PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Adriel Rojas (ranked 4804 p4p, 2945 weight class) and Luca Toffoli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adriel Rojas could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Luca Toffoli's chin.

Rojas
vs
Toffoli

179 cm
25
168
0 - 1 - 0

172 cm
18
160
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Adriel Rojas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Luca Toffoli!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toffoli wants to clinch up but Rojas keeps it at a distance.
Rojas lands with a right hand.
Rojas paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A big left from Rojas misses.
Rojas digs a good hook to Toffoli's body.
Toffoli staying out of range there.
Toffoli walks into a stiff left hand from Rojas.
Toffoli fails with the takedown.
A cross from Rojas lands.
Rojas misses with a looping right.
Rojas scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A swing and a miss from Rojas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toffoli uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rojas.
Toffoli uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rojas.

Rojas gets tackled into the cage by Toffoli. Toffoli maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Toffoli manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Toffoli is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Toffoli is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rojas is aware though and is defending well.
Toffoli wants to stand and escape but Rojas is having none of it.
Rojas wants to get up but he can't break Toffoli's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Rojas stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Nice uppercut there from Rojas.
Rojas definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rojas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rojas wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rojas scores with a nice right hand.
Toffoli misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Adriel Rojas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheers as Rojas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Toffoli doesn't seem phased though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rojas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rojas throws out a loose jab but Toffoli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rojas is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Toffoli ducks under a wild hook from Rojas.
Toffoli is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rojas loads up on a big right hand but Toffoli slips the punch.
Toffoli fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd cheers as Rojas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Toffoli doesn't seem phased though.
Toffoli slips a jab from Rojas.

Toffoli darts in and clinches Rojas up against the cage.
Rojas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Rojas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rojas thuds a left hand into Toffoli's body.
Toffoli tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rojas throws a big shot that misses.
Toffoli misses with a takedown
and Toffoli takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Adriel Rojas has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luca Toffoli.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toffoli misses with the combination.
Toffoli on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rojas comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rojas slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Toffoli is rocked!
Rojas drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Toffoli right on the button. Toffoli goes down! Rojas follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Rojas gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adriel Rojas!