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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cheeto Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zander Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zander Murphy will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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175 lbs
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Cheeto Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Zander Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ortiz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zander Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ortiz slips a jab and a cross from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a double jab.
Ortiz takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Murphy swinging wilding here.
Murphy is looking to land body kicks.
Murphy throws a right hand that Ortiz ducks under and follows up with a left that Ortiz also avoids with ease.
Murphy misses with the combination.
Murphy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ortiz.
Murphy misses with a wild combination.
Murphy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy misses with a double jab.
Murphy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murphy throws a right hand that Ortiz ducks under and follows up with a left that Ortiz also avoids with ease.
Zander Murphy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ortiz scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Ortiz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murphy is looking for a sweep. Ortiz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ortiz working over Murphy with some ground and pound. Murphy looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Murphy pushes Ortiz off and gets back to his feet.
Murphy misses with a leg kick.
Ortiz shoots in and bounces Murphy off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Ortiz prevents Murphy from getting back to his feet.
Murphy looking for a sweep. Not yet Murphy, not yet.
Ortiz landing some decent shots from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz stands up over Murphy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ortiz stops Murphy from standing up.
Ortiz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Murphy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ortiz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ortiz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ortiz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ortiz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ortiz throwing strikes but missing.
Ortiz looking to pass the guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ortiz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Murphy throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ortiz dives in and grabs Murphy's left leg, looking for a takedown. Murphy pushes down on Ortiz's head and hops out.
Ortiz slips a jab and a cross from Murphy.
Murphy throws a nice looking combination but Ortiz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ortiz shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Murphy defends it nicely.
Ortiz staying out of range there.
Ortiz changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Murphy looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Ortiz tries to score with some ground and pound. Murphy controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Ortiz lands an elbow.
Ortiz grinds an elbow into Murphy's temple.
Murphy is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Ortiz's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ortiz 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.
Murphy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ortiz.
Ortiz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Murphy's head.
Murphy is controlling Ortiz's trapped leg to prevent Ortiz from advancing to side control.
Ortiz misses with a head shot. Murphy uses the momentum to regain guard.
Murphy manages to escape and get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Murphy. That snapped Ortiz's head back.
Murphy swinging wilding here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cheeto Ortiz dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Murphy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Murphy!
Murphy misses with a double jab.
A jab from Murphy finds it's way through Ortiz's defenses.
Murphy swinging wilding here.
Some wild striking there from Murphy.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Murphy, right into the meat.
Ortiz fails with the takedown.
Zander Murphy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ortiz takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A punch lands to the side of Ortiz 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murphy connects with a crisp jab.
Jab by Murphy.
Murphy scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Left hook, right uppercut from Murphy.
Ortiz scores with a takedown into Murphy's guard.
Ortiz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ortiz preventing the sweep.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ortiz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Murphy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Ortiz thows a big elbow that misses.
Ortiz is working Murphy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Cheeto Ortiz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Murphy is pressed up against the cage. Ortiz has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Murphy down to the mat. Murphy avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Ortiz avoids them all with ease.
Murphy fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ortiz checks it well.
Ortiz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy throws a push kick but Ortiz slaps the foot to one side.
Murphy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Murphy cracks Ortiz with a right hand to the side of the head.
Murphy misses with a series of wild punches.
Murphy swinging wilding here.
Ortiz dodges the punch combination from Murphy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Murphy.
Murphy throws a right hand that Ortiz ducks under and follows up with a left that Ortiz also avoids with ease.
Murphy misses with a series of wild punches.
Ortiz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cheeto Ortiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Ortiz moves out of range.
Murphy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Murphy throws a right hand that Ortiz ducks under and follows up with a left that Ortiz also avoids with ease.
Murphy misses with a two punch combination.
Horrible takedown by Ortiz or perhaps it was just good defense by Murphy which made him look bad.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Murphy scores with a three punch combo!
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ortiz was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
A combination from Murphy does no damage.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Ortiz moves out of range.
A punch combination from Murphy misses.
Murphy misses with a wild combination.
Murphy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murphy misses with a few strikes there.
Murphy throws a hook but Ortiz avoids it easily.
Murphy misses with a wild combination.
Ortiz feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zander Murphy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Murphy looks to land a combination but Ortiz avoids it well.
Murphy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Ortiz avoids them all with ease.
Nice shot by Murphy.
Murphy scores with a jab to the head.
Murphy moves out of range of the body kick.
Horrible takedown by Ortiz or perhaps it was just good defense by Murphy which made him look bad.
Ortiz slips a jab and a cross from Murphy.
Murphy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ortiz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ortiz shoots in but no luck this time.
Ortiz shoots in but Murphy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cheeto Ortiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murphy misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Murphy.
Murphy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murphy misses with a few strikes there.
Murphy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murphy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Murphy throws a nice looking combination but Ortiz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ortiz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Murphy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ortiz closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Murphy did well to prevent Ortiz getting side control.
Ortiz throwing shots but Murphy is blocking nicely.
Ortiz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ortiz stops Murphy from getting back to his feet.
Murphy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ortiz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz lands with a punch from half guard.
Ortiz throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ortiz with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Murphy misses with a two punch combination.
Murphy fails to land with a series of punches.
Murphy slaps away a takedown attempt from Ortiz, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Ortiz.
Ortiz grinds an elbow into Murphy's temple.
Murphy is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Ortiz is controlling him well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz is chipping away with strikes.
Ortiz is putting a hurting on Murphy here, landing some big shots from side control.
Murphy gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Ortiz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Murphy tries to roll over but Ortiz keeps him under control.
Ortiz is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Murphy is just riding it out for now. Ortiz eventually gives up the hold.
Murphy manages to get to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ortiz postures up.
Ortiz throws a big right hand that misses.
Ortiz postures up in Murphy's guard and throws a big left but Murphy blocks it.
Ortiz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Murphy works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Murphy throws a series of strikes that have Ortiz backpedaling.
Ortiz shoots for a double leg takedown but Murphy sprawls well. He's pushed Ortiz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Murphy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ortiz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Murphy lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Some wild striking there from Murphy.
Murphy fails to land with a series of punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Zander Murphy.
I think Murphy has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Zander Murphy!
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