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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Victorio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dongmin Oh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victorio comes to the cage accompanied by Nightingale - The Glory Days. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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204 lbs
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216 lbs
22 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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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
13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tommy Victorio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dongmin Oh!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Victorio throws a looping overhand right but Oh ducks down to avoid it.
Oh walks into a jab.
We've been informed that Oh has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Victorio lands a two punch combo.
Dongmin Oh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oh misses with a body kick.
Victorio lands with an uppercut that bounces Oh off the cage and back into range.
Some bone on bone action there as Victorio checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Victorio looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Victorio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Oh.
Oh throws a head kick that misses
and Victorio counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Oh!
Oh is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Victorio tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Oh on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorio is chipping away with strikes.
Oh tries to buck Victorio off but Victorio is having none of it.
Victorio working the ground and pound but Oh is defending the strikes.
Oh on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Oh can't do much from the bottom here.
Victorio looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Oh is avoiding damage well.
Oh dodges the ground and pound from Victorio.
Victorio is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Oh knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Victorio misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oh prevents Victorio from moving into mount.
Victorio scoring with punches from side control.
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 working away.
Victorio is looking to take a break and control but Oh is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Victorio lands a few punches from side control.
Victorio lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Oh down.
Oh is not content to let Victorio control the position.
Oh takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio in side control, throwing shots but Oh defends.
Victorio tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Victorio landing strikes.
Victorio will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Oh is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Victorio is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Oh knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Oh is looking to regain half guard here but Victorio keeps moving and retains side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victorio wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Oh, who protects the arm well.
Oh is not content to let Victorio control the position.
You can see the frustration on Oh's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Victorio scoring with punches from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Victorio advances to mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Victorio throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Oh because Victorio loaded up on that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Victorio dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Oh slaps away a takedown attempt from Victorio, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Oh scores with a sloppy right hand. Victorio should have avoided that one.
Oh moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Victorio throws a leg kick that is checked
and Oh counters with a slapping leg kick.
Victorio throws the left hand but Oh avoids the punch easily.
Oh throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Oh misses with an uppercut. Victorio saw that one coming.
Oh scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Victorio scores with a nice right hand.
Victorio has been working on his balance at Gangsterdamage, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Oh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Victorio avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tommy Victorio is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oh avoids the head kick by Victorio.
A jab from Victorio misses.
Oh throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Nice shot lands for Oh.
Oh walks into a jab.
Oh lands with a straight right. Victorio didn't see that one coming.
Victorio keeps the fight on the outside.
Oh ducks under a wild hook from Victorio.
Oh tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Victorio tries to land a leg kick but Oh saw it coming and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oh throws a leg kick but Victorio sees it coming and moves out of range.
Oh catches Victorio with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Oh displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Victorio.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oh throws a lazy body kick
and Victorio counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Oh!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Victorio connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Oh some visible discomfort.
Victorio working the ground and pound but Oh is defending the strikes.
Victorio working the head and body with strikes.
Tommy Victorio overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Victorio in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Victorio lands a decent elbow from side control.
Oh really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Victorio. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Oh is looking to reverse the position.
Oh is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Victorio has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Victorio is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Oh knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio working the body and head with strikes.
Oh can't do much from the bottom here.
Victorio working the head with strikes.
Victorio lands an elbow.
Victorio working the ground and pound but Oh is defending the strikes.
Oh can't do much from the bottom here.
Victorio trying to control the position but Oh is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Victorio are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Victorio is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Oh is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Victorio tries to score with some ground and pound. Oh controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Oh can't do much from the bottom here.
Oh taking a bit of punishment here - Victorio scoring with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oh is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Victorio has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Victorio throws a strike aimed at the side of Oh's head but Oh avoids it well.
Victorio scoring with punches from side control.
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 round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Victorio moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Oh smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Victorio shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Oh as he jumps to the side.
Oh throws a low kick but it's checked well by Victorio.
Oh lunges at Victorio with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Victorio's hand.
Victorio looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Oh misses with a wild body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Oh lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Victorio has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Victorio and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Oh scores with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Oh throws out the jab.
Victorio feints and as Oh raises his hands in defense, Victorio changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Victorio is looking to work some ground and pound but Oh has wrist control.
Victorio has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Oh is looking to stand up but Victorio isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Victorio throwing strikes from guard but Oh blocks nicely.
Oh utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Oh has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Victorio has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Oh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Oh creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Victorio is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Oh to keep the fight standing.
Victorio lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Oh backwards.
Dongmin Oh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victorio lands a nice uppercut.
Victorio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Oh scores with a shot to the side of Victorio's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Victorio throws a head punch that misses.
Victorio ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Victorio no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Oh is looking to stand up but Victorio won't let him.
Victorio working a defensive guard but Oh passes into half guard.
Victorio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Oh can do to turn this around?
Victorio actively working from the bottom here.
Victorio is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Victorio looking for submissions off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oh is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Victorio has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Oh escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Oh!
Victorio is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oh misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Oh trying to control the action but Victorio is working from the bottom.
Victorio gets back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Victorio tries to roll over but Oh keeps him under control.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tommy Victorio.
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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 29:28
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Victorio!
An out of breath Tommy Victorio thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
In defeat, Dongmin Oh stepped up to the mic, saying 'I guess I'll be hitting the videotape with my coaches tomorrow to figure out what went wrong. You better believe I'll be back on the winning track next time.'.
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RATING
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