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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Karol Tarczynski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Victorio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Victorio has chosen Guano Apes - Open your eyes as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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198 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Karol Tarczynski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
48 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonny Victorio!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Victorio shoots in but no luck this time.
Tarczynski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Victorio.
Victorio throws a body shot but no joy.
Tarczynski lands a jab to the nose.
Tarczynski avoids the head kick by Victorio.
Tarczynski takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tarczynski scores with a shot to the body.
Tarczynski definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tarczynski looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Victorio misses with a hook. Tarczynski ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tarczynski misses with a hook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Victorio! But no joy.
Victorio moves away from the strike by Tarczynski.
A swing and a miss from Victorio.
Tarczynski scores with a nice head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarczynski walks into a jab.
Victorio takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A punch combination from Victorio misses.
Tarczynski ducks under a wild hook from Victorio.
Victorio misses with an uppercut.
Victorio scores with a jab.
Tarczynski lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That kick from Tarczynski tenderised Victorio's leg. Victorio is trying to keep his angry face on.
Victorio punishes Tarczynski's body with a nice straight punch.
Tarczynski swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Victorio.
Tarczynski walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Victorio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tarczynski throws out the jab.
Victorio looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A leg kick checked by Tarczynski.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victorio swats away the attempt to clinch by Tarczynski.
Tarczynski jabs Victorio right on the nose. Victorio blinks but takes it well.
It looks like Jonny Victorio has been cut.
Victorio slips a jab from Tarczynski.
Victorio avoids the body shot from Tarczynski.
Tarczynski avoids the body shot from Victorio.
Tarczynski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Karol Tarczynski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tarczynski moves into the clinch successfully.
Tarczynski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Victorio avoids it.
Victorio escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Victorio has a takedown stuffed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tarczynski avoids the body shot from Victorio.
Victorio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tarczynski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tarczynski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A countering left hand to the body from Victorio misses.
Tarczynski with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Victorio takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Victorio drives through with a takedown into Tarczynski's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Victorio is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Victorio stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tarczynski swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tarczynski is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victorio stays in close to Tarczynski's body and controls the position.
Tarczynski pulls Victorio in to control the position.
Tarczynski keeping moving, preventing Victorio from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tarczynski throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Victorio trying to control but Tarczynski is working from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Tarczynski fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Victorio checks it well.
Tarczynski throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jonny Victorio will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jonny Victorio's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tarczynski takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Victorio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tarczynski throws out the jab.
A jab from Tarczynski misses.
Victorio comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tarczynski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tarczynski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Victorio.
And Victorio tries to counter it with a takedown but Tarczynski pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Tarczynski lands a lovely overhand right.
Victorio ducks under a wild hook from Tarczynski.
Victorio unleashes a big counter combination but Tarczynski bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Victorio goes for a double leg but Tarczynski avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Tarczynski continues to drive forward.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tarczynski throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tarczynski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Victorio.
Tarczynski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Victorio.
Karol Tarczynski is winning the standup battle so far.
Victorio throws a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Victorio throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tarczynski blocks the body kick.
Tarczynski misses with a kick to the body
and Victorio makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tarczynski lands a jab to the nose.
Tarczynski misses with a straight right.
Victorio misses with a looping right.
Victorio stuns Tarczynski with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A big left from Victorio misses.
Victorio throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tarczynski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tarczynski tried to counter with a leg kick but Victorio avoided it.
Tarczynski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A punch lands to the side of Tarczynski 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Victorio misses with a combination
and Tarczynski counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Victorio takes a shot to the head.
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!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Victorio.
Tarczynski throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Victorios head.
Tarczynski lands a nice uppercut.
Tarczynski prevents Victorio from breaking the clinch.
Victorio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Victorio does it's job there.
Victorio missing with a left hand there. Tarczynski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
No luck for Victorio with that takedown attempt.
Victorio takes a swing at Tarczynski's ribcage but misses.
Tarczynski scores with a one two! Victorio had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tarczynski scores with a nice right hand.
Tarczynski misses with a straight right.
The crowd cheers as Tarczynski lands an impressive looking overhand right. Victorio doesn't seem phased though.
Tarczynski darts in and clinches Victorio up against the cage.
Tarczynski leaning against his opponent.
Tarczynski struggles to land a body shot inside as Victorio controls his hands.
Tarczynski blocks an uppercut.
Tarczynski lands a shoulder strike.
Tarczynski softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tarczynski working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Victorio lands with a light punch inside.
Tarczynski goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Victorio lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tarczynski backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Victorio throws a head punch that misses.
Tarczynski misses with the head strike.
Victorio breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tarczynski throws a shot to the body.
Victorio has a takedown stuffed.
Karol Tarczynski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonny Victorio.
Victorio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tarczynski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Victorio manages to avoid it.
Victorio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tarczynski was well out of range. Poor timing from Victorio.
Tarczynski misses with a kick to the body.
Victorio misses the shot to the body.
Tarczynski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Victorio.
Victorio swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice shot lands for Tarczynski.
Tarczynski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Victorio.
Tarczynski avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karol Tarczynski dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jonny Victorio's cut.
That's time! Tarczynski's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Victorio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tarczynski was well out of range. Poor timing from Victorio.
Tarczynski buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tarczynski scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Victorio, right into the meat.
Victorio takes a swing at Tarczynski's ribcage but misses.
Victorio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tarczynski lands with a good body shot.
Tarczynski slips under a jab.
As Victorio tries to get set, Tarczynski tries to push him back and clinch up but Victorio manages to avoid the attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Victorio thows a left - swing and a miss!
Good shot there by Tarczynski.
Tarczynski scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Victorio throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tarczynski stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarczynski takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tarczynski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Victorio finds it's way through Tarczynski's defenses.
Tarczynski takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Victorio connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Tarczynski scores with a nice right hand.
Victorio looks to land a combination but Tarczynski avoids it well.
Victorio on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tarczynski. Tarczynski obviously looking to wear him down.
Tarczynski checks a leg kick.
Tarczynski scores with a punch to the head.
Nice sprawl there from Tarczynski as Victorio shoots in.
Tarczynski feints and then cracks Victorio's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Victorio down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tarczynski listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tarczynski avoids a kick to the body.
Tarczynski checks the leg kick.
Victorio slips under a jab from Tarczynski.
Victorio digs a good hook to Tarczynski's body.
Tarczynski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tarczynski throwing a counter right hand but Victorio manages to avoid it.
Victorio tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tarczynski misses the shot to the body.
Tarczynski takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Victorio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Victorio throws a right hand that Tarczynski ducks under and follows up with a left that Tarczynski also avoids with ease.
Victorio throws a chopping leg kick but Tarczynski manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Victorio slips under a jab from Tarczynski.
Victorio throws an overhand right that lands on Tarczynski's shoulder, as Tarczynski tries to avoid the shot.
As Victorio tries to get set, Tarczynski tries to push him back and clinch up but Victorio manages to avoid the attempt.
Victorio misses with an uppercut. Tarczynski saw that one coming.
Victorio lands with a thumping leg kick.
Victorio avoids a kick to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tarczynski.
Victorio shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tarczynski pinned against the cage. Tarczynski gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Victorio throws a shot to the body.
Tarczynski looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tarczynski tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Victorio was well out of range. Poor timing from Tarczynski.
Tarczynski closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tarczynski sizes up Victorio with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Victorio ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Victorio shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tarczynski pinned against the cage. Tarczynski gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jonny Victorio.
I think Victorio 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Karol Tarczynski!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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