PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Erick Villar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominic Toretto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dominic Toretto will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Villar
vs
Toretto

183 cm
21
190 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

183 cm
24
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Bloodsport Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Erick Villar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dominic Toretto!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toretto connects with a jab.
Toretto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Toretto paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nice cross by Toretto.
Toretto stuns Villar with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Toretto scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A jab lands there for Toretto.
Toretto tests Villar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A combination from Toretto does no damage.
Toretto wants to clinch up but Villar keeps it at a distance.
Toretto lands a jab-cross combination.
Villar fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The crowd cheers as Toretto lands an impressive looking overhand right. Villar doesn't seem phased though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Toretto is looking to clinch.
Toretto is looking to clinch.
Toretto scores with a hook.
Villar takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Villar walks into a straight right hand from Toretto.
Toretto checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dominic Toretto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Toretto bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Villar has a takedown stuffed.
Toretto scores with a jab. Villar acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

Toretto takes the fight into the clinch.
Villar is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Erick Villar. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Toretto.
Villar has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Toretto is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Toretto pressing his opponent against the cage.
Toretto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Toretto is pressed up against the cage. Villar has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Toretto down to the mat. Toretto avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Toretto takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Toretto works Villar's body with a nice hook.
Toretto ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Toretto is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

Villar drives through with a takedown into Toretto's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Toretto working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Villar.

Villar drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Villar jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Villar is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Toretto can do anything to dispel that myth.
Villar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toretto preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Toretto controlling Villar's posture.
Villar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Villar thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Villar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Villar postures up in Toretto's guard and throws a big left but Toretto blocks it.

Villar drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Villar jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Villar with a flurry of punches that miss.
Villar stands and throws Toretto's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Toretto tries to buck Villar off but Villar is having none of it.

Villar tries for a kimura but Toretto is defending well.
Villar misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Villar throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Toretto takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Villar is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Toretto knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Toretto really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Villar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Villar tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Villar looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Villar tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Villar has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Erick Villar dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Jab from Toretto.
Toretto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Toretto tests Villar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Erick Villar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Toretto misses with a lunging right hand

and Villar counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Villar.
Toretto not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Villar throwing strikes but missing.
Villar landing some decent shots from guard.
Villar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Villar won't allow Toretto to get back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Villar drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Villar jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Villar is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Villar passes Toretto's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Villar is nestled in close to Toretto, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Villar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Villar slips a nice elbow through Toretto's hands, connecting with Toretto's forehead.
Villar passes the guard and advances to mount!

Villar is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Toretto to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Toretto shrugs it off.
Villar looking to finish Toretto with some ground and pound. This is bad for Toretto!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Villar raining down hammerfists from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Villar dominating with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Villar raining down hammerfists from mount.

Toretto is rocked!

Villar working for a guillotine from mount but Toretto is in no mood to give up.
Toretto seems to have recovered his senses.

Villar has hold of Toretto's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Toretto manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Villar cracks Toretto with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Villar has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Toretto's face.
Villar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Villar is working for a guillotine from mount but Toretto frees his head quite easily.
Villar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Villar lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Villar with good strikes from the mount here!
Villar working the ground and pound effectively.
Villar postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Toretto bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Villar and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Erick Villar!