PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tiki Toke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Illumi De Medici (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toke comes to the cage accompanied by Bonecracker- Shocore. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Toke
vs
De Medici

183 cm
33
220 lbs
21 - 16 - 2

185 cm
30
220 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London
Conquer

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 21 - 16 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tiki Toke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Illumi De Medici!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Medici misses with a few strikes there.
Toke half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
De Medici misses with a wild body shot.
De Medici throws a nice outside leg kick.
Toke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De Medici throws out the jab.
Toke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from De Medici misses.
De Medici is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Toke.
Toke appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
De Medici tries to land a leg kick but Toke saw it coming and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Medici throws a poor cross that misses

and Toke counters with a takedown into side control.
Toke working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
De Medici wants to control but Toke postures up.
Toke sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but De Medici is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Toke tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Toke tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Toke misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
I wouldn't like to be where De Medici is right now.
Toke fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Toke wants to control for a moment but De Medici uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Medici is looking to control Toke's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can De Medici avoid being mounted?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
De Medici blocking the ground and pound attempt from Toke.
Toke wants to take a breather but De Medici is having none of it.
Toke missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Toke misses with a head shot. De Medici uses the momentum to regain guard.
Toke postures up in De Medici's guard and throws a big left but De Medici blocks it.
Toke pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. De Medici is keeping the position for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Toke accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Toke wants to control from the top but De Medici keeps moving.
Toke is looking to work some ground and pound but De Medici has wrist control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toke is fighting to break De Medici's control of his arms but De Medici is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Toke throwing strikes from guard but De Medici blocks nicely.
De Medici has his hands on Toke's head, controlling the position.
Toke looking to pass the guard.
De Medici keeping moving, preventing Toke from controlling successfully.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Illumi De Medici seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toke takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Illumi De Medici is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Toke stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Medici.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Medici.
Toke swings widly with a right hand
and De Medici counters with a stiff right hand.
De Medici throws a low kick, looking for Toke's leg but Toke calmly moves out of range.
Toke attempts a counter takedown but De Medici avoids it well and moves away.
De Medici gets off balance looking for a body kick
and De Medici takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Medici tries a head kick but it misses.
De Medici fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Toke manages to avoid it.
De Medici throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Toke moves out of range of the body kick from De Medici.
A left lands for De Medici.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
De Medici scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De Medici misses with a hook. Toke ducked under it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Illumi De Medici will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Toke slips a jab and a cross from De Medici.
De Medici tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Toke was well out of range. Poor timing from De Medici.
De Medici throws a hook but Toke avoids it easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by De Medici!
De Medici has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Toke looks to score with a jab to the body but De Medici is just out of range.
De Medici keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Medici.
De Medici misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Medici checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Toke takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Toke throws a right and a left that De Medici avoids nicely.
Toke moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromDe Medici.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Medici lands with a kick to the ribs.
Toke blocks a head kick by De Medici.
Toke appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
De Medici is looking to chop away at Toke's legs.
De Medici throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
De Medici throws a head kick but Toke moves out of range.
Toke changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Toke throws a poor cross that misses
and De Medici counters with a left to the body.
Toke throws a sloppy head kick and De Medici moves out of range easily.
De Medici slips under a jab from Toke.

Toke throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. De Medici was covering up waiting for the punch and Toke finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Toke 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Medici has his hands on Toke's head, controlling the position.
Toke is looking to work some ground and pound but De Medici has wrist control.
Toke tries to free his leg and advance position but De Medici is retaining full guard.
Tiki Toke overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
De Medici is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
We've been hearing that Toke has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Toke accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Toke throws a big right hand that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toke wants to control from the top but De Medici keeps moving.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Toke landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Toke looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Toke loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Toke missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
De Medici looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Toke missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Toke throws a big right hand that misses.
Toke throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Toke trying to control the position from guard on top but De Medici is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
De Medici connects with a solid leg kick.
De Medici is looking to chop away at Toke's legs.
Toke drops down looking for a counter takedown but De Medici sprawls and moves away.
De Medici throws out a leg kick but Toke moves out of range and De Medici only half commits.
Toke drops down looking for a counter takedown but De Medici sprawls and moves away.
Toke moves out of range as De Medici throws a body kick.
De Medici throws a wild body kick that Toke sees coming a mile off.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Toke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Medici.
Toke half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
De Medici misses the shot to the body.
Toke chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before De Medici can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Illumi De Medici showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

De Medici's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Toke connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! De Medici scrambles back to his feet.
Toke closes the distance and clinches up with De Medici, looking for a takedown. Toke pushes De Medici against the cage but De Medici circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Toke fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but De Medici avoids it really well and circles away.
Toke lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Medici looks to land a right hand but Toke moved out of range.
De Medici misses with a head kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Toke misses the target.
Illumi De Medici seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Toke.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from De Medici is predictable there

so Toke counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

De Medici manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
De Medici wants to break free but Toke has control.

De Medici breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Toke ducks right into an uppercut from De Medici.
De Medici blocks a head kick by Toke.
De Medici was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
De Medici misses with a hook
and Toke counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Toke has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from De Medici.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Medici misses the shot to the body.
Toke attempts a counter takedown but De Medici avoids it well and moves away.
De Medici just misses with a punch to the body.
De Medici throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Toke counters with a left to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toke tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
De Medici misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Toke shoots in looking for a takedown but De Medici manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Toke's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tiki Toke. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De Medici ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
De Medici lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Toke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Toke moves out of range of the body kick from De Medici.
Toke cracks De Medici with a right hand to the side of the head.
De Medici defending well as Toke loads up on a big left hand.
De Medici throws a lazy uppercut
and Toke counters with a nice low kick that buckles De Medici's knee momentarily.
Toke is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
De Medici misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Medici tries a head kick but it misses.
De Medici throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Good work by De Medici as he checks the leg kick.
Toke ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Toke attempts a counter takedown but De Medici avoids it well and moves away.

Toke closes the distance and clinches.
De Medici misses with a body punch.
De Medici has a couple of punches blocked by Toke.
De Medici is looking to control Toke's arms but Toke gets an underhook and turns him. Now De Medici has his back to the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from De Medici.

De Medici breaks from the clinch.
De Medici tries a low kick but Toke avoids it.
De Medici throws a looping overhand right but Toke ducks down to avoid it.
Toke drops down looking for a counter takedown but De Medici sprawls and moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Toke closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. De Medici did well to prevent Toke getting side control.
De Medici is trying to get back to full guard.
Toke trying to control the action but De Medici is working from the bottom.
Tiki Toke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
De Medici keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Toke with the ground and pound but De Medici uses the opportunity to regain guard.
De Medici avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Toke throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as De Medici works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Toke throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Toke wants to pass the guard but De Medici is keeping the position.
Toke landing with the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Illumi De Medici.
I've got De Medici winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Illumi De Medici!
An out of breath Illumi De Medici thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.