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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Renato Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tico Cortez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes into the arena with Bring Da Ruckus blaring out of the sound system. 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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142 lbs
19 - 8 - 0 |
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Renato Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tico Cortez!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A low kick from Cortez misses
and Gracie counters with a body kick.
Cortez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Cortez blocks a head kick by Gracie.
Gracie lands with a straight right. Cortez didn't see that one coming.
Cortez looks to land a body kick but Gracie moved away.
Gracie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cortez manages to avoid it.
Gracie throws a hook but Cortez blocks it.
Cortez lands with a nice body kick.
Gracie checks the leg kick.
Cortez tries to score with a low kick but Gracie moves his leg out of the way.
Cortez works Gracie's body with a nice hook.
Cortez scores with a nice right hand.
Cortez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cortez slips under a jab.
Gracie fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cortez avoids it really well and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Gracie lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cortez doesn't seem phased though.
Gracie scores with a sloppy right hand. Cortez should have avoided that one.
A jab lands there for Gracie.
Cortez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Gracie lands the left hand.
Tico Cortez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Cortez misses its intended target.
Gracie misses with a leg kick
and Cortez counters with an outside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Cortez.
Gracie lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cortez at a distance.
Gracie looks to land a combination but Cortez avoids it well.
An inside leg kick from Cortez misses.
Cortez throws a leg kick which misses Gracie's front leg but catches the back leg as Gracie tries to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a series of strikes that have Cortez backpedaling.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cortez throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
Good leg kick by Cortez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cortez moves away from the strike by Gracie.
Cortez cracks Gracie with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gracie has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cortez.
Tico Cortez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gracie slips a jab from Cortez.
Gracie staying out of range there.
Cortez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gracie eats them both and turns towards Cortez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Cortez throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gracie thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gracie tries to keep at a distance but Cortez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gracie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortez takes the fight into the clinch.
Gracie has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Cortez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Cortez prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renato Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cortez avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Gracie is looking to break free of the clinch but Cortez has double underhooks.
Cortez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Gracie is trying to pull guard but Cortez turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Gracie working hard to break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gracie.
Cortez prevents Gracie from breaking the clinch.
Cortez lands a nice shot to the body.
Gracie is breathing heavily.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gracie.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Cortez has him pressed against the cage.
Gracie has Cortez pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Cortez manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A right hook to the body lands for Cortez.
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!
Cortez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cortez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortez lands a shot to the body.
Gracie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gracie has a couple of punches blocked by Cortez.
Cortez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cortez tries to throw a body punch but Gracie avoids it by throwing Cortez back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Cortez.
Cortez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gracie being controlled against the cage.
Gracie pulls Cortez into guard.
Cortez wants to stand but Gracie is controlling his posture from full guard.
Gracie wants to sweep here but Cortez controlling him for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tico Cortez dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Cortez misses with a straight left.
Tico Cortez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cortez looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt - Cortez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Gracie lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gracie swinging wildly here.
Gracie with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cortez to score with a decent uppercut.
Cortez lands the left hand.
Gracie looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gracie looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cortez is fending him off so far but Gracie persists. Nope, Cortez circles away and we're back to standing.
Cortez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gracie. Gracie circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cortez stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renato Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cortez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gracie misses with the combination.
Cortez looks to throw the jab but Gracie is out of range.
Cortez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gracie.
The crowd cheers as Cortez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gracie doesn't seem phased though.
Cortez throws a head kick that misses.
Cortez wants to slow Gracie down by chopping away at his legs.
Cortez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gracie looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Cortez misses with a head kick.
Gracie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cortez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortez misses with a looping right.
Gracie throws a hook but Cortez blocks it.
Gracie goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick.
Gracie bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cortez's head.
Gracie moves out of range of the body kick.
Gracie on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cortez throws an overhand right that lands on Gracie's shoulder, as Gracie tries to avoid the shot.
Jab by Cortez.
Cortez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cortez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gracie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cortez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cortez clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortez lands a shot to the body.
Cortez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gracie's elbow.
Gracie manages to break the clinch.
Cortez gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Gracie counters with a single leg into guard. Cortez didn't expect that.
Cortez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gracie.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gracie wants to pass the guard but Cortez is keeping the position.
Gracie throwing strikes but missing.
Cortez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Cortez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
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!
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cortez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gracie throws an elbow that misses. Cortez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gracie's guard. Nice move by Cortez!
Gracie has Cortez pulled in close to control his posture.
Cortez trying to stand up but can't free himself from Gracie's guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gracie pushes Cortez off and scrambles back to his feet.
Cortez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tico Cortez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Cortez misses with a series of wild punches.
Cortez throws a series of punches but Gracie avoids them all with ease.
Cortez swings widly with a right hand
so Gracie counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Gracie tries to free his leg and advance position but Cortez is retaining full guard.
Gracie working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gracie has gone for a leg lock! Cortez slips out almost immediately though and dives into Gracie's guard.
Cortez won't allow Gracie to sweep him here.
Gracie is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Gracie has a closed guard, preventing Cortez from standing up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie working a defensive guard here.
Gracie has a closed guard, preventing Cortez from standing up.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Renato Gracie just wasn't active enough.
Cortez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cortez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cortez takes a swing at Gracie's ribcage but misses.
Gracie scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie throws a strike but Cortez avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Gracie throwing strikes from guard but Cortez blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gracie accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gracie missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cortez wants to sweep here but Gracie controlling him for the moment.
Cortez wants to stand and escape but Gracie is having none of it.
Gracie throws a big elbow that misses.
Cortez has his hands on Gracie's head, controlling the position.
Gracie is looking to stand up but Cortez won't let him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gracie loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gracie stands and steps away. Cortez gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Cortez scores with a kick to the midsection.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cortez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Cortez.
Tico Cortez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Gracie throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gracie moves away from the strike by Cortez.
Cortez throws a hook but Gracie avoids it easily.
Nice straight punches there by Gracie. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gracie.
Cortez takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Renato Gracie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortez clinches with his opponent.
Cortez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cortez throws a punch but it's blocked by Gracie.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cortez prevents the takedown attempt.
Gracie goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cortez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gracie backwards.
Gracie jumps guard but Cortez turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renato Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cortez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cortez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gracie has had enough of the clinch but Cortez keeps him there for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cortez pushes Gracie back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gracie misses with a body punch.
Gracie cracks Cortez with a nice body shot.
Gracie blocks a body shot from Cortez.
And that's the end of the fight!
Renato Gracie showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cortez 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tico Cortez!
A victorious Tico Cortez thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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