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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jed Masilungan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aze Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Masilungan comes to the cage accompanied by Return to Strength. Toro comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hate me or Get DIE tryn' - 50cent kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Aze Toro will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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178 cm
34
164 lbs
28 - 15 - 0 |
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190 cm
32
164 lbs
19 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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TWGC Champion
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
28 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jed Masilungan! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
19 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Aze Toro! The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Toro misses with a two punch combination.
Toro lands an overhand right. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Masilungan. Masilungan avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Toro misses with a straight left. Masilungan throws a right and a left that both miss. Toro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Masilungan. Toro misses with a hook. Toro scores with a one two! Masilungan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. Masilungan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Toro looks to land a combination. Masilungan sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Toro falls off balance throwing a combination
and Masilungan counters with a good, hard body kick but Toro shrugs it off. Toro lands with a hook. Masilungan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Toro uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Masilungan has time to react. Toro cracks Masilungan with an open hand slap.
Masilungan is rocked! Masilungan misses with a wild combination.
Toro is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Toro throws a combination that misses and Masilungan counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Masilungan. We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's one minute gone in the round. Masilungan postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Masilungan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Toro is keeping the position for now. Toro tries to land a sweep but no joy. Toro is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. Masilungan connects with a couple of short punches. Masilungan got a little sloppy there for a moment and Toro has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Masilungan has managed to get both his arms back between Toro's legs - danger averted. Masilungan slips nicely into half guard. Toro is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Masilungan is working for a submission of some sort.
Masilungan prevents Toro from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Toro is refusing to be controlled, as Masilungan sits in half guard. Masilungan is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Masilungan seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Toro does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Toro looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Toro looking for submissions off his back. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Masilungan working the head and body with strikes. Masilungan seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Toro makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Toro. Masilungan stopping the sweep attempt from Toro. Toro throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Toro controls Masilungan momentarily but Masilungan frees himself. Toro is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Masilungan frees his head nicely. Oh but Toro has switched to an armbar! Masilungan is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Aze Toro! A victorious Aze Toro thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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