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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blake Ritte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonny Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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268 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blake Ritte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonny Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ritte scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Ritte working the ground and pound but Roberts is defending the strikes.
Ritte lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Ritte in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Ritte trying to control the position but Roberts is working away.
Ritte stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Ritte walks into a left hand.
Roberts moves into range and connects with a jab.
Ritte shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ritte lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ritte lands with a punch from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ritte not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ritte seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ritte prevents Roberts from improving his position.
Ritte missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ritte 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.
Ritte throwing shots but Roberts is blocking nicely.
Roberts is not content to let Ritte control the position.
Ritte seems to be working for a kimura but Roberts defends the submission attempt.
Ritte thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Roberts's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ritte trying to pass the guard but Roberts defending well.
Ritte trying to control from half guard but Roberts is working away.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ritte shoots in but Roberts avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ritte is breathing heavily.
Roberts lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Roberts throws a one two combo.
Roberts looks to land a combination. Ritte sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It looks like Blake Ritte has been cut.
Ritte moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Roberts misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Roberts getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts throws a looping overhand right but Ritte ducks down to avoid it.
Ritte takes one on the button.
Roberts jabs Ritte right on the nose. Ritte blinks but takes it well.
Roberts lands with a straight right. Ritte didn't see that one coming.
Ritte walks into a left hand.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Roberts throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Roberts takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Roberts scores with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good shot there by Roberts.
Roberts scores with a jab to the jaw.
Roberts connects with a body shot.
Roberts might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A telegraphed right hand from Roberts misses the target.
A punch combination from Roberts misses.
Roberts will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Roberts misses with a looping left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Roberts misses the jab.
Roberts throws a one two combo.
Ritte is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roberts. Ritte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ritte scores a takedown into full mount!
Roberts holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Ritte tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Roberts is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ritte tries to control but Roberts wriggling away.
Roberts really wants to buck Ritte off and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonny Roberts dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Blake Ritte's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ritte shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Roberts defends it nicely.
Ritte on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ritte looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ritte thows a huge punch but Roberts dodges it nicely.
Ritte looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Roberts is looking for a sweep. Ritte is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ritte trying to control the action but Roberts is working from the bottom.
Roberts blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ritte.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ritte looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ritte is looking to take a break and control but Roberts is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ritte lands strikes from half guard.
Ritte trying to pass the guard but Roberts defending well.
Ritte throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Roberts is trying to stand.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ritte connects with a nice short shot to Roberts's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Roberts is looking to escape.
Roberts trying to control here.
Ritte throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ritte lands a nice short elbow.
Ritte looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Roberts with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Roberts is rocked!
Roberts has hold of Ritte's hands but Ritte slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Roberts is still in real trouble! Can Ritte finish him?
Ritte working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Roberts has hold of Ritte's hands but Ritte slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ritte scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Roberts taking some punishment here, with Ritte in his half guard.
Ritte looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Ritte is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ritte takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Roberts seems to have recovered his senses.
Ritte thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Roberts avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ritte.
Roberts gets back to full guard.
Ritte trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ritte trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ritte working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Roberts looking for a sweep. Not yet Roberts, not yet.
Roberts wants to stand but Ritte is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blake Ritte dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Blake Ritte's cut.
That's time! Ritte's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Ritte shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Roberts's guard.
Roberts has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ritte can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ritte tries to free his leg and advance position but Roberts is retaining full guard.
Roberts should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Ritte with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ritte stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Roberts swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Blake Ritte overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Roberts not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ritte trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ritte trying to control but Roberts is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Roberts pushes Ritte off and gets back to his feet.
Ritte misses with a takedown attempt - Roberts sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Blake Ritte is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roberts digs a good hook to Ritte's body.
Roberts lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ritte uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roberts.
Ritte wants to clinch.
Ritte ducks right into an uppercut from Roberts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ritte decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ritte thows a huge punch but Roberts dodges it nicely.
Ritte is trying to work for a kimura but Roberts is defending well.
Ritte thows a huge punch but Roberts dodges it nicely.
Ritte is looking to take a break and control but Roberts is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ritte missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ritte sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Roberts defending well though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ritte wants to lay and pray for a moment but Roberts keeps working.
Ritte thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Roberts to regain full guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ritte takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice defenses there by Ritte.
Ritte shoots for a takedown but Roberts saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Roberts clobbers Ritte with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A punch lands to the side of Ritte 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Roberts lands a with a good body shot.
Ritte fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blake Ritte. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roberts takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Roberts stuns Ritte with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ritte staying out of range there.
Ritte fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Roberts avoids it really well and circles away.
Horrible takedown by Ritte or perhaps it was just good defense by Roberts which made him look bad.
Good standup being displayed there by Roberts as he connects with a hook.
Ritte displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roberts throws out the jab.
Ritte looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ritte showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roberts.
Ritte fails with the takedown.
Jonny Roberts is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Roberts scores with a jab to the jaw.
Roberts connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Ritte slips a straight right by Roberts.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jonny Roberts.
I think Roberts 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonny Roberts!
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