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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Victorio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans Thor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victorio comes to the cage accompanied by Breaking Benjamin - Dance With The Devil. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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197 cm
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207 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
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192 cm
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219 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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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 light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tommy Victorio! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hans Thor! The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Thor fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Victorio plants his feet and lands a nice head kick! Victorio connects with an inside leg kick. Victorio lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Victorio lands a front kick. Victorio scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. Thor gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Victorio to score an easy takedown into full guard. Victorio trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Victorio in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Thor looking for a sweep. Not yet Thor, not yet. Victorio trying to control the position from guard on top but Thor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Victorio throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round. Victorio is looking to work some ground and pound but Thor has wrist control. Victorio throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Victorio accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Victorio throwing strikes but missing. Thor trying to control the position.
Victorio pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Thor is keeping the position for now. Victorio trying to control the position from guard on top but Thor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Thor keeping full guard, as Victorio tries to pass. Victorio throwing strikes from guard but Thor blocks nicely. Victorio missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Victorio wants to control from the top but Thor keeps moving. Thor is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Victorio is controlling him.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up. Thor scores with a punch to the head. Thor throws a hook but Victorio avoids it easily. Thor throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thor throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Victorio gets the takedown into side control. Victorio cracks Thor with a big elbow. Thor has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it. Victorio in side control, throwing shots but Thor defends. Victorio is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Thor has escaped the position, nice work there. Victorio landing strikes. Victorio working the ground and pound from side control. Victorio is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Thor has escaped the position, nice work there. Thor sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Victorio is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Thor doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Victorio.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Victorio thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Thor's head. Thor is doing well to control the position and prevent Victorio from advancing to side control. Victorio is looking to advance position but Thor won't allow it. Victorio throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Thor manages to get to full guard.
Victorio preventing the sweep. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Victorio dominated that round. That's time! Victorio's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Victorio misses the target. Thor ducks under a wild hook from Victorio. Victorio's jab looks to have found its range, popping Thor under the eye. Thor lands with a right hand. Victorio tries to score with a low kick but Thor moves his leg out of the way. Victorio swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Victorio cracks Thor with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Victorio scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Thor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Victorio. Thor throws a leg kick but Victorio moved away. Victorio throws a nice head kick!
Victorio connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Victorio misses with the combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Victorio misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Thor misses the shot to the body. Victorio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thor. Victorio bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick. Victorio connects with a jab. Victorio throws an off balance right hand
and Thor counters with a body kick that stops Victorio in his tracks momentarily. Victorio throws the kick towards the body but Thor avoids it. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Victorio.
Victorio scores with a jab. Thor acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Victorio misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. Thor lands a jab. 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! Victorio throws a sloppy head kick and Thor moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Victorio misses with a wild body shot. Thor misses the jab. Thor drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Victorio throws an overhand right that lands on Thor's shoulder, as Thor tries to avoid the shot. Victorio goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Thor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Victorio throws out the jab. Victorio misses with a series of wild punches.
Thor avoids a punch combination nicely.
Victorio throws a half hearted mid kick. Thor throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Thor fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Victorio, pushing him back against the cage. Victorio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Victorio blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Victorio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Good shot there by Victorio. Victorio jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Victorio misses with a shot to the body and Thor counters by moving into the clinch. Thor is struggling to control the position. Victorio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Victorio is working Thor over against the cage. Victorio is looking to control Thor's arms but Thor gets an underhook and turns him. Now Victorio has his back to the cage. Victorio lands with a short head shot on the inside. Thor has a couple of punches blocked by Victorio.
Thor is trying to stall.
Victorio wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thor has Victorio pressed against the cage, preventing Victorio from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Thor blocking some punches.
Thor tries to throw a body punch but Victorio avoids it by throwing Thor back against the cage. Thor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Thor misses with a hook from the clinch. Victorio is trying to push Thor away but Thor has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Victorio can't find room to land a body shot as Thor controls the action.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Victorio breaks the clinch.
Victorio lands with a straight right. Thor didn't see that one coming. Victorio throws a head kick but Thor moves out of range.
Thor throws an off balance right hand
and Victorio counters with a takedown into side control. Victorio wants to lay and pray for a moment but Thor keeps working. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Thor is trying to control Victorio's posture but Victorio avoids it. Victorio scoring with punches and elbows. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Victorio dominated that second round. 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. This is the final round!
Victorio swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Victorio connects with a solid leg kick. Thor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Victorio throws out the jab. Victorio swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Victorio pivots, looking for a leg kick but Thor is out of range and Victorio settles back down. Victorio tries a low kick but Thor avoids it. A lazy body kick from Thor and Victorio counters with a single leg into guard. Thor didn't expect that. Thor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Victorio throwing strikes but missing. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Victorio accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round. Victorio throws a big right hand that misses. Tommy Victorio overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Victorio trying to control the position from guard on top but Thor is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Victorio works a leg free and moves into half guard. Victorio wants to advance to full mount but Thor doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Thor avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Victorio stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Thor swivels though and keeps the full guard. Thor working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Victorio. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Victorio looking to pass the guard. Victorio preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Victorio throws an elbow that misses. Thor uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Victorio's guard. Nice move by Thor! Victorio looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Victorio looking for a guillotine here but Thor defends easily.
Thor wants to pass the guard but Victorio is keeping the position. Hans Thor has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Victorio is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Victorio working a defensive guard here.
Tommy Victorio is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Thor preventing the sweep. Thor slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up. Victorio throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Thor in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Victorio working for submissions but it's allowed Thor to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Thor thows a huge punch but Victorio dodges it nicely.
Victorio wants to improve his position but Thor is controlling well.
Victorio is working hard here to advance position. Victorio wants to control but Thor is keeping busy and won't allow it. Thor is looking for a kimura but Victorio is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Thor to get the leverage. Thor is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Thor is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Victorio defends it well.
And that's the end of the fight! Tommy Victorio showed his dominance in that final round. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Victorio, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27 Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27 Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Victorio! Tommy Victorio was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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