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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ceasar El Toro Iii (ranked 2119 p4p, 2524 weight class) and Madden Velez (ranked 238 p4p, 277 weight class). Ceasar El Toro Iii could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Madden Velez's chin.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed |
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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ceasar El Toro Iii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Madden Velez!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Velez tries to clinch up but El Toro Iii circles away and keeps his distance.
Velez throws a hook to the side of El Toro Iii's head but El Toro Iii sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
El Toro Iii ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Velez moves away.
Velez throws a body shot but no joy.
El Toro Iii keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Velez wants to clinch
and El Toro Iii connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
El Toro Iii scores with a nice right hand.
El Toro Iii loads up on a big right hand but Velez slips the punch.
Velez scores with a body shot.
Velez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Toro Iii uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
El Toro Iii definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Velez staying out of range there.
Velez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling El Toro Iii to score with a decent uppercut.
El Toro Iii throws an off balance right hand
and Velez counters with a one-two to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Velez.
Velez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from El Toro Iii.
Velez moves into the clinch.
El Toro Iii throws a punch but it's blocked by Velez.
Velez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Velez punishes El Toro Iii's body with a nice straight punch.
Velez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Velez misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from El Toro Iii misses its intended target.
El Toro Iii moves out of range as Velez strikes.
El Toro Iii throws a hook but Velez blocks it.
Velez slips under a jab from El Toro Iii.
Velez's corner calls for a 1-2. Velez obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
It looks like Ceasar El Toro Iii has been cut.
El Toro Iii misses the jab.
Velez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down El Toro Iii rather than just go for the knockout.
El Toro Iii connects with a looping right hand.
Velez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from El Toro Iii.
Velez is clearly trying to counter these attacks from El Toro Iii with a body shot.
Velez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as El Toro Iii throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Velez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from El Toro Iii.
Velez looks to land a left hand but El Toro Iii moved out of range nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Velez lands a body shot.
Velez slips a jab from El Toro Iii.
Velez throws out a counter right but El Toro Iii avoids it with no problem.
El Toro Iii takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Velez moves away from the strike by El Toro Iii.
El Toro Iii throws a hook but Velez blocks it.
El Toro Iii throws a lazy uppercut
and Velez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Velez connects with a single shot there.
Velez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Velez swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Velez misses the shot to the body.
El Toro Iii defending well as Velez loads up on a big left hand.
Sloppy strikes from El Toro Iii. Those never looked like landing.
Velez is clearly trying to counter these attacks from El Toro Iii with a body shot.
Velez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Velez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
El Toro Iii is rocked!
El Toro Iii swings widly with a right hand
and Velez counters with a nice body shot.
Oh El Toro Iii is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice defenses there by Velez.
El Toro Iii seems to have got his legs back now.
El Toro Iii looks to land a right hand but Velez moved out of range.
A slow jab from El Toro Iii misses its intended target.
El Toro Iii takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Velez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from El Toro Iii.
It seemed like Velez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
El Toro Iii is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Velez's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Velez swings away with a body shot that misses
and El Toro Iii counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Velez throws the left hand but El Toro Iii avoids the punch easily.
Velez moves out of range as El Toro Iii strikes.
El Toro Iii on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Velez takes a swing at El Toro Iii's ribcage but misses.
Velez throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice defenses there by Velez.
A decent looking cross lands there for Velez.
El Toro Iii throws a lazy uppercut
and Velez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Velez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Velez clinches.
Velez manages to break the clinch.
Velez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
El Toro Iii takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A big left from El Toro Iii misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Velez! But no joy.
Velez scores with a hook.
El Toro Iii throws a jab but it's blocked by Velez.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
El Toro Iii keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
El Toro Iii throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Velez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Madden Velez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ceasar El Toro Iii's cut.
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.
El Toro Iii throws a head kick that misses.
Velez misses with a wild body shot.
Madden Velez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Velez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
El Toro Iii scores with a head kick.
Velez misses the jab.
El Toro Iii takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
El Toro Iii swats away the attempt to clinch by Velez.
El Toro Iii walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Velez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Velez tries to clinch but El Toro Iii moves away
and El Toro Iii counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Velez.
El Toro Iii throws a shot from downtown. Velez moves away and avoids it.
El Toro Iii is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Velez.
El Toro Iii misses with a straight left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Velez throws a big shot that misses.
El Toro Iii scores with a head kick. Velez tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Velez misses with a wild body shot.
El Toro Iii misses with a jab to the body
and Velez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
El Toro Iii is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
El Toro Iii rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Velez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Velez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches El Toro Iii on the side of the head.
Velez cracks El Toro Iii with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! El Toro Iii looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Velez finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Velez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but El Toro Iii moves away.
Velez swings for the body but El Toro Iii moves out of range.
Velez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and El Toro Iii cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
El Toro Iii swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Velez throws a sloppy body shot
and El Toro Iii connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
El Toro Iii displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Velez throws out the jab.
El Toro Iii is looking to counter punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Toro Iii throws a lazy right hand but Velez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
El Toro Iii avoids the body shot from Velez.
Velez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Velez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Velez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like El Toro Iii was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
El Toro Iii throws a shot from downtown. Velez moves away and avoids it.
Velez now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
El Toro Iii throws a shot from downtown. Velez moves away and avoids it.
Velez feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits El Toro Iiis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Velez slips under a jab.
Velez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Velez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
El Toro Iii scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
El Toro Iii gets tackled into the cage by Velez. Velez maintains the clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Velez in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Velez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Velez.
Velez working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Velez throws a punch but it's blocked by El Toro Iii.
Velez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A slow jab from Velez misses its intended target.
Velez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
El Toro Iii misses with a hook.
El Toro Iii uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Velez.
Velez moves into range and connects with a jab.
El Toro Iii throws out a loose jab but Velez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Velez now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Velez throws an off balance right hand
and El Toro Iii counters with a straight right hand.
Velez is rocked!
El Toro Iii looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Velez throws a poor cross that misses
and El Toro Iii counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ceasar El Toro Iii!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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