PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Adriano Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Beaver Buzz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buzz is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by System of A Down- Attack. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Toro
vs
Buzz

190 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight 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, Adriano Toro!
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, Beaver Buzz!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Toro shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Toro was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Poor strikes thrown by Toro there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Toro thowing shots but they're missing.
Toro throws some wild stikes that Buzz manages to avoid easily.
Toro looking to ground and pound but Buzz is blocking nicely.
Toro 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.
Buzz holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Toro tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Toro with shots to the head and body - Buzz looks very uncomfortable down there.
Buzz manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Toro misses with a head shot. Buzz uses the momentum to regain guard.
Toro trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toro loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Toro thows a big elbow that misses.
Buzz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Toro throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Buzz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Buzz wants to stand up but Toro is controlling him.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Buzz tries a head kick but it misses.
Toro lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Beaver Buzz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Toro scores a takedown into full mount!
Buzz is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Buzz looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toro throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Buzz because Toro loaded up on that one.
Toro throws some wild stikes that Buzz manages to avoid easily.
Toro unloads with some shots from mount but Buzz bucks and avoids them well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Toro landing strikes from the mount.
Buzz is bucking up trying to escape but Toro cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Toro punishing his opponent with strikes.
Toro throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Buzz because Toro loaded up on that one.
Toro throws some wild stikes that Buzz manages to avoid easily.
Toro looking to finish Buzz with some ground and pound. This is bad for Buzz!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toro throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Toro sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Toro looking to finish with strikes here!
Buzz is bucking up trying to escape but Toro cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
A nice elbow there by Toro.
Buzz avoids a series of strikes thrown by Toro.
Buzz suckers Toro into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Buzz is now in Toro's guard!
Toro tries to strike from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Toro trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Toro is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Toro not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Toro thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Buzz's head.
Buzz regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Toro.
Toro postures up and lands a big shot to Buzz's brow.
Toro throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adriano Toro dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Buzz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Buzz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Toro counters with a single leg into guard. Buzz didn't expect that.
Toro thows a big elbow that misses.
Toro works over Buzz with some ground and pound from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Toro accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Buzz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Toro.
Buzz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Toro thows a big elbow that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Buzz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Buzz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Toro takes the fight into the clinch.
Toro gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Buzz.
Buzz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Toro gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Buzz.
Adriano Toro has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Beaver Buzz.
Buzz is pressed up against the cage. Toro has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Buzz down to the mat. Buzz avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Buzz gets caught flat footed, as Toro shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Toro throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Buzz wants to stand up but Toro is controlling him.
Toro postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toro in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Toro in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Toro throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Buzz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Toro.
Toro with a flurry of punches that miss.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Buzz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Toro counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Toro throws and elbow that misses. Buzz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Toro's guard. Nice move by Buzz!
Buzz preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toro is working hard here to advance position.
Toro lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Toro tries to strike from the bottom.
Toro manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Buzz manages to get himself to full guard.
Toro is looking to work some ground and pound but Buzz has wrist control.
Toro working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Buzz wants to get back to his feet but Toro is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Buzz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Toro.
Toro throws and elbow that misses. Buzz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Toro's guard. Nice move by Buzz!
Toro doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Toro bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Buzz's guard.
Toro throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Toro content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Toro throws and elbow that misses. Buzz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Toro's guard. Nice move by Buzz!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adriano Toro dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Buzz pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Toro shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Buzz's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Toro accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Toro throwing strikes but missing.
Toro in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Toro postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Toro postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Toro connects with a couple of short punches.
Toro lands a couple of elbows.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toro content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Toro in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Toro postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Buzz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Toro.
Buzz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Buzz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Toro.
Toro with a flurry of punches that miss.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Toro shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Toro was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Buzz holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Toro tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toro looking to finish with strikes here!
Toro lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Buzz hang on?
Toro has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Buzz's face.
Toro throwing strikes but Buzz bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Toro thows a big elbow that misses.
Toro with a flurry of punches that miss.
Toro missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toro throwing strikes from guard but Buzz blocks nicely.
Toro postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Toro postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Toro prevents Buzz from getting back to his feet.
Toro throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Buzz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Toro darts in and clinches Buzz up against the cage.
Toro stops a takedown attempt from Buzz.
Buzz wants to break free but Toro has control.
Buzz can't break the clinch.

Buzz breaks the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Buzz doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Toro counters with a single leg into guard. Buzz didn't expect that.
Toro throwing strikes but missing.
Toro trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Buzz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Toro.
Buzz is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Toro is controlling him.
Toro throws and elbow that misses. Buzz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Toro's guard. Nice move by Buzz!
Beaver Buzz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adriano Toro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Toro is on top in guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Adriano Toro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Toro has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adriano Toro!