PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Galtero El Toro (ranked 285 p4p, 43 weight class) and Stan Mailic (ranked 778 p4p, 102 weight class). El Toro comes to the ring accompanied by Ballad of Bodacious . I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Stan Mailic was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

El Toro
vs
Mailic

188 cm
25
240 lbs
12 - 3 - 0

196 cm
23
274 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Galtero El Toro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stan Mailic!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Steve Montenegro and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Toro stuns Mailic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
El Toro goes for a double leg but Mailic avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Mailic continues to drive forward.
Mailic scores with a one two! El Toro had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
El Toro lands a jab to the nose.
Mailic misses with a combination

and El Toro counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by El Toro.
Mailic wants to stand but El Toro is controlling the position.
El Toro pushes down on Mailic's leg and manages to get into half guard.
El Toro trying to control the action but Mailic is working from the bottom.
Mailic is looking to escape.
Mailic really doesn't want to stay on the ground with El Toro. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
El Toro sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mailic defending well though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
El Toro working Mailic over with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro is looking to advance position but Mailic won't allow it.
Mailic is trying to stand back up but El Toro is controlling him
El Toro trying to pass the guard but Mailic defending well.
El Toro is trying to control the action in half guard but Mailic is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. El Toro lands a nice short elbow.
Mailic wants to get back to his feet.

El Toro is working for a kimura but Mailic is defending it quite comfortably.
El Toro is trying to control the action in half guard but Mailic is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. El Toro connects with a nice short shot to Mailic's temple.
El Toro 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.
El Toro working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
El Toro thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mailic is trying to stand up here but El Toro is controlling him well.
El Toro working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
El Toro is stalling here. Mailic is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! El Toro seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Mailic has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
El Toro wants to control but Mailic postures up.
El Toro regains half guard.
Mailic seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
El Toro is looking to control Mailic's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can El Toro avoid being mounted?

El Toro is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Mailic pulls his head out easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Toro is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mailic tries to stand but his hand is stuck under El Toro.
El Toro is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
El Toro makes his way to full guard. A much better position for El Toro.
Mailic wants to get up but he can't break El Toro's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as El Toro holds on and takes a little breather.

El Toro looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Mailic wants to stand but El Toro has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Mailic lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jab, jab by Mailic - just one landing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
El Toro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
El Toro throws a looping overhand right but Mailic ducks down to avoid it.
Mailic tries to counter with a clinch but El Toro shakes him off and moves away.
Mailic misses with a looping right.
El Toro tries to counter with a takedown but Mailic is quick to defend against it.
Mailic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Galtero El Toro dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mailic misses with a straight right.
Mailic ducks right into an uppercut from El Toro.
Mailic throws a low kick, looking for El Toro's leg but El Toro calmly moves out of range.
El Toro keeps the fight on the outside.
Mailic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as El Toro throws out the jab.
Stan Mailic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
El Toro throws out a loose jab but Mailic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Horrible takedown attempt by El Toro or perhaps it was just good defense by Mailic, which made it look bad.
Mailic throws a body kick that misses.
El Toro changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Mailic uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
El Toro has a takedown stuffed.
A countering left hand to the body from Mailic misses.
Stan Mailic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab from El Toro.
El Toro scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Mailic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mailic misses with a hook. El Toro ducked under it nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Mailic scores with a four punch combination!
Mailic tries to clinch but El Toro moves out of range.
Mailic tries to clinch there but El Toro circles away.
Mailic lands a slapping body shot.
Mailic throws a shot from downtown. El Toro moves away and avoids it.
El Toro half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Mailic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
El Toro connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
El Toro darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
No joy there for Mailic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mailic throws a right hand that misses

and El Toro counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mailic looks like he's trying to stand up.
El Toro is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

El Toro is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Mailic is just riding it out for now. El Toro eventually gives up the hold.
Galtero El Toro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mailic is trying to stand back up but El Toro is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mailic is in trouble now - El Toro has advanced to mount!
El Toro working away from the top, dropping strikes.
El Toro with good strikes from the mount here!
El Toro putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Mailic is bucking up trying to escape but El Toro cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Mailic wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Toro looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
El Toro landing strikes from the mount and Mailic is in trouble!

Mailic is rocked!
El Toro loads up with a big shot that hurts Mailic! He's pulled El Toro in close but El Toro has postured up and lands more strikes. Can Mailic survive? More strikes from El Toro and Mailic is out! The ref jumps in to save him! Brutal ground and pound!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Galtero El Toro!
Galtero El Toro decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.