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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raphael Azevedo Souza (ranked 632 p4p, 1282 weight class) and Vinicius Tonioli (ranked 106 p4p, 196 weight class). Vinicius Tonioli has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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10 - 2 - 0 |
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7 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raphael Azevedo Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vinicius Tonioli!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tonioli throws a front kick aimed at Azevedo Souza's knee but Azevedo Souza avoids it well.
Azevedo Souza throws out a loose jab but Tonioli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Azevedo Souza on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Azevedo Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tonioli.
Tonioli throws a body punch but Azevedo Souza moves out of range.
Tonioli swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big left from Azevedo Souza misses.
As Azevedo Souza backs off Tonioli throws a huge counter combo but Azevedo Souza manages to avoid it all.
Azevedo Souza avoids the body shot from Tonioli.
Azevedo Souza throws an overhand right that lands on Tonioli's shoulder, as Tonioli tries to avoid the shot.
Azevedo Souza throws out a loose jab but Tonioli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tonioli throws a body shot but no joy.
Tonioli is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Azevedo Souza rather than just go for the knockout.
Tonioli walks into a jab.
It looks like Vinicius Tonioli has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tonioli throws a big shot that misses.
Azevedo Souza definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Azevedo Souza throws a hook to the side of Tonioli's head but Tonioli sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Azevedo Souza throws a body shot but no joy.
Tonioli darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Azevedo Souza throws out a loose jab but Tonioli uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tonioli swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tonioli gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Azevedo Souza.
A slow jab from Tonioli misses its intended target.
Azevedo Souza works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Azevedo Souza misses the target.
Tonioli takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've been informed that Tonioli 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.
Tonioli throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tonioli throws a body shot but no joy.
Tonioli swings for the body but Azevedo Souza moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Azevedo Souza on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Azevedo Souza cracks Tonioli with an open hand slap.
Azevedo Souza lands a nice looking body shot.
Azevedo Souza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Azevedo Souza avoids the body shot from Tonioli.
A jab from Tonioli does it's job there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tonioli misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza throws a right and a left that both miss.
A lazy left from Azevedo Souza finds it's target.
Azevedo Souza swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Tonioli counter with a right hand.
Nice body punch from Azevedo Souza.
Good standup being displayed there by Azevedo Souza as he connects with a hook.
Tonioli ducks under a wild hook from Azevedo Souza.
Tonioli throws a looping overhand right but Azevedo Souza ducks down to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Azevedo Souza. Those never looked like landing.
Tonioli appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Tonioli fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tonioli takes one to the side of the head.
Tonioli punishes Azevedo Souza's body with a nice straight punch.
Tonioli bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tonioli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azevedo Souza manages to avoid it.
Tonioli throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tonioli throws a body shot but no joy.
Azevedo Souza was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Azevedo Souza throws a hook but Tonioli blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza dodges the punch combination from Tonioli.
It looked like Azevedo Souza was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tonioli.
Tonioli doesn't manage to clinch there - Azevedo Souza circles away.
Azevedo Souza misses with a body punch
and Tonioli counters with a one-two to the body.
Azevedo Souza ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tonioli moves away.
Azevedo Souza dips to his left and cracks Tonioli with an uppercut!
Tonioli closes the distance and clinches.
Tonioli throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Azevedo Souza.
Tonioli works on Azevedo Souza's body with a couple of short punches.
Tonioli pushes Azevedo Souza back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tonioli throws a punch but it's blocked by Azevedo Souza.
Tonioli gets through Azevedo Souza's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Azevedo Souza tries to work over Tonioli's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Azevedo Souza tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Azevedo Souza working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Azevedo Souza working aggressively here.
Azevedo Souza blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tonioli has a couple of punches blocked by Azevedo Souza.
Tonioli is trying to stall.
Tonioli lands an uppercut.
Tonioli can't find room to land a body shot as Azevedo Souza controls the action.
Azevedo Souza lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tonioli pushes Azevedo Souza back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Azevedo Souza lands a hook that snaps the head of Tonioli backwards.
Tonioli blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Azevedo Souza blocks an uppercut.
Tonioli swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Azevedo Souza tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tonioli's elbow.
Tonioli misses with a short punch on the inside.
Azevedo Souza misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Azevedo Souza misses with a body punch.
Tonioli lands a left hand.
Azevedo Souza working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tonioli tries to throw a body punch but Azevedo Souza avoids it by throwing Tonioli back against the cage.
Azevedo Souza lands an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Raphael Azevedo Souza will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vinicius Tonioli's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tonioli looks to score with a jab to the body but Azevedo Souza is just out of range.
Azevedo Souza is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Tonioli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Azevedo Souza jabs Tonioli to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Azevedo Souza doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Azevedo Souza there.
Vinicius Tonioli seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Azevedo Souza displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tonioli throws out the jab.
Tonioli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Azevedo Souza.
Tonioli steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Azevedo Souza.
Tonioli appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Some wild striking there from Tonioli.
Azevedo Souza is looking to counter punch.
Azevedo Souza throws a poor cross that misses
and Tonioli counters with a left to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azevedo Souza misses with a looping left.
Azevedo Souza throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tonioli on the side of the head.
That has opened up Vinicius Tonioli's cut even more.
Tonioli missing with a left hand there. Azevedo Souza was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Azevedo Souza on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tonioli misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Azevedo Souza.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tonioli.
Sloppy strikes from Tonioli. Those never looked like landing.
Tonioli throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Azevedo Souza counters with a straight right hand.
Tonioli throws out a loose jab but Azevedo Souza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tonioli misses with a straight right.
Azevedo Souza misses with a straight right.
Azevedo Souza slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Azevedo Souza throws a jab when Tonioli was well out of range.
Azevedo Souza slips under a jab.
Tonioli tries to close the distance and clinch but Azevedo Souza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tonioli swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tonioli blocks a jab.
Azevedo Souza doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A big right from Azevedo Souza misses.
Azevedo Souza uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tonioli.
Tonioli misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azevedo Souza takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Azevedo Souza fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tonioli on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tonioli throws a hook but Azevedo Souza avoids it easily.
Azevedo Souza throws the left hand but Tonioli avoids the punch easily.
Tonioli lands a two punch combo.
Azevedo Souza digs a good hook to Tonioli's body.
Tonioli avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A lazy left from Azevedo Souza finds it's target.
Tonioli swings for the body but Azevedo Souza moves out of range.
Azevedo Souza swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Azevedo Souza smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tonioli displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Azevedo Souza throws out the jab.
Azevedo Souza jabs at Tonioli's body.
Tonioli throws a hook to the side of Azevedo Souza's head but Azevedo Souza sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tonioli fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Azevedo Souza manages to avoid it.
Azevedo Souza throwing a counter right hand but Tonioli manages to avoid it.
Azevedo Souza scores with a nice right hand.
The cut above Vinicius Tonioli's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tonioli throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Azevedo Souza is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tonioli gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Azevedo Souza.
Tonioli is rocked!
Azevedo Souza changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tonioli is still on wobbly legs! Can Azevedo Souza finish him?
Tonioli swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tonioli gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Azevedo Souza gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Tonioli is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raphael Azevedo Souza!
A relieved looking Raphael Azevedo Souza thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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