PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Drago Georgijevic (ranked 283 p4p, 1097 weight class) and Vinicius Tonioli (ranked 40 p4p, 151 weight class). Vinicius Tonioli is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Georgijevic
vs
Tonioli

190 cm
24
210
6 - 0 - 0

185 cm
35
223
20 - 13 - 0

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Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Drago Georgijevic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vinicius Tonioli!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Georgijevic - that will leave a mark!
Georgijevic connects with a single shot there.

It looks like Vinicius Tonioli has been cut.
Tonioli ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Georgijevic moves away.
A jab from Tonioli misses.
Georgijevic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tonioli.
Georgijevic swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tonioli with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Georgijevic to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice body kick from Georgijevic.
Georgijevic scores with a nice head shot.
Georgijevic is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Georgijevic bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tonioli slips under a jab from Georgijevic.
Tonioli looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tonioli ducks under a wild hook from Georgijevic.
Georgijevic slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tonioli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Georgijevic.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Georgijevic misses with an uppercut.
Tonioli moves forwards but Georgijevic connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That has opened up Vinicius Tonioli's cut even more.
Drago Georgijevic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Georgijevic misses with a looping left.

Tonioli lands a big head kick that sends Georgijevic tumbling to the mat! Tonioli takes a step backwards and waves Georgijevic back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Drago Georgijevic has been cut.
A lazy left from Georgijevic finds it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tonioli is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Georgijevic swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.

Tonioli closes the distance and clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Georgijevic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Georgijevic blocks an uppercut.
Georgijevic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tonioli blocks an uppercut.
Georgijevic digs a right hand into Tonioli's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tonioli's gas tank.
Georgijevic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Georgijevic lands a nice shot to the body.

Tonioli manages to break the clinch.
Georgijevic slips a straight right by Tonioli.
Georgijevic went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Tonioli slips under a jab.

Georgijevic cracks Tonioli with a big right hand and Tonioli goes down!

Tonioli is rocked!
Tonioli looking for a sweep. Not yet Tonioli, not yet.

Tonioli is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tonioli looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Georgijevic has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tonioli pulls Georgijevic in close to his closed guard and prevents Georgijevic from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Georgijevic won't allow Tonioli to sweep him here.
Georgijevic pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tonioli is keeping the position for now.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Tonioli working a defensive guard but Georgijevic manages to pass into side control anyway.
Georgijevic moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

That's four 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.
Tonioli is looking for a sweep.
Georgijevic remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Tonioli struggling a bit here.
Georgijevic tries to advance to mount but can't.
Tonioli is not content to let Georgijevic control the position.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Georgijevic takes a swing at Tonioli's ribcage but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Drago Georgijevic dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Tonioli takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

The cut above Vinicius Tonioli's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Georgijevic looks to land a right hand but Tonioli moved out of range.
Tonioli has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Georgijevic finds it's way round the side to connect with Tonioli's head.
Tonioli slips under a jab.
Tonioli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Georgijevic manages to avoid it.
Georgijevic throws a poor cross that misses
and Tonioli cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tonioli drops his hands momentarily and Georgijevic takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tonioli on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Georgijevic scores with a spinning back kick!
Georgijevic misses with a looping left.
Georgijevic looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tonioli misses the jab.
Tonioli misses the jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut there from Georgijevic.

Vinicius Tonioli's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Georgijevic connects with a single shot there.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Vinicius Tonioli's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Drago Georgijevic!
Drago Georgijevic thanked the fans post fight for their support.