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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chip Nickel (ranked 298 p4p, 319 weight class) and Baruto Tonissaar (ranked 40 p4p, 45 weight class). Nickel comes to the cage accompanied by TISM - Greg the Stop Sign. 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.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chip Nickel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Baruto Tonissaar!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Eddie Farnsworth and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nickel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tonissaar.
Tonissaar takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nickel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tonissaar, pushing him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Tonissaar scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Nickel.
Tonissaar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nickel lands a shot to the body.
Tonissaar doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Nickel fails to land.
Nickel's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nickel throws out a powerful jab.
Nickel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tonissaar checks the leg kick.
Tonissaar is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Nickel with a body shot.
Nickel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nickel swings for the body but Tonissaar moves out of range.
Tonissaar was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Nickel blocks a jab.
Nickel looks to throw the jab but Tonissaar is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nickel on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nickel slips under a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickel ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Chip Nickel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circling - Tonissaar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nickel throws a leg kick
and Tonissaar counters with an inside leg kick.
Nickel misses with a low kick as Tonissaar jumps back.
Tonissaar appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nickel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tonissaar looks to land a combination but Nickel avoids it well.
Nickel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tonissaar.
Nickel throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Tonissaar counter with a right hand.
Nickel clinches up with Tonissaar and pushes him back against the cage.
Nickel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tonissaar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nickel backwards.
Nickel lands a shot to the body.
Tonissaar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tonissaar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nickels head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tonissaar misses with a punch to the body.
Nickel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nickel lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nickel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tonissaar pushes Nickel back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tonissaar lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nickel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A head punch on the inside from Tonissaar fails to land.
Nickel breaks the clinch.
Tonissaar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tonissaar throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nickel lands a jab to Tonissaar's midsection.
Tonissaar throws a lazy right hand but Nickel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A swing and a miss from Tonissaar.
Nickel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Tonissaar appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nickel misses with a looping left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tonissaar! But no joy.
Nickel looks to land a body kick but Tonissaar moved away.
A countering left hand to the body from Tonissaar misses.
Tonissaar chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nickel can pounce on him.
Nickel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar throws a body shot but no joy.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nickel, as that shot connected.
Tonissaar throws a hook but Nickel avoids it easily.
Tonissaar lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nickel works Tonissaar's body with a nice hook.
Nickel misses with a body kick.
Nickel lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tonissaar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nickel.
A telegraphed right hand from Nickel misses the target.
Tonissaar is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Nickel with a body shot.
Tonissaar throws a jab but it's blocked by Nickel.
Tonissaar checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nickel throws a hook but Tonissaar blocks it.
Tonissaar attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A slow jab from Tonissaar misses its intended target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nickel.
Tonissaar misses with a hook.
Tonissaar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tonissaar moves out of range of the leg kick from Nickel.
Nickel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tonissaar misses with a low kick.
Tonissaar throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice uppercut lands for Nickel. That snapped Tonissaar's head back.
Nickel looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tonissaar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nickel tries a low kick but Tonissaar avoids it.
Tonissaar avoids the body shot from Nickel.
Tonissaar thinks about the counter body kick.
Nickel connects with a nice looking jab.
Nickel tests Tonissaar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chip Nickel dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nickel moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nickel lands with a hook. Tonissaar tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tonissaar will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Good work by Nickel as he checks the leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Nickel. That snapped Tonissaar's head back.
Tonissaar tries to land a body kick
and Nickel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tonissaar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nickel connects with a looping right hand.
Nickel lands a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tonissaar takes one to the chin there.
Nickel fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tonissaar, pushing him back against the cage.
Nickel has a couple of punches blocked by Tonissaar.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tonissaar tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nickel's elbow.
A short body shot lands from Tonissaar as the two fighters clinch.
Tonissaar has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Nickel seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Tonissaar can turn it around.
Tonissaar lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tonissaar tries to throw a body punch but Nickel avoids it by throwing Tonissaar back against the cage.
Tonissaar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Nickel or not.
Nickel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nickel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tonissaar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Nickel fails to land.
Nickel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tonissaar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Nickel.
Tonissaar throws a punch but it's blocked by Nickel.
Tonissaar breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tonissaar catches Nickel with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nickel wants to slow Tonissaar down by chopping away at his legs.
Tonissaar misses with a leg kick
and Nickel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tonissaar moves out of range of the strikes.
Tonissaar looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nickel closes the distance and clinches.
Tonissaar lands a body punch.
Nickel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tonissaar can do to turn this around?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nickel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tonissaar backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nickel lands a hook that snaps the head of Tonissaar backwards.
Tonissaar misses with the head strike.
Tonissaar breaks the clinch.
Tonissaar uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nickel.
Nickel staying out of range there.
Tonissaar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nickel.
A countering left hand to the body from Tonissaar misses.
Jab, jab by Nickel - just one landing.
Nickel wants to clinch up but Tonissaar keeps it at a distance.
Tonissaar counters with a body kick.
Nickel instigates a clinch.
Tonissaar pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nickel stuns Tonissaar with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nickel's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tonissaar under the eye.
Tonissaar jabs Nickel to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nickel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tonissaar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Nickel takes the fight into the clinch.
Nickel tries to work over Tonissaar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nickel working aggressively here.
Nickel struggles to land a body shot inside as Tonissaar controls his hands.
Tonissaar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tonissaar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nickel with the inside leg kick.
Nickel scores with a punch to the head.
A swing and a miss from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar scores with a push kick.
A lazy left from Tonissaar finds it's target.
Nickel lands a nice looking body shot.
Nickel scores with a kick to the midsection.
Tonissaar wants to land a leg kick but Nickel is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar throws a head kick that misses.
Nickel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tonissaar.
Nickel was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tonissaar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nickel.
Nickel doesn't manage to clinch there - Tonissaar circles away.
Tonissaar looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tonissaar defending well as Nickel loads up on a big left hand.
Tonissaar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nickel.
Tonissaar swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nickel throws a chopping leg kick but Tonissaar manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nickel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nickel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tonissaar! But no joy.
Tonissaar slips under a jab.
Tonissaar throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nickel.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Tonissaar. Nickel shrugs it off though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chip Nickel dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A bone on bone clash there as Tonissaar blocks the leg kick.
Tonissaar moves out of range as Nickel strikes.
Tonissaar lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tonissaar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Nickel.
Nickel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nickel misses with a hook.
Tonissaar was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Tonissaar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nickel dips to his left and cracks Tonissaar with an uppercut!
Tonissaar takes a swing at Nickel's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tonissaar moves out of range as Nickel strikes.
Tonissaar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nickel manages to avoid it.
It looked like Nickel wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nickel blocks a jab.
Nickel throws a quick counter kick to the body but Tonissaar avoids it.
Chip Nickel is winning the standup battle so far.
Nickel moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nickel throws a jab when Tonissaar was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tonissaar attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Tonissaar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tonissaar was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Nickel shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tonissaar eats them both and turns towards Nickel to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Nickel misses with an uppercut.
Tonissaar connects with a right hand. Nickel shakes it off.
Tonissaar avoids the body shot from Nickel.
Tonissaar appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Tonissaar tries to move into range but Nickel moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tonissaar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nickel finds it's way round the side to connect with Tonissaar's head.
Nickel on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nickel loads up on a big right hand but Tonissaar slips the punch.
Tonissaar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nickel doesn't manage to clinch there - Tonissaar circles away.
Nickel listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tonissaar has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tonissaar throws a hook to the side of Nickel's head but Nickel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Baruto Tonissaar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Nickel lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tonissaar doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice leg kick from Nickel, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tonissaar dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nickel. That did some damage!
Nickel lands a body shot.
A jab from Nickel does it's job there.
Nickel clobbers Tonissaar with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tonissaar feints and then cracks Nickel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Nickel down.
Nickel throws a big shot that misses.
Nickel lunges at Tonissaar with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tonissaar's hand.
Nickel does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nickel backing away here, and Tonissaar unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Nickel.
Tonissaar fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nickel looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nickel misses with a looping right.
Chip Nickel is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nickel tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Tonissaar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tonissaar checks the leg kick.
Tonissaar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Some wild striking there from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar ducks under a wild hook from Nickel.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tonissaar! But no joy.
Nickel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tonissaar doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Tonissaar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nickel.
Nickel takes a swing at Tonissaar's ribcage but misses.
Nickel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tonissaar.
The fighters circling - Tonissaar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tonissaar throws a chopping leg kick but Nickel manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar throws a jab but it's blocked by Nickel.
Nickel jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nickel tests Tonissaar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tonissaar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nickel moves away.
Tonissaar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nickel moves in looking to clinch but Tonissaar pushes him off.
Nickel blocks a jab.
Tonissaar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tonissaar on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nickel. Nickel obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tonissaar uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Nickel has time to react.
Nickel bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tonissaar's head backwards.
Tonissaar takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Chip Nickel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Nickel has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chip Nickel!
Chip Nickel seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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