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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tom Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Maggio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maggio has chosen Speak Softly Love as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
13 - 8 - 0 |
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183 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Tucker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tony Maggio!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tucker moves to clinch but Maggio breaks away
and Maggio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A punch combination from Maggio misses.
Tucker wants to clinch
and Maggio counters with a leg kick.
Maggio lands an overhand right.
Tucker tries to clinch
and Maggio counters with a head kick. That will keep Tucker thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Tucker takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Maggio circles away from the clinch attempt
and Maggio counters with a straight right hand.
Maggio lands a high kick!
Tucker throws a poor cross that misses
and Maggio counters by clinching up.
Maggio breaks from the clinch.
Tucker moves to clinch but Maggio breaks away
and Maggio moves into the clinch.
Tucker lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Tony Maggio has been cut.
Tucker trying to land knees to the body.
Maggio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Maggio lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Tom Tucker has been cut.
Maggio scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Maggio avoiding damage as Tucker throws knees to the body.
Tucker trying to land knees to the body.
Maggio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maggio landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maggio.
Maggio stalling.
Maggio lands an elbow inside that Tucker shrugs off.
Maggio stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Maggio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Maggio landing knees to the body.
Maggio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Maggio scores with a nice strike.
Maggio fakes the leg kick and cracks Tucker in the body.
Tucker throws a combination that misses
and Maggio counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Tucker misses with a double jab
and Maggio counters with a leg kick.
Tucker is breathing heavily.
Maggio throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Tucker.
Maggio lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tucker backs up against the cage.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Maggio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker tries to clinch
and Maggio counters by moving into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tucker trying to land knees to the body.
Maggio with a knee to the head.
Maggio lands a nice knee to the body.
Tucker throws an elbow but it misses.
Maggio with a knee to the head.
Maggio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tucker in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maggio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tucker in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maggio lands a damaging elbow.
Maggio lands a knee to the body.
Maggio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maggio pushes Tucker up against the cage in a clinch.
Maggio manages to break the clinch.
Maggio lands a head kick!
Tucker takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Maggio throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Maggio rushes Tucker and presses him up against the cage.
Tucker stalls.
A bit of stalling here from Maggio.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tucker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maggio.
Tucker misses with a knee to the head.
Maggio displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tucker up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Maggio.
Maggio avoiding damage as Tucker throws knees to the body.
Tucker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Maggio blocks it with crossed arms.
Tucker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Maggio avoids it.
Maggio tries a knee to the head but Tucker blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tucker seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Maggio is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Maggio lands a knee to the body.
Maggio with a knee to the head.
Maggio breaks the clinch.
Tucker tries to clinch but Maggio moves away
and Tucker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Maggio looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tucker tries to clinch up
and Maggio counters by clinching up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tucker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maggio.
Maggio working Tucker over with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Maggio.
Knees to the body from Maggio.
Maggio lands a damaging elbow.
Maggio with a knee to the head.
Maggio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Maggio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tucker tries to clinch
and Maggio counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Maggio smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Maggio gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tucker is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Maggio is keeping busy.
Tucker looking to throw knees to the head but Maggio is blocking nicely.
Maggio putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tucker in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Still in the clinch, Maggio scores with a nice short uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Maggio using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maggio.
Maggio comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Maggio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tucker blocks it with crossed arms.
A short uppercut from Maggio.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Maggio dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Maggio works Tucker's body with a nice hook.
Maggio tries a head kick but it misses.
Maggio lands a front kick.
A swing and a miss from Tucker.
Tucker moves out of range as Maggio throws a body kick.
Maggio uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tucker.
Tucker fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Maggio checks it well.
Maggio rushes Tucker and presses him up against the cage.
Maggio lands a damaging elbow.
Maggio tries to land knees in the clinch but Tucker avoids the damage to the body.
Maggio leaning against his opponent.
Tucker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Maggio blocks it with crossed arms.
Maggio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maggio.
Maggio tries to land knees in the clinch but Tucker avoids the damage to the body.
Maggio lands a left hand.
The referee calls for Maggio to work.
The crowd are getting on Maggio's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Maggio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maggio moves into the clinch.
Maggio misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tucker.
Maggio lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tucker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maggio is defending well for now.
Tucker throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Maggio tries a knee to the head but Tucker blocks it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tucker landing knees to the head.
Tucker working Maggio over with knees to the body.
Tucker is trying to push Maggio away but Maggio has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Maggio breaks the clinch.
Maggio with a jab.
Some wild striking there from Tucker.
Tucker tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Maggio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Maggio clinches.
Maggio wants to stall.
Maggio using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tucker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maggio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tucker tries a knee to the head but Maggio blocks it.
Maggio tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Maggio throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Maggio trying to stall but Tucker improves his position.
Maggio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tucker blocks it with crossed arms.
Tucker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tucker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Maggio's defenses.
Maggio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tucker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maggio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maggio connects with a jab.
Maggio slips under a jab from Tucker.
Tucker looks to clinch
and Maggio counters with a nice body kick.
Tucker cracks the inside of Maggio's front leg.
Maggio misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Maggio looks to land a body kick but Tucker moved away.
Maggio throws a nice head kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maggio tries to clinch there but Tucker circles away.
Maggio throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tom Tucker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maggio circles away from the clinch attempt
and Maggio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Maggio circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Maggio to counter with a crisp jab.
Tucker tries to clinch
and Maggio counters with a stiff right hand.
Tucker tries to clinch up
and Maggio holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Maggio stalling in the clinch but Tucker improves position.
Tucker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Maggio blocks it with crossed arms.
Tucker trying to land knees to the body.
Maggio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Maggio - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tucker misses with a knee strike.
Tucker dodges an elbow strike from Maggio.
Maggio tries to land a knee to the head but Tucker blocks with his arms.
Maggio landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tucker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Maggio scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Maggio tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tucker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Maggio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Maggio stalling in the clinch.
Tucker blocks the elbow strike.
Tucker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Maggio is defending well for now.
Maggio's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Tucker tries a knee to the head but Maggio blocks it.
Maggio stalling.
Maggio has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tucker misses with an elbow strike.
Maggio lands a hook that snaps the head of Tucker backwards.
Tucker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Maggio has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tucker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Maggio avoids it.
Maggio looking to throw knees to the head but Tucker is blocking nicely.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tucker as Maggio tries to tie him up.
Maggio scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Maggio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Tucker tries to clinch but Maggio moves away
and Maggio counters by moving into the clinch.
Tucker using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tucker obliges.
Tucker scores a nice knee to the body.
Tucker creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Maggio's defenses.
Tucker is struggling to control the position.
Maggio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tucker blocks it with crossed arms.
Maggio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tucker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Maggio landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tucker stalling.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maggio.
Tucker looking to throw knees to the head but Maggio is blocking nicely.
Tony Maggio seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tucker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Maggio's face.
Maggio dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tucker avoiding damage as Maggio throws knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maggio avoids a wild elbow strike from Tucker.
Maggio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tucker takes a knee to the side of the body.
Maggio landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tucker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maggio holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Tucker connects with a knee to the head.
Maggio creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tucker's defenses.
Tucker blocks the elbow strike.
Tucker missing with knees to the body.
Maggio avoiding damage as Tucker throws knees to the body.
Maggio lands a knee to the head.
Maggio throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tucker blocks it with crossed arms.
Maggio content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Maggio taking a breather.
Maggio dodges an elbow strike from Tucker.
Maggio misses with a knee strike.
Tucker lands a knee to the body.
Maggio blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maggio with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tucker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
The referee is keeping an eye on Maggio - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tucker tries to break the clinch but Maggio is controlling the position.
Maggio on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maggio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tucker takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Maggio throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tucker on the side of the head.
Maggio drives through and clinches with Tucker against the cage.
Maggio crunches a lovely knee into Tucker's ribcage.
Maggio lands a knee to the head.
Tucker misses with a knee to the head.
Tucker with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tucker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maggio.
Maggio managing to block the knees to the body from Tucker.
Maggio is stalling here.
Maggio with a knee to the head.
Maggio dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Maggio dodges an elbow strike from Tucker.
Maggio takes an elbow to the temple.
Maggio scores a nice knee to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tucker as Maggio tries to tie him up.
Tucker misses with a knee strike.
Maggio working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maggio lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Maggio avoids a wild elbow strike from Tucker.
Maggio trying to stall but Tucker improves his position.
Maggio leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tucker avoids a wild elbow strike from Maggio.
Tucker breaks from the clinch.
Tucker walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A head kick misses from Maggio.
Maggio throws a sloppy head kick and Tucker moves out of range easily.
Maggio shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Maggio circles away from the clinch attempt
and Maggio counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Tucker is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Maggio closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Maggio throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tucker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Maggio avoiding damage as Tucker throws knees to the body.
Tucker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Maggio breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tucker falls off balance throwing a combination
and Maggio counters with a good low kick that Tucker was not able to check.
Tucker darts in trying to clinch
and Maggio holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tucker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tom Tucker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tony Maggio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Maggio.
Nice body punch from Maggio.
Maggio pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Maggio thuds his shin into the meat of Tucker's side.
Tom Tucker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maggio with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tucker will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tucker crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Maggio - the referee stops the clock and Tucker gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Maggio. Tucker manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Maggio scores with a head kick. Tucker tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Tucker closes the distance but Maggio moves to the side
and Maggio makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Tucker really felt that one!
And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Maggio comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Maggio has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 26:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Maggio!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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