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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Victorio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kelemi Seia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victorio comes to the cage accompanied by Nightingale - The Glory Days. Seia is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Offspring - All i Want. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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204 lbs
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209 lbs
20 - 11 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good 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
14 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tommy Victorio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kelemi Seia!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Victorio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Seia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Seia lands a nice looking body shot.
Seia slaps away a takedown attempt from Victorio, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Seia is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Victorio.
Victorio darts in looking for a takedown but Seia gets double underhooks and turns Victorio into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Victorio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Victorio is trying to drag Seia to the mat but Seia just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Seia misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Victorio is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Seia pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Seia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Victorio has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Seia lands an uppercut.
Seia softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Victorio has Seia pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Victorio pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Seia tumbling to the mat - Victorio dives into Seia's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorio wants to control from the top but Seia keeps moving.
Seia tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Victorio trying to control but Seia is working from the bottom.
Victorio throws a strike but Seia rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Victorio escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Seia gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Victorio working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Seia doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Seia manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victorio has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Victorio is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Victorio is controlling Seia's posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio wants to stand and escape but Seia is having none of it.
Victorio controlling Seia's posture.
Seia is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Victorio wants to sweep here but Seia controlling him for the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Victorio gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victorio is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Seia keeping hold of Victorio's head, controlling as best he can.
Victorio tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Victorio throwing shots but Seia is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kelemi Seia will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Victorio tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Seia swivels and escapes.
Seia is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Seia takes a swing at Victorio's ribcage but misses.
Victorio takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Seia throws a big shot that misses.
Seia misses with an attempted mid kick.
Victorio gets a double leg takedown into Seia's guard.
Seia keeping moving, preventing Victorio from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Victorio controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorio trying to control the position from guard on top but Seia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Victorio trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Victorio trying to control but Seia is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Victorio fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Seia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Seia blocks a head kick by Victorio.
A punch combination from Victorio misses.
Seia jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tommy Victorio is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Victorio avoids a kick to the body.
Seia buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Victorio throws a push kick but Seia slaps the foot to one side.
The fighters circling - Seia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kelemi Seia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seia misses with a straight right.
Victorio shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Victorio takes the fight into the clinch.
Seia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Seia cracks Victorio with a nice body shot.
Seia swings wildly with an uppercut but Victorio uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seia throws a head punch that misses.
Seia pushes Victorio back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A right handed body shot lands from Seia.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Seia has a couple of punches blocked by Victorio.
Victorio has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Seia after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Victorio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Seia is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Victorio takes a shot to the head.
Victorio blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Seia lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Seia stalling the fight.
Seia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Victorio has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Seia after a bit of a struggle.
Seia lands a right hand.
Seia working aggressively here.
Seia is working Victorio over against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seia lands a nice shot to the body.
Victorio's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Seia softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Seia struggles to land a body shot inside as Victorio controls his hands.
Seia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Victorio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Victorio gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Victorio walks into a stiff left hand from Seia.
Seia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Seia with a jab.
Seia keeps Victorio at a distance using the push kick.
Victorio connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Seia takes the fight into the clinch.
Seia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice left hand lands by Seia.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kelemi Seia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Victorio will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Victorio looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Seia!
Victorio trying to control the action but Seia is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seia taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorio goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Seia rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Victorio's guard! Nice work there by Seia!
Victorio is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Victorio tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Victorio is striking from the bottom but Seia uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victorio is trying to get back to full guard.
Tommy Victorio overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Victorio trying to control here.
Victorio is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Seia pulls his head out easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio is concentrating on defense, preventing Seia from advancing position.
Victorio tries to roll over but Seia keeps him under control.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Tommy Victorio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Seia is trying to control. Victorio wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Victorio looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Seia is fending him off so far but Victorio persists. Nope, Seia circles away and we're back to standing.
Victorio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Seia.
Seia throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Victorio moves out of range of the strikes.
Seia misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Seia lands a nice looking body kick.
Victorio darts in looking for a takedown but Seia gets double underhooks and turns Victorio into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Victorio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Seia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Victorio drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Victorio.
Good body shot from Seia.
Seia throws a head punch that misses.
Kelemi Seia seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Seia lands a left hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Victorio.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Victorio looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Seia's coach down at Kebab House was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Seia's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Seia lands a body punch.
Seia tries to throw a body punch but Victorio avoids it by throwing Seia back against the cage.
Seia gets through Victorio's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Seia.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kelemi Seia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Seia 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kelemi Seia!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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