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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Julio El Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Potter has chosen A Kind Of Magic as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julio El Toro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Harry Potter!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potter wants to clinch
letting El Toro counter with a right hand.
El Toro looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Potter closes the distance looking to clinch
and El Toro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Potter closes the distance looking to clinch
and El Toro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Potter tries to clinch up
and El Toro counters with a straight right hand.
El Toro throws out a leg kick but Potter moves out of range and El Toro only half commits.
El Toro thows a leg kick but Potter checks it
and Potter counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Potter misses with a looping left.
Potter moves to clinch but El Toro breaks away
and El Toro counters with an inside leg kick.
El Toro tries a head kick but it misses.
El Toro moves into range and clinches up with Potter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Potter blocks it.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Potter blocks it.
El Toro comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
Potter trying to stall but El Toro improves his position.
El Toro looks to throw an elbow but misses.
El Toro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Potter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Potter lands a left hand that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.
El Toro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
El Toro trying to land knees to the body.
El Toro misses with an elbow over the top.
Potter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Potter cracks El Toro with a nice body shot.
Potter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Potter swings wildly with an uppercut but El Toro uses good head movement to avoid it.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Potter avoids it.
Potter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Potter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Potter trying to stall but El Toro improves his position.
Potter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Potter avoids a wild elbow strike from El Toro.
Potter lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down El Toro.
El Toro putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Potter in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
El Toro landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by El Toro.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Potter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
El Toro landing knees to the head.
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
El Toro is breathing heavily.
Potter pushes El Toro back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
El Toro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Potter tries to stall but El Toro uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Potter presses El Toro against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Potter takes an elbow to the forehead.
El Toro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
El Toro misses with a knee to the head.
Potter avoiding damage as El Toro throws knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
El Toro landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice body punch from Potter.
Potter is trying to stall.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
Potter is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but El Toro is keeping busy.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Potter avoids it.
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Potter can't find room to land a body shot as El Toro controls the action.
Potter is trying to maintain a safe position but El Toro gets an underhook and turns Potter into the ropes.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
El Toro throws an elbow but it misses.
Potter digs a right hand underneath El Toro's ribcage. El Toro let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Potter misses with a short punch on the inside.
El Toro putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Potter in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Potter avoids a wild elbow strike from El Toro.
A head punch on the inside from Potter fails to land.
Potter looking to stall.
A shot in the inside from Potter.
Potter can't find room to land a body shot as El Toro controls the action.
Potter avoiding damage as El Toro throws knees to the body.
A knee to the head by El Toro.
El Toro blocking some punches.
El Toro lands a knee to the head.
El Toro blocks an uppercut.
Potter lands a left hand.
Potter lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt El Toro or not.
El Toro throws an elbow but it's blocked.
El Toro throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Potter stalling in the clinch but El Toro improves position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Potter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.
Potter works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
El Toro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Potter trying to stall but El Toro improves his position.
El Toro missing with knees to the body.
Potter scores with a shot to the side of El Toro's head.
El Toro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Potter stalling in the clinch but El Toro improves position.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Potter is looking to control El Toro's arms but El Toro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Potter has his back to the ropes.
El Toro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Potter is defending well for now.
Potter is trying to maintain a safe position but El Toro gets an underhook and turns Potter into the ropes.
El Toro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Potter is defending well for now.
Potter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Potter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.
Potter stalling in the clinch but El Toro improves position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Potter throws a head punch that misses.
Potter is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Harry Potter.
Potter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Potter tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. El Toro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Potter fails in his attempt to clinch.
El Toro misses with a leg kick
and Potter moves into the clinch.
El Toro creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Potter's defenses.
El Toro missing with knees to the body.
Potter tries to work over El Toro's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
El Toro working Potter over with knees to the body.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but Potter blocks with his arms.
Potter wants to stall.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
Potter lands a right hand that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.
Potter lands a hook that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by El Toro as Potter tries to tie him up.
Potter is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
El Toro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potter.
Potter is trying to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Harry Potter.
Potter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from El Toro.
Potter closes the distance looking to clinch
and El Toro counters with a stiff right hand.
El Toro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Potter looks to clinch
and El Toro counters by clinching up.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Potter avoids it.
Potter misses with some punches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Potter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
El Toro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potter.
El Toro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
El Toro pushes off an throws an elbow but Potter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Potter lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
El Toro misses with an elbow strike.
El Toro looking to throw knees to the head but Potter is blocking nicely.
Potter has a couple of punches blocked by El Toro.
Potter is looking to control El Toro's arms but El Toro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Potter has his back to the ropes.
El Toro trying to land knees to the body.
Potter misses with some punches.
El Toro tries to land knees in the clinch but Potter avoids the damage to the body.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Potter blocks it.
El Toro prevents a body shot from Potter.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but Potter blocks with his arms.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
El Toro pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Good body shot from Potter.
El Toro trying to land knees to the body.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by El Toro.
A short right from Potter on the inside.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
Potter misses with a body punch.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Potter blocks it.
Potter taking a breather.
Potter lands a body punch.
Potter stalling in the clinch but El Toro improves position.
Potter lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Potter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Potter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Potter misses with a punch on the inside.
El Toro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Good body shot from Potter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Julio El Toro will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Potter throws out a leg kick but El Toro moves out of range and Potter only half commits.
Julio El Toro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Potter moves in looking to clinch but El Toro pushes him off.
El Toro throws a wild body kick that Potter sees coming a mile off.
A slow jab from Potter misses its intended target.
Potter closes the distance looking to clinch
and El Toro counters by moving into the clinch.
Potter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Potter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Potter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Potter blocks the elbow strike.
El Toro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Toro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Potter blocks it with crossed arms.
El Toro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Potter misses with some punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
El Toro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Potter trying to control the position but instead, El Toro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Potter into the ropes.
Potter blocks the elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Potter scores with a shot to the side of El Toro's head.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
Potter throws a head punch that misses.
El Toro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Potter is looking to control El Toro's arms but El Toro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Potter has his back to the ropes.
Potter makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
El Toro pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Potter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Potter trying to stall but El Toro improves his position.
El Toro pushes off an throws an elbow but Potter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Potter is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but El Toro is keeping busy.
El Toro pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Potter looking to stall.
Potter tries a body shot but El Toro blocks it.
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.
El Toro misses with an elbow strike.
A shot in the inside from Potter.
Potter lands a shot to the body.
Potter taking a breather.
A nice glancing elbow lands by El Toro.
El Toro trying to land knees to the body.
Potter lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Potter misses with the head strike.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
El Toro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potter.
Potter misses with a punch on the inside.
Potter avoids the elbow strike from El Toro, against the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Potter lands a hook that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.
El Toro looking to throw knees to the head but Potter is blocking nicely.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
El Toro pushes off an throws an elbow but Potter leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Potter.
Potter misses with the head strike.
El Toro lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter lands a nice shot to the body.
Potter lands a hook that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.
Potter misses with the head strike.
Potter swings wildly with an uppercut but El Toro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Potter misses with a short punch on the inside.
El Toro lands an elbow just above Potter 's eye.
Potter pushes El Toro back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Potter stalling in the clinch but El Toro improves position.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by El Toro as Potter tries to tie him up.
Potter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.
Potter misses with the head strike.
Potter throws a punch but it's blocked by El Toro.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Potter.
Potter can't find room to land a body shot as El Toro controls the action.
Potter can't find room to land a body shot as El Toro controls the action.
El Toro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potter lands a nice uppercut.
Potter misses with a short punch on the inside.
El Toro looking to throw knees to the head but Potter is blocking nicely.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Potter blocks an elbow strike.
El Toro looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Potter blocks the elbow strike.
El Toro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potter.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Potter avoids the elbow strike from El Toro, against the ropes.
Potter blocks an elbow strike from El Toro.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Potter.
Potter presses El Toro against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Potter avoids the elbow strike from El Toro, against the ropes.
Potter trying to stall but El Toro improves his position.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
El Toro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
El Toro tries to land knees in the clinch but Potter avoids the damage to the body.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
El Toro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Potter looking to stall.
Potter working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
El Toro misses with a knee to the head.
El Toro looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Potter is looking to control El Toro's arms but El Toro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Potter has his back to the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Harry Potter.
Potter turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Potter tries to close the distance and clinch but El Toro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Potter lands a head kick. El Toro smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Potter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Potter tries to clinch up but El Toro circles away and keeps his distance.
Potter wants to clinch.
Potter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Potter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Potter closes the distance but El Toro moves to the side
and El Toro counters with a nice leg kick.
El Toro thows a leg kick but Potter checks it
and Potter counters with an outside leg kick.
Potter wants to clinch but El Toro slips to the side
and El Toro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
El Toro misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Potter tries to clinch but fails miserably
and El Toro counters with an outside leg kick.
Potter closes the distance but El Toro moves to the side
and El Toro counters with an inside leg kick.
El Toro circles away from the clinch attempt
and El Toro counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
El Toro misses with a leg kick
and Potter counters with a good, hard body kick but El Toro shrugs it off.
Potter tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and El Toro counters with a body kick that stops Potter in his tracks momentarily.
A low kick from El Toro is predictable there
and Potter counters with a nice uppercut.
Potter tries to clinch
and El Toro counters with a nice leg kick.
Potter moves away from the strike by El Toro.
El Toro thows a leg kick but Potter checks it
and Potter counters with a slapping leg kick.
El Toro tries to clinch but Potter is having none of it.
El Toro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Harry Potter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
El Toro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Potter moves to clinch but El Toro breaks away
and El Toro counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Potter tries to throw a body punch but El Toro avoids it by throwing Potter back against the cage.
El Toro trying to land knees to the body.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but Potter blocks with his arms.
El Toro missing with knees to the body.
Potter misses with some punches.
El Toro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potter.
Potter is working El Toro over against the ropes.
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Potter lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Potter works on El Toro's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Potter seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Potter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Potter is trying to stall.
Potter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harry Potter seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Potter looking to stall.
El Toro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Potter blocks it with crossed arms.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Potter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Potter blocks an elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
El Toro throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Potter lands a body punch in the clinch.
Potter throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
El Toro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Potter blocks it with crossed arms.
Potter misses with a punch to the body.
Potter tries to throw a body punch but El Toro avoids it by throwing Potter back against the cage.
Potter works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Potter swings wildly with an uppercut but El Toro uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters up against the ropes, El Toro throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Potter trying to stall but El Toro improves his position.
El Toro misses with an elbow strike.
Potter scores with a shot to the side of El Toro's head.
El Toro misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potter.
El Toro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry Potter showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Potter tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. El Toro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Potter tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and El Toro counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
El Toro thows a leg kick but Potter checks it
and Potter counters with a good low kick that El Toro was not able to check.
El Toro closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
El Toro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Potter blocks it with crossed arms.
Potter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Potter takes an elbow to the forehead.
El Toro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Potter blocks it with crossed arms.
Potter pushes El Toro back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Potter is trying to stall.
El Toro blocks an uppercut.
Potter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with El Toro's elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
El Toro tries to land knees in the clinch but Potter avoids the damage to the body.
Potter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
El Toro crunches a lovely knee into Potter's ribcage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Potter creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Potter avoids a wild elbow strike from El Toro.
Potter throws a punch but it's blocked by El Toro.
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Potter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
El Toro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Potter blocks it with crossed arms.
El Toro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Potter goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
El Toro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Potter tries to stall but El Toro uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
El Toro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
El Toro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Potter misses with some punches.
Potter digs a right hand underneath El Toro's ribcage. El Toro let out a lung full of air as it connected.
El Toro throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Potter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Potter lands with a short shot to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Potter.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Potter lands a nice shot to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Potter lands a hook to the side of the head.
Potter lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Potter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Potter avoids the elbow strike from El Toro, against the ropes.
Potter working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
El Toro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
El Toro throws an elbow that misses.
Potter is trying to maintain a safe position but El Toro gets an underhook and turns Potter into the ropes.
A short left from Potter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter misses with the head strike.
Potter lands a left hand.
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
El Toro lands an elbow inside.
Potter throws a punch but it's blocked by El Toro.
Potter misses with the head strike.
Potter lands a left hand.
Potter swings wildly with an uppercut but El Toro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Potter works on El Toro's body with a couple of short punches.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
Potter throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Potter stalling in the clinch but El Toro improves position.
El Toro looking to throw knees to the head but Potter is blocking nicely.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
El Toro tries to land knees in the clinch but Potter avoids the damage to the body.
Potter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Potter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
El Toro trying to land knees to the body.
Potter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by El Toro.
Potter taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Harry Potter.
Potter tries to clinch but El Toro moves out of range.
El Toro clinches up with Potter and pushes him back against the ropes.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from Potter fails to land.
Potter is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but El Toro is keeping busy.
Potter throws a punch but it's blocked by El Toro.
Potter swings wildly with an uppercut but El Toro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Potter avoiding damage as El Toro throws knees to the body.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Potter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Potter misses with a short punch on the inside.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
El Toro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Potter tries to stall but El Toro uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but Potter blocks with his arms.
Potter content to slow the pace in the clinch.
El Toro takes a shot to the head.
Potter can't find room to land a body shot as El Toro controls the action.
El Toro tries to land knees in the clinch but Potter avoids the damage to the body.
Potter lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Potter.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Potter blocks it.
Potter trying to control the position but instead, El Toro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Potter into the ropes.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's six 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.
El Toro looking to throw knees to the head but Potter is blocking nicely.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Potter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but Potter blocks with his arms.
Potter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Potter.
Potter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Potter looking to slow down the pace here.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
Potter avoiding damage as El Toro throws knees to the body.
Potter cracks El Toro with a nice body shot.
Potter is trying to stall.
Potter misses with a short punch on the inside.
Potter trying to stall but El Toro improves his position.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Potter misses with the head strike.
Potter has a couple of punches blocked by El Toro.
El Toro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Potter is defending well for now.
Potter lands a shot to the body.
El Toro blocks a body shot from Potter.
El Toro missing with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Potter.
Potter lands a right hand that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.
El Toro misses with a knee to the head.
Potter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Potter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Potter lands with a short shot to the head.
El Toro blocks an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by El Toro as Potter tries to tie him up.
Potter struggles to land a body shot inside as El Toro controls his hands.
Potter swings wildly with an uppercut but El Toro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Potter lands a nice uppercut.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
A short right from Potter.
El Toro prevents a body shot from Potter.
El Toro's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A body shot lands from Potter.
A nice right hand lands inside from Potter.
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Potter lands with a short shot to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Potter lands on the inside with an uppercut.
El Toro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Potter fails to land.
Potter is trying to stall.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
El Toro missing with knees to the body.
Potter avoiding damage as El Toro throws knees to the body.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Potter trying to control the position but instead, El Toro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Potter into the ropes.
El Toro lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
El Toro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Potter blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the ropes, El Toro throws an elbow but misses.
Potter effectively controlling the action here.
Potter takes an elbow to the temple.
Potter blocks the elbow strike.
Potter taking a breather.
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Potter is trying to maintain a safe position but El Toro gets an underhook and turns Potter into the ropes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Potter lands a shot to the body.
A short body shot lands from Potter as the two fighters clinch.
Potter lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Potter digs a right hand underneath El Toro's ribcage. El Toro let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Potter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harry Potter really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Potter tries to clinch up but El Toro circles away and keeps his distance.
Potter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Potter tries to clinch but El Toro moves away
and El Toro counters with a stiff right hand.
El Toro throws a lazy uppercut
and Potter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
El Toro throws a leg kick that is checked
and Potter counters with a right hand to the body.
Potter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Potter tries to clinch but El Toro moves away
and El Toro counters by moving into the clinch.
El Toro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
El Toro missing with knees to the body.
Potter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Potter trying to stall but El Toro improves his position.
El Toro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro misses with a knee to the head.
Potter is leaning against El Toro and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Potter misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Potter - that landed with a thud.
Potter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of El Toros head.
El Toro with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Potter digs a right hand underneath El Toro's ribcage. El Toro let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Potter wants to stall.
El Toro prevents a body shot from Potter.
Potter is trying to maintain a safe position but El Toro gets an underhook and turns Potter into the ropes.
Good body shot from Potter.
El Toro throws an elbow but it's blocked.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but Potter blocks with his arms.
Potter stalling in the clinch but El Toro improves position.
Potter swings wildly with an uppercut but El Toro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Potter looking to stall.
That's two 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.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, El Toro just misses with a elbow thrown towards Potter's brow.
Potter trying to stall but El Toro improves his position.
Potter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Potter struggles to land a body shot inside as El Toro controls his hands.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Potter.
Potter throws a punch but it's blocked by El Toro.
Potter avoiding damage as El Toro throws knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by El Toro.
El Toro with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Potter avoids it.
El Toro takes a shot to the head.
Potter lands with a light punch inside.
El Toro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Potter lands an uppercut.
El Toro throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter avoids the elbow strike from El Toro, against the ropes.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Potter blocks it.
Potter is looking to control El Toro's arms but El Toro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Potter has his back to the ropes.
Potter throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hook to the body lands for Potter.
Potter looking to slow down the pace here.
Potter is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and El Toro has denied him.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Potter avoids it.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
With the fighters up against the ropes, El Toro throws an elbow but misses.
Potter misses with the head strike.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Potter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by El Toro as Potter tries to tie him up.
El Toro looking to throw knees to the head but Potter is blocking nicely.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by El Toro as Potter tries to tie him up.
That's four 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.
Potter blocks the elbow strike.
Potter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Potter is trying to stall.
El Toro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Potter blocks it with crossed arms.
A left hand lands to the body for Potter.
Potter lands with a right to the head.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
El Toro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Potter is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but El Toro is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Harry Potter.
Potter keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
El Toro loads up on a big right hand but Potter slips the punch.
Potter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before El Toro can pounce on him.
El Toro throws a leg kick but Potter checks it.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
El Toro fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Potter checks it well.
Some wild striking there from Potter.
Potter moves to clinch but El Toro breaks away
and El Toro makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Nice shot lands for Potter.
Harry Potter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fighters circling - Potter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Potter tries to clinch but El Toro moves away
and El Toro finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
A good leg kick by El Toro.
El Toro will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Potter moves to clinch but El Toro breaks away
and El Toro counters with a nice low kick that buckles Potter's knee momentarily.
Potter closes the distance but El Toro moves to the side
and El Toro counters with a good low kick that Potter was not able to check.
El Toro circles away from the clinch attempt
and El Toro connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Potter blocks a leg kick.
Potter doesn't manage to clinch there - El Toro circles away.
Potter takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Potter closes the distance looking to clinch
and El Toro counters with a good low kick that Potter was not able to check.
Potter tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and El Toro counters with a good low kick that Potter was not able to check.
El Toro moves into the clinch.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
El Toro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Potter is working El Toro over against the ropes.
Potter blocks the elbow strike.
El Toro looking to throw knees to the head but Potter is blocking nicely.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Potter lands a body shot in the clinch.
El Toro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Potter blocks it with crossed arms.
Potter looking to slow down the pace here.
El Toro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Potter is defending well for now.
El Toro prevents a body shot from Potter.
Potter trying to control the position but instead, El Toro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Potter into the ropes.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Potter avoids it.
Potter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Harry Potter.
Potter tries to clinch
and El Toro counters with a nice body kick.
Potter looks to clinch
and El Toro moves into the clinch.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Potter lands a shot to the body.
Potter lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Potter lands a body punch in the clinch.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but Potter blocks with his arms.
Potter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Potter looking to stall.
A short right from Potter on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Potter creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Potter working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by El Toro as Potter tries to tie him up.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Potter blocks it.
A body shot lands from Potter.
Potter taking a breather.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
El Toro trying to land knees to the body.
Potter scores with a nice hook to the head.
Potter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Potter tries to stall but El Toro uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Potter blocks an elbow strike from El Toro.
El Toro tries to land knees in the clinch but Potter avoids the damage to the body.
El Toro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Potter is defending well for now.
El Toro looking to throw knees to the head but Potter is blocking nicely.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
El Toro is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Potter is defending well for now.
Potter working aggressively here.
Potter stalling in the clinch but El Toro improves position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Potter works on El Toro's body with a couple of short punches.
Potter works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Potter looking to slow down the pace here.
Potter misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Julio El Toro will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Potter doesn't manage to clinch there - El Toro circles away.
El Toro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Potter tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and El Toro moves into the clinch.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
El Toro blocks an uppercut.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
El Toro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Potter dodges an elbow strike from El Toro.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Potter avoids a wild elbow strike from El Toro.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Potter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Potter misses with a hook to the ribs.
Potter avoids a wild elbow strike from El Toro.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter looking to stall.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Potter lands with a right to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by El Toro.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Potter is trying to stall.
El Toro misses with an elbow over the top.
El Toro pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Potter scores with a hook to the body.
Potter lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, El Toro just misses with a elbow thrown towards Potter's brow.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Potter avoids the elbow strike from El Toro, against the ropes.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
Potter lands a body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Potter.
Potter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Potter misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by El Toro as Potter tries to tie him up.
El Toro with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Potter.
El Toro misses with an elbow over the top.
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
Potter lands with a right to the head.
Potter lands with a short shot to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short right from Potter.
Potter scores with a shot to the side of El Toro's head.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
El Toro misses with a knee to the head.
Potter lands with a right to the head.
El Toro takes a shot to the head.
Potter lands a left hand that snaps the head of El Toro backwards.
El Toro looking to throw knees to the head but Potter is blocking nicely.
Potter looking to slow down the pace here.
Potter digs a right hand into El Toro's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on El Toro's gas tank.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter lands a shot to the body.
Potter taking a breather.
Potter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Potter looking to slow down the pace here.
Potter blocks an elbow strike.
Potter is looking to control El Toro's arms but El Toro gets an underhook and turns him. Now Potter has his back to the ropes.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Potter.
Potter misses with the head strike.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
El Toro misses with a knee to the head.
Potter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Potter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
El Toro misses with an elbow over the top.
Potter scores with a hook to the body.
Potter lands a nice shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Potter working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Potter lands a body punch.
Potter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
El Toro blocks an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by El Toro as Potter tries to tie him up.
El Toro pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
El Toro crunches a lovely knee into Potter's ribcage.
Potter trying to stall but El Toro improves his position.
Knees to the body from El Toro.
El Toro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Potter blocks it with crossed arms.
El Toro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Potter doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
El Toro looking to throw knees to the head but Potter is blocking nicely.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Potter fails to land.
El Toro working Potter over with knees to the body.
El Toro using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Potter has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
A nice right hand lands inside from Potter.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Potter blocks it.
Potter working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Potter.
Potter stalling in the clinch but El Toro improves position.
El Toro throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Potter throws a punch but it's blocked by El Toro.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
Potter lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Potter.
That's six 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.
Potter tries to stall but El Toro uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Potter gets through El Toro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Potter wants to stall.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Potter blocks it.
Potter is trying to stall.
Potter lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt El Toro or not.
Potter looking to stall.
Potter lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Harry Potter.
Potter tries to clinch but El Toro moves away
and El Toro moves into the clinch.
El Toro throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Potter blocks it with crossed arms.
El Toro throws an elbow but it's blocked.
El Toro pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
El Toro prevents a body shot from Potter.
Potter wants to stall.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Potter avoids it.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but Potter blocks it.
Potter scores with a shot to the side of El Toro's head.
Potter looking to stall.
Potter tries a body shot but El Toro blocks it.
Potter is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but El Toro is keeping busy.
Potter takes a knee right on the jaw!
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from El Toro.
El Toro lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Potter is trying to stall.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Potter avoids it.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
El Toro is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A left hand lands to the body for Potter.
El Toro pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
El Toro throws a knee to the head but misses.
El Toro trying to land knees to the body.
El Toro looking to throw knees to the head but Potter is blocking nicely.
Potter lands a nice uppercut.
Potter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Potter lands a nice shot to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by El Toro as Potter tries to tie him up.
El Toro misses with an elbow strike.
El Toro tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Potter has a couple of punches blocked by El Toro.
Potter looking to stall.
With the fighters up against the ropes, El Toro throws an elbow but misses.
Potter taking a breather.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Harry Potter.
Potter tries to clinch but fails miserably
and El Toro counters with a nice leg kick.
Potter darts in trying to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
El Toro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
El Toro swats away the attempt to clinch by Potter.
Potter lands with a cross.
Potter darts in trying to clinch
and El Toro counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by El Toro.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
El Toro misses with a knee strike.
Potter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
El Toro tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Potter on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Harry Potter comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Potter has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Harry Potter!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Harry Potter!
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight for Harry Potter!
Harry Potter wins by unanimous decision!
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