PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiki Toke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toke has chosen Bonecracker- Shocore as his entrance music. Hardy has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. 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.

Hardy
vs
Toke

200 cm
23
205 lbs
11 - 10 - 0

183 cm
31
220 lbs
16 - 14 - 2

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

PRODUCT OF CHAMPIONS
GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tom Hardy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Tiki Toke!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toke throws a front kick that sends Hardy stumbling back into the cage.
Toke keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Toke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hardy was well out of range. Poor timing from Toke.
We've been hearing reports that Hardy has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A swing and a miss from Toke.
Decent striking displayed by Toke there.
Toke throws a predictable looking body shot

so Hardy counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Hardy is breathing heavily.
Hardy prevents Toke from getting back to his feet.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!

Toke looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

Toke has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Hardy doesn't defend quickly enough and Toke has managed to lock this one up! Can Hardy escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Toke on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Tiki Toke!
After the fight, Tiki Toke was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.