PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jabba Hutt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Tolstoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tolstoy has chosen Prong - Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Hutt
vs
Tolstoy

225 cm
19
300 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

200 cm
23
308 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jabba Hutt!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andre Tolstoy!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tolstoy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hutt paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hutt misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Andre Tolstoy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tolstoy with a poor takedown

and Hutt counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hutt stalling.
Tolstoy wants to get back to full guard.
Tolstoy missing with punches from the bottom.
Tolstoy is pressing down on Hutt's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Tolstoy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tolstoy is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tolstoy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hutt is controlling him.
Tolstoy looking for a sweep. Not yet Tolstoy, not yet.
Tolstoy throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Hutt will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tolstoy throws a right and a left that Hutt avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hutt fails with the takedown

and Tolstoy counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hutt's guard now.
Tolstoy wants to pass the guard but Hutt is keeping the position.
Tolstoy postures up and lands a big shot to Hutt's brow.
Hutt controls Tolstoy momentarily but Tolstoy frees himself.
Hutt pulls Tolstoy in close to prevent any damage.
Tolstoy wants to stand but Hutt is controlling his posture from full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tolstoy stands up over Hutt, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hutt working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hutt lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tolstoy!
Hutt trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Tolstoy is working to get back to half guard.

Hutt is working for a guillotine from mount but Tolstoy frees his head quite easily.
Tolstoy takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hutt with shots to the head and body - Tolstoy looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hutt raining down shots from the mount!
Tolstoy can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Tolstoy that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tolstoy is desperately trying to improve his position but Hutt has a good base and remains in mount.
Hutt looking to finish Tolstoy with some ground and pound. This is bad for Tolstoy!
Tolstoy is trying to escape the mount.
Hutt lands a nice shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tolstoy regains half guard.
Tolstoy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hutt trying to control from half guard but Tolstoy is working away.
Tolstoy is trying to control but can't.
Hutt missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tolstoy is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Hutt misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jabba Hutt 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.

Tolstoy with a lazy takedown attempt

and Hutt counters with a takedown into side control.
Hutt prevents Tolstoy from escaping the position.
Hutt lands some shots froms side control.
Hutt creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Hutt prevents Tolstoy from escaping the position.
Tolstoy is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Hutt's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Hutt is thwarting Tolstoy's attempts to control the position.
Tolstoy wants to get back to full guard.
Hutt has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hutt is thwarting Tolstoy's attempts to control the position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Hutt is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tolstoy wants to improve his position but Hutt is controlling well.
Tolstoy is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hutt takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jabba Hutt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Hutt is looking for a kimura but Tolstoy is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hutt to get the leverage.
Tolstoy is pressing down on Hutt's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Tolstoy looking for a sweep. Not yet Tolstoy, not yet.
Hutt is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hutt landing some decent shots from guard.
Tolstoy thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Tolstoy keeping moving, preventing Hutt from controlling successfully.
Tolstoy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hutt trying to control but Tolstoy is working from the bottom.
Hutt won't allow Tolstoy to sweep him here.
Hutt trying to control but Tolstoy is working from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Tolstoy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tolstoy throws a right and a left that Hutt avoids nicely.
Tolstoy fails with an attempt to clinch.

Tolstoy shoots in and bounces Hutt off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Hutt wants to sweep here but Tolstoy controlling him for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolstoy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hutt is keeping the position for now.
Tolstoy won't allow Hutt to sweep him here.
Tolstoy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tolstoy is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Hutt manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Hutt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tolstoy.
Tolstoy tries to clinch but Hutt moves out of range.
Tolstoy throws a series of punches but Hutt moves out of range.
Tolstoy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hutt fails with a takedown attempt.
Tolstoy throws a right and a left that Hutt avoids nicely.

Hutt looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hutt stands up over Tolstoy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hutt working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tolstoy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hutt is controlling him.
Hutt controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jabba Hutt dominated that second 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Tolstoy is looking to clinch but Hutt is avoiding it.
A punch combination from Tolstoy misses.
Tolstoy shoots in for a double leg but Hutt sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Nice takedown defense from Tolstoy. No joy for Hutt on that attempt.

Hutt gets a takedown into half guard.
Hutt looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tolstoy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tolstoy is pressing down on Hutt's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hutt trying to control the position from guard on top but Tolstoy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hutt passes into half guard.

Hutt looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolstoy tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Tolstoy wants to improve his position but Hutt is controlling well.
Tolstoy is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hutt's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hutt's back!
Tolstoy lands shots from the back.
Tolstoy throwing damaging strikes from the back! Hutt could be in trouble here!
Hutt takes a big shot to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tolstoy has Hutt flattened out and is raining down punches.
Hutt staying busy and making it hard for Tolstoy to control.
Tolstoy scores with punches from the back.
Tolstoy throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Hutt!
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Tolstoy.
Tolstoy lands shots from the back.
Jabba Hutt is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hutt covering up well under a series of strikes from Tolstoy.
Hutt is really stuck here.
Tolstoy lands a shot to the body.
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!
Even with his hooks in, Tolstoy manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Hutt covering up well under a barage of strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolstoy throwing sloppy strikes.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Tolstoy. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Tolstoy somehow managing to miss with a strike from the back.
Hutt trying to control the hands but Tolstoy breaks the grip.
The referee is taking a good look at Hutt as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Tolstoy!
Tolstoy not allowing Hutt to control his hands.
Tolstoy throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Tolstoy misses with an elbow to the head.
Hutt covering up well under a series of strikes from Tolstoy.
Tolstoy throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Hutt!
Andre Tolstoy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

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.
Hutt turns into Tolstoy and is now in his guard.
Tolstoy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hutt is stalling in the full guard.
Hutt stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tolstoy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tolstoy 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.
Tolstoy throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Hutt controls from within his opponent's guard.
Tolstoy 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.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andre Tolstoy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hutt has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jabba Hutt!
Jabba Hutt retains his super heavyweight title!