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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edwin Elpidio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matti Tolonen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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215 lbs
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225 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Edwin Elpidio!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matti Tolonen!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elpidio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tolonen.
Tolonen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Tolonen scores with a nice strike.
Tolonen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Elpidio.
Elpidio swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Edwin Elpidio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tolonen staying out of range there.
Tolonen misses with a straight left.
Tolonen lands with a shot to the body.
A big left from Elpidio misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Elpidio misses with a hook. Tolonen ducked under it nicely.
Elpidio darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Elpidio misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tolonen. Elpidio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Elpidio drops Tolonen with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Tolonen looks back up at him and smiles so Elpidio waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Tolonen is rocked!
It looks like Matti Tolonen has been cut.
Elpidio uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tolonen.
Elpidio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tolonen! But no joy.
Elpidio looks to throw the jab but Tolonen is out of range.
Tolonen throws a hook but Elpidio blocks it.
Elpidio misses with a hook
and Tolonen counters with a straight right hand.
Elpidio misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
We've been told by Elpidio's head coaches at Victory Gym and Spa that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tolonen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Elpidio fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Elpidio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tolonen throws out the jab.
Elpidio appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elpidio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tolonen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tolonen throws a hook but Elpidio blocks it.
Tolonen looks to land a left hand but Elpidio moved out of range nicely.
As Tolonen backs away, Elpidio returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A big left from Elpidio misses.
Elpidio swings away with a body shot that misses
and Elpidio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Elpidio connects with a body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Elpidio as he connects with a hook.
Tolonen misses with a lunging right hand
and Elpidio counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tolonen thinking.
Elpidio misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elpidio fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tolonen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tolonen throws the left hand but Elpidio avoids the punch easily.
Elpidio swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Elpidio tries to clinch but Tolonen is having none of it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tolonen! But no joy.
Tolonen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Elpidio.
Tolonen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Elpidio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tolonen slips under a jab from Elpidio.
Tolonen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Elpidio throws a hook but Tolonen blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elpidio tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tolonen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tolonen misses with a hook
and Elpidio counters with a nice body shot.
Elpidio throws a nice looking combination but Tolonen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Elpidio misses with a hook. Tolonen ducked under it nicely.
Tolonen slips a jab from Elpidio.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tolonen! But no joy.
Elpidio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tolonen.
Tolonen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Elpidio manages to avoid it.
Elpidio looks to throw the jab but Tolonen is out of range.
Tolonen now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Tolonen misses with a shot to the body
letting Elpidio counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edwin Elpidio dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matti Tolonen's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tolonen misses with a lunging right hand
and Elpidio makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Tolonen might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Elpidio has got the better of the exchanges.
Elpidio scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tolonen in his tracks.
Tolonen throws a body punch but Elpidio moves out of range.
Tolonen connects with a body shot that sends Elpidio's belly button to the back.
Elpidio looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tolonen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Edwin Elpidio is winning the standup battle so far.
Elpidio avoids the body shot from Tolonen.
Tolonen misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Elpidio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tolonen.
Tolonen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Elpidio was well out of range. Poor timing from Tolonen.
Tolonen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Elpidio moves away.
Elpidio lands a big uppercut and Tolonen crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Tolonen looks OK. Elpidio waves Tolonen back to his feet!
Tolonen is still on wobbly legs! Can Elpidio finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolonen circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Elpidio. Tolonen falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Elpidio!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Edwin Elpidio!
Edwin Elpidio retains his light heavyweight title!
A less than humble Edwin Elpidio misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
Matti Tolonen was interviewed post fight and said 'Grappler just got lucky!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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