PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vinicius Tonioli (ranked 423 p4p, 971 weight class) and Excalam Black (ranked 56 p4p, 132 weight class). Black is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Signe de contradiction. Vinicius Tonioli could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Excalam Black's chin.

Tonioli
vs
Black

185 cm
31
200
13 - 6 - 0

178 cm
25
200
8 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Shadow Realm Apparel
Conquer

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vinicius Tonioli!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Excalam Black!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Steve Montenegro and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tonioli crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Black - the referee stops the clock and Tonioli gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Black. Tonioli manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Black throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tonioli stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tonioli blocks a leg kick.
Tonioli is looking to counter punch.
Black misses with a shot to the body
and Tonioli counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Excalam Black has been cut.
Black digs a good hook to Tonioli's body.
Black misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tonioli.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Black fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Black with a nice calf kick.
Black throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tonioli throws a big counter combination but Black scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black digs a good body shot into Tonioli's ribs.
Tonioli takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tonioli gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Black.
Black throws a looping overhand right but Tonioli ducks down to avoid it.
Tonioli seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Black swings away with a body shot that misses
and Black takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tonioli stuffs the takedown.
Tonioli appears to be looking for a big counter.
Tonioli has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Soul Supremacy Rio in the buildup to the fight.
Black connects with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Tonioli to counter with a crisp jab.
Black misses the shot to the body.
Tonioli tried to counter with a leg kick but Black avoided it.
Tonioli takes one on the button.
Black shoots in for a takedown but Tonioli shows good takedown defense.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tonioli dodges the punch combination from Black.
An attempted straight right counter from Tonioli misses the target.
Tonioli avoids the body shot from Black.
Tonioli was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tonioli moves away.
Black throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tonioli stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Black lands a body shot.
Black cracks a nice hook into Tonioli's ribs.
Tonioli thows a leg kick but Black checks it

and Black counters with a nice double leg into side control. Tonioli won't be happy with that.
Black misses with the ground and pound.
The ground and pound from Black seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Tonioli is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Black asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Black thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tonioli can't do much from the bottom here.
Black scores with a couple of short elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tonioli is looking to regain half guard here but Black keeps moving and retains side control.
Black looks up at the clock and then as Tonioli takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Black smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Tonioli is looking for a sweep.
Black wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tonioli keeps working.
Tonioli wants to get back to his feet.
Black working away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Excalam Black dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Excalam Black's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Black throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tonioli.
Black throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tonioli counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tonioli takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Black shoots in but Tonioli avoids the takedown attempt easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tonioli walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Black will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black misses with a body shot
and Tonioli counters with a stiff right hand.
Black throws a body punch but Tonioli moves out of range.
Tonioli half committed to a counter leg kick.
Black lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tonioli at a distance.
Black has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Black misses with a looping left.
Excalam Black seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Black lands a nice looking body shot.
Black throws a hook to the side of Tonioli's head but Tonioli sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tonioli stuffs the takedown.
Vinicius Tonioli has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Excalam Black.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tonioli moves away.
Black fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Black changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Black misses with a body shot.
Black fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Black swings away with a body shot that misses
and Tonioli counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Black is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Black throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tonioli counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Vinicius Tonioli!
Vinicius Tonioli retains his middleweight title!