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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ubaldo Cortez (ranked 4304 p4p, 2982 weight class) and Elim Garak (ranked 550 p4p, 400 weight class). Ubaldo Cortez has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Excellent MT
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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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ubaldo Cortez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elim Garak!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cortez looks to score with a jab to the body but Garak is just out of range.
Garak ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Garak lands the left hand.
Cortez misses with an attempted mid kick.
Garak gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cortez.
Cortez throws a jab when Garak was well out of range.
Garak tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cortez was well out of range. Poor timing from Garak.
Garak lands a slapping body shot.
Garak blocks the body kick.
Cortez misses with a takedown attempt
and Garak counters with a stiff right hand.
A slow jab from Cortez misses its intended target.
Cortez misses with a left hand
and Garak counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cortez misses with a right hand
and Garak counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Garak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garak doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Cortez ducks under a wild hook from Garak.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cortez misses with a body shot.
Garak checks a leg kick.
Cortez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Garak eats them both and turns towards Cortez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Garak lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cortez circles away quickly and effectively.
Cortez uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Garak has time to react.
Cortez throws an off balance right hand
and Garak counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Garak is looking to clinch but Cortez is avoiding it.
Cortez throwing a counter right hand but Garak manages to avoid it.
Cortez thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Garak if he has to take too many more of those.
Garak avoids the head kick by Cortez.
Garak throws a lazy right hand but Cortez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Garak avoids the body shot from Cortez.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cortez.
Garak throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cortez throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garak staying out of range there.
Cortez throws the left hand but Garak avoids the punch easily.
Cortez slips under a jab.
Garak avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cortez lands with a hook. Garak tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cortez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Garak eats them both and turns towards Cortez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Cortez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cortez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garak.
Cortez tries to work over Garak's front leg with a kick but Garak checks it.
Cortez scores with the left hand. Garak knows he should have avoided that one.
Cortez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cortez throws a right hand that Garak ducks under and follows up with a left that Garak also avoids with ease.
A countering left hand to the body from Garak misses.
Cortez misses with a looping left.
A nice side step and Garak releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Garak misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortez throws a low kick but Garak avoids it.
Cortez throws a jab when Garak was well out of range.
Good leg kick by Cortez.
Garak ducks under a wild hook from Cortez.
Garak swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice uppercut lands for Cortez. That snapped Garak's head back.
Garak misses with an uppercut.
Cortez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Cortez.
Cortez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Garak keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Garak throws an overhand right that lands on Cortez's shoulder, as Cortez tries to avoid the shot.
Garak just misses with a punch to the body.
Garak looks to score with a jab to the body but Cortez is just out of range.
Garak thuds his right hand into Cortez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortez scores with a leg kick.
Garak uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cortez.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cortez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Garak's head.
No joy there for Cortez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Garak misses with a straight left.
Cortez takes a swing at Garak's ribcage but misses.
Cortez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Garak moves out of range of the strikes.
Garak digs a good body shot into Cortez's ribs.
Cortez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Garak is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cortez.
Cortez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cortez punishes Garak's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cortez with a nice calf kick.
Garak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ubaldo Cortez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Cortez misses with a wild body shot.
Cortez throws a looping overhand right but Garak ducks down to avoid it.
Garak defending well as Cortez loads up on a big left hand.
Cortez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Garak is able to avoid easily.
Garak takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cortez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cortez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cortez thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Garak if he has to take too many more of those.
Nice shot by Cortez.
Garak ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garak cracks a nice hook into Cortez's ribs.
The fighters circling - Garak throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A good leg kick by Cortez.
Cortez blocks a jab.
Garak walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garak swings widly with a right hand
enabling Cortez to counter with a crisp jab.
Sloppy strikes from Garak. Those never looked like landing.
Garak defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cortez.
Garak walks into a jab.
Cortez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cortez moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Cortez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Garak.
Cortez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Garak.
Cortez moves away from the strike by Garak.
Garak's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cortez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garak has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Garak looks to score with a jab to the body but Cortez is just out of range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Cortez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cortez ducks under a wild hook from Garak.
Ubaldo Cortez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garak misses with a looping right.
Garak throws a big shot that misses.
Nice straight punches there by Cortez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cortez.
Cortez looks to score with a jab to the body but Garak is just out of range.
Cortez blocks a jab.
Cortez misses with a kick to the body.
Garak let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Nice defenses there by Cortez.
An inside leg kick lands from Cortez.
Jab from Cortez.
Garak swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Garak tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Garak takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cortez throws a leg kick which misses Garak's front leg but catches the back leg as Garak tries to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Garak sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cortez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cortez is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Garak throws an overhand right that lands on Cortez's shoulder, as Cortez tries to avoid the shot.
Ubaldo Cortez is winning the standup battle so far.
Garak slips under a jab from Cortez.
Garak throws a hook to the side of Cortez's head but Cortez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cortez slips under a jab from Garak.
A jab from Cortez misses.
Cortez throws a looping overhand right but Garak ducks down to avoid it.
Cortez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Garak.
Garak misses with a straight right.
Nice body kick there by Cortez.
Cortez tries for a takedown but Garak circles away easily
and Garak counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Garak misses with a body shot.
Cortez looks to land a body kick but Garak moved away.
Cortez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garak can do to turn this around?
Nice body punch from Cortez.
Garak dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garak throws a looping overhand right but Cortez ducks down to avoid it.
Cortez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cortez misses with a looping left.
Garak swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cortez avoids the body shot from Garak.
Cortez was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Cortez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It seemed like Garak was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cortez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Garak. That did some damage!
Garak misses with a straight right.
Cortez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Garak eats them both and turns towards Cortez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ubaldo Cortez dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Garak throws a lazy right hand but Cortez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Garak might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Cortez has got the better of the exchanges.
Cortez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cortez looks to score with a jab to the body but Garak is just out of range.
Garak swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cortez throws a head kick that misses.
Garak checks a leg kick.
It seemed like Garak was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nice defenses there by Cortez.
Garak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A leg kick checked by Garak.
Garak uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cortez.
Garak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Cortez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from Cortez is predictable there
and Garak counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Garak throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cortez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cortez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Donk. Cortez catches Garak right on the button with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garak throws a jab when Cortez was well out of range.
Garak will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A big left from Garak misses.
Cortez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cortez connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cortez misses with a looping left.
Garak throws out a counter right but Cortez avoids it with no problem.
Garak takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Good work by Garak as he checks the leg kick.
Garak throws out a counter right but Cortez avoids it with no problem.
Cortez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Garak moves out of range as Cortez throws a body kick.
Cortez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Garak to counter with a crisp jab.
Cortez connects with a right hand. Garak shakes it off.
Elim Garak has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garak tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cortez was well out of range. Poor timing from Garak.
Cortez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cortez. Garak shrugs it off though.
Garak has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garak throws out a loose jab but Cortez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cortez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cortez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cortez takes a swing at Garak's ribcage but misses.
Cortez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Garak displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cortez throws out the jab.
Cortez jabs at Garak's body.
Cortez punishes Garak's body with a nice straight punch.
Garak throws a body punch but Cortez moves out of range.
Cortez connects with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cortez connects with the punch.
Garak takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cortez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cortez darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cortez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cortez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cortez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cortez lands a nice looking kick to the body. Garak takes a step back to recover.
Cortez lands a jab.
Garak throws a body punch but Cortez moves out of range.
Garak walks into a straight right hand from Cortez.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cortez ducks under a wild hook from Garak.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortez punishes Garak's body with a nice straight punch.
Garak misses with a looping left.
Cortez with a nice calf kick.
A shot to the liver by Garak. Beautiful body shot.
Cortez throws a good cross that connects.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cortez - that will leave a mark!
Garak lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Garak moves away from the strike by Cortez.
Garak takes one to the side of the head.
Garak swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cortez misses with a low kick.
Cortez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Garak needs to keep his hands up - Cortez had a free shot at his head there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ubaldo Cortez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cortez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Gold scores the fight for Ubaldo Cortez!
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for Ubaldo Cortez!
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight for Ubaldo Cortez!
Ubaldo Cortez wins by unanimous decision!
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