PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Angel Toney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Mackintosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toney comes to the cage accompanied by Korn - Twisted Transistor. 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.

Toney
vs
Mackintosh

185 cm
26
174 lbs
8 - 11 - 1

185 cm
26
168 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Bellum Dominum

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Angel Toney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Mackintosh!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Konstantin Menshow and Viktor Lagutenko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Toney gets caught flat footed, as Mackintosh shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Mackintosh's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Toney keeping moving, preventing Mackintosh from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Toney looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Toney looking for a guillotine here but Mackintosh defends easily.
Toney tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Toney keeping moving, preventing Mackintosh from controlling successfully.
Mackintosh not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toney wants to sweep but no luck.
Toney is working hard here to advance position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mackintosh trying to control the position from guard on top but Toney is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mackintosh preventing the sweep.

Toney looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Mackintosh stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Toney swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Mackintosh 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.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Mackintosh looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Mackintosh trying to control but Toney is working from the bottom.
We've been hearing good reports from Toney's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Toney is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Mackintosh is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toney has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Mackintosh has passed into side control.
Toney is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Mackintosh tries to move to mount but Toney blocks the move with his legs.
Toney tries to bench press Mackintosh off him but Mackintosh keeps the position.
Mackintosh advances to full mount.
Toney is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toney sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Mackintosh prevents Toney from improving his position.
Mackintosh wants to control but Toney is keeping him busy.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Mackintosh in particular looking to stall.
Toney is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mackintosh tries to pass the half guard into mount. Toney knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Mackintosh prevents Toney from improving his position.
Mackintosh tries to pass to full mount but Toney defends it.
Toney moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Mackintosh passes into half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mackintosh wants to lay and pray for a moment but Toney keeps working.
Toney is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Toney fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mackintosh looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Toney slips a jab from Mackintosh.

Toney drops Mackintosh with a nice combination! Toney dives into Mackintosh's guard, looking to finish!

Mackintosh is rocked!
Toney arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Mackintosh's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Angel Toney!
Angel Toney decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.