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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raz Matazz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matazz comes to the cage accompanied by Deftones - Change. Ortiz has chosen Break Stuff as his entrance music. Tito Ortiz acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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192 lbs
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202 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raz Matazz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tito Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz scores with a punch to the head.
Ortiz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Matazz wants to land a leg kick but Ortiz is out of range.
No luck for Ortiz with that takedown attempt.
Matazz tries to clinch but Ortiz moves out of range.
Matazz goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ortiz checks a leg kick.
Ortiz moves out of range as Matazz strikes.
Matazz scores with a push kick.
Matazz tries to clinch but Ortiz is having none of it.
Matazz throws a hook but Ortiz blocks it.
Raz Matazz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matazz tries to clinch but Ortiz is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Matazz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Matazz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ortiz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matazz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ortiz scores with a jab. Matazz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Nice shot lands for Matazz.
Ortiz closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
An inside leg kick from Matazz misses.
Ortiz changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Matazz tries to avoid it but Ortiz manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Matazz to the ground. Matazz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Matazz misses with a low kick.
Matazz throws a head kick that misses.
Matazz throws an overhand right that lands on Ortiz's shoulder, as Ortiz tries to avoid the shot.
Matazz stuffs the takedown.
Raz Matazz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tito Ortiz.
Matazz misses with a body kick.
Matazz is looking to clinch but Ortiz is avoiding it.
Matazz thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz misses with a takedown attempt - Matazz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Raz Matazz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ortiz shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Matazz is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Ortiz's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Ortiz's back!
Matazz trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Matazz is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matazz is hanging on to Ortiz's back as he tries to escape.
Ortiz has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Matazz.
Matazz missing with strikes.
Ortiz wriggles onto his back under a barage of strikes.
Ortiz is squirming around, avoiding Matazz's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Matazz controlling from mount.
Matazz's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Raz Matazz just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Matazz misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raz Matazz dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A swing and a miss from Matazz.
Ortiz looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Matazz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Matazz moves in looking to clinch but Ortiz pushes him off.
A big right from Matazz misses.
Matazz tries to close the distance and clinch but Ortiz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Matazz wants to clinch up but Ortiz keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ortiz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Matazz moves in looking to clinch but Ortiz pushes him off.
Matazz sends Ortiz crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Matazz is motioning to the referee to let Ortiz up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
A big left from Matazz misses.
Matazz tries to clinch up but Ortiz circles away and keeps his distance.
Ortiz is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matazz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Matazz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ortiz's calf.
Matazz doesn't manage to clinch there - Ortiz circles away.
Raz Matazz is winning the standup battle so far.
Ortiz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Matazz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Matazz throws out a leg kick but Ortiz moves out of range and Matazz only half commits.
Matazz pivots, looking for a leg kick but Ortiz is out of range and Matazz settles back down.
Matazz drops Ortiz with a big left hand! Ortiz is injured, injured bad! Matazz jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raz Matazz!
Raz Matazz retains his middleweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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