PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vekkuli Toveri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Decimus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Toveri
vs
Decimus

193 cm
29
231 lbs
12 - 16 - 0

190 cm
23
265 lbs
7 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vekkuli Toveri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brock Decimus!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toveri keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Toveri gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Decimus counters with a shoot takedown. Toveri fights it but they end up in guard.
Decimus tries to free his leg and advance position but Toveri is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Toveri is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Decimus loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Decimus is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Decimus landing with the ground and pound.
Decimus stops Toveri from standing up.
Decimus trying to control but Toveri is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decimus wants to pass the guard but Toveri is keeping the position.
Decimus looking to sit in guard and control but Toveri gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Decimus is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Decimus has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Toveri preventing the sweep.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Decimus can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Toveri won't allow Decimus to get back to his feet.
Decimus pulls Toveri in close to prevent any damage.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Brock Decimus wasn't active enough on the ground.

Decimus scores with a takedown into Toveri's guard.
Toveri wants to get back to his feet but Decimus is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decimus trying to control the position from guard on top but Toveri is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Decimus stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Toveri swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Decimus cracks Toveri with a solid left hand.
Decimus wants to control from the top but Toveri keeps moving.
Decimus throws and elbow that misses. Toveri uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Decimus's guard. Nice move by Toveri!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toveri won't allow Decimus to sweep him here.
Toveri has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Decimus keeping moving, preventing Toveri from controlling successfully.
Decimus has his hands on Toveri's head, controlling the position.
Toveri looking to pass the guard.
Decimus wants to stand but Toveri is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Toveri with a poor takedown

and Decimus counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Decimus trying to control the position from guard on top but Toveri is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toveri keeping full guard, as Decimus tries to pass.
Toveri looking to control.

Decimus stands up from Toveri's guard - Decimus perhaps looking for a knockout.

Decimus shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Toveri wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Toveri misses with a takedown attempt

and Decimus counters with a shoot takedown. Toveri fights it but they end up in guard.
Decimus pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Toveri is keeping the position for now.
Decimus 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.
Toveri is looking to stand up but Decimus isn't so interested in that idea.
Toveri is trying to control the position but Decimus postures up.
Toveri can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Decimus controls the pace.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Brock Decimus hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Toveri with a lazy takedown attempt

and Decimus counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Decimus forces his way into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Decimus wants to work for an arm triangle but Toveri is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Decimus content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Let's hope that Decimus has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Decimus prevents Toveri from standing back up.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Brock Decimus was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Toveri with a lazy takedown attempt

and Decimus counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Decimus.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vekkuli Toveri. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Toveri utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Toveri preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Decimus pushes down on Toveri's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Decimus stops Toveri from getting back to his feet.
Decimus is controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decimus moves nicely into side control.
Toveri is not content to let Decimus control the position.
Toveri is being controlled here.
Brock Decimus has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's four 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.
Decimus wants to lay and pray for a moment but Toveri keeps working.
Decimus looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Toveri is avoiding damage well.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Brock Decimus was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Decimus closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Toveri quickly recovers to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Toveri kicks Decimus off and gets back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock Decimus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Toveri fails with the takedown

and Decimus counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Decimus looking to sit in guard and control but Toveri gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Decimus is pulling down on Toveri's head. It's preventing any offense from Toveri, at least for the moment.
Toveri works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Decimus kicks off Toveri and gets to his feet.
Toveri has his takedown stuffed
and Decimus makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Decimus shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toveri is not content to let Decimus control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decimus keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Decimus throwing shots but Toveri is blocking nicely.
Toveri is trying to stand up here but Decimus is controlling him well.
Decimus trying to control the action but Toveri is working from the bottom.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Brock Decimus was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Decimus looks to score with a jab to the body but Toveri is just out of range.
Toveri with a lazy takedown attempt

and Decimus counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vekkuli Toveri. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Decimus is controlling the pace.
Decimus prevents Toveri from standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decimus sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Toveri defending well though.
Decimus looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Decimus is looking to advance position but Toveri won't allow it.
Toveri is looking to get back to is feet but Decimus passes into side control.
Vekkuli Toveri has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decimus misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Decimus staying calm.
Decimus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Toveri regains half guard there - taking advantage of Decimus's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Decimus content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

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.
Toveri wants to control but Decimus passes into side.
Toveri prevents Decimus from moving into mount.
Decimus wants to lay and pray for a moment but Toveri keeps working.
The referee asks Decimus politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Decimus prefers to stall for the moment though.
Toveri wants to get back to his feet.
Brock Decimus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Decimus in side control, just content to control the action for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brock Decimus comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Decimus winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brock Decimus!