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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between TwoTone Toney (ranked 3494 p4p, 3478 weight class) and Ricardo Lopez (ranked 355 p4p, 354 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank |
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, TwoTone Toney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toney fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lopez, pushing him back against the cage.
Lopez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Toney misses with a hook from the clinch.
Toney lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lopez has a couple of punches blocked by Toney.
Lopez throws a head punch that misses.
Toney has Lopez pushed against the cage.
Lopez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Toney makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lopez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Toneys head.
Toney digs a right hand into Lopez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Lopez's gas tank.
Toney misses with a punch on the inside.
Lopez lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lopez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lopez lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lopez working aggressively here.
Toney is working Lopez over against the cage.
Toney swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lopez prevents a body shot from Toney.
Lopez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lopez misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toney misses with some punches.
Lopez is trying to break the clinch but Toney has him pressed against the cage.
Toney dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Toney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lopez lands a right hand.
Toney throws a head punch that misses.
Lopez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lopez working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Toney.
Lopez pushes Toney back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lopez has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Toney seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Lopez can turn it around.
Lopez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Toney scores with a nice hook to the head.
Toney lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Toney scores with a shoulder strike.
Lopez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Toney backwards.
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!
Lopez stalling in the clinch but Toney improves position.
Lopez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Toney working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Toney has a couple of punches blocked by Lopez.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lopez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez blocking some punches.
Lopez working aggressively here.
Lopez trying to control the position but instead, Toney has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lopez into the cage.
A hook to the body from Toney.
Toney tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lopez throws a head punch that misses.
Lopez misses with the head strike.
Lopez misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Lopez.
Toney misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Toney has Lopez pressed against the cage, preventing Lopez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Toney lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lopez backwards.
Lopez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Toney or not.
Lopez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Toney breaks the clinch.
Toney moves in looking to clinch but Lopez pushes him off.
Toney misses with a right hand
and Lopez counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Toney throws a head punch that misses.
Lopez misses with a punch on the inside.
Lopez misses with the head strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Toney.
Toney blocks an uppercut.
Lopez manages to break the clinch.
Toney doesn't manage to clinch there - Lopez circles away.
Toney moves into the clinch successfully.
Lopez scores with a shoulder strike.
Toney tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lopez lands with a short shot to the head.
Toney has a couple of punches blocked by Lopez.
Toney lands a right hand.
Lopez throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lopez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Toney takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lopez has a couple of punches blocked by Toney.
Come on Toney - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Toney's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
TwoTone Toney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lopez misses with a straight right.
Toney wants to clinch.
Toney clinches up with Lopez and pushes him back against the cage.
Lopez misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Toney fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ricardo Lopez will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Toney doesn't manage to clinch there - Lopez circles away.
Toney is looking to clinch.
Toney wants to clinch but Lopez slips to the side
and Lopez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Toney wants to clinch up but Lopez keeps it at a distance.
It seemed like Lopez was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Toney takes the fight into the clinch.
Toney throws a punch but it's blocked by Lopez.
Lopez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Lopez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Toney closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lopez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toney tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lopez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lopez looks to land a left hand but Toney moved out of range nicely.
Toney tries to counter by clinching up but Lopez breaks away and moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez rushes Toney and presses him up against the cage.
Lopez lands with a short shot to the head.
Lopez trying to control the position but instead, Toney has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lopez into the cage.
Lopez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Toney backwards.
Lopez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Toney breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Toney tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lopez counters with a straight right hand.
Toney tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lopez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Toney is looking to clinch but Lopez is avoiding it.
Lopez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Lopez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Toney's head.
Toney is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Lopez throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toney misses with a body shot
enabling Lopez to counter with a crisp jab.
Toney wants to clinch but Lopez slips to the side
and Lopez counters with a nice right hand that sends Toney toppling to the canvas! Toney scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Lopez finish him?!
Toney is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Toney tries to clinch up
and Lopez counters with a huge right that knocks Toney out cold! Lopez is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ricardo Lopez!
During a confident post fight interview, Ricardo Lopez thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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