PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jofus Towanda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Bigalow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Towanda
vs
Bigalow

150 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
22
299 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jofus Towanda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Danny Bigalow!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bigalow misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Towanda throws a right and a left that Bigalow avoids nicely.

Towanda shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bigalow manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Bigalow 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.
Towanda really is a fat lump.
Bigalow looking to control.
Towanda is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Bigalow has a closed guard, preventing Towanda from standing up.
Bigalow wants to sweep here but Towanda controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bigalow not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Bigalow looking for a guillotine here but Towanda defends easily.

Bigalow is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Towanda is aware though and is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Towanda avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Towanda pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bigalow is keeping the position for now.
Towanda postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Bigalow had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Towanda defends it easily.
Towanda preventing the sweep.

Bigalow uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Towanda looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Danny Bigalow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Towanda throws a series of punches but Bigalow moves out of range.
Towanda chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bigalow looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Bigalow misses.
Bigalow misses with a takedown

and Towanda counters with a single leg into guard. Bigalow didn't expect that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Towanda tries to free his leg and advance position but Bigalow is retaining full guard.
Towanda is working hard here to advance position.

Bigalow looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bigalow keeping moving, preventing Towanda from controlling successfully.
Bigalow is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Towanda preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Towanda stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bigalow swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Towanda throws a right and a left that Bigalow avoids nicely.

Bigalow shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Bigalow looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Bigalow is working for a kimura but Towanda is defending it quite comfortably.
Bigalow prevents Towanda from improving his position.
Bigalow working Towanda over with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bigalow lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Bigalow is looking for a kimura here.
Nice strikes from Bigalow there.
Towanda is looking for a sweep. Bigalow is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Bigalow is working for a submission of some sort.
Bigalow is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Bigalow is trying to work for a kimura but Towanda is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jofus Towanda will probably get the nod.
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.

Bigalow fails with the takedown

and Towanda counters by clinching up.
Bigalow is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Towanda stops a takedown attempt from Bigalow.
Jofus Towanda has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Danny Bigalow.
Bigalow is pressed up against the cage. Towanda has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bigalow down to the mat. Bigalow avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Towanda moves out of range of the strikes.

Towanda closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bigalow can't do much from the bottom here.
Bigalow manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Bigalow makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bigalow.
Bigalow tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bigalow not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bigalow manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Towanda keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Bigalow is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Bigalow is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Towanda is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Danny Bigalow!