PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between ingo tornado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and los de (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: poisen. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

tornado
vs
de

188 cm
18
204 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
210 lbs
0 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Granite chin

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, ingo tornado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, los de!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
tornado tries to score a power double leg takedown but de sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten tornado somewhat.
tornado fails to land the takedown.
tornado fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ingo tornado. That's going to take a lot out of him.
tornado tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but de swivels and escapes.
de shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says tornado as he avoids it easily.
tornado shoots in for a takedown but de shows good takedown defense.
tornado is breathing heavily.
de shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says tornado as he avoids it easily.
de fails with the takedown

and tornado counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in de's guard now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
de 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.
de is trying to control the position but tornado postures up.
tornado won't allow de to sweep him here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
de wants to stand and escape but tornado is having none of it.

de looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
tornado won't allow de to sweep him here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from de.
tornado shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and de makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
de defends well against a solid takedown attempt from tornado.
tornado looks for a takedown but de sprawls well.
tornado leaves de with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
tornado shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has de pinned against the cage. de gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
de darts in trying to clinch

and tornado counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for de!

tornado looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
tornado throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for de because tornado loaded up on that one.
de is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

tornado has hold of de's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and de manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

tornado is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But de has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from de!
de cracks tornado with a solid left hand.
de throwing strikes but missing.

tornado had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. de is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. tornado Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take de's back instead.

tornado is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but de has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

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.

tornado has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
tornado somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
tornado controlling well, preventing de from escaping the position.

de defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of tornado's arms.
tornado keeps control of the position as de tries to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

de scores with a three punch combo!
de lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
ingo tornado is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
tornado will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
tornado stuffs the takedown attempt from de. de gets slowly back to his feet.
de digs a good body shot into tornado's ribs.
de shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has tornado pinned against the cage. tornado gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
de keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
de tries to close the distance and clinch but tornado swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
de shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with tornado but tornado pushes him off and we're back to square one.
ingo tornado has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of los de.
tornado doesn't succeed with the takedown

and de counters with a shoot takedown. tornado fights it but they end up in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de trying to control but tornado is working from the bottom.
de won't allow tornado to sweep him here.
de stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. tornado swivels though and keeps the full guard.
tornado lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for de!
de is trying to escape the mount.

tornado goes for an armbar but de turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from de.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
tornado trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

tornado looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
tornado keeping moving, preventing de from controlling successfully.
de is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

tornado looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

tornado throws his legs up looking for a submission but de uses it to pass to side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
tornado wants to control but de postures up.
tornado looking for a sweep but de has passed into full mount! Oh no!
de trying to control but he's not successful this time.
de avoids the attempt from tornado to control.

de stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
de looks to clinch

and tornado counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

tornado stands up from de's guard - tornado perhaps looking for a knockout.

tornado shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

de has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but tornado can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
de wants to get back to his feet but tornado is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

de is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
de wants to sweep here but tornado controlling him for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that ingo tornado will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

tornado misses with a takedown attempt - de sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
de fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. tornado looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
de goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
tornado fails with the takedown
and de counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from de.
de is looking to chop away at tornado's legs.
de's corner calls for a 1-2. de obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

tornado gets a takedown into half guard.
tornado thows a huge punch but de dodges it nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de is trying to get back to full guard.

tornado wants to work for an arm triangle but de is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
de keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Still in half guard, tornado seems content to control.
tornado is keen to just control but de is a slippery customer.
ingo tornado overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

tornado seems to be looking for submissions.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
de shoots in for a takedown but tornado shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
tornado fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for ingo tornado. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
tornado fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
de tries to clinch up

and tornado counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
de tries to kick tornado off in order to stand up. tornado Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.

tornado is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, de has escaped the position, nice work there.
de is letting tornado control him for a moment.
de tries to buck tornado off but tornado is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

tornado is trying to get an arm triangle but de is defending well.

tornado wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by de, who protects the arm well.
de manages to get back to half guard.
los de has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

tornado is looking for a kimura but de is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for tornado to get the leverage.

de is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but tornado pulls his head out easily.

tornado is working for a kimura but de is defending it quite comfortably.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
de wants to control but tornado is keeping busy.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

tornado gets in close and instigates a clinch.
de tries to pull guard but tornado won't allow it.
tornado lands a knee to the head.
de tries to break free but tornado pushes him back against the cage.
tornado wants a takedown.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
de taking a breather.
de tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
ingo tornado is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

tornado lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

de looking for submissions off his back.

And that's the end of the fight!
ingo tornado showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for tornado, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... ingo tornado!