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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lazuran Riku (ranked 476 p4p, 448 weight class) and Ernie Tertelgte (ranked 63 p4p, 58 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 45 - 16 - 2, fighting out of New York, Lazuran Riku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ernie Tertelgte!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Phil Schofield and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Tertelgte.
Tertelgte is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A quick step to the side and Riku tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Riku tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tertelgte cracks Riku with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Riku has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Riku there as he acknowledges the shot.
Riku takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Riku thows a leg kick but Tertelgte checks it
and Riku takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Riku checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Riku stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tertelgte.
A big left from Riku misses.
Riku lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Riku uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tertelgte.
An inside leg kick from Tertelgte misses.
Tertelgte lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Riku at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riku defending well as Tertelgte loads up on a big left hand.
Riku throwing a counter right hand but Tertelgte manages to avoid it.
Riku takes a swing at Tertelgte's ribcage but misses.
Tertelgte has Riku up against the cage in a clinch.
Tertelgte misses with the head strike.
Tertelgte pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tertelgte with the inside leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tertelgte lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Riku has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Riku and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Riku slips a jab from Tertelgte.
Riku scores with a jab to the head.
Decent striking displayed by Tertelgte there.
Riku displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tertelgte throws out the jab.
Riku uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tertelgte.
Riku has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tertelgte.
Tertelgte lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tertelgte scores with a jab. Riku acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riku moves out of range of the strikes.
Tertelgte's corner calls for a 1-2. Tertelgte obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tertelgte throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Riku sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Riku throws a shot to the body.
Ernie Tertelgte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tertelgte drives through and clinches with Riku against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Riku.
Tertelgte misses with a punch on the inside.
Riku blocks an uppercut.
Tertelgte misses with a hook from the clinch.
Riku doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Riku wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tertelgte struggles to land a body shot inside as Riku controls his hands.
Tertelgte has a couple of punches blocked by Riku.
Tertelgte lands a nice shot to the body.
Riku is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Riku manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tertelgte's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Riku connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Tertelgte scrambles back to his feet.
A jab from Tertelgte misses.
Riku thinks about countering with a body kick.
Tertelgte scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice defenses there by Riku.
Riku cracks Tertelgte with an open hand slap.
Tertelgte works Riku's body with a nice hook.
Riku takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tertelgte slips under a jab.
Tertelgte tries to clinch but Riku is having none of it.
Tertelgte with a jab.
Tertelgte rushes Riku and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Tertelgte keeps control of Riku as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tertelgte stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tertelgte manages to break the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riku rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Riku takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tertelgte lands a nice shot to the body.
Tertelgte misses with a looping right.
Riku steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tertelgte.
Riku appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Good exchange - Tertelgte coming out on top.
Nice defenses there by Riku.
Tertelgte lands a slapping body shot.
Tertelgte looks to land a right hand but Riku moved out of range.
Tertelgte takes a swing at Riku's ribcage but misses.
Tertelgte uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Riku.
Tertelgte cracks Riku with a good jab.
Tertelgte throws a nice inside leg kick.
Tertelgte misses with a hook
letting Riku counter with a right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ernie Tertelgte dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tertelgte lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Riku moves out of range as Tertelgte strikes.
As Tertelgte backs away, Riku returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Riku takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tertelgte. Riku does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tertelgte throws a shot from downtown. Riku moves away and avoids it.
Tertelgte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Riku moves away.
Tertelgte ducks under a wild hook from Riku.
Ernie Tertelgte seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tertelgte fails in his attempt to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Riku.
A nice leg kick from Tertelgte, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tertelgte looks to score with a jab to the body but Riku is just out of range.
Tertelgte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tertelgte ducks under a wild hook from Riku.
Riku throws a leg kick which misses Tertelgte's front leg but catches the back leg as Tertelgte tries to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riku takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tertelgte forces Riku back against the cage and clinches.
Tertelgte has Riku pressed against the cage, preventing Riku from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tertelgte throws a head punch that misses.
Tertelgte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tertelgte throws a punch but it's blocked by Riku.
Riku is trying to break the clinch but Tertelgte is controlling him.
Riku struggles to land a body shot inside as Tertelgte controls his hands.
Riku manages to break the clinch.
Tertelgte throws a right hand that misses
and Riku counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tertelgte gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tertelgte has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Riku is trying to push Tertelgte away but Tertelgte has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tertelgte lands a body punch.
Riku is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Riku misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tertelgte throws a head punch that misses.
Tertelgte working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tertelgte struggles to land a body shot inside as Riku controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tertelgte keeps control of Riku as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Riku blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Riku tries to work over Tertelgte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Riku misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Riku tries to circle away but Tertelgte has him pinned against the cage.
Tertelgte lands with a light punch inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A hook to the body from Tertelgte.
Riku blocks an uppercut.
Tertelgte is working Riku over against the cage.
Tertelgte lands a body punch.
Tertelgte struggles to land a body shot inside as Riku controls his hands.
Tertelgte lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tertelgte tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Tertelgte.
Tertelgte throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tertelgte pushes Riku back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short left from Tertelgte.
Riku tries to work over Tertelgte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tertelgte lands a body shot.
Tertelgte lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tertelgte presses Riku against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short body shot lands from Tertelgte as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Riku.
Tertelgte breaks from the clinch.
Tertelgte fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Riku has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tertelgte throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tertelgte rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Riku counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tertelgte keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Riku.
Riku takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Riku throws a push kick but Tertelgte slaps the foot to one side.
Tertelgte looks to land a left hand but Riku moved out of range nicely.
Good exchange - Tertelgte coming out on top.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tertelgte.
Tertelgte darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tertelgte moves into range and connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Riku throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tertelgte scores with a hook to the body. Riku takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tertelgte tries to clinch up
and Riku counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tertelgte lands the left hand.
Tertelgte bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Riku's head.
Riku checks the leg kick.
Riku throwing a counter right hand but Tertelgte manages to avoid it.
Riku ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tertelgte moves away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tertelgte.
Riku takes one to the side of the head.
Tertelgte lands with an uppercut that bounces Riku off the cage and back into range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ernie Tertelgte showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Tertelgte throws a poor cross that misses
and Tertelgte takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tertelgte dips to his left and cracks Riku with an uppercut!
Tertelgte looks to land a left hand but Riku moved out of range nicely.
Riku jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tertelgte throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Good work by Riku as he checks the leg kick.
Jab by Tertelgte.
A swing and a miss from Riku.
Tertelgte clobbers Riku with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tertelgte looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Riku throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A low kick from Riku is predictable there
enabling Tertelgte to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tertelgte doesn't manage to clinch there - Riku circles away.
Riku was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Riku takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tertelgte lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tertelgte punishes Riku's body with a nice straight punch.
Tertelgte fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Riku moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Riku tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd cheers as Tertelgte lands an impressive looking overhand right. Riku doesn't seem phased though.
Riku lands the left hand.
Riku looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tertelgte clinches up with Riku and pushes him back against the cage.
Riku is trying to break the clinch but Tertelgte has him pressed against the cage.
Tertelgte lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tertelgte misses with the head strike.
Riku manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tertelgte connects with the punch.
Riku keeps the fight on the outside.
Riku throws an off balance right hand
and Tertelgte counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Tertelgte moves into the clinch.
Riku is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Riku blocks a body shot from Tertelgte.
Riku takes a shot to the head.
Tertelgte working aggressively here.
Riku misses with the head strike.
Riku pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Riku throws a lazy right hand but Tertelgte sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tertelgte misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Tertelgte.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tertelgte! But no joy.
Tertelgte waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Riku.
Riku checks a leg kick.
Tertelgte lands a nice leg kick that just misses Riku's sensitive parts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tertelgte thumps Riku with a low kick.
Tertelgte moves away from the strike by Riku.
Riku takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tertelgte throws a right hand that misses
and Riku counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tertelgte forces Riku back against the cage and clinches.
Riku can't find room to land a body shot as Tertelgte controls the action.
Ernie Tertelgte is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Riku tries to break free but Tertelgte pushes him back against the cage.
Riku wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tertelgte has him pressed against the cage.
Ernie Tertelgte seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Riku struggles to land a body shot inside as Tertelgte controls his hands.
Riku lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Riku throws a head punch that misses.
Riku looking to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riku fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Riku has had enough of the clinch but Tertelgte keeps him there for the moment.
Riku taking a breather.
Riku can't break the clinch.
Riku has a couple of punches blocked by Tertelgte.
Riku is trying to maintain a safe position but Tertelgte gets an underhook and turns Riku into the cage.
Lazuran Riku has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Riku's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tertelgte cracks Riku with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tertelgte connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Riku's hands.
Tertelgte takes one to the chin there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ernie Tertelgte comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Tertelgte has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernie Tertelgte!
During a confident post fight interview, Ernie Tertelgte thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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