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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vinicius Tonioli (ranked 1430 p4p, 3236 weight class) and Whole Nutz (ranked 184 p4p, 364 weight class). Vinicius Tonioli has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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 20 - 14 - 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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Whole Nutz!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Steve Erwin and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tonioli scores with a three punch combo!
Nutz shoots for a takedown but Tonioli saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nutz moves into the clinch successfully.
Nutz is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Nutz goes for a takedown in the clinch but Tonioli prevents it.
Vinicius Tonioli has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Whole Nutz.
Nutz blocking some punches.
Tonioli stalling in the clinch.
Nutz is trying to maintain a safe position but Tonioli gets an underhook and turns Nutz into the cage.
Nutz is looking to take this one to the mat.
Tonioli gets through Nutz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nutz leaning his opponent against the cage.
A short left from Tonioli.
A bit of stalling here from Tonioli.
Tonioli tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Tonioli.
Tonioli misses with some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tonioli lands a nice shot to the body.
Tonioli lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tonioli pressing his opponent against the cage.
Tonioli pressing his opponent against the cage.
Tonioli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tonioli misses with some punches.
Nutz is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Tonioli is defending well.
Nutz can't get the takedown.
Tonioli gets through Nutz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nutz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nutz has Tonioli pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tonioli manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tonioli scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tonioli lands a body punch.
Nutz tries for a takedown. No joy.
Nutz looks winded!
Tonioli softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nutz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tonioli lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tonioli lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tonioli fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tonioli lands with a left to the head.
Tonioli lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Nutz backwards.
Nutz is looking to take this one to the mat.
Tonioli softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nutz is rocked!
Come on Tonioli - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tonioli effectively controlling the action here.
Tonioli gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Tonioli misses with a punch on the inside.
Nutz drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tonioli gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tonioli tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nutz is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Tonioli lands a right hand.
Nutz has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Tonioli after a bit of a struggle.
Nutz tries to score a body lock takedown but Tonioli shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nutz has Tonioli pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tonioli manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tonioli lands a left hand that snaps the head of Nutz backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nutz tries for a takedown. No joy.
A short right from Tonioli.
Tonioli stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nutz takes a shot to the head.
Nutz is working for takedown but Tonioli is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tonioli manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tonioli lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nutz is still on wobbly legs! Can Tonioli finish him?
Tonioli leaning against his opponent.
Nutz seems to have recovered his senses.
Tonioli drops Nutz onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Nutz is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
It looks like Whole Nutz has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nutz blocking some punches.
Tonioli breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tonioli pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nutz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tonioli.
Tonioli throws a hook to the side of Nutz's head but Nutz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nutz walks straight into a right hand from Tonioli - that's dropped him! Tonioli jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Nutz from any more punishment! Nutz complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Vinicius Tonioli!
Vinicius Tonioli really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that 30th Century Beer Store logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
Whole Nutz spoke after the fight, saying 'Death be to you all. '.
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hype
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RATING
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