PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roman Tobak (ranked 4365 p4p, 2929 weight class) and Gergo Almasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Gergo Almasi enters the cage!

Tobak
vs
Almasi

174 cm
18
170
1 - 0 - 0

176 cm
18
174
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roman Tobak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gergo Almasi!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almasi stuffs the takedown attempt from Tobak. Tobak gets slowly back to his feet.
Tobak tries for a takedown but Almasi sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Almasi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Almasi wants to clinch up but Tobak keeps it at a distance.
Almasi misses with a combination

and Tobak counters with a nice double leg into side control. Almasi won't be happy with that.
Almasi takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Tobak content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tobak working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Almasi takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Almasi wants to get back to his feet.
Almasi is trying to improve his position.
Tobak tries to stand but Almasi is controlling his head.
Almasi tries to buck Tobak off but Tobak is having none of it.
Almasi seems a little lost for a moment, as Tobak dominates the positioning.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
You can see the frustration on Almasi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Tobak tries to move into full mount but can't pass Almasi's legs.
Tobak scoring with punches and elbows.
Tobak landing strikes.
Tobak moves into full mount!
Tobak raining down hammerfists from mount.
Almasi can't escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almasi tries to hold on but Tobak postures up.
Almasi regains half guard.
Almasi is trying to stand up here but Tobak is controlling him well.

Tobak is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Tobak seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

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.
Tobak working the head and body with strikes.
Tobak working over Almasi with some ground and pound. Almasi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tobak lands with a punch from half guard.
Almasi is looking to improve his position.
Almasi looks winded!
Tobak controlling the pace.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Almasi is in trouble now - Tobak has advanced to mount!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Tobak fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Almasi avoids it really well and circles away.
Tobak is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Almasi can do to turn this around?
Almasi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Almasi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Almasi lands with a thumping leg kick.
Almasi goes for a double leg but Tobak avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Tobak continues to drive forward.
As Almasi looks to move away, Tobak throws a big counter combo but Almasi just gets out of the way.
Almasi shoots in for a takedown but Tobak shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tobak misses with a double jab.
Tobak shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Almasi defends it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almasi darts in trying to clinch

and Tobak counters with a single leg into guard. Almasi didn't expect that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tobak postures up and lands a big shot to Almasi's brow.
Tobak's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Tobak with a nice head shot there.
Almasi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tobak slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Tobak is in close to Almasi's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Almasi is breathing heavily.
Tobak won't allow Almasi to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tobak advances position into side control!
Tobak controls the position.
Almasi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tobak wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Tobak lands some shots froms side control.
Tobak taking a breather here.
Tobak moves into full mount!
Tobak sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tobak pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Almasi is bucking up trying to escape but Tobak cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tobak controlling from mount.
Tobak putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Almasi working to try and regain half guard.
Tobak content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Tobak connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tobak controlling the pace for now.
Tobak scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tobak controlling from mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Tobak dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

A momentary lapse in concentration from Almasi enables Tobak to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Almasi manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

Tobak gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Tobak avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tobak shoots in but Almasi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Almasi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Horrible takedown attempt by Tobak or perhaps it was just good defense by Almasi, which made it look bad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tobak misses with a leg kick
and Almasi counters with a series of strikes. Tobak will be more careful next time no doubt.

Tobak closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Almasi to the mat! Almasi manages to get full guard.
Roman Tobak overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tobak works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tobak trying to control the action but Almasi is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tobak is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Almasi has managed to free his arm - good work.
Tobak trying to control the pace.
Tobak is trying to control. Almasi wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tobak is looking to advance position but Almasi won't allow it.

That's two 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.
Tobak sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Almasi defending well though.
Tobak stalling away here and it's allowed Almasi to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Tobak won't allow Almasi to get back to his feet.
Tobak makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Tobak wants to pass the guard but Almasi is keeping the position.
Tobak preventing the sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tobak avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Almasi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tobak trying to stand up but can't free himself from Almasi's guard.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Tobak lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

It looks like Gergo Almasi has been cut.
Roman Tobak is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Tobak dives in and scores a takedown into Almasi's guard.
Almasi is wriggling around but Tobak manages to pass to half guard.

Tobak content to control rather than advance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tobak's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Tobak moves into full mount! Almasi won't be happy about that!
Almasi tries to improve his position but instead Tobak has taken his back!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Tobak controlling the positon.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roman Tobak showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tobak, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight for Roman Tobak!
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight for Roman Tobak!
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight for Roman Tobak!

Roman Tobak wins by unanimous decision!