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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Galtero El Toro (ranked 335 p4p, 49 weight class) and Alexandru Mircea (ranked 129 p4p, 19 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think El Toro might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ballad of Bodacious . Mircea has chosen Holy Wars...The Punishment Due 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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270 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Galtero El Toro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alexandru Mircea!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Wesley Smith and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mircea throws a head kick but El Toro moves out of range.
Mircea misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from El Toro.
El Toro misses with a hook.
El Toro shoots in looking for a takedown. Mircea tries to sprawl out of it but El Toro keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Mircea manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mircea throws a body punch but El Toro moves out of range.
Mircea lands with a right hand.
Mircea throws a low kick, looking for El Toro's leg but El Toro calmly moves out of range.
El Toro takes one on the button.
Alexandru Mircea seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mircea tries to sprawl but El Toro drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
El Toro tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mircea knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
El Toro is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Mircea sees it coming and defends easily.
Mircea keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro controlling the action here.
El Toro thows a huge punch but Mircea dodges it nicely.
El Toro throwing shots but Mircea is blocking nicely.
El Toro landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
El Toro throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Mircea to regain full guard.
El Toro has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
El Toro trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
El Toro working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mircea looking to hit a scissor sweep but El Toro is one step ahead there.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
El Toro trying to control the position from guard on top but Mircea is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
El Toro lands a couple of elbows.
Mircea wants to sweep but no luck.
Mircea keeping full guard, as El Toro tries to pass.
El Toro forces his way into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mircea won't allow El Toro to pass to mount.
El Toro working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
El Toro trying to control the action but Mircea is working from the bottom.
El Toro is looking to stall here but Mircea recovers full guard.
Mircea looking to hit a scissor sweep but El Toro is one step ahead there.
El Toro trying to control but Mircea is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
El Toro is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mircea keeping moving, preventing El Toro from controlling successfully.
El Toro landing some decent shots from guard.
El Toro trying to control but Mircea is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Galtero El Toro dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
El Toro blocks a low kick nicely.
El Toro changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
El Toro connects with a jab.
Mircea throws out a leg kick but El Toro moves out of range and Mircea only half commits.
El Toro tries to counter with a takedown but Mircea is quick to defend against it.
Mircea slips a jab from El Toro.
El Toro looks to throw the jab but Mircea is out of range.
Mircea blocks a jab.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from El Toro is defended easily by Mircea.
El Toro throws a leg kick
and Mircea counters with a slapping leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mircea with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mircea shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
El Toro throws a leg kick but Mircea moved away.
Mircea works El Toro's body with a nice hook.
Mircea throws a head kick but El Toro moves out of range.
El Toro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mircea can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mircea tries to bum rush El Toro with a series of wild strikes but El Toro uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
El Toro attempts a counter takedown but Mircea avoids it well and moves away.
El Toro looks to throw the jab but Mircea is out of range.
Mircea slips under a jab from El Toro.
Mircea looks to score with a jab to the body but El Toro is just out of range.
El Toro half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Mircea throws a quick inside leg kick.
El Toro shoots and misses
and Mircea counters with a head kick.
Mircea misses the shot to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Mircea.
El Toro manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Mircea on his heels. He'll look to pass Mircea's guard now, I'm sure.
Galtero El Toro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
El Toro loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
El Toro missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
El Toro stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Mircea swivels though and keeps the full guard.
El Toro wants to control from the top but Mircea keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Toro trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mircea keeping moving, preventing El Toro from controlling successfully.
El Toro throws a big elbow that misses.
We've been hearing that El Toro has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Mircea working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from El Toro.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
El Toro postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Alexandru Mircea seems to be getting the better of the standup.
El Toro swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mircea.
El Toro throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mircea's waist but Mircea gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing El Toro off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Galtero El Toro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mircea takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
El Toro with a nice cross.
Mircea looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mircea throws a sloppy head kick and El Toro moves out of range easily.
El Toro will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
No luck with that takedown attempt from El Toro.
El Toro moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
El Toro blocks the body kick.
El Toro attempts a counter takedown but Mircea avoids it well and moves away.
Mircea throws a hook to the side of El Toro's head but El Toro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mircea slips under a jab from El Toro.
El Toro tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
El Toro moves out of range as Mircea throws a body kick.
Mircea throws a body shot but no joy.
Alexandru Mircea is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
El Toro shoots in for a double leg but Mircea sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
El Toro shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mircea but Mircea pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Toro misses with a lunging right hand
and Mircea counters with a nice uppercut.
Mircea throws a nice outside leg kick.
El Toro shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Mircea as he jumps to the side.
El Toro has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mircea.
El Toro fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
El Toro walks into a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mircea scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mircea looks to score with a jab to the body but El Toro is just out of range.
Mircea lands with a good body shot.
Mircea throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mircea is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down El Toro rather than just go for the knockout.
El Toro lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexandru Mircea showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
El Toro dips to his left and cracks Mircea with an uppercut!
El Toro darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Mircea is not content to let El Toro control the position.
El Toro throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Mircea is defending against the submission attempts here by El Toro.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Toro seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mircea avoiding damage under a succession of punches from El Toro.
El Toro sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mircea defending well though.
El Toro is trying to control. Mircea wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
El Toro is working for a kimura but Mircea is defending it quite comfortably.
Mircea won't allow El Toro to pass to mount.
Mircea is trying to get back to full guard.
Mircea wants to control but El Toro is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
El Toro wants to free his trapped foot but Mircea is holding on for dear life with his legs.
El Toro looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
El Toro wants to work for an arm triangle but Mircea is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
El Toro moves nicely into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mircea struggling a bit here.
El Toro works to advance to full mount. Mircea defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Mircea is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
El Toro misses with a head shot.
El Toro with a couple of short strikes.
Mircea wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by El Toro.
Mircea is looking to improve his position but El Toro isn't that keen on the idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mircea manages to regain half guard whilst avoiding the strikes.
Mircea manages to get to full guard.
Mircea not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
El Toro is in close to Mircea's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
El Toro throws a big right hand that misses.
Mircea tries to land a sweep but no joy.
El Toro tries to free his leg and advance position but Mircea is retaining full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Galtero El Toro clearly takes 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.
El Toro feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Mirceas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Mircea gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
El Toro lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
El Toro looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
El Toro backing away here, and Mircea unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
El Toro darts in looking for a takedown but Mircea gets double underhooks and turns El Toro into the ropes.
Mircea slips under a jab.
El Toro dives in for a single leg takedown but Mircea sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the ropes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Galtero El Toro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mircea bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mircea throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
El Toro takes a jab right on the kisser.
Mircea throws a head kick that misses
and El Toro counters with a shoot takedown. Mircea fights it but they end up in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
El Toro trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro throws a strike but Mircea rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now El Toro is on top in guard.
El Toro with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mircea avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
El Toro throws a big elbow that misses.
El Toro is fighting to break Mircea's control of his arms but Mircea is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Mircea trying to control the position.
El Toro wants to pass the guard but Mircea is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Toro trying to control but Mircea is working from the bottom.
Mircea preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
El Toro keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Mircea's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Toro throws a big right hand that misses.
El Toro landing with the ground and pound.
Mircea avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
El Toro lands a couple of digs.
El Toro trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Mircea is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Mircea throws a head kick but El Toro moves out of range.
El Toro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mircea sees it coming and avoids it easily.
El Toro misses with a low kick.
Mircea throws a leg kick
and El Toro counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
El Toro thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mircea's head.
El Toro is just content to waste time from the top position. Mircea takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
El Toro throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
El Toro slips nicely into half guard.
El Toro winds up and cracks Mircea with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
El Toro is looking to take a break and control but Mircea is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
El Toro landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Galtero El Toro had his way with Alexandru Mircea in that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
El Toro takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
El Toro has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from El Toro there as he acknowledges the shot.
El Toro checks a leg kick nicely.
El Toro changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting El Toro here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Sloppy strikes from Mircea. Those never looked like landing.
El Toro tries to counter with a takedown but Mircea is quick to defend against it.
El Toro lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mircea moves out of range of the leg kick from El Toro.
Mircea looks to score with a jab to the body but El Toro is just out of range.
El Toro walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
El Toro fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
El Toro avoids the body shot from Mircea.
El Toro feinted with a counter takedown.
Mircea takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
El Toro uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mircea.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mircea is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by El Toro.
El Toro closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mircea connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed El Toro momentarily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by El Toro.
El Toro throws a poor cross that misses
and Mircea counters with a nice leg kick.
Mircea slips under a jab.
El Toro loads up on a big right hand but Mircea slips the punch.
Mircea lands a jab to the nose.
Mircea throws a sloppy head kick and El Toro moves out of range easily.
Mircea scores with a leg kick.
Mircea uses good head movement to avoid the hook from El Toro.
El Toro throws a jab when Mircea was well out of range.
El Toro fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Mircea avoids it really well and circles away.
Mircea doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Toro throws a leg kick
and Mircea connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mircea connects with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mircea scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
El Toro cracks Mircea with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Mircea takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Horrible takedown attempt by El Toro or perhaps it was just good defense by Mircea, which made it look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Galtero El Toro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
El Toro throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Mircea to counter with a crisp jab.
Mircea takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Nice defenses there by Mircea.
Mircea avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mircea fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and El Toro has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A punch combination from Mircea misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mircea.
Nice takedown defense from Mircea. No joy for El Toro on that attempt.
Mircea scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
El Toro scores with the left hand. Mircea knows he should have avoided that one.
Mircea ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
El Toro backing away here, and Mircea unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Mircea stuffs the takedown attempt from El Toro. El Toro gets slowly back to his feet.
El Toro walks into a stiff left hand from Mircea.
Mircea takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A big left from El Toro misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mircea. That's going to slow El Toro down.
Mircea digs a good hook to El Toro's body.
El Toro with a lazy takedown attempt
and Mircea counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mircea uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from El Toro.
El Toro misses the shot to the body.
El Toro looks to throw the jab but Mircea is out of range.
Mircea throws an uppercut from half a mile away. El Toro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
El Toro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mircea pulls out of a head kick attempt.
El Toro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
El Toro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mircea moves out of range of the strikes.
El Toro fails with the takedown
and Mircea counters with a nice uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexandru Mircea comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight for Galtero El Toro!
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight for Galtero El Toro!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Galtero El Toro!
Galtero El Toro wins by unanimous decision!
Galtero El Toro is the new heavyweight champion!
Galtero El Toro decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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