PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Peter Tosh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Penagos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tosh comes to the cage accompanied by Stepping Razor. Penagos is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Somebody Gonna Get Their Ass Whooped!. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Tosh
vs
Penagos

184 cm
30
197 lbs
20 - 10 - 1

183 cm
31
191 lbs
23 - 9 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brute

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 20 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Peter Tosh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Carlos Penagos!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tosh lands with a thumping leg kick.
Penagos misses with a body shot
and Tosh cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Penagos throws a big shot that misses.
Tosh missing with a left hand there. Penagos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Penagos swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Tosh to counter with a crisp jab.
Tosh jabs Penagos to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Penagos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tosh sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Penagos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Penagos. Tosh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Penagos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tosh was well out of range. Poor timing from Penagos.
Penagos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tosh throws a body punch but Penagos moves out of range.
Penagos looks to clinch

and Tosh decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Penagos's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Penagos trying to control the position.
Tosh wants to pass the guard but Penagos is keeping the position.
Tosh trying to control the position from guard on top but Penagos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tosh pushing down on Penagos's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Tosh is taking a breather. Penagos says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Tosh is looking for a kimura here.
Tosh thows a huge punch but Penagos dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tosh looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Tosh passes to full mount!
Penagos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

Tosh with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Penagos is desperately trying to improve his position but Tosh has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
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 crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tosh cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Tosh is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tosh lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Penagos hang on?
Penagos is bucking up trying to escape but Tosh cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tosh mounts Penagos! Really nice guard pass there!
Tosh with a couple of short strikes.
Tosh dominating with strikes here.
The referee warns Penagos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tosh landing strikes from the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tosh throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Tosh thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Tosh with a couple of short strikes.
Penagos is squirming around, avoiding Tosh's attempts to control the action.
Tosh with a couple of short strikes.
Tosh scoring with strikes but Penagos is staying in there.
Tosh landing shots from mount.
Tosh thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tosh working Penagos over with strikes here.
Penagos is squirming around, avoiding Tosh's attempts to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Tosh dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Penagos displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Penagos misses with a body punch
and Tosh counters with a right hand to the body.
Penagos misses with a body shot.
Tosh scores with a shot to the body.
Tosh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Tosh decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Tosh prevents Penagos from improving his position.

Tosh is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Tosh trying to mount his opponent but Penagos defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tosh landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tosh trying to control the action but Penagos is working from the bottom.
Tosh trying to pass the guard but Penagos defending well.
Tosh wants to take a breather but Penagos is having none of it.
Tosh is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tosh throwing shots but Penagos is blocking nicely.
Penagos looks like he's trying to stand up.
Penagos avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tosh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tosh frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tosh wants to control the pace but Penagos is squirming around nicely.
Tosh avoids the attempt from Penagos to control.
Tosh lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tosh raining down hammerfists from mount.
Penagos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tosh. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Penagos really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Tosh looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Tosh scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Tosh is landing with some decent strikes but Penagos is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Penagos is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tosh lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Penagos hang on?
Penagos is still in real trouble! Can Tosh finish him?

Tosh wants to finish this one by submission but Penagos is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Tosh.
Tosh dominating with strikes here.
Tosh lands a big elbow - Penagos is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Penagos is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Peter Tosh!
A relieved looking Peter Tosh thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.