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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tito Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Chase (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ortiz comes to the cage accompanied by Here comes the boom. Chase is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Break. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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213 lbs
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220 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Good low kicks
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tito Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Chase!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chase rushes Ortiz and presses him up against the cage.
Chase landing knees to the head.
Ortiz tries to break free but Chase pushes him back against the cage.
Chase throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ortiz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ortiz throws a head kick but Chase moves out of range.
Ortiz feints and then cracks Chase's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chase down.
Ortiz tries to clinch there but Chase circles away.
Chase thows a body kick. Ortiz tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Chase forces Ortiz back against the cage and clinches.
Ortiz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ortiz tries to break the clinch but Chase is controlling the position.
Chase gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ortiz is trying to break free.
Chase tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chase tightens his grip and picks Ortiz up, before dumping him to the ground. Ortiz manages to land in guard.
Chase is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
I looks like Chase might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Chase stops Ortiz from standing up.
Chase content to stall in guard here.
Chase throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ortiz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Chase is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Chase trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Chase works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Chase is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Chase looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Chase is keen to just control but Ortiz is a slippery customer.
Chase slows the pace down in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz is trying to stand up here but Chase is controlling him well.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Despite being in the dominant position, Johnny Chase just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ortiz is looking to clinch but Chase is avoiding it.
Chase gets a clinch.
Chase tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chase has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ortiz avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Chase looks gassed!
Chase pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ortiz tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ortiz is trying to maintain a safe position but Chase gets an underhook and turns Ortiz into the cage.
Chase goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ortiz prevents it.
A body shot lands from Chase.
A knee to the head by Chase.
Chase lands an elbow that stopped Ortiz in his tracks for a moment.
Ortiz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chase tries a knee to the head but Ortiz blocks it.
Chase tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chase keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ortiz's efforts to push away.
Ortiz tries to throw a body punch but Chase avoids it by throwing Ortiz back against the cage.
Ortiz tries to circle away but Chase has him pinned against the cage.
Ortiz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Chase tries a knee to the head but Ortiz blocks it.
Chase throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ortiz blocks it with crossed arms.
Chase blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ortiz is looking to break free of the clinch but Chase has double underhooks.
Ortiz breaks the clinch.
Chase tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ortiz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ortiz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ortiz lands a slapping body shot.
Chase moves into the clinch.
Ortiz managing to block the knees to the body from Chase.
Chase throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ortiz blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Chase dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Ortiz tries to clinch but Chase moves out of range.
Chase shoots in for a takedown but Ortiz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ortiz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Chase walks forward, straight into a front kick from Ortiz.
Ortiz explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ortiz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ortiz lands a front kick.
Ortiz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chase tries to clinch but Ortiz moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ortiz, right into the meat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ortiz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ortiz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chase paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ortiz lands a nice looking body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ortiz feints and then cracks Chase's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chase down.
Ortiz scores with a spinning back kick!
Chase circles away from the clinch attempt.
Chase takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Chase is breathing heavily.
Ortiz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chase's sensitive parts.
Crunch! Ortiz slams his shin into Chase's torso.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz missing with a left hand there. Chase was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ortiz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ortiz. That's going to slow Chase down.
Ortiz connects with a high kick.
Tito Ortiz is winning the standup battle so far.
Ortiz lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Ortiz lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Ortiz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Chase paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johnny Chase seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ortiz throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Ortiz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Chase takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
It looks like Johnny Chase has been cut.
Ortiz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Chase keeps the fight on the outside.
Ortiz leaves Chase with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ortiz throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Chase's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab from Ortiz does it's job there.
Ortiz lands a head kick!
Ortiz swings for the body but Chase moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz throws a head kick that half lands.
Ortiz thumps Chase with a low kick.
Ortiz works Chase's body with a nice hook.
Ortiz throws a leg kick which misses Chase's front leg but catches the back leg as Chase tries to avoid it.
Ortiz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Chase has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ortiz.
A head kick misses from Ortiz.
Chase takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ortiz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Chase blocks a head kick by Ortiz.
Ortiz throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Nice body kick there by Ortiz.
Ortiz closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chase.
Chase blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ortiz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ortiz tries to stall but Chase uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ortiz is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chase looking to throw knees to the head but Ortiz is blocking nicely.
Ortiz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Chase is keeping busy.
Chase has hold of one of Ortiz's legs. Ortiz is fighting the takedown attempt but Chase gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Chase trying to control the position from guard on top but Ortiz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Chase postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Ortiz is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Chase, into his guard.
Ortiz trying to control the position from guard on top but Chase is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz is looking to stand up but Chase won't let him.
Chase controls Ortiz momentarily but Ortiz frees himself.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ortiz trying to stand up but can't free himself from Chase's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tito Ortiz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Chase's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Ortiz tries to clinch up.
Chase is looking to clinch but Ortiz is avoiding it.
Chase tries to clinch up but Ortiz circles away and keeps his distance.
Chase tries to clinch but Ortiz is having none of it.
Chase's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Ortiz moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Chase is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chase tries to clinch but Ortiz moves out of range.
Ortiz tries to clinch up.
Chase tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ortiz counters with a nice body kick.
Chase takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ortiz bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Ortiz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chase.
Chase stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ortiz.
Ortiz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chase swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ortiz tries to clinch up but Chase circles away and keeps his distance.
Ortiz connects with a high kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ortiz bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ortiz.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ortiz.
Ortiz throws an overhand right that lands on Chase's shoulder, as Chase tries to avoid the shot.
Ortiz with a hook.
Ortiz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ortiz throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
A big right from Chase misses.
Ortiz throws a jab but it's blocked by Chase.
Nice body kick there by Ortiz.
Ortiz thuds his shin into the meat of Chase's side.
Ortiz misses with a kick to the body.
Ortiz clinches.
Chase tries a knee to the head but Ortiz blocks it.
Ortiz is trying to stall.
Chase is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ortiz is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz tries to throw a body punch but Chase avoids it by throwing Ortiz back against the cage.
Ortiz wants to stall.
Chase throws an elbow but it misses.
Chase tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ortiz tries to break free but Chase pushes him back against the cage.
Chase managing to block the knees to the body from Ortiz.
Ortiz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ortiz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chase landing knees to the body.
Ortiz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ortiz tries to break the clinch but Chase is controlling the position.
Ortiz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ortiz avoiding damage as Chase throws knees to the body.
Chase prevents a body shot from Ortiz.
Chase keeps control of Ortiz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Chase tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chase is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ortiz is defending well for now.
Ortiz trying to stall but Chase improves his position.
Ortiz can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Chase tries a knee to the head but Ortiz blocks it.
Ortiz is trying to break the clinch but Chase is controlling him.
Ortiz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ortiz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Chase fails to land.
Ortiz working hard to break the clinch.
Chase misses with a knee strike.
Chase is working for takedown but Ortiz is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ortiz can't break the clinch.
Chase with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ortiz is trying to break the clinch but Chase has him pressed against the cage.
Ortiz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Chase throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ortiz blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ortiz misses with a punch on the inside.
Ortiz managing to block the knees to the body from Chase.
Chase has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Ortiz.
Ortiz working hard to break the clinch.
Chase throws an elbow but it misses.
Chase keeps control of Ortiz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ortiz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ortiz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ortiz wants to get back to striking at distance but Chase won't allow it.
Chase misses with a knee strike.
Chase tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ortiz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Chase stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ortiz.
A thudding body kick lands there by Ortiz!
Ortiz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chase. That did some damage!
Ortiz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Chase swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ortiz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Chase takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tito Ortiz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ortiz 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tito Ortiz!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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