inside leg kick.
Toriyama's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toriyama throws a good cross that connects.

Boyko is rocked!
Toriyama rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Boyko counters with an inside leg kick.
Oh Boyko is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Boyko walks straight into a right hand from Toriyama - that's dropped him! Toriyama jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Boyko from any more punishment! Boyko complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Akira Toriyama!
Akira Toriyama really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Just Fight (Everything 7$) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.