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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Petr Hrdlica (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Tocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Petr Hrdlica!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Paulo Tocha!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tocha showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hrdlica.
Tocha tries to clinch up.
Tocha doesn't manage to clinch there - Hrdlica circles away.
Hrdlica scores with a kick to the midsection.
Tocha defending well as Hrdlica loads up on a big left hand.
Tocha tries to clinch but Hrdlica moves out of range.
Hrdlica swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tocha throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tocha throws and low kick but Hrdlica moves out of range easily.
Tocha throws a lazy body kick
letting Hrdlica counter with a right hand.
Hrdlica scores with a sloppy right hand. Tocha should have avoided that one.
Hrdlica throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tocha looks to throw the jab but Hrdlica is out of range.
Hrdlica throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hrdlica misses with an uppercut.
Tocha shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hrdlica as he jumps to the side.
Hrdlica jabs at Tocha's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tocha lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hrdlica at a distance.
Tocha tries to clinch but Hrdlica moves away
and Hrdlica counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tocha throws a body kick the misses
and Hrdlica counters by moving into the clinch.
Hrdlica lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Hrdlica.
Hrdlica presses Tocha against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tocha tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hrdlica lands a right hand.
Hrdlica's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tocha darts in trying to clinch
and Hrdlica moves into the clinch.
Tocha wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hrdlica's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Tocha wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hrdlica lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tocha trying to land knees to the body.
Tocha wants to get back to striking at distance but Hrdlica won't allow it.
Hrdlica lands a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tocha is trying to break free.
Tocha misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hrdlica.
Hrdlica is struggling to control the position.
Hrdlica scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hrdlica is struggling to control the position.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Hrdlica for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Hrdlica scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hrdlica is stalling here.
Tocha wants to break free but Hrdlica has control.
Hrdlica breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Petr Hrdlica is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tocha fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tocha scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Tocha looks gassed!
Hrdlica lands a head shot.
A shot to the body from Hrdlica misses
and Tocha counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hrdlica thinking.
A jab from Hrdlica does it's job there.
Tocha wants to clinch but Hrdlica slips to the side
enabling Hrdlica to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hrdlica scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hrdlica scores with a decent looking hook.
Hrdlica avoids the head kick by Tocha.
Tocha looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Petr Hrdlica has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paulo Tocha.
Tocha wants to clinch but Hrdlica slips to the side
and Hrdlica counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hrdlica.
Hrdlica lands a hook that snaps the head of Tocha backwards.
Hrdlica lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tocha throws a head punch that misses.
Tocha is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Hrdlica gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Hrdlica breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hrdlica lands with a hook. Tocha tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hrdlica lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hrdlica breaks the clinch.
Hrdlica missing with a left hand there. Tocha was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tocha throws a series of punches but Hrdlica avoids them all with ease.
Tocha darts in trying to clinch
and Hrdlica counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hrdlica.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hrdlica breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tocha staying out of range there.
Tocha has his takedown stuffed
and Hrdlica counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hrdlica escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tocha misses with a takedown
and Hrdlica counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hrdlica connects with a single shot there.
The crowd cheers as Hrdlica lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tocha doesn't seem phased though.
Tocha throws a head kick but Hrdlica moves out of range.
Hrdlica's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Hrdlica duly obliges.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hrdlica clinches up against the ropes.
A right hook to the body lands for Hrdlica.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Hrdlica creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hrdlica lands a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hrdlica.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Petr Hrdlica dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Tocha tries to clinch
and Tocha takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hrdlica clinches up with Tocha and pushes him back against the ropes.
Hrdlica landing knees to the head.
Tocha misses with a knee strike.
Tocha is trying to break free.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hrdlica keeps control of Tocha as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tocha wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hrdlica lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tocha jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hrdlica walks away with a smile on his face. Tocha gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Tocha scores with a jab. Hrdlica acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Paulo Tocha is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hrdlica looks to land a right hand but Tocha moved out of range.
Hrdlica fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tocha, pushing him back against the ropes.
Hrdlica pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tocha tries to clinch up
and Hrdlica counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hrdlica lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hrdlica lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Hrdlica.
Tocha wants to break free but Hrdlica has control.
Hrdlica breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tocha swinging wilding here.
Hrdlica clinches up against the ropes.
Tocha is trying to break the clinch but Hrdlica has him pressed against the ropes.
Hrdlica lands an uppercut.
Hrdlica softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Hrdlica's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tocha wants to clinch but Hrdlica slips to the side
and Hrdlica counters by moving into the clinch.
Hrdlica just leaning against Tocha, taking a breather.
Hrdlica breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tocha ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tocha tries to clinch but Hrdlica moves away
and Hrdlica counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hrdlica tries to close the distance and clinch but Tocha swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hrdlica throws a hook but Tocha blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tocha tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hrdlica was well out of range. Poor timing from Tocha.
Hrdlica takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tocha ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tocha gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Hrdlica counters by moving into the clinch.
Hrdlica keeps control of Tocha as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hrdlica lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Tocha fails to land.
Hrdlica lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tocha backwards.
Tocha jumps guard but Hrdlica stands there with Tocha around his waist. Tocha gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Petr Hrdlica has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paulo Tocha.
Hrdlica blocks the elbow strike.
Hrdlica presses Tocha against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hrdlica scores with a shot to the side of Tocha's head.
Hrdlica leaning against his opponent.
Tocha looking to stall.
Hrdlica prevents Tocha from breaking the clinch.
Hrdlica keeps control of Tocha as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tocha wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hrdlica scores with a shot to the side of Tocha's head.
Hrdlica escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tocha fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tocha darts in trying to clinch
and Hrdlica moves into the clinch.
Hrdlica prevents Tocha from breaking the clinch.
Hrdlica scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Hrdlica on the inside.
Tocha wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hrdlica lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tocha misses with a body punch.
Hrdlica lands a right hand.
A bit of stalling here from Tocha.
Hrdlica lands a nice uppercut.
Hrdlica has Tocha pressed against the ropes.
Hrdlica lands an uppercut.
Tocha is trying to drag Hrdlica to the mat but Hrdlica just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Hrdlica has Tocha pushed against the ropes.
That's four 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.
A short right from Hrdlica.
Tocha wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tocha is trying to break the clinch but Hrdlica has him pressed against the ropes.
Tocha takes a shot to the head.
Hrdlica lands with a light punch inside.
Tocha wants to break free but Hrdlica has control.
Hrdlica prevents Tocha from breaking the clinch.
The is referee keeping an eye on Hrdlica - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A shot in the inside from Hrdlica.
Hrdlica working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hrdlica has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Tocha breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tocha clinches up against the ropes.
Hrdlica blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Hrdlica.
Hrdlica breaks from the clinch.
Tocha fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A slow jab from Hrdlica misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Petr Hrdlica dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Some wild striking there from Hrdlica.
Tocha misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Hrdlica to counter with a crisp jab.
Hrdlica has taken the fight to the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Hrdlica.
Hrdlica escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tocha has his takedown stuffed
and Hrdlica counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tocha thinking.
Tocha lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tocha tries to clinch but Hrdlica moves out of range.
Hrdlica closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Hrdlica scores with a shoulder strike.
Hrdlica scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hrdlica using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hrdlica dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Hrdlica looking to slow down the pace here.
Hrdlica lands a left hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tocha jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hrdlica walks away with a smile on his face. Tocha gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Petr Hrdlica has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paulo Tocha.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hrdlica misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tocha.
Tocha lands with a nice body punch.
Hrdlica walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tocha scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hrdlica in his tracks.
Hrdlica blocks a head kick by Tocha.
Tocha tries to clinch up
and Hrdlica counters with a left and a right that stings Tocha.
No luck for Tocha with that takedown attempt.
Hrdlica closes the distance and clinches.
Hrdlica scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hrdlica pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tocha darts in trying to clinch
enabling Hrdlica to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hrdlica lands an overhand right.
Tocha misses with a takedown
and Hrdlica counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hrdlica.
Tocha's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short right from Hrdlica on the inside.
Tocha is trying to break free.
Hrdlica makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tocha is looking to break free of the clinch but Hrdlica has double underhooks.
Hrdlica lands a left hand.
Tocha is trying to stall.
Tocha wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hrdlica has him pressed against the ropes.
Hrdlica breaks from the clinch.
Tocha wants to clinch.
Tocha doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hrdlica counters by moving into the clinch.
Hrdlica pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tocha has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tocha there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tocha has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Tocha doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hrdlica counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hrdlica.
Tocha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice body punch from Tocha.
Hrdlica throws out a loose jab but Tocha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tocha throws a right and a left that Hrdlica avoids nicely.
Hrdlica clinches up against the ropes.
Tocha can't break the clinch.
Hrdlica scores with a shot to the side of Tocha's head.
Hrdlica lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hrdlica's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hrdlica lands a nice shot that snaps Tocha's head back.
Tocha takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tocha fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tocha tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Hrdlica counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Hrdlica lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hrdlica is leaning against Tocha and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Petr Hrdlica is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Petr Hrdlica has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hrdlica cracks Tocha with a nice body shot.
Good body shot from Hrdlica.
Hrdlica lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tocha backwards.
Hrdlica is pressed up against the ropes. Tocha has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hrdlica down to the mat. Hrdlica avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Tocha takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hrdlica lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Paulo Tocha has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hrdlica paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tocha takes one to the chin there.
Tocha shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Hrdlica connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hrdlica drives through and clinches with Tocha against the ropes.
Hrdlica will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tocha up against the ropes.
Hrdlica gets through Tocha's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Petr Hrdlica showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hrdlica has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Petr Hrdlica!
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight for Petr Hrdlica!
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Petr Hrdlica!
Petr Hrdlica wins by unanimous decision!
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