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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lorenzo Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Street (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Street's choice of entrance music: The Truth. 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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205 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
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196 cm
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226 lbs
33 - 31 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lorenzo Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 31 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Street!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz throws a solid leg kick but Street takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ortiz.
Ortiz throws a lazy right hand but Street sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Street misses the jab.
A jab lands there for Street.
Street wants to clinch but Ortiz slips to the side
and Street takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Michael Street seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Street punishes Ortiz's body with a nice straight punch.
Street swings widly with a right hand
and Ortiz counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Street thinking.
Street shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ortiz defends it nicely.
Street throws a poor cross that misses
and Ortiz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Street lands with a cross.
Street doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Street misses with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Street has closed the distance and engaged Ortiz in a clinch.
Ortiz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Street is defending well for now.
Street fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Street misses with some punches.
Street blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Street gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Street thows a huge punch but Ortiz dodges it nicely.
Street wants to pass the guard but Ortiz is defending well.
Street wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ortiz keeps working.
Street wants to pass the guard but Ortiz is defending well.
Street throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Street has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Street wants to control but Ortiz is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Street is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Street advances position into side control!
Sloppy strikes there by Street.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Street working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Street fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Ortiz regains half guard, as Street was trying to land strikes.
Street not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ortiz tries to get to full guard but Street has control of the leg.
Street tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ortiz knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Street missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ortiz is looking to improve his position.
Street is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Street tries to pass to full mount but Ortiz defends it.
Street not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Street wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ortiz keeps working.
Street sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ortiz defending well though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Street sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ortiz defending well though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Street not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Street lands with a punch from half guard.
Street is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Street looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Street is trying to control. Ortiz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Street trying to mount his opponent but Ortiz defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Street dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Street checks a leg kick.
Street shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Street takes one on the button.
Street throws a jab when Ortiz was well out of range.
Ortiz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A shot to the body from Street misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Street changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ortiz tries to avoid it but Street manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ortiz to the ground. Ortiz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ortiz takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Street avoids the body shot from Ortiz.
As Ortiz backs off Street throws a huge counter combo but Ortiz manages to avoid it all.
Street throws an off balance right hand
and Ortiz counters with a right hand to the body.
Street swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Street looks to land a left hand but Ortiz moved out of range nicely.
Street throws a body shot but no joy.
A cross from Street lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jab, jab by Ortiz - just one landing.
Street closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ortiz to the mat! Ortiz manages to get full guard.
Ortiz has his feet on Street's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz feints and then cracks Street's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Street down.
Ortiz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Street.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Street - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Street misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ortiz.
Ortiz tries a knee to the head but Street blocks it.
Ortiz scores with a shoulder strike.
Street is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Ortiz can't fight it off and eventually Street manages to take the fight to the floor. Ortiz looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Street throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Street in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Street throwing strikes but missing.
Street missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ortiz keeping full guard, as Street tries to pass.
Street looking to sit in guard and control but Ortiz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Street preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ortiz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Street wants to sweep but no luck.
Ortiz stands up over Street, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ortiz scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ortiz stands up over Street, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Street looking to control.
Ortiz wants to control from the top but Street keeps moving.
Street manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ortiz manages to get himself to full guard.
Street trying to control the position from guard on top but Ortiz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Street throws an elbow that misses. Ortiz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Street's guard. Nice move by Ortiz!
Street trying to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Street's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Lorenzo Ortiz!
Lorenzo Ortiz really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Machine Fight Gear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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