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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lorenzo Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ilan Rotberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lorenzo Blood had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 186.2lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Lorenzo Blood has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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196 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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183 cm
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197 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lorenzo Blood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ilan Rotberg!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Blood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blood misses with a wild combination.
A right-left combo lands from Rotberg.
Blood thows a body shot but no joy.
Blood misses with a straight right.
Rotberg dodges the punch combination from Blood.
Rotberg looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Blood throws a good cross that connects.
Blood is looking to clinch.
Blood misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rotberg throws a series of punches but Blood avoids them all with ease.
Blood forces Rotberg back against the cage and clinches.
Blood misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rotberg.
Blood lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Ilan Rotberg has been cut.
Rotberg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blood throws a knee to the head but misses.
Blood is breathing heavily.
Rotberg is trying to break the clinch but Blood has him pressed against the cage.
Rotberg is looking to break free of the clinch but Blood has double underhooks.
Rotberg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Blood is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rotberg gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rotberg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rotberg has had enough of the clinch but Blood keeps him there for the moment.
Rotberg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nice cross by Rotberg.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Blood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rotberg moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rotberg showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blood.
Rotberg will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blood tries to clinch up.
Blood misses with an uppercut. Rotberg saw that one coming.
Rotberg missing with a left hand there. Blood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rotberg scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Blood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blood slips a jab and a cross from Rotberg.
Rotberg misses with a two punch combination.
Rotberg throws a right and a left that both miss.
Some wild striking there from Rotberg.
Rotberg throws a series of punches but Blood avoids them all with ease.
A choreographed right hand from Rotberg misses the target.
Rotberg tries to bum rush Blood with a series of wild strikes but Blood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rotberg takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rotberg shoots in and drives through. Blood sprawls well.
Rotberg has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rotberg looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Blood closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rotberg wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rotberg can't break the clinch.
Rotberg jumps guard.
Blood has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Rotberg has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Rotberg manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Blood manages to get himself to full guard.
Rotberg stays in close to Blood's body and controls the position.
Rotberg gets to his feet - Blood follows without any prompting.
Rotberg looks to land a combination but Blood avoids it well.
Rotberg shoots in and bounces Blood off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Blood can't keep his opponent in guard - Rotberg advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blood pushes Rotberg off and gets back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood throws a body punch but Rotberg moves out of range.
Blood rushes Rotberg and presses him up against the cage.
Blood tries to land knees in the clinch but Rotberg avoids the damage to the body.
Blood tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rotberg wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rotberg manages to break the clinch.
Blood darts in and clinches Rotberg up against the cage.
Blood scores with a shoulder strike.
Rotberg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rotberg tries to break the clinch but Blood is controlling the position.
Rotberg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Blood trying to land knees to the body.
Blood lands a knee to the head.
Rotberg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Blood with a knee to the head.
Blood tries to pull guard but Rotberg holds him up against the cage and eventually Blood drops back down to his feet.
Rotberg breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lorenzo Blood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rotberg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blood swings for the body but Rotberg moves out of range.
Blood misses with the combination.
Rotberg throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blood.
Rotberg misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blood misses with a looping left.
Rotberg scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blood is trying to stand up here but Rotberg is controlling him well.
Rotberg sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Rotberg trying to control from half guard but Blood is working away.
Rotberg prevents Blood from improving his position.
Rotberg is looking to take a break and control but Blood is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rotberg stops Blood from getting back to his feet.
Blood wants to control but Rotberg is keeping busy.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rotberg throws a right and a left that Blood avoids nicely.
Rotberg drops Blood with a right and a left! Rotberg comes rushing in but Blood regains his composure and manages to keep Rotberg in guard.
It looks like Lorenzo Blood has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rotberg passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Blood is pushing Rotberg's head away, looking to escape. Rotberg manages to hold on to the position though.
Blood is trying to escape the position but Rotberg is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ilan Rotberg dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Blood wants to clinch up but Rotberg keeps it at a distance.
Blood scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rotberg in his tracks.
Rotberg misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blood.
Blood gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rotberg throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blood.
Rotberg misses with a series of wild punches.
Blood fails to land the takedown.
Rotberg fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blood avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rotberg shoots in but no luck this time.
Blood tries to clinch up but Rotberg circles away and keeps his distance.
Danga de danga de dang - Blood scores with a four punch combination!
Rotberg throws a one two combo.
Ilan Rotberg seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rotberg throws a one two combo.
Blood goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Blood takes the fight into the clinch.
Blood misses with a knee to the head.
Blood keeps control of Rotberg as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rotberg manages to break the clinch.
Rotberg tries to bum rush Blood with a series of wild strikes but Blood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Blood scores with a nice head shot.
A punch lands to the side of Rotberg 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blood lands a nice shot that snaps Rotberg's head back.
Blood looks to land a combination but Rotberg avoids it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rotberg looks to land a combination but Blood avoids it well.
Blood clinches with his opponent.
Rotberg wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Blood has him pressed against the cage.
Blood crunches a lovely knee into Rotberg's ribcage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Blood just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rotberg's brow.
Blood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rotberg blocks it with crossed arms.
Blood tries a knee to the head but Rotberg blocks it.
Rotberg has had enough of the clinch but Blood keeps him there for the moment.
Rotberg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rotberg misses with a few strikes there.
Blood misses with a takedown attempt - Rotberg sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Rotberg looks to land a combination but Blood avoids it well.
Blood tries to clinch but Rotberg is having none of it.
Rotberg misses with a few strikes there.
Rotberg misses with a looping left.
Rotberg jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rotberg walks into a jab.
Blood connects with a single shot there.
Nice straight punches there by Blood. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Blood.
Rotberg on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Blood throws a right and a left that Rotberg avoids nicely.
Blood scores a takedown into full mount!
Blood has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Rotberg's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rotberg tries to hold on but Blood pushes him away.
Blood lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rotberg hang on?
Blood pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Rotberg is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rotberg regains half guard.
Rotberg is looking to escape.
Rotberg moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Rotberg working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Blood doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Rotberg is tightening it up a little... Blood has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Blood reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Blood taps out! nice BJJ there by Rotberg!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Ilan Rotberg!
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RATING
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