PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hawkeye Pierce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and timmy O Toole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Toole is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Capone & Noreaga - Thug Poetry. Hawkeye Pierce has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Pierce
vs
O Toole

180 cm
21
166 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

168 cm
19
164 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hawkeye Pierce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, timmy O Toole!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierce with a nice cross.
Pierce avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pierce stalks O Toole and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into O Toole's face. O Toole staggers backwards, shaken.

It looks like timmy O Toole has been cut.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pierce.
O Toole ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pierce moves out of range as O Toole throws a body kick.
Pierce throws a hook to the side of O Toole's head but O Toole sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Toole needs to keep his hands up - Pierce had a free shot at his head there.
O Toole cracks the inside of Pierce's front leg.
Hawkeye Pierce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
O Toole slips a straight right by Pierce.
O Toole doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A jab from Pierce finds it's way through O Toole's defenses.
Pierce throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Pierce will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Pierce fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierce throws a body punch but O Toole moves out of range.
A lazy left from Pierce finds it's target.
Pierce throws a lazy right hand but O Toole sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pierce moves out of range as O Toole strikes.
O Toole throws a push kick but Pierce slaps the foot to one side.
O Toole goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pierce misses with a few strikes there.
O Toole misses the shot to the body.
Pierce is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
O Toole misses with a low kick.
Pierce misses with a looping right.
O Toole ducks under a wild hook from Pierce.
Pierce misses with an uppercut.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from O Toole - that will leave a mark!
Pierce is breathing heavily.
O Toole pulls out of a head kick attempt.
O Toole throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by O Toole.
Pierce displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as O Toole throws out the jab.
Pierce misses the jab.
O Toole lands a nice looking kick to the body. Pierce takes a step back to recover.
O Toole lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
O Toole tries a head kick but it misses.
O Toole misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pierce has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by O Toole.
Pierce is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
O Toole feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pierce's calf.
O Toole throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pierce takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
O Toole looks to land a body kick but Pierce moved away.
A solid leg kick lands there for O Toole.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

O Toole has closed the distance and engaged Pierce in a clinch.
O Toole scores a nice knee to the body.
O Toole lands an elbow that stopped Pierce in his tracks for a moment.
O Toole looks to throw an elbow but misses.
O Toole landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pierce takes a knee right on the jaw!
Pierce has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. O Toole avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
O Toole scores a nice knee to the body.
O Toole lands an elbow that stopped Pierce in his tracks for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. O Toole obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for O Toole.
O Toole tries a knee to the head but Pierce blocks it.
O Toole lands a good knee to the midsection. Pierce won't want to take too many of those.
Pierce blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
O Toole misses with a knee strike.
O Toole landing knees to the head.
O Toole tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
O Toole unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Pierce is trying to break the clinch but O Toole is controlling him.
O Toole is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pierce is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Toole using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pierce has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
O Toole missing with knees to the body.
O Toole utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Pierce wants to break the clinch but can't.
O Toole throws a knee to the head but misses.
O Toole utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
O Toole lands a damaging elbow.
Pierce has had enough of the clinch but O Toole keeps him there for the moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by O Toole.
Pierce tries to break the clinch but O Toole is controlling the position.
O Toole connects with a knee to the head.
Pierce managing to block the knees to the body from O Toole.
Pierce is looking to break free of the clinch but O Toole has double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
O Toole tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pierce avoids it.
Pierce wants to get back to striking at distance but O Toole won't allow it.
Pierce tries to break free but O Toole pushes him back against the cage.
Pierce avoiding damage as O Toole throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from O Toole.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

timmy O Toole dominated that round.
The cut man is working on timmy O Toole's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

O Toole uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pierce.
Pierce misses the jab.
Pierce misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
O Toole moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for O Toole.
O Toole misses with a double jab.
Nice defenses there by O Toole.
Good leg kick by O Toole there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pierce throws an overhand right that lands on O Toole's shoulder, as O Toole tries to avoid the shot.
O Toole with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Pierce sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pierce checks a low kick from O Toole.
O Toole has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
O Toole is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierce misses with an uppercut. O Toole saw that one coming.
Hawkeye Pierce is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pierce checks the leg kick.
O Toole slips under a jab from Pierce.
O Toole avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pierce misses the jab.
O Toole fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pierce will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
O Toole thumps Pierce with a low kick.
O Toole just misses with a punch to the body.
Pierce takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
O Toole throws a nice inside leg kick.
O Toole scoring well with a low kick there.
O Toole fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pierce throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Toole tries to clinch up.
O Toole tries to clinch there but Pierce circles away.
Pierce throws a nice looking combination but O Toole bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A decent looking body kick lands there for O Toole.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from O Toole, right into the meat.
O Toole is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from O Toole, right into the meat.
O Toole moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nice body kick there by O Toole.
O Toole tries to close the distance and clinch but Pierce swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pierce ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Toole moves away.
O Toole is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

O Toole closes the distance and pushes Pierce back into the cage.
O Toole connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pierce's face.
Pierce tries to circle away but O Toole has him pinned against the cage.
O Toole landing knees to the head.
O Toole lands an elbow just above Pierce 's eye.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. O Toole obliges.
O Toole with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Pierce tries to break the clinch but O Toole is controlling the position.
O Toole throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pierce blocks it with crossed arms.
Pierce looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
O Toole lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
O Toole using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pierce has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
O Toole misses with a knee to the head.
O Toole tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
O Toole missing with knees to the body.
Pierce is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Pierce managing to block the knees to the body from O Toole.

Pierce escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pierce misses with a hook. O Toole ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierce misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from O Toole.
Pierce throws a combination but it was largely blocked by O Toole.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from O Toole. Pierce shrugs it off though.
timmy O Toole seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A chopping leg kick lands by O Toole.
O Toole throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pierce steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from O Toole. That one must have hurt.
O Toole throws a head kick that misses.
O Toole scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
O Toole pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some wild striking there from Pierce.
Pierce misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

timmy O Toole showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on timmy O Toole's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

O Toole throws a wild body kick that Pierce sees coming a mile off.
Pierce throws a big shot that misses.
O Toole takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Pierce swats away the attempt to clinch by O Toole.
Pierce ducks down and throws a hook to the body but O Toole moves away.
Pierce takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
O Toole is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
O Toole throws a leg kick which misses Pierce's front leg but catches the back leg as Pierce tries to avoid it.
O Toole throws a sloppy head kick and Pierce moves out of range easily.
O Toole lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
O Toole throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pierce sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Toole feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Pierce's calf.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Toole lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Pierce circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pierce throws a hook but O Toole blocks it.
O Toole throws the kick towards the body but Pierce avoids it.
Pierce checks a leg kick nicely.
O Toole buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
O Toole attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
O Toole thumps Pierce with a low kick.
O Toole pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Pierce throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pierce just misses with a punch to the body.
O Toole avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Toole is looking to chop away at Pierce's legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierce jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A leg kick checked by Pierce.
O Toole cracks the inside of Pierce's front leg.
O Toole scores with a push kick.
O Toole lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pierce's sensitive parts.
O Toole looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
O Toole looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
O Toole fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pierce.
O Toole dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pierce. That did some damage!
O Toole doesn't manage to clinch there - Pierce circles away.
O Toole is looking to land body kicks.
Pierce misses with a combination
and O Toole counters with a solid body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for O Toole.
Pierce looks to score with a jab to the body but O Toole is just out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by O Toole.

O Toole fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pierce, pushing him back against the cage.
O Toole scores with a knee to the head.
O Toole using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
O Toole working Pierce over with knees to the body.
O Toole working Pierce over with knees to the body.
O Toole using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Pierce pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pierce rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but O Toole moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
O Toole throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pierce takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pierce keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierce throws a looping overhand right but O Toole ducks down to avoid it.
Pierce uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from O Toole.
Pierce avoids the body shot from O Toole.
The fight stays on the outside here - O Toole looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pierce lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
O Toole slips a jab and a cross from Pierce.
O Toole tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
timmy O Toole is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
O Toole gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pierce.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

O Toole gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pierce is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hawkeye Pierce has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
O Toole misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pierce.
O Toole working Pierce over with knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
timmy O Toole comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well O Toole 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 25:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 25:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... timmy O Toole!