PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tolby Tovington (ranked 3246 p4p, 24611 weight class) and Tayaen Porfirigo (ranked 438 p4p, 762 weight class). Tayaen Porfirigo acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Tovington
vs
Porfirigo

181 cm
23
181
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
21
178
2 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tolby Tovington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tayaen Porfirigo!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Ben Watson and Summer Carpenter.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tovington gets a double leg takedown into Porfirigo's guard.
Porfirigo trying to keep a closed guard but Tovington is proving a slippery customer.
Tovington lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Tovington landing some decent shots from guard.

Porfirigo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tovington is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tovington missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tovington throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tovington 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.
Tovington keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Porfirigo's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Porfirigo 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.
Tovington working some strikes from top position.

Porfirigo looking for subs off his back but Tovington has passed one foot through into half guard.
Tovington drops an elbow to the side of Porfirigo's head.
Tovington slips a nice elbow through Porfirigo's hands, connecting with Porfirigo's forehead.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tovington lands a nice short elbow.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tovington lands a nice short elbow.
Tovington lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Porfirigo taking some punishment here, with Tovington in his half guard.
Tovington landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Porfirigo has hold of Tovington's hands but Tovington slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Tovington working Porfirigo over with strikes.
Porfirigo is looking to improve his position.
Tovington seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tovington is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tovington lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Porfirigo has hold of Tovington's hands but Tovington slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Tovington has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Porfirigo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Tovington slows the pace down in half guard.
Porfirigo is not content to let Tovington control the position.
Tovington looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Porfirigo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Porfirigo has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Tovington tries to pass the half guard into mount. Porfirigo knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

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.
Tovington prevents Porfirigo from improving his position.
Tovington working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tovington looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Tovington.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Tovington in particular looking to stall.
Tovington lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tovington trying to advance position but Porfirigo counters by regaining guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tolby Tovington dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Tovington shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Porfirigo 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.

Porfirigo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Tovington gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Porfirigo is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tovington looking to sit in guard and control but Porfirigo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Porfirigo wants to control from the top but Tovington keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tovington is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Porfirigo preventing the sweep.
Tovington seems keen to control Porfirigo's posture.

Tovington looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Porfirigo has picked Tovington up and slammed him! Tovington can't keep hold of the triangle and Porfirigo manages to pass to side control!
Tovington on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Tovington tries to get out of the position.
Tovington tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Porfirigo wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Porfirigo working away.
Porfirigo looking to control but instead Tovington has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Tovington regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tolby Tovington overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Porfirigo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Tovington has his hands on Porfirigo's head, controlling the position.
Porfirigo stopping the sweep attempt from Tovington.

Tovington is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Porfirigo is aware though and is defending well.
Tovington is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Porfirigo trying to control the position from guard on top but Tovington is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

Tovington closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Tovington is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Porfirigo can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tovington is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Tovington scoring with punches from side control.
Porfirigo wants to control but Tovington postures up.
Tovington lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Porfirigo down.
Tovington cracks Porfirigo with a big elbow.
Tovington working the ground and pound.
Tovington lands a nice forearm strike.
Tovington cracks Porfirigo with a big right hand but Porfirigo just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tovington wants to control but Porfirigo is keeping him busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tovington scores with punches from side control.
Tovington knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Porfirigo on the ground.
Tovington connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Porfirigo some visible discomfort.
Porfirigo takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Tovington landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

Porfirigo is rocked!
Tovington scoring with punches from side control.
Porfirigo is still in real trouble! Can Tovington finish him?
Tovington lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tovington working the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Tolby Tovington dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Tovington looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Porfirigo!
Porfirigo tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Tovington wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Tovington lands a few punches from side control.

Tovington is trying to get an arm triangle but Porfirigo is defending well.
Porfirigo seems to have recovered his senses.
Tovington working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Porfirigo manages to work his way to half guard, despite Tovington's best efforts.
Tovington slips a nice elbow through Porfirigo's hands, connecting with Porfirigo's forehead.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Tovington lands a nice short elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tovington is looking to take a break and control but Porfirigo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Tovington.
Tovington is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tovington looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Porfirigo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

Tovington is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Porfirigo sees it coming and defends easily.
Tovington drops an elbow to the side of Porfirigo's head.
Porfirigo won't allow Tovington to pass to mount.
Porfirigo makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Porfirigo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Porfirigo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Porfirigo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tovington postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tovington postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Tovington makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Porfirigo has momentary wrist control but Tovington slips an elbow through the middle.
Tovington stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Porfirigo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Porfirigo is on top in guard.

Tovington wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Porfirigo got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tovington has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Porfirigo has managed to get both his arms back between Tovington's legs - danger averted.
Tovington seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Tovington keeping moving, preventing Porfirigo from controlling successfully.

Tovington had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Porfirigo defends it easily.
Tolby Tovington is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Porfirigo tries to free his leg and advance position but Tovington is retaining full guard.

Porfirigo stands up and waves to Tovington to follow him.
Tolby Tovington is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tovington!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Porfirigo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab from Tovington finds it's way through Porfirigo's defenses.
Tayaen Porfirigo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tovington stuns Porfirigo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tolby Tovington showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tovington 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tolby Tovington!
Tayaen Porfirigo was interviewed post fight and said 'I like the taste off my blod!!!'.