PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bill Del Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Thompson (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.

Del Toro
vs
Thompson

183 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bill Del Toro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Robert Thompson!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Thompson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Del Toro is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Thompson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Thompson slips a nice elbow through Del Toro's hands, connecting with Del Toro's forehead.
Del Toro punching from the bottom.
Del Toro tries to get to full guard but Thompson has control of the leg.
Del Toro is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Del Toro keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Del Toro is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Thompson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Thompson's back!

Del Toro working for a choke but Thompson reverses nicely into Del Toro 's guard.
Thompson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Del Toro's head.
Thompson throws a big right hand that misses.
Thompson landing with the ground and pound.
Thompson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Del Toro is trying to control the position but Thompson postures up.
Thompson with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson is working Del Toro over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Thompson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Thompson is working Del Toro over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Thompson with a nice head shot there.
Del Toro will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Del Toro working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Thompson.
Thompson distracts Del Toro with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Thompson works over Del Toro with some ground and pound from guard.
Thompson works over Del Toro with some ground and pound from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Thompson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Del Toro throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Del Toro is breathing heavily.
Thompson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Thompson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Del Toro's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson landing some decent shots from guard.
Del Toro trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson landing with the ground and pound.
Thompson landing some decent shots from guard.
Del Toro trying to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Thompson landing with the ground and pound.
Del Toro working a defensive guard here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Thompson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Thompson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Del Toro to see if he's OK.
Thompson is chipping away with strikes.
Del Toro takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Thompson landing strikes.
Del Toro is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Thompson in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson looks up at the clock and then as Del Toro takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Thompson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Thompson lands an elbow.
Del Toro is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Thompson cracks Del Toro with a big right hand but Del Toro just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

Del Toro is rocked!
Del Toro is looking to regain half guard here but Thompson keeps moving and retains side control.
Thompson grinds an elbow into Del Toro's temple.
Oh Del Toro is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thompson scoring with punches and elbows.
Del Toro seems to have got his legs back now.
Thompson is working Del Toro over with some ground and pound from side control.
Thompson working the ground and pound.
Thompson cracks Del Toro with a big elbow.
Del Toro is looking for a sweep.
Thompson in side control lands a decent elbow.
Thompson cracks Del Toro with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thompson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Del Toro to see if he's OK.
Del Toro taking a bit of punishment here - Thompson scoring with strikes.
Thompson creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson grinds an elbow into Del Toro's temple.
Thompson in side control lands a decent elbow.
Thompson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Del Toro takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Thompson lands a nice forearm strike.
Thompson lands a nice forearm strike.
Thompson cracks Del Toro with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Thompson works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Thompson cracks Del Toro with a big elbow.
Thompson in side control lands a decent elbow.
Thompson grinds an elbow into Del Toro's temple.
Thompson grinds an elbow into Del Toro's temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thompson lands a few punches from side control.
Thompson is working Del Toro over with some ground and pound from side control.
Thompson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Del Toro some visible discomfort.
Del Toro tries to bench press Thompson off him but Thompson keeps the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Thompson dominated that round.
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.

Del Toro gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Thompson lands a couple of digs.
Del Toro utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Del Toro is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Del Toro keeping full guard, as Thompson tries to pass.

Del Toro looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Thompson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Thompson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Thompson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Del Toro's head.
Thompson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Del Toro's head.
Thompson scoring with some ground and pound.
Del Toro throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thompson distracts Del Toro with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson postures up and lands a big shot to Del Toro's brow.
Thompson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Thompson connects with a couple of short punches.
Thompson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Del Toro's head.
Thompson is working Del Toro over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Thompson with a nice head shot there.
Thompson landing some decent shots from guard.
Thompson prevents Del Toro from getting back to his feet.
Del Toro throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Thompson lands a couple of elbows.
Thompson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Thompson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Del Toro's head.
Thompson postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Thompson postures up and lands a big shot to Del Toro's brow.
Thompson lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is in close to Del Toro's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Thompson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Thompson advances to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Thompson lands a nice short elbow.
Del Toro is trying to stand.
Del Toro has hold of Thompson's hands but Thompson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Robert Thompson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Del Toro looks like he's trying to stand up.
Thompson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Del Toro with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Thompson is nestled in close to Del Toro, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Thompson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Thompson working over Del Toro with some ground and pound. Del Toro looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Thompson working Del Toro over with strikes.
Thompson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Thompson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson lands with a punch from half guard.
Thompson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Del Toro is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Thompson pulls his head out easily.
Thompson drops an elbow to the side of Del Toro's head.
Thompson blocks the strikes from Del Toro.
Thompson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Del Toro on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Thompson there.
Thompson blocks the strikes from Del Toro.
Del Toro wants to control but Thompson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Del Toro throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Del Toro has hold of Thompson's hands but Thompson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Del Toro wants to get back to his feet.
Thompson slips a nice elbow through Del Toro's hands, connecting with Del Toro's forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Del Toro has hold of Thompson's hands but Thompson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Del Toro missing with punches from the bottom.

Del Toro looking for submissions off his back.
Thompson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Del Toro has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Thompson is working away from the top position though.
Del Toro wants to get back to full guard.
Thompson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Del Toro with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Del Toro on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Thompson connects with a nice short shot to Del Toro's temple.

Del Toro looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Thompson working over Del Toro with some ground and pound. Del Toro looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Thompson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Del Toro's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Thompson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Del Toro is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Thompson working Del Toro over with strikes here.
BOOM! Thompson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Del Toro is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Thompson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
A nice elbow there by Thompson.
A nice elbow there by Thompson.
Del Toro taking shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thompson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Del Toro hang on?
Thompson postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Del Toro in real trouble here! The ref calls for Del Toro to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert Thompson!