PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vinicius Tonioli (ranked 1242 p4p, 1454 weight class) and Toti Rotiz (ranked 166 p4p, 199 weight class). Rotiz is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Southtown. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Tonioli
vs
Rotiz

185 cm
34
223
18 - 11 - 0

195 cm
33
215
14 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vinicius Tonioli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Toti Rotiz!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Chris Dean and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tonioli avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tonioli is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

Rotiz moves into the clinch successfully.
Tonioli has a couple of punches blocked by Rotiz.
Tonioli lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rotiz backwards.
Tonioli misses with the head strike.

Tonioli escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tonioli connects with a body shot that sends Rotiz's belly button to the back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tonioli digs a good hook to Rotiz's body.
Tonioli ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Rotiz tries to keep at a distance but Tonioli has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tonioli cracks Rotiz with a nice body shot.
Tonioli lands with a light punch inside.
Rotiz scores with a shot to the side of Tonioli's head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rotiz.
Tonioli makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tonioli tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tonioli lands a nice uppercut.
Tonioli lands with a right to the head.

It looks like Toti Rotiz has been cut.

Tonioli's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tonioli throws a lazy right hand but Rotiz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rotiz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Tonioli lands a big head kick that sends Rotiz tumbling to the mat! Tonioli takes a step backwards and waves Rotiz back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tonioli misses with a straight left.
Tonioli grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Rotiz takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Tonioli cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Vinicius Tonioli!
After the big win, Vinicius Tonioli made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors 30th Century Beer Store and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
The defeated Toti Rotiz had this to say: 'I was hurt, my cat is sick, it's raining outside, heard someone fart in the arena... I should have never lost, I'm the real winner.'.