PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andre Tolstoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roger Lorenzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Tolstoy might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Prong - Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tolstoy
vs
Lorenzo

200 cm
25
320 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

191 cm
20
280 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andre Tolstoy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roger Lorenzo!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tolstoy tries to clinch up.

Tolstoy closes the distance and clinches.
Tolstoy lands a nice shot to the body.
Tolstoy wants to break free but Lorenzo has control.
Tolstoy digs a right hand into Lorenzo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lorenzo's gas tank.
Lorenzo looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Tolstoy manages to break the clinch.
Lorenzo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tolstoy shoots in for a double leg but Lorenzo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Andre Tolstoy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lorenzo tries to move into range but Tolstoy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Tolstoy lands a left and a right that send Lorenzo crashing to the mat, dazed. Tolstoy thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Roger Lorenzo has been cut.
Lorenzo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Tolstoy changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Lorenzo looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Lorenzo takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Tolstoy trying to control the action but Lorenzo is working from the bottom.
Tolstoy grinds an elbow into Lorenzo's temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolstoy in side control lands a decent elbow.
Lorenzo is looking for a sweep.

Tolstoy has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Lorenzo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tolstoy shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Lorenzo sprawls well. Lorenzo wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Tolstoy gets slowly back to his feet.
Lorenzo stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lorenzo wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Tolstoy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tolstoy fails to land with a series of punches.
Lorenzo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lorenzo connects with a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lorenzo misses with a straight right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tolstoy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tolstoy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lorenzo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tolstoy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tolstoy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lorenzo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lorenzo connects with a looping right hand.
Tolstoy tries to close the distance and clinch but Lorenzo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tolstoy fails with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Tolstoy 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Tolstoy shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lorenzo holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Tolstoy tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Lorenzo is wriggling around trying to escape.
Tolstoy blocks Lorenzo's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Tolstoy throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Lorenzo is desperately trying to improve his position but Tolstoy has a good base and remains in mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Tolstoy there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Lorenzo really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Lorenzo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Tolstoy is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Lorenzo is surviving well by controlling Tolstoy's body position as best he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lorenzo regains half guard.
Lorenzo tries to roll over but Tolstoy keeps him under control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lorenzo is looking to control Tolstoy's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lorenzo avoid being mounted?
Tolstoy is pressing down on Lorenzo's thigh, looking to free his foot. Lorenzo is holding on for now.
Lorenzo wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lorenzo moves into full guard.
Lorenzo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Tolstoy's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Tolstoy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roger Lorenzo's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Tolstoy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tolstoy misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jab from Lorenzo.
Tolstoy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Lorenzo misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tolstoy counters with a one-two to the body.
Tolstoy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tolstoy fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tolstoy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tolstoy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tolstoy shoots in looking for a takedown. Lorenzo tries to sprawl out of it but Tolstoy keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lorenzo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andre Tolstoy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolstoy tries to clinch but Lorenzo is having none of it.
Tolstoy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jab, jab by Lorenzo - just one landing.
Lorenzo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tolstoy on the side of the head.
Lorenzo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Lorenzo drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Lorenzo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lorenzo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Tolstoy tries to buck Lorenzo off but Lorenzo is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lorenzo looks up at the clock and then as Tolstoy takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Lorenzo smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Lorenzo working the ground and pound.
Lorenzo takes a little break here. Tolstoy wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Tolstoy tries to improve position but can't.
Lorenzo controlling the position from side mount.
Tolstoy is pushing Lorenzo's head away, looking to escape. Lorenzo manages to hold on to the position though.
Lorenzo wants to control but Tolstoy is keeping him busy.
Lorenzo lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tolstoy tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Lorenzo wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lorenzo taking a breather here.
Tolstoy is looking for a sweep.
Lorenzo grinds an elbow into Tolstoy's temple.
Tolstoy is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Lorenzo wants to free his trapped foot but Tolstoy is holding on for dear life with his legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Tolstoy manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Tolstoy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lorenzo is one step ahead there.
Lorenzo scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lorenzo won't allow Tolstoy to get back to his feet.
Lorenzo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lorenzo works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Lorenzo wants to take a breather but Tolstoy is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lorenzo prevents Tolstoy from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Lorenzo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Roger Lorenzo's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Tolstoy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tolstoy fails with the takedown

and Lorenzo counters with a takedown into side control.
Lorenzo working the head and body with strikes.
Tolstoy is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tolstoy is looking for a sweep. Lorenzo is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lorenzo wants to control but Tolstoy is keeping him busy.
Lorenzo content to control rather than advance.
Tolstoy wants to improve his position but Lorenzo is controlling well.
Lorenzo seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolstoy is looking to improve his position.
Lorenzo blocks the strikes from Tolstoy.
Lorenzo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Well, if Lorenzo is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Tolstoy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lorenzo scores with a couple of nice shots.
Lorenzo is looking to advance position but Tolstoy won't allow it.
Lorenzo working Tolstoy over with strikes.
Tolstoy is looking to improve his position.
Lorenzo is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lorenzo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tolstoy?
Lorenzo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Tolstoy takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

Lorenzo is going olschool here, as he tries to force Tolstoy to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Tolstoy shrugs it off.
Tolstoy is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Tolstoy swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Tolstoy tries to lock up and control but Lorenzo gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Lorenzo working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lorenzo prevents Tolstoy from getting the reversal.
BOOM! Lorenzo connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Lorenzo tries to control but Tolstoy wriggling away.
Tolstoy is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Lorenzo in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Lorenzo trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Tolstoy manages to regain half guard. Good work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lorenzo thows a huge punch but Tolstoy dodges it nicely.
Lorenzo trying to control from half guard but Tolstoy is working away.
Lorenzo trying to pass the guard but Tolstoy defending well.
Tolstoy tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The fighters are battling for position here. Tolstoy manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Lorenzo trying to control but Tolstoy is working from the bottom.
Lorenzo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roger Lorenzo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lorenzo 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roger Lorenzo!