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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryo Montana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dallas Porter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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190 cm
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Self confident |
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Excellent MT
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ryo Montana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dallas Porter!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Bart Greer and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Montana. No joy for Porter on that attempt.
Porter fails to land the takedown.
Montana slaps away a takedown attempt from Porter, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Ryo Montana has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dallas Porter.
Montana looks to score with a jab to the body but Porter is just out of range.
Montana fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Porter on the side of the head.
It looks like Dallas Porter has been cut.
Porter throws a head kick that misses
enabling Montana to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice combo by Montana! Oh, that's hurt him - Porter falls to the canvas and Montana follows him into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Montana wants to lay and pray for a moment but Porter keeps working.
An elbow from Montana crashes against the mat.
Porter is not content to let Montana control the position.
Porter gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Montana unloads with some shots from mount but Porter bucks and avoids them well.
Porter wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Montana.
Porter wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Montana.
Montana throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Porter working to try and regain half guard.
Montana content just to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montana looking to ground and pound but Porter is blocking nicely.
Montana misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Porter is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Montana misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Montana thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Montana there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Montana wants to control the pace but Porter is squirming around nicely.
Porter blocking the ground and pound.
Porter is in all sorts of trouble here.
Montana thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Porter can do anything to dispel that myth.
Porter wants to hold on but Montana pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montana throws some wild stikes that Porter manages to avoid easily.
Montana looking to finish with strikes here!
Montana misses with a head shot.
Montana tries to control but Porter wriggling away.
Montana unloads with some shots from mount but Porter bucks and avoids them well.
Porter is desperately trying to improve his position but Montana has a good base and remains in mount.
Montana misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Porter tries to reverse the position but Montana maintains control.
Poor strikes thrown by Montana there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montana thowing shots but they're missing.
Montana has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Porter is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Montana throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Montana trying to control but Porter is having none of it.
Montana misses with a head shot.
Montana throwing strikes here but Porter is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Montana throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Montana throwing strikes here but Porter is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Montana misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryo Montana dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dallas Porter's cut.
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.
Montana gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Porter to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Montana uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Porter clinches.
Porter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Montana will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Montana looks to throw the jab but Porter is out of range.
Montana paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Montana jabs Porter to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Montana circles away from the clinch attempt
and Montana counters with a nice uppercut.
Porter darts in and clinches Montana up against the cage.
Montana taking a breather.
Montana lands a nice uppercut.
Porter blocks an uppercut.
Come on Porter - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A short body shot lands from Montana as the two fighters clinch.
Montana wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Montana lands a left hand that snaps the head of Porter backwards.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Porter wants a takedown.
Montana is trying to push Porter away but Porter has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Porter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Montana looks to throw the jab but Porter is out of range.
Porter doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Montana lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Porter throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Montana counters with a stiff right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Porter tries for a takedown but Montana circles away easily
and Montana counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Porter dives in and scores a takedown into Montana's guard.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Montana manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Porter is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montana is trying to break free.
Montana working hard to break the clinch.
Montana looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Porter prevents Montana from breaking the clinch.
Porter jumps guard but Montana stands there with Porter around his waist. Porter gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ryo Montana has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dallas Porter.
Porter misses with an elbow strike.
Porter has Montana pressed against the cage, preventing Montana from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Montana wants to break free but Porter has control.
Porter looking to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Montana.
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.
Porter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Porter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Porter shoots in for a takedown but Montana shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Porter misses with a body shot
and Montana connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Montana throws an off balance right hand
and Porter counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Porter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Montana.
Porter is trying hard to land a takedown here. Montana sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Montana misses with a straight left.
And Porter tries to counter it with a takedown but Montana pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Porter takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Montana pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dallas Porter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Porter darts in and clinches Montana up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryo Montana dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dallas Porter's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Montana misses with a hook. Porter ducked under it nicely.
Porter drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Montana defends it well.
Porter blocks a jab.
Porter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Montana keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
An attempted straight right counter from Montana misses the target.
Montana scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Montana throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Montana throws an overhand right that lands on Porter's shoulder, as Porter tries to avoid the shot.
Nice defenses there by Porter.
Porter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Montana.
Montana is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Porter can do to turn this around?
Montana swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Porter moves into range and clinches up with Montana.
Montana is trying to break the clinch but Porter has him pressed against the cage.
Porter manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Montana scores with a nice hook to the head.
Montana misses with a short punch on the inside.
Porter ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Porter no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Porter working a defensive guard but Montana passes into half guard.
Montana missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montana is trying to control. Porter wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Montana passes to side control.
Porter on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The ground and pound from Montana seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The referee asks Montana politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Montana prefers to stall for the moment though.
Porter defending against the ground and pound.
Porter gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Montana sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Porter working to try and regain half guard.
Montana unloads with some shots from mount but Porter bucks and avoids them well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montana throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Porter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Montana. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Porter gets back to half guard.
Porter keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Porter is staying active underneath Montana, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Porter trying to control but Montana postures up.
Montana frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Montana looking to ground and pound but Porter is blocking nicely.
Porter tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montana throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Porter because Montana loaded up on that one.
Montana misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Montana tries to control but Porter wriggling away.
Montana throws some wild stikes that Porter manages to avoid easily.
Montana throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Montana throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Montana punching from mount but Porter doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Montana controlling the pace for now.
Montana throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryo Montana showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Montana, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:26
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:26
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryo Montana!
Our winner, Ryo Montana, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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