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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mattia Nicoletti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angel Toney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toney has chosen Korn - Twisted Transistor as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Insanely flexible |
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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
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mattia Nicoletti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Angel Toney!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Alyssa Summers and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nicoletti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Toney with a jab.
Some bone on bone action there as Toney checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nicoletti 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 Toney has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Toney and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Decent striking displayed by Toney there.
Toney misses with a body shot.
Toney lands with an overhand left.
Nicoletti throws a nice outside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Toney checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nicoletti scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nicoletti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mattia Nicoletti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Toney takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nicoletti closes the distance and clinches up with Toney, looking for a takedown. Nicoletti pushes Toney against the cage but Toney circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nicoletti on the wrong end of a nice jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toney jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Toney misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nicoletti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Toney showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nicoletti.
A left and a right from Toney both land. Nice combination.
Nicoletti turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nicoletti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicoletti goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Toney cracks Nicoletti with a right hand to the side of the head.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nicoletti. That's going to slow Toney down.
Nicoletti tries to close the distance and clinch up but Toney swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nicoletti walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Toney checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nicoletti digs a good body shot into Toney's ribs.
Toney lands a jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Nicoletti misses the target.
Toney throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Toney stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Toney wants it to stay on the feet.
Toney cracks a nice hook into Nicoletti's ribs.
Nicoletti connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Toney throws a jab but it's blocked by Nicoletti.
Nicoletti jabs at Toney's body.
Toney works Nicoletti's body with a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toney will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nicoletti tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toney scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nicoletti throws a front kick aimed at Toney's knee but Toney avoids it well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nicoletti. Toney does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nicoletti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toney.
Toney looks to score with a jab to the body but Nicoletti is just out of range.
Nicoletti tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Toney defends well and Nicoletti ends up having to push Toney into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mattia Nicoletti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Toney breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nicoletti shoots for a takedown but Toney saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Nicoletti thumps Toney with a low kick.
Toney ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nicoletti throws a chopping leg kick but Toney manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Toney fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nicoletti on the side of the head.
Nicoletti wants to slow Toney down by chopping away at his legs.
Toney throws a series of punches but Nicoletti moves out of range.
Nicoletti tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Toney manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Toney throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nicoletti looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A swing and a miss from Toney.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicoletti misses with a low kick.
Nicoletti misses the jab.
Nicoletti is looking to wear down Toney with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Toney lands with an uppercut that bounces Nicoletti off the cage and back into range.
Jab by Toney.
Toney has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Nicoletti throws a head kick that misses.
Angel Toney is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nicoletti tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nicoletti scores with a leg kick.
Toney stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nicoletti.
Toney is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Nicoletti had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Toney misses with a wild combination.
Nicoletti tries to clinch but Toney moves out of range.
Toney misses with a looping left.
Nicoletti takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Toney checks the leg kick.
Toney fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nicoletti manages to avoid it.
Toney blocks a low kick nicely.
Toney throws a series of punches but Nicoletti avoids them all with ease.
Nicoletti wants to land a leg kick but Toney is out of range.
Toney throws a nice looking combination but Nicoletti bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nicoletti wants to clinch up but Toney keeps it at a distance.
Nicoletti misses with an uppercut. Toney saw that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nicoletti changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nicoletti throws a sloppy head kick and Toney moves out of range easily.
Nicoletti swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nicoletti is looking to score with low kicks.
A combination from Toney does no damage.
Toney misses with an uppercut. Nicoletti saw that one coming.
Toney throws a jab when Nicoletti was well out of range.
Nicoletti tries a low kick but Toney avoids it.
Nicoletti throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Toney stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Toney will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nicoletti punishes Toney's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice inside leg kick there by Nicoletti. That's going to slow Toney down.
Toney works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Toney throws a hook to the side of Nicoletti's head but Nicoletti sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nicoletti staying out of range there.
Nicoletti cracks Toney with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Angel Toney will probably get the nod.
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.
Nicoletti swings for the body but Toney moves out of range.
Toney misses with a straight left.
Nicoletti throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nicoletti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Toney.
Toney lands with a straight right. Nicoletti didn't see that one coming.
Nicoletti throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Toney connects with a single shot there.
Nicoletti looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nicoletti throws a low kick, looking for Toney's leg but Toney calmly moves out of range.
Toney connects with a body shot that sends Nicoletti's belly button to the back.
Toney misses with a wild combination.
Nicoletti wants to clinch.
Nicoletti looks for the body kick but Toney saw that one coming.
Toney looks to throw the jab but Nicoletti is out of range.
Nicoletti throws out a leg kick but Toney moves out of range and Nicoletti only half commits.
Angel Toney is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nicoletti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Toney misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toney lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nicoletti circles away quickly and effectively.
Toney throws a hook but Nicoletti avoids it easily.
Toney looks to throw the jab but Nicoletti is out of range.
Nicoletti throws a leg kick but Toney moved away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nicoletti 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 Toney has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Toney and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nicoletti tries to clinch but Toney is having none of it.
Nicoletti swings for the body but Toney moves out of range.
Nicoletti does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nicoletti wants to clinch up but Toney keeps it at a distance.
Toney loads up on a big right hand but Nicoletti slips the punch.
Nicoletti misses with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Toney.
Nicoletti misses with a low kick.
Toney misses with a two punch combination.
Nicoletti fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Toney checks it well.
Nicoletti finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nicoletti on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nicoletti tries to clinch up but Toney circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toney throws a looping overhand right but Nicoletti ducks down to avoid it.
Nicoletti doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Toney gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nicoletti.
Toney falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nicoletti moves into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toney breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nicoletti wants to clinch.
Nicoletti on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nicoletti misses with a leg kick.
Nicoletti throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nicoletti throws a body kick that misses.
Nicoletti throws a leg kick but Toney checks it.
Nicoletti finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nicoletti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Toney was well out of range. Poor timing from Nicoletti.
Toney takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Toney swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nicoletti doesn't manage to clinch there - Toney circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicoletti misses with a low kick.
Nicoletti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch combination from Toney misses.
Toney scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nicoletti in his tracks.
Toney chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nicoletti can pounce on him.
Nicoletti has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Toney listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nicoletti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toney.
Nicoletti throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nicoletti misses with a low kick.
Toney lands with a hook. Nicoletti tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Nicoletti 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 Toney has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Toney and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Nicoletti throws a body punch but Toney moves out of range.
Nicoletti takes a jab right on the kisser.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Toney avoids the head kick by Nicoletti.
Nicoletti tries to close the distance and clinch but Toney swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nicoletti.
Nicoletti misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toney moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nicoletti looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Toney misses with an uppercut.
Toney swats away the attempt to clinch by Nicoletti.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Nicoletti. Toney shrugs it off though.
Toney avoids a kick to the body.
Toney sizes up Nicoletti with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Toney throws a lazy right hand but Nicoletti sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nicoletti misses with a body shot.
Nicoletti throws a leg kick but Toney sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nicoletti throws a nice inside leg kick.
Good shot there by Toney.
Nicoletti has managed to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nicoletti stalling against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Toney breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nicoletti walks into a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Angel Toney will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Nicoletti moves away from the strike by Toney.
Nicoletti showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Toney.
Toney's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nicoletti avoids the body shot from Toney.
Toney with a hook.
Toney misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Toney throws an overhand right that lands on Nicoletti's shoulder, as Nicoletti tries to avoid the shot.
Nicoletti takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Toney.
Sloppy strikes from Toney. Those never looked like landing.
Toney misses with a series of wild punches.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nicoletti.
Nice shot by Toney.
Nicoletti is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nicoletti throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Toney avoids the head kick by Nicoletti.
Toney scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Angel Toney seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nicoletti tries to clinch there but Toney circles away.
Nicoletti lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nicoletti fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nicoletti moves into the clinch successfully.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Toney wants to get back to striking at distance but Nicoletti won't allow it.
Nicoletti throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Toney looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Toney escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nicoletti scoring well with a low kick there.
Nicoletti throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Toney's waist but Toney gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nicoletti off to one side.
Nicoletti looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Toney scores with a one two! Nicoletti had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Toney keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nicoletti uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Toney.
Toney moves out of range of the body kick.
Toney misses with a wild combination.
Nicoletti wants to clinch up but Toney keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nicoletti slips a straight right by Toney.
Nicoletti throws a front kick aimed at Toney's knee but Toney avoids it well.
Nicoletti lands a leg kick that knocks Toney off balance momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nicoletti fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nicoletti scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Toney regains full guard. Nicely done.
Nicoletti looking to pass the guard.
Toney wants to stand up but Nicoletti is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nicoletti trying to control but Toney is working from the bottom.
Toney looking to hit a scissor sweep but Nicoletti is one step ahead there.
Toney keeping moving, preventing Nicoletti from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Mattia Nicoletti wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Nicoletti cracks the inside of Toney's front leg.
Nicoletti slips under a jab.
Nicoletti clinches up with Toney and pushes him back against the cage.
Toney takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nicoletti tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Toney's elbow.
Nicoletti tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice elbow from Toney.
Toney avoids a wild elbow strike from Nicoletti.
Toney breaks the clinch.
Toney throws a series of punches but Nicoletti moves out of range.
Toney throws a series of punches but Nicoletti avoids them all with ease.
Nicoletti scoring well with a low kick there.
Toney will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Toney takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Nicoletti with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Toney to score with a decent uppercut.
Nicoletti slips a jab from Toney.
Nicoletti ducks under a wild hook from Toney.
Nicoletti motions for Toney to come forward. Nicoletti throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nicoletti connects with an inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Toney. Those never looked like landing.
Nicoletti throws a front kick aimed at Toney's knee but Toney avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nicoletti lands a leg kick that knocks Toney off balance momentarily.
Nicoletti is looking to clinch but Toney is avoiding it.
Toney chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nicoletti can pounce on him.
Nicoletti connects with an inside leg kick.
Toney checks the leg kick nicely there.
Toney throws a right and a left that both miss.
Toney misses with a hook.
Nicoletti fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nicoletti lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Toney at a distance.
Toney fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nicoletti looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nicoletti is looking to clinch but Toney is avoiding it.
Sloppy strikes from Toney. Those never looked like landing.
Mattia Nicoletti has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Angel Toney is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Toney tries to bum rush Nicoletti with a series of wild strikes but Nicoletti uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab from Nicoletti misses.
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 Mattia Nicoletti.
I think Toney 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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