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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Giorgio Tsoukalos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toga Masotti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giorgio Tsoukalos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Toga Masotti!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy body kick from Tsoukalos
and Masotti counters with a good low kick that Tsoukalos was not able to check.
Tsoukalos tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Masotti swivels and escapes.
Masotti throws a head kick but Tsoukalos moves out of range.
Masotti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've been told by Tsoukalos's head coaches at Ancient Alien Assassin Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Masotti scores with a head kick.
We've been informed that Masotti 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.
Masotti stuffs the takedown.
Tsoukalos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Masotti lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Masotti tries to clinch but Tsoukalos moves away
and Tsoukalos counters with a nice double leg into side control. Masotti won't be happy with that.
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!
Tsoukalos controlling from side mount.
Masotti is looking to reverse the position.
Tsoukalos is looking to take a break and control but Masotti is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masotti is trying to get back to half guard.
Masotti wants to control but Tsoukalos postures up.
Tsoukalos slows the pace down.
Tsoukalos tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Masotti gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Masotti is looking to control Tsoukalos's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Masotti avoid being mounted?
Masotti is refusing to be controlled, as Tsoukalos sits in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tsoukalos is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Masotti is just riding it out for now. Tsoukalos eventually gives up the hold.
Tsoukalos wants to free his trapped foot but Masotti is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Tsoukalos prevents Masotti from improving his position.
Tsoukalos is looking for a kimura here.
Tsoukalos trying to mount his opponent but Masotti defends it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masotti is staying active underneath Tsoukalos, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Tsoukalos is looking to clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tsoukalos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Masotti misses with an attempted mid kick.
Masotti fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tsoukalos, pushing him back against the cage.
Masotti lands a good knee to the midsection. Tsoukalos won't want to take too many of those.
Masotti pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Masotti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tsoukalos.
Masotti is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Masotti comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Masotti landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tsoukalos is breathing heavily.
Masotti trying to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masotti lands a knee to the head.
Masotti tries a knee to the head but Tsoukalos blocks it.
Masotti misses with an elbow over the top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Masotti misses with an elbow over the top.
Masotti landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Masotti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tsoukalos avoids it.
Tsoukalos has Masotti pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Masotti manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Giorgio Tsoukalos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Masotti with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Masotti tries to land a knee to the head but Tsoukalos blocks with his arms.
Masotti lands an elbow inside.
Masotti utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Masotti tries to land a knee to the head but Tsoukalos blocks with his arms.
Masotti creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Masotti using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toga Masotti dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Masotti throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Masotti scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tsoukalos tries for a takedown but Masotti sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Masotti closes the distance and clinches.
Masotti has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Masotti misses with an elbow strike.
Masotti prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tsoukalos stalling in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tsoukalos wants to take the fight to the mat but Masotti manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Giorgio Tsoukalos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Masotti tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tsoukalos avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Masotti is pressed up against the cage. Tsoukalos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Masotti down to the mat. Masotti avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Tsoukalos moves in looking to clinch but Masotti pushes him off.
Masotti gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Masotti scores with a knee to the head.
Masotti misses with a knee strike.
Toga Masotti seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsoukalos tries to score a body lock takedown but Masotti shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Masotti misses with an elbow strike.
Masotti is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Tsoukalos is keeping busy.
Tsoukalos is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Masotti is defending well.
Masotti tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Masotti misses with a knee strike.
Masotti looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Masotti stops a takedown attempt from Tsoukalos.
Masotti looking to throw knees to the head but Tsoukalos is blocking nicely.
Masotti misses with a knee to the head.
Tsoukalos blocks the elbow strike.
Masotti looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Masotti is pressed up against the cage. Tsoukalos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Masotti down to the mat. Masotti avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Tsoukalos shoots in for a double leg but Masotti sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsoukalos drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Masotti manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Masotti takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Tsoukalos is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Masotti's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Masotti's back!
Masotti can't escape the position.
Masotti turns into Tsoukalos and is now in his guard.
Masotti stands and steps away. Tsoukalos gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Tsoukalos blocks a head kick by Masotti.
Masotti scoring well with a low kick there.
Toga Masotti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tsoukalos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Masotti throws out the jab.
Tsoukalos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Masotti circles away.
Tsoukalos shoots in for a takedown but Masotti shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A head kick misses from Masotti.
Tsoukalos shoots in looking for a takedown but Masotti manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Tsoukalos's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsoukalos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Masotti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tsoukalos with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Masotti to score with a decent uppercut.
Masotti lands a head kick. Tsoukalos smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tsoukalos shoots in for a double leg but Masotti sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Tsoukalos tries to keep at a distance but Masotti has taken the fight into the clinch.
Masotti tries to land a knee to the head but Tsoukalos blocks with his arms.
Masotti misses with a knee to the head.
Masotti lands a damaging elbow.
Masotti throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Masotti throws a knee to the head but misses.
Masotti tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Masotti using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tsoukalos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Masotti tries to land a knee to the head but Tsoukalos blocks with his arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsoukalos is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Masotti can't fight it off and eventually Tsoukalos manages to take the fight to the floor. Masotti looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tsoukalos stopping the sweep attempt from Masotti.
Tsoukalos wants to control from the top but Masotti keeps moving.
Tsoukalos looking to sit in guard and control but Masotti gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Giorgio Tsoukalos overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Masotti has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Tsoukalos is proving hard to escape from.
Tsoukalos looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Masotti puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Masotti is controlling the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toga Masotti showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Masotti misses with a wild body shot.
Masotti throws a head kick but Tsoukalos moves out of range.
Tsoukalos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A head kick misses from Masotti.
Masotti keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Masotti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Masotti.
Tsoukalos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Masotti swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsoukalos fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Masotti throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Tsoukalos's head.
Masotti misses with a head kick.
Masotti misses with a jab, cross combination.
Toga Masotti seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Masotti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tsoukalos avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masotti pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Masotti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tsoukalos will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Giorgio Tsoukalos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tsoukalos misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Masotti tries to clinch up but Tsoukalos circles away and keeps his distance.
Tsoukalos shoots for a takedown but Masotti saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Giorgio Tsoukalos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Masotti keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tsoukalos throws an overhand right that lands on Masotti's shoulder, as Masotti tries to avoid the shot.
Masotti scores with a leg kick.
Tsoukalos takes the fight into the clinch.
Tsoukalos avoiding damage as Masotti throws knees to the body.
Masotti misses with an elbow strike.
Masotti tries to land a knee to the head but Tsoukalos blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masotti crunches a lovely knee into Tsoukalos's ribcage.
Tsoukalos managing to block the knees to the body from Masotti.
Masotti tries to land a knee to the head but Tsoukalos blocks with his arms.
Masotti lands a knee to the head.
Masotti tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Masotti misses with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Masotti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tsoukalos.
Tsoukalos avoiding damage as Masotti throws knees to the body.
Tsoukalos is looking to take this one to the mat.
Masotti looking to throw knees to the head but Tsoukalos is blocking nicely.
Toga Masotti is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Tsoukalos tries for a takedown but Masotti manages to get underhooks.
A knee to the head by Masotti.
Masotti landing knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masotti missing with knees to the body.
Masotti tries a knee to the head but Tsoukalos blocks it.
Tsoukalos is looking for a takedown.
Masotti effectively controlling the action here.
Masotti gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tsoukalos blocks an elbow strike from Masotti.
Masotti throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tsoukalos blocks it with crossed arms.
Masotti tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Masotti throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tsoukalos blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masotti prevents the takedown attempt.
Tsoukalos drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Masotti gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tsoukalos can't get the takedown.
Giorgio Tsoukalos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tsoukalos can't get the takedown.
Tsoukalos has had enough of the clinch but Masotti keeps him there for the moment.
Tsoukalos is trying to drag Masotti to the mat but Masotti just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Tsoukalos is looking to take this one to the mat.
Masotti tries a knee to the head but Tsoukalos blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Toga Masotti comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Masotti winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 26:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 26:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Toga Masotti!
Toga Masotti took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Zipp Zapp for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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