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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Cortez (ranked 1834 p4p, 2308 weight class) and Vlastimil Vyr (ranked 87 p4p, 106 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Very quick |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Don Cortez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Vlastimil Vyr!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cortez bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Vyr wants to get back to his feet but Cortez drags him back down.
Vyr is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Cortez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cortez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Cortez working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Vyr managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Cortez.
Cortez 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.
Cortez prevents Vyr from escaping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vyr bucks up and tries to throw Cortez off but instead Cortez has got his back!
Vyr is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Cortez is landing with strikes. Vyr can't take much more of this.
Cortez wants to control but Vyr is keeping busy.
Vyr fending off the submission attempt from Cortez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vyr is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
We've been hearing good reports from Cortez's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Vyr covering up well under a series of strikes from Cortez.
Vyr wants to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vyr is trapped and Cortez is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Cortez is punishing Vyr with strikes - can he finish him?!
Cortez punishes Vyr with strikes from the back mount.
Vyr wants to get back to his feet.
Cortez cracks Vyr with a big right hand from the back mount! Vyr immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Cortez takes this one by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Don Cortez!
Don Cortez decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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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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