PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tobig Tofail (ranked 1432 p4p, 1597 weight class) and Julio Cruzeiro (ranked 236 p4p, 260 weight class). Cruzeiro has chosen Jah Jah The Conqueror by Linval Thompson as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Tofail
vs
Cruzeiro

191 cm
33
210
26 - 11 - 0

194 cm
39
210
30 - 18 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

Conviction

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 26 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tobig Tofail!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Julio Cruzeiro!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Ackerman and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tofail checks a low kick from Cruzeiro.
A little feinted left hand from Tofail on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A leg kick checked by Tofail.
Cruzeiro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cruzeiro motions for Tofail to come forward. Cruzeiro throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cruzeiro throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tofail avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tofail throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cruzeiro lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cruzeiro walks into a straight right hand from Tofail.

It looks like Julio Cruzeiro has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruzeiro swings for the body but Tofail moves out of range.
Cruzeiro lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cruzeiro throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tofail throws a good cross that connects.
Tofail has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Snake Eyes Fighting Systems in the buildup to the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruzeiro throws a body kick despite being completely out of range

and Tofail counters with a crisp right hand that drops Cruzeiro! Tofail lets Cruzeiro back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Cruzeiro slips under a jab.
Cruzeiro tries to score with a low kick but Tofail moves his leg out of the way.
Tofail appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cruzeiro with a nice calf kick.
Cruzeiro misses with an uppercut
and Tofail counters with a body kick that stops Cruzeiro in his tracks momentarily.
The fighters circling - Cruzeiro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tofail swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tofail misses with an uppercut.
Cruzeiro misses with a head kick.
Tofail throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cruzeiro throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tofail keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cruzeiro.
Cruzeiro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tofail.
Cruzeiro on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.

That has opened up Julio Cruzeiro's cut even more.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruzeiro lands with a nice body kick.
Cruzeiro with a nice calf kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cruzeiro.
Cruzeiro looks to throw the jab but Tofail is out of range.
Tofail moves out of range as Cruzeiro throws a body kick.
Tofail throwing a counter right hand but Cruzeiro manages to avoid it.
Cruzeiro throws a leg kick
and Tofail counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A lazy left from Cruzeiro finds it's target.
Tofail takes one to the chin there.
Tofail is looking to land body kicks.
Cruzeiro ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cruzeiro fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tofail checks it well.
Good shot there by Cruzeiro.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruzeiro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tofail.
Cruzeiro scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tofail in his tracks.
Cruzeiro turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cruzeiro does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Cruzeiro misses with a low kick.
Tofail throwing a counter right hand but Cruzeiro manages to avoid it.
A left lands for Cruzeiro.
Cruzeiro with a nice cross.
Tofail takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cruzeiro stalks Tofail and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tofail's face. Tofail staggers backwards, shaken.
Cruzeiro misses with a body kick.
It looked like Tofail wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tofail takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tofail slips a jab from Cruzeiro.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Cruzeiro. Tofail does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cruzeiro lands a nice looking body kick.
Cruzeiro is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Tofail had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Tofail walks into a jab.
Tofail misses with a kick to the body.
A shot to the body from Cruzeiro misses
and Tofail cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cruzeiro lands a glancing blow to the side of Tofail's head.
Cruzeiro connects with a leg kick.
Cruzeiro swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cruzeiro throws a leg kick
and Tofail counters with a solid body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cruzeiro throws a sloppy head kick and Tofail moves out of range easily.
It looked like Tofail was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Cruzeiro keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tofail.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Julio Cruzeiro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julio Cruzeiro's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tofail avoids the head kick by Cruzeiro.
An attempted straight right counter from Tofail misses the target.
Cruzeiro misses with a jab to the body
and Tofail counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tofail fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cruzeiro on the side of the head.
Tofail blocks a jab.
Tofail on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tofail listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

The cut above Julio Cruzeiro's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Cruzeiro throws a wild body kick that Tofail sees coming a mile off.
Tofail blocks the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruzeiro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Julio Cruzeiro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tofail feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cruzeiros jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tofail has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Tofail throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cruzeiro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Cruzeiro misses.
Cruzeiro has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tofail looks to land a left hand but Cruzeiro moved out of range nicely.
An inside leg kick from Tofail misses.
Cruzeiro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tofail moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Tofail misses the target.
Tofail lands a nice shot that snaps Cruzeiro's head back.

Julio Cruzeiro's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Cruzeiro looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tofail throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cruzeiro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A head kick misses from Cruzeiro.
Cruzeiro connects with a looping right hand.
Cruzeiro lets loose with a powerful body kick. Tofail will feel that in the morning.
Cruzeiro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tofail was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruzeiro.
Tofail is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Cruzeiro takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Cruzeiro thumps Tofail with a low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruzeiro with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cruzeiro misses with a looping left.
A big right from Tofail misses.
Cruzeiro throws a leg kick

and Tofail counters with a nice right hand that sends Cruzeiro toppling to the canvas! Cruzeiro scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Tofail finish him?!

Cruzeiro is rocked!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Julio Cruzeiro's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Tobig Tofail!
Tobig Tofail bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.