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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phillip Olsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Santana Fritz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santana Fritz has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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175 lbs
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182 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phillip Olsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Santana Fritz!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Jorge Garcia and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fritz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fritz plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Phillip Olsen has been cut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fritz. That's going to slow Olsen down.
Olsen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Fritz lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Olsen punishes Fritz's body with a nice straight punch.
Olsen looks to score with a jab to the body but Fritz is just out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Fritz.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fritz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fritz misses with a looping right.
A left and a right from Olsen both land. Nice combination.
It looks like Santana Fritz has been cut.
Olsen avoids the body shot from Fritz.
Olsen moves out of range of the leg kick from Fritz.
Fritz dips to his left and cracks Olsen with an uppercut!
Fritz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Olsen takes one to the side of the head.
Olsen has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fritz scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fritz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Fritz wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch on the inside from Fritz fails to land.
Olsen trying to stall but Fritz improves his position.
Olsen keeps control of Fritz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fritz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Olsen.
Fritz misses with the head strike.
Fritz lands a nice uppercut.
Fritz tries to circle away but Olsen has him pinned against the cage.
Fritz breaks from the clinch.
Fritz throws a head kick that misses.
A clash of legs there as Olsen blocks the low kick.
Olsen's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Olsen duly obliges.
Fritz looks gassed!
Olsen throws a left that rocks Fritz and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Olsen dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Fritz regain composure!
Fritz is rocked!
Fritz takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Fritz is still in real trouble! Can Olsen finish him?
Olsen is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Fritz knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Olsen in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsen is staying tight to Fritz's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Fritz seems to have recovered his senses.
The strikes coming from Olsen are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Fritz wants to get back to his feet but Olsen drags him back down.
Olsen decides to stand up, so the ref orders Fritz to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fritz lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Olsen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Fritz sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Fritz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Olsen.
Fritz misses with a double jab.
Fritz stuns Olsen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fritz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Fritz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fritz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Olsen.
Olsen instigates a clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Olsen.
Olsen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fritz throws a series of punches but Olsen avoids them all with ease.
A right-left combo lands from Fritz.
Santana Fritz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Olsen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Olsen misses with a two punch combination.
Olsen throws the left hand but Fritz avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olsen avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fritz throws a head kick but Olsen moves out of range.
Olsen throws a right hand that Fritz ducks under and follows up with a left that Fritz also avoids with ease.
Fritz stuns Olsen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fritz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Olsen's sensitive parts.
Fritz swinging wildly here.
A bone on bone clash there as Olsen blocks the leg kick.
Olsen misses with a series of wild punches.
Olsen slips a jab and a cross from Fritz.
Fritz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Olsen looks to score with a jab to the body but Fritz is just out of range.
Fritz thuds his right hand into Olsen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fritz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Olsen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Olsen misses with a wild body shot.
Fritz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Phillip Olsen will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Fritz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Olsen circles away quickly and effectively.
Olsen misses with a body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fritz, right into the meat.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fritz. That's going to slow Olsen down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Fritz.
Danga de danga de dang - Fritz scores with a four punch combination!
Fritz lands with a slapping head kick.
Fritz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fritz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Olsen counters with a stiff right hand.
Olsen is looking to wear down Fritz with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fritz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Olsen.
Fritz defending well as Olsen loads up on a big left hand.
Olsen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Olsen throws a jab when Fritz was well out of range.
Fritz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fritz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fritz dodges the punch combination from Olsen.
Olsen thuds a left hand into Fritz's body.
Phillip Olsen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Olsen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Fritz.
Fritz lands a two punch combo.
Fritz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Olsen counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Olsen.
Olsen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fritz takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Olsen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fritz missing with a left hand there. Olsen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Olsen avoids the head kick by Fritz.
A looping hook to the body misses from Olsen. Fritz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Santana Fritz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Olsen shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Fritz as he avoids it easily.
Fritz connects with a solid leg kick.
Fritz goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Fritz moves out of range of the strikes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fritz.
Fritz is looking to slow Olsen down with leg kicks.
Fritz misses with a combination
and Olsen counters with a left and a right that stings Fritz.
Santana Fritz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fritz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Olsen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fritz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fritz throws a leg kick which misses Olsen's front leg but catches the back leg as Olsen tries to avoid it.
Fritz misses with a body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Olsen blocks the leg kick.
Olsen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No joy there for Fritz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Olsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Olsen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fritz scores with a one two! Olsen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Olsen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Fritz misses with a two punch combination.
Fritz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fritz throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Olsen's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsen tries to close the distance and clinch but Fritz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice uppercut there from Fritz.
Fritz looks to land a combination but Olsen avoids it well.
Fritz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Olsen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Olsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fritz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Olsen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fritz manages to avoid it.
Fritz lands a jab-cross combination.
Olsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Olsen checks the leg kick.
Fritz shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fritz throws an overhand right that lands on Olsen's shoulder, as Olsen tries to avoid the shot.
Olsen takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fritz is looking to land body kicks.
Fritz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Olsen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fritz throws a right and a left that Olsen avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olsen misses the shot to the body.
Olsen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fritz.
Olsen slips under a jab from Fritz.
A punch combination from Fritz misses.
Fritz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Olsen.
Fritz doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Olsen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fritz manages to avoid it.
Olsen lands a nice shot to the body.
A big left from Olsen misses.
Olsen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Olsen clinches up with Fritz and pushes him back against the cage.
Olsen slowing the pace effectively.
Fritz throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fritz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Olsen misses with a hook.
Fritz cracks the inside of Olsen's front leg.
Fritz misses with a combination
and Olsen counters with a two punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santana Fritz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Fritz throws a head kick that misses.
Olsen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Olsen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Olsen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Olsen walks into a jab.
Olsen sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A right-left combo lands from Olsen.
Some wild striking there from Fritz.
No joy there for Fritz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Olsen lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Olsen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Olsen throws a body punch but Fritz moves out of range.
Fritz looks to land a combination but Olsen avoids it well.
Olsen misses with a wild body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fritz throws a head kick that half lands.
Fritz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Olsen.
A punch combination from Fritz misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Olsen.
Fritz throws a low kick but Olsen avoids it.
Fritz thows a body shot but no joy.
Fritz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fritz jabs at Olsen's body.
Olsen misses with a wild body shot.
Olsen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fritz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Olsen fails with a takedown attempt.
Fritz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Olsen's calf.
Fritz connects with a looping right hand.
Fritz throws a series of punches but Olsen avoids them all with ease.
Fritz misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Olsen looks to throw the jab but Fritz is out of range.
Olsen shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Fritz sprawls well. Fritz wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Olsen gets slowly back to his feet.
Olsen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fritz can pounce on him.
Fritz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Olsen counters with a straight right hand.
A nice combination there by Fritz.
Olsen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Olsen takes a swing at Fritz's ribcage but misses.
Fritz throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Olsen on the side of the head.
Fritz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Some wild striking there from Fritz.
Fritz looks to throw the jab but Olsen is out of range.
Olsen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fritz cracks Olsen with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fritz moves out of range of the strikes.
Fritz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Olsen. That did some damage!
An inside leg kick from Fritz misses.
Fritz keeps Olsen at a distance using the push kick.
Fritz throws a sloppy head kick and Olsen moves out of range easily.
Olsen wants to clinch up but Fritz keeps it at a distance.
Olsen dodges the punch combination from Fritz.
Olsen scores with a shot to the body.
Olsen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Olsen is defended easily by Fritz.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Phillip Olsen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fritz works over Olsen's head and body with a nice combination.
Fritz lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Olsen throws a jab when Fritz was well out of range.
Fritz misses with a low kick as Olsen jumps back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Olsen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fritz.
Fritz lets loose with a powerful body kick. Olsen will feel that in the morning.
Fritz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Fritz thumps Olsen with a low kick.
Fritz throws a low kick but it's checked well by Olsen.
Olsen throws a body punch but Fritz moves out of range.
Olsen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Olsen closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Olsen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fritz lands with a nice body kick.
Fritz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fritz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Olsen misses with a combination
and Fritz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fritz moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Fritz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fritz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that's the end of the fight!
Santana Fritz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Fritz has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Santana Fritz!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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