PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between jayson lianza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Tosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). lianza's entrance music is not afraid. A fine choice. Daniel Tosh struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 172.5lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Daniel Tosh has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

lianza
vs
Tosh

180 cm
19
178 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

184 cm
25
179 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, jayson lianza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daniel Tosh!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
lianza shoots in looking for a takedown. Tosh tries to sprawl out of it but lianza keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tosh manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
lianza fails with a takedown attempt.
lianza shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tosh pinned against the cage. Tosh gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for jayson lianza. That's going to take a lot out of him.

lianza gets caught flat footed, as Tosh shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Tosh pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. lianza is keeping the position for now.
lianza is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Tosh dives into side control.
Tosh throwing shots but missing, from side control.
lianza is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
lianza tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
lianza wants to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Tosh is persistently looking for the submission but lianza is defending it well.
Tosh looks gassed!
lianza is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Tosh is landing with strikes. lianza can't take much more of this.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tosh connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for lianza to escape the position.
lianza takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Tosh keeps control of the position easily here as lianza tries to buck him off.

Tosh tightening his grip on lianza, looking for the choke.
lianza holding both Tosh 's hands and preventing any damage.
Tosh lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns lianza.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tosh is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. lianza is defending well though. Tosh let's go of the attempt for now.

Tosh looking for the choke from the back.
lianza is trying to get back to his feet but Tosh has full control of the position and if anything, lianza has just worked his way into a worse spot.

Tosh is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but lianza has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.

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.
lianza is trapped and Tosh is scoring with shots to the head and body.
lianza is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Tosh controlling from the back.
Tosh connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for lianza to escape the position.

Tosh is persistently looking for the submission but lianza is defending it well.
lianza is trying to get back to his feet but Tosh has full control of the position and if anything, lianza has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Tosh is riding his opponent, not letting lianza buck him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Daniel Tosh dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

lianza doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Tosh decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in lianza's guard.
lianza is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Tosh passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Tosh has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
lianza tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Tosh looking to control and managing it successfully.
lianza is trying to stand.
Tosh controlling the position easily from mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Tosh with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
lianza wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Tosh takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
lianza is trying to get back to his feet but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tosh with the ground and pound from mount.
Tosh content just to control the position here.
lianza's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Tosh lands with some vicious ground and pound - can lianza hang on?
Tosh is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tosh controlling from mount.
lianza is trying to stand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
lianza taking shots to the head.
lianza is trying to stand.
Tosh scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish lianza?
BOOM! Tosh connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Tosh working the ground and pound effectively.
lianza is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Tosh is landing with some decent strikes but lianza is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
lianza tries to buck Tosh off but Tosh takes his back!
lianza is trying to stand back up.

Tosh looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! lianza taps!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Daniel Tosh!