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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Julio El Toro (ranked 1807 p4p, 242 weight class) and Max Casacci (ranked 4009 p4p, 451 weight class). Casacci has chosen Heartbeat as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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196 lbs
26 - 22 - 1 |
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198 lbs
26 - 10 - 0 |
World class boxer
Cardio machine
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Heavy handed
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 22 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Julio El Toro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Max Casacci!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Toro swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Casacci.
El Toro throws an off balance right hand
and Casacci counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Julio El Toro has been cut.
Casacci throws a head kick but El Toro moves out of range.
We've been informed that Casacci 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.
Casacci throws the kick towards the body but El Toro avoids it.
The fighters circling - El Toro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Casacci tries to clinch up.
Casacci is looking to clinch but El Toro is avoiding it.
El Toro misses with a hook.
Casacci gets cracked there but stands up to it.
El Toro loads up on a big right hand but Casacci slips the punch.
Casacci lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sloppy strikes from Casacci. Those never looked like landing.
El Toro lands a really nice looking cross but Casacci seems unphased.
El Toro lands with a straight right. Casacci didn't see that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
El Toro looks to throw the jab but Casacci is out of range.
A left lands for El Toro.
Casacci slips a straight right by El Toro.
Casacci tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and El Toro is able to avoid easily.
El Toro throws a jab but it's blocked by Casacci.
El Toro rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Casacci moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A punch combination from Casacci misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for El Toro.
El Toro throws a jab but it's blocked by Casacci.
El Toro throws a push kick but Casacci slaps the foot to one side.
Casacci lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Casacci ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Casacci is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Casacci tries to work over El Toro's front leg with a kick but El Toro checks it.
El Toro paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
El Toro dodges the punch combination from Casacci.
El Toro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
An attempted straight right counter from El Toro misses the target.
Both fighters circling a little - El Toro finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
El Toro circles away from the clinch attempt.
It looked like El Toro wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Casacci misses with a few strikes there.
El Toro blocks a low kick nicely.
Casacci throws a series of punches but El Toro avoids them all with ease.
El Toro misses with a looping left.
El Toro throws an overhand right that lands on Casacci's shoulder, as Casacci tries to avoid the shot.
Casacci connects with a looping right hand.
El Toro waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Casacci.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Casacci misses with a two punch combination.
Casacci displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as El Toro throws out the jab.
El Toro misses with a looping left.
A combination from Casacci does no damage.
Julio El Toro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
El Toro bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Casacci's head backwards.
Casacci moves in looking to clinch but El Toro pushes him off.
Casacci wants to clinch.
El Toro circles away from the clinch attempt.
El Toro throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Casacci makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
El Toro is looking to slow Casacci down with leg kicks.
A jab from El Toro misses.
El Toro misses with a looping right.
Casacci tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Casacci avoids a kick to the body.
A little jabbing left from Casacci on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
El Toro looks to land a right hand but Casacci moved out of range.
Some wild striking there from Casacci.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Toro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Casacci.
El Toro misses with a straight left.
Casacci wants to clinch up but El Toro keeps it at a distance.
Casacci slips a jab from El Toro.
El Toro scores with the left hand. Casacci knows he should have avoided that one.
El Toro is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Casacci uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from El Toro.
El Toro is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Casacci.
Nice uppercut lands for El Toro. That snapped Casacci's head back.
A decent looking cross lands there for El Toro.
A slow jab from El Toro misses its intended target.
Casacci displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as El Toro throws out the jab.
It seemed like Casacci was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
El Toro throws a jab when Casacci was well out of range.
Casacci is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
El Toro throws a shot from downtown. Casacci moves away and avoids it.
Casacci throws a counter combo.
Casacci blocks a jab.
Casacci steps to the side to avoid the strikes from El Toro.
El Toro misses with an attempted mid kick.
Casacci is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Casacci moves into the clinch successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Toro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
El Toro pushes off an throws an elbow but Casacci leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
El Toro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
El Toro misses with a hook from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Casacci breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Casacci is looking to land body kicks.
El Toro misses with a hook. Casacci ducked under it nicely.
Casacci is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
El Toro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A countering left hand to the body from Casacci misses.
Casacci tries to clinch but El Toro moves out of range.
El Toro throws a looping overhand right but Casacci ducks down to avoid it.
El Toro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Casacci clinches.
Casacci is trying to force a seperation but El Toro has the dominant position.
Casacci trying to control the position but instead, El Toro has worked for underhooks and has pushed Casacci into the ropes.
El Toro has a couple of punches blocked by Casacci.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
El Toro misses with a hook from the clinch.
El Toro misses with a hook from the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
I was talking to El Toro's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Casacci manages to break the clinch.
Casacci throws a head kick but El Toro moves out of range.
El Toro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
El Toro throws a right hand that misses
and Casacci holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Casacci throws a knee to the head but misses.
Casacci breaks from the clinch.
El Toro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
El Toro throws an overhand right that lands on Casacci's shoulder, as Casacci tries to avoid the shot.
Casacci lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
El Toro looks to land a right hand but Casacci moved out of range.
Casacci was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
El Toro takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
El Toro throws a hook but Casacci blocks it.
Casacci tries to clinch but El Toro moves out of range.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A big right from El Toro misses.
Casacci tries to counter with a clinch but El Toro shakes him off and moves away.
Casacci moves out of range of the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
El Toro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
El Toro defending well as Casacci loads up on a big left hand.
Casacci avoids a kick to the body.
Casacci's hands are dropping dangerously low here and El Toro connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Casacci scrambles back to his feet.
A jab from El Toro misses.
Nice defenses there by Casacci.
El Toro swings widly with a right hand
letting Casacci counter with a right hand.
Casacci tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but El Toro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from El Toro misses the target.
El Toro missing with a left hand there. Casacci was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
El Toro throws a jab when Casacci was well out of range.
El Toro loads up on a big right hand but Casacci slips the punch.
Casacci tries to clinch there but El Toro circles away.
Casacci slips a jab from El Toro.
El Toro swings widly with a right hand
and Casacci counters with a one-two to the body.
Casacci throws a body kick that misses.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Casacci displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as El Toro throws out the jab.
Casacci wants to clinch up but El Toro keeps it at a distance.
Casacci is looking to clinch.
Casacci tries to clinch but El Toro is having none of it.
El Toro dodges the punch combination from Casacci.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
El Toro lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Casacci slips a straight right by El Toro.
Casacci takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
El Toro lands with a hook. Casacci tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Casacci looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Casacci takes one to the chin there.
El Toro misses with an uppercut.
Casacci wants to counter the offense by El Toro and move into the clinch position.
Casacci tries to close the distance and clinch up but El Toro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A big left from El Toro misses.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
El Toro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Casacci looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Casacci misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from El Toro misses.
A punch lands to the side of Casacci 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Casacci ducks under a wild hook from El Toro.
El Toro keeps the fight on the outside.
El Toro cracks Casacci with a right hand to the side of the head.
Casacci moves out of range as El Toro strikes.
El Toro keeps the fight on the outside.
El Toro throws out a loose jab but Casacci uses good head movement to avoid it.
Casacci tries to clinch but El Toro moves out of range.
Max Casacci has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Casacci tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. El Toro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Julio El Toro is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
El Toro lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
El Toro throws a looping overhand right but Casacci ducks down to avoid it.
El Toro tests Casacci's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Casacci misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from El Toro.
El Toro with a jab.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
El Toro throws a hook to the side of Casacci's head but Casacci sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Casacci tries to clinch up but El Toro circles away and keeps his distance.
El Toro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Casacci sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Casacci wants to counter the offense by El Toro and move into the clinch position.
El Toro keeps the fight on the outside.
Jab by El Toro.
El Toro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Casacci sees it coming and avoids it easily.
El Toro blocks a head kick by Casacci.
A jab from El Toro does it's job there.
Casacci scores with a leg kick.
A punch lands to the side of Casacci 's head but he takes it in his stride.
El Toro throws a hook but Casacci avoids it easily.
Casacci walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Casacci doesn't manage to clinch there - El Toro circles away.
Casacci staying out of range there.
El Toro missing with a left hand there. Casacci was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
El Toro avoids the body shot from Casacci.
Casacci steps to the side to avoid the strikes from El Toro.
Casacci lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
And that's the end of the fight!
Julio El Toro showed his dominance in that final round.
I think El Toro has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Julio El Toro!
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight for Julio El Toro!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Julio El Toro!
Julio El Toro wins by unanimous decision!
Julio El Toro tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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