PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ross Gellar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Toilfer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gellar's entrance music is Stray Cat Strut. A fine choice. Ross Gellar is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Gellar
vs
Toilfer

188 cm
22
191 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
26
200 lbs
0 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ross Gellar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 9 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brian Toilfer!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gellar darts in and clinches Toilfer up against the cage.
Toilfer misses with a body punch.
Gellar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Toilfers head.

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

Gellar forces Toilfer back against the cage and clinches.

Gellar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gellar keeps the fight on the outside.
Toilfer paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gellar keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gellar throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toilfer stuffs the takedown.

Gellar pushes Toilfer up against the cage in a clinch.
Gellar fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Gellar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Toilfer shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gellar pinned against the cage. Gellar gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toilfer thuds a left hand into Gellar's body.
Toilfer shoots for a double leg takedown but Gellar sprawls well. He's pushed Toilfer's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ross Gellar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brian Toilfer.
Gellar lands a high kick!
Gellar wants to land a leg kick but Toilfer is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Toilfer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gellar.
And Toilfer tries to counter it with a takedown but Gellar pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Nice takedown defense from Toilfer. No joy for Gellar on that attempt.
Toilfer flicks out a counter leg kick but Gellar steps away.

Gellar gets tackled into the cage by Toilfer. Toilfer maintains the clinch.
Toilfer looking for a takedown.
Gellar fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Gellar pulls Toilfer into guard.
Toilfer wants to control from the top but Gellar keeps moving.
Gellar looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Toilfer puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Toilfer content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Toilfer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gellar keeps working.
Toilfer sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Gellar tries to get to full guard but Toilfer has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gellar wants to control but Toilfer passes into side.
Toilfer sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Gellar is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Toilfer moves into range and clinches up with Gellar.
Toilfer tries for a takedown but Gellar manages to get underhooks.
Toilfer prevents the takedown attempt.
Gellar is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.

Toilfer breaks from the clinch.

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.
Toilfer shoots for a double leg takedown but Gellar sprawls well. He's pushed Toilfer's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Gellar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Gellar darts in and clinches Toilfer up against the cage.
Gellar has Toilfer pressed against the cage, preventing Toilfer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Toilfer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gellar avoids it.
Gellar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Toilfer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Toilfer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Some bone on bone action there as Gellar checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Toilfer fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ross Gellar dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Toilfer tries to clinch there but Gellar circles away.
Gellar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Toilfer can do to turn this around?
Gellar swings for the body but Toilfer moves out of range.
Gellar fails with the takedown.
Gellar misses with a few strikes there.
Toilfer is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Ross Gellar is winning the standup battle so far.
Gellar shoots in and drives through. Toilfer sprawls well.
Gellar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gellar is trying hard to land a takedown here. Toilfer sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ross Gellar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gellar throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Toilfer's waist but Toilfer gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Gellar off to one side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gellar fails with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gellar throws an overhand right that lands on Toilfer's shoulder, as Toilfer tries to avoid the shot.
Gellar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ross Gellar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Toilfer closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gellar circles away.
Gellar is looking for a counter combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toilfer keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Toilfer fails with a takedown attempt.
Gellar shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Toilfer sprawls well. Toilfer wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gellar gets slowly back to his feet.

Gellar gets caught napping as Toilfer dives in and scores a takedown. Gellar manages to retain guard.
Toilfer won't allow Gellar to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toilfer trying to control but Gellar is working from the bottom.
Gellar looking for a sweep. Not yet Gellar, not yet.
Gellar keeping full guard, as Toilfer tries to pass.

Gellar looking for subs off his back but Toilfer has passed one foot through into half guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Toilfer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gellar keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gellar manages to get to full guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Toilfer will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Toilfer gets the takedown into side control.

Gellar bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!

Toilfer tries to keep at a distance but Gellar has taken the fight into the clinch.
Toilfer fails to pull guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toilfer goes for a takedown attempt but Gellar pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
No luck for Gellar with that takedown attempt.
Gellar goes for a double leg but Toilfer avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Toilfer continues to drive forward.
Gellar throws a sloppy body shot

and Toilfer counters by clinching up.
Toilfer tries to pull guard but Gellar holds him up against the cage and eventually Toilfer drops back down to his feet.
Toilfer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gellar is defending well for now.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gellar obliges.
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!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gellar fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gellar wants a takedown but no success here.
Gellar is pressed up against the cage. Toilfer has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gellar down to the mat. Gellar avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Brian Toilfer will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Gellar shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Toilfer as he jumps to the side.
Toilfer lands a jab-cross combination.

Toilfer clinches up against the cage.

Gellar escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Toilfer looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Toilfer connects with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gellar tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Toilfer counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Gellar clinches with his opponent.
Gellar prevents Toilfer from breaking the clinch.
Ross Gellar has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Gellar's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gellar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Toilfer closes the distance and clinches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Gellar takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gellar has Toilfer pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Toilfer manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Gellar manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Toilfer slips nicely into half guard.
Gellar is not content to let Toilfer control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toilfer not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Toilfer trying to pass the guard but Gellar defending well.
Gellar is not content to let Toilfer control the position.

Gellar with the active half guard here but Toilfer passes nicely into side control.
Gellar being controlled for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Toilfer is looking to take a break and control but Gellar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Toilfer tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gellar swivels and escapes.
Gellar tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Toilfer manages to circle out of the way.
Toilfer scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Toilfer looks to throw a body kick

and Gellar counters by moving into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gellar jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Toilfer walks away with a smile on his face. Gellar gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ross Gellar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Toilfer scores with a hook to the body. Gellar takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Toilfer with a lazy takedown attempt

and Gellar counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Toilfer is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Gellar gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Gellar is working for takedown but Toilfer is calmly controlling the position for now.
Gellar is working for takedown but Toilfer is calmly controlling the position for now.
A frustrated look appears on Toilfer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gellar prevents a body shot from Toilfer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Toilfer tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Gellar just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gellar jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Toilfer walks away with a smile on his face. Gellar gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Toilfer cracks a nice hook into Gellar's ribs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brian Toilfer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Toilfer has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Toilfer!
The defeated Ross Gellar had this to say: 'I did okay, he just did better...'.