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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hudson Levine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aze Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Levine comes into the arena with Parkway Drive - Carrion blaring out of the sound system. Toro has chosen Hate me or Get DIE tryn' - 50cent as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hudson Levine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aze Toro!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Leandro Rodrigues and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Toro fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Levine on the side of the head.
Toro misses with an uppercut. Levine saw that one coming.
Levine moves to clinch but Toro breaks away
and Toro counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Levine thinking.
Toro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Toro getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Levine throws a head kick but Toro moves out of range.
Toro scores with a jab.
Toro scores with a jab to the jaw.
Toro tries to keep at a distance but Levine has taken the fight into the clinch.
Levine stalling in the clinch.
Levine pushes off an throws an elbow but Toro leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Levine lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Toro looking for submissions off his back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Levine tries to stand but can't do so whilst Toro controls his leg.
Toro wants to sweep but Levine has passed to side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Levine throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Toro is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Toro regains half guard.
Levine stands up out of the half guard.
Toro scores with a sloppy right hand. Levine should have avoided that one.
Toro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Toro looks to land a left hand but Levine moved out of range nicely.
Levine tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Toro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Toro lands a nice hook to Levine's body. Levine takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Levine walks into a left hand.
Aze Toro is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Levine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Levine ducks right into an uppercut from Toro.
Levine tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Toro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Levine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Toro. Levine does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Levine tries to move into range but Toro moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Toro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Levine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Toro lunges at Levine with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Levine's hand.
Toro tries to sprawl but Levine drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Toro works his way to full guard. Good work.
Toro looking to control.
Toro looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Toro is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Toro not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Levine missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Levine stands up from Toro's guard - Levine perhaps looking for a knockout.
Levine tries to close the distance and clinch but Toro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Levine tries to move into range but Toro moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Levine manages to avoid it.
Toro scores with a crisp jab that stopped Levine in his tracks.
Levine moves in looking to clinch but Toro pushes him off.
Toro punishes Levine's body with a nice straight punch.
Toro misses with a wild body shot.
Toro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Levine tries to clinch up
and Toro cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Toro is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Levine tries to close the distance and clinch up but Toro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Toro moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Toro throws an overhand right that lands on Levine's shoulder, as Levine tries to avoid the shot.
Toro has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Levine showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Toro.
A nice combination there by Toro.
Toro throws a body punch but Levine moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Levine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters circling - Toro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Levine takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Levine gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
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!
Levine is trying to stall.
Toro lands with a short shot to the head.
Levine with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Still in the clinch, Toro scores with a nice short uppercut.
Toro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Levine lands a good knee to the midsection. Toro won't want to take too many of those.
Toro wants to break free but Levine has control.
Levine using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Toro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Toro pushes Levine back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Good body shot from Toro.
Toro takes an elbow to the forehead.
Toro tries to circle away but Levine has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aze Toro dominated that round.
That's time! Levine's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Levine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Levine takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Toro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Levine.
Levine tries to close the distance and clinch but Toro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Levine shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Toro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Levine forces Toro back against the cage and clinches.
Levine trying to stall but Toro improves his position.
Toro managing to block the knees to the body from Levine.
Toro dodges an elbow strike from Levine.
Levine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Toro dodges an elbow strike from Levine.
Toro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Toro throws a head punch that misses.
Toro wants to get back to striking at distance but Levine won't allow it.
Toro misses with a hook from the clinch.
Toro's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Levine tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Toro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Levine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Toro swings widly with a right hand
and Levine decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Toro's guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Levine trying to stand up but can't free himself from Toro's guard.
Toro keeping moving, preventing Levine from controlling successfully.
Levine has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Toro is proving hard to escape from.
Levine throws a strike but Toro rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Toro passes Levine's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Toro is looking to advance position but Levine won't allow it.
Toro is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Levine defends it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Levine wants to get back to his feet.
Toro frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Levine bucks up and throws Toro to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Levine ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Toro cracks Levine with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Levine takes a jab right on the kisser.
Levine tries to clinch there but Toro circles away.
Levine takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Toro with a jab.
Toro gets tackled into the cage by Levine. Levine maintains the clinch.
Toro is trying to break the clinch but Levine has him pressed against the cage.
Levine is trying to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toro misses with the head strike.
Levine taking a breather.
Toro misses with a punch to the body.
Toro has a couple of punches blocked by Levine.
Levine misses with an elbow over the top.
Toro managing to block the knees to the body from Levine.
Levine blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Levine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Levine pushes off an throws an elbow but Toro leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Toro tries a body shot but Levine blocks it.
Toro misses with a punch on the inside.
Toro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Levine is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Toro is defending well for now.
Levine tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Toro.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toro taking a breather.
Toro lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Toro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toro misses with a hook.
Toro swats away the attempt to clinch by Levine.
Levine tries to clinch up.
Levine tries to clinch but Toro moves out of range.
Toro misses with a wild body shot.
Toro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Levine wants to clinch up but Toro keeps it at a distance.
Levine tries to clinch
and Toro counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Toro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Levine tries to close the distance and clinch but Toro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Toro looks to land a left hand but Levine moved out of range nicely.
Toro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Hudson Levine will probably get the nod.
That's time! Levine's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Levine uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Toro.
Levine closes the distance looking to clinch
and Toro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Levine tries to clinch but Toro is having none of it.
Levine's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Toro connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Levine scrambles back to his feet.
Toro's jab looks to have found its range, popping Levine under the eye.
Toro misses with an uppercut. Levine saw that one coming.
Toro looks to land a right hand but Levine moved out of range.
Toro misses with a hook. Levine ducked under it nicely.
Aze Toro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Levine on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Levine is looking to clinch but Toro is avoiding it.
Levine clinches up against the cage.
Toro is pressed up against the cage. Levine has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Toro down to the mat. Toro avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Toro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Levine sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Toro keeps the fight on the outside.
Levine looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Levine looks to clinch
and Toro counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Levine wants to clinch.
Levine fails in his attempt to clinch.
Toro misses with a wild body shot.
Levine tries to clinch but Toro moves away
and Toro counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Aze Toro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toro throws a lazy right hand but Levine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Toro moves into range and connects with a jab.
Toro lands with a cross.
Toro thows a body shot but no joy.
Toro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Levine moves away.
Toro lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Levine is rocked!
Levine tries to clinch there but Toro circles away.
Oh Levine is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Toro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Levine seems to have got his legs back now.
Levine takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Toro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Levine tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Toro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toro lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Toro throws a hook to the side of Levine's head but Levine sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Levine fails with an attempt to clinch.
Toro scores with a jab.
Toro throws a jab when Levine was well out of range.
Toro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Toro looks to score with a jab to the body but Levine is just out of range.
Toro swats away the attempt to clinch by Levine.
Toro misses with a left hand
and Levine counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Toro punishes Levine's body with a nice straight punch.
Toro lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Decent striking displayed by Toro there.
Levine tries to close the distance and clinch but Toro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Levine tries to clinch there but Toro circles away.
Toro moves into range and connects with a jab.
Levine defending well as Toro loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Levine is looking to clinch but Toro is avoiding it.
Levine tries to clinch there but Toro circles away.
Toro looks to land a right hand but Levine moved out of range.
Levine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Levine tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Toro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Toro connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Levine's hands.
Toro scores with a jab to the jaw.
Toro lands a jab.
Toro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Toro misses with a looping left.
Levine defending well as Toro loads up on a big left hand.
Levine wants to clinch.
Levine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Levine bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Toro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Toro tests Levine's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Levine moves away from the strike by Toro.
The fighters circle momentarily. Toro darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Levine is looking to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Toro misses with an uppercut
and Levine counters with a thumping low kick.
Levine doesn't manage to clinch there - Toro circles away.
Toro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Levine takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Toro lands with a straight right. Levine didn't see that one coming.
Levine tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Toro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Levine moves in looking to clinch but Toro pushes him off.
Toro misses the shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aze Toro comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Toro has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aze Toro!
A very excited looking Aze Toro made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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