PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andre Toulon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andre Toulon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Toulon
vs
Lopez

170 cm
32
212 lbs
14 - 10 - 0

187 cm
27
205 lbs
3 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

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 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Andre Toulon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Victor Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Toulon rushes Lopez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lopez looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Toulon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Toulon clinches up with Lopez and pushes him back against the cage.
Lopez is looking for a takedown.

Toulon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toulon tries to clinch but Lopez is having none of it.

Toulon clinches up with Lopez and pushes him back against the cage.
Lopez wants to get back to striking at distance but Toulon won't allow it.

Toulon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Toulon rushes Lopez and presses him up against the cage.

Toulon breaks from the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Toulon drives through and clinches with Lopez against the cage.

Toulon breaks from the clinch.

Toulon clinches up against the cage.

Toulon breaks the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Toulon clinches up with Lopez and pushes him back against the cage.

Toulon breaks the clinch.

Toulon fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lopez, pushing him back against the cage.

Toulon manages to break the clinch.

Toulon instigates a clinch.

Toulon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Lopez gets tackled into the cage by Toulon. Toulon maintains the clinch.

Toulon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lopez swings widly with a right hand
and Toulon counters with a nice uppercut.

Toulon moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Toulon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Toulon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lopez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Toulon is looking to clinch but Lopez is avoiding it.
Lopez swats away the attempt to clinch by Toulon.
Lopez has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lopez there as he acknowledges the shot.
Toulon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Toulon moves in looking to clinch but Lopez pushes him off.
Toulon tries to clinch up.

Toulon has taken the fight to the clinch.

Toulon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Toulon is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Toulon closes the distance and clinches.

Toulon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Toulon closes the distance and clinches.

Toulon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Toulon closes the distance and clinches.

Toulon breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toulon tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lopez swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Toulon clinches with his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Toulon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lopez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lopez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Victor Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toulon connects with the punch.

Toulon clinches up against the cage.
Lopez tries to circle away but Toulon has him pinned against the cage.

Toulon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Toulon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Toulon fails in his attempt to clinch.

Toulon clinches up against the cage.

Toulon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Lopez tries to keep at a distance but Toulon has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lopez jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Toulon walks away with a smile on his face. Lopez gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Toulon closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Toulon working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Toulon manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Toulon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Toulon moves into the clinch successfully.
Lopez is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Toulon to keep the fight standing.
Andre Toulon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Victor Lopez.

Toulon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toulon tries to clinch up.
Lopez misses with a looping left.

Toulon has managed to clinch.

Toulon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Toulon wants to clinch.
Toulon ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Toulon closes the distance and clinches.

Toulon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Toulon has closed the distance and engaged Lopez in a clinch.

Toulon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Toulon clinches.
Lopez looking for a takedown.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Toulon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Toulon moves in looking to clinch but Lopez pushes him off.

Toulon clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Toulon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Toulon has Lopez up against the cage in a clinch.
Lopez looking for a takedown.

Toulon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Toulon clinches.

Toulon breaks the clinch.

Toulon rushes Lopez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Toulon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Toulon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lopez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Toulon is looking to clinch.
Toulon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lopez.
The fight stays on the outside here - Toulon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Toulon gets a clinch.

Toulon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Toulon tries to clinch up.
Toulon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lopez swats away the attempt to clinch by Toulon.

Toulon rushes Lopez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Toulon dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Toulon tries to clinch there but Lopez circles away.

Toulon clinches.

Toulon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Toulon instigates a clinch.

Toulon breaks the clinch.

Toulon has managed to clinch.

Toulon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Andre Toulon is winning the standup battle so far.
Toulon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Toulon tries to clinch up.
Toulon is looking to clinch.

Toulon closes the distance and pushes Lopez back into the cage.
Lopez is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Toulon is defending well.

Toulon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Toulon tries to clinch up but Lopez circles away and keeps his distance.

Toulon moves into the clinch.

Toulon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Toulon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lopez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Toulon clinches up against the cage.
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!

Toulon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lopez is breathing heavily.

Toulon pushes Lopez up against the cage in a clinch.

Toulon manages to break the clinch.
Toulon moves in looking to clinch but Lopez pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toulon scores with a hook.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Toulon pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Toulon tries to clinch there but Lopez circles away.

Toulon closes the distance and clinches.
Toulon is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Toulon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Toulon clinches.

Toulon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Toulon moves into the clinch.

Toulon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Toulon fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lopez throws a right hand that misses
and Toulon counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Victor Lopez has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toulon tries to clinch up.
Toulon ducks under a wild hook from Lopez.

Lopez gets tackled into the cage by Toulon. Toulon maintains the clinch.

Toulon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Toulon rushes Lopez and presses him up against the cage.

Toulon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toulon doesn't manage to clinch there - Lopez circles away.
Toulon scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Toulon closes the distance and pushes Lopez back into the cage.

Toulon breaks the clinch.
Toulon tries to clinch but Lopez is having none of it.

Toulon clinches up against the cage.
Toulon prevents a takedown attempt there.
Andre Toulon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Victor Lopez.

Toulon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A lazy left from Toulon finds it's target.

Toulon closes the distance and pushes Lopez back into the cage.

Toulon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Toulon takes the fight into the clinch.

Toulon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Toulon has Lopez up against the cage in a clinch.

Toulon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toulon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lopez can do to turn this around?
Toulon is looking to clinch.
Toulon wants to clinch up but Lopez keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Toulon rushes Lopez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Toulon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Toulon moves in looking to clinch but Lopez pushes him off.

Lopez tries to keep at a distance but Toulon has taken the fight into the clinch.

Toulon breaks the clinch.
Toulon cracks Lopez with an open hand slap.
Toulon tries to clinch there but Lopez circles away.
Lopez misses with a hook
and Toulon connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Lopez is rocked!

Toulon has closed the distance and engaged Lopez in a clinch.
Lopez is still on wobbly legs! Can Toulon finish him?

Toulon manages to break the clinch.
Lopez is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Toulon doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Lopez crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Lopez's bad books for that mishap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Andre Toulon!