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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blake Ritte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Barry Mitchell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blake Ritte could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Barry Mitchell's chin.
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260 lbs
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270 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
1 - 1 - 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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Barry Mitchell!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mitchell keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mitchell stuffs the takedown attempt from Ritte. Ritte gets slowly back to his feet.
Ritte fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Mitchell sprawls well initially but Ritte persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Mitchell is trying to stand.
Ritte is trying to control. Mitchell wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Mitchell blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ritte.
Ritte missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Ritte thows a huge punch but Mitchell dodges it nicely.
Ritte takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mitchell really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ritte. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mitchell is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ritte not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ritte is nestled in close to Mitchell, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Mitchell wants to get back to his feet.
Ritte sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mitchell defending well though.
Mitchell wants to get back to his feet.
Ground and pound from Ritte.
Ritte prevents Mitchell from standing back up.
Ritte throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ritte seems to be looking for submissions.
Ritte prevents Mitchell from standing back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mitchell tries to close the distance and clinch but Ritte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mitchell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ritte swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ritte takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
It looks like Blake Ritte has been cut.
Mitchell stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blake Ritte. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ritte is breathing heavily.
Ritte fails to land the takedown.
Ritte has a takedown stuffed.
Mitchell moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Mitchell.
Mitchell unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ritte lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mitchell lands a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Mitchell.
Mitchell connects with a knee to the head.
Mitchell scores with a knee to the head.
Mitchell lands an elbow just above Ritte 's eye.
Mitchell is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mitchell stops a takedown attempt from Ritte.
Mitchell lands a nice elbow.
Mitchell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mitchell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Blake Ritte's cut is getting worse.
Knees to the body from Mitchell.
Ritte takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mitchell lands a nice elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Mitchell.
Mitchell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ritte takes an elbow to the temple.
Mitchell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mitchell lands a damaging elbow.
Mitchell lands an elbow just above Ritte 's eye.
Mitchell lands a nice elbow.
Mitchell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mitchell lands an elbow just above Ritte 's eye.
Ritte takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ritte takes an elbow to the temple.
Mitchell connects with a knee to the head.
Mitchell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mitchell lands an elbow that stopped Ritte in his tracks for a moment.
Mitchell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ritte's defenses.
Mitchell scores with a knee to the head.
Mitchell landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ritte takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mitchell creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ritte looking for a takedown.
A knee to the head by Mitchell.
Mitchell lands a nice elbow.
Mitchell lands an elbow that stopped Ritte in his tracks for a moment.
Mitchell blocks a body shot from Ritte.
Mitchell scores a nice knee to the body.
Ritte is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Mitchell pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell prevents the takedown attempt.
Mitchell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mitchell lands a nice elbow.
Ritte tries to score a body lock takedown but Mitchell shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Mitchell crunches a lovely knee into Ritte's ribcage.
Mitchell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ritte takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ritte misses with some punches.
Mitchell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mitchell lands a damaging elbow.
Mitchell lands an elbow that stopped Ritte in his tracks for a moment.
Mitchell is pressed up against the cage. Ritte has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Mitchell down to the mat. Mitchell avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Mitchell tries to clinch but Ritte moves out of range.
Mitchell tries to clinch up.
Barry Mitchell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mitchell tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ritte swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ritte throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mitchell's waist but Mitchell gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ritte off to one side.
Mitchell fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mitchell tries to clinch up.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Mitchell fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mitchell darts in and clinches Ritte up against the cage.
Mitchell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mitchell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ritte's defenses.
Mitchell lands an elbow inside that Ritte shrugs off.
Ritte takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mitchell prevents the takedown attempt.
Knees in the clinch landing for Mitchell.
Mitchell crunches a lovely knee into Ritte's ribcage.
Mitchell lands a good knee to the midsection. Ritte won't want to take too many of those.
Ritte takes an elbow to the temple.
Mitchell prevents the takedown attempt.
Mitchell with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ritte wants a takedown.
Mitchell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mitchell crunches a lovely knee into Ritte's ribcage.
Mitchell scores with a knee to the head.
Mitchell creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ritte's defenses.
Ritte has clasped his hands together around Mitchell's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mitchell is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Ritte asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Ritte is working Mitchell over with some ground and pound from side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mitchell avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Ritte.
Ritte in side control, throwing shots but Mitchell defends.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Barry Mitchell 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.
Mitchell wants to clinch.
Blake Ritte is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ritte closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ritte takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mitchell lands an elbow inside.
Ritte goes for a takedown attempt but Mitchell pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Mitchell clinches with his opponent.
Ritte trying to control the position but instead, Mitchell has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ritte into the cage.
Ritte can't get the takedown.
Nice elbow from Mitchell.
Mitchell landing knees to the head.
Mitchell lands an elbow just above Ritte 's eye.
A knee to the head by Mitchell.
Blake Ritte's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Mitchell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Ritte takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mitchell with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ritte takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jeez, Blake Ritte's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Mitchell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ritte's face.
Mitchell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ritte wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blake Ritte. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mitchell lands an elbow just above Ritte 's eye.
Mitchell lands a nice elbow.
Mitchell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ritte takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mitchell lands an elbow just above Ritte 's eye.
Mitchell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ritte's face.
Nice elbow from Mitchell.
Ritte takes an elbow to the temple.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mitchell obliges.
Mitchell gets underhooks to prevent Ritte's takedown attempt.
Mitchell is fighting off a takedown attempt but Ritte is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Mitchell to the mat. Mitchell regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Mitchell wants to get back to his feet but Ritte is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Ritte landing with the ground and pound.
Ritte might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Mitchell has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Ritte off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Mitchell tries to close the distance and clinch but Ritte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mitchell clinches but Ritte breaks the clinch
and Ritte counters with a takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Mitchell is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Ritte asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Ritte tries to advance to mount but can't.
Mitchell pushes Ritte away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Ritte gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Mitchell takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mitchell can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ritte wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mitchell keeps working.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Mitchell tries to clinch up
so Ritte counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mitchell has momentary wrist control but Ritte slips an elbow through the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ritte is controlling him.
Mitchell keeping moving, preventing Ritte from controlling successfully.
Mitchell uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Ritte misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Mitchell doesn't manage to clinch there - Ritte circles away.
Ritte looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mitchell is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mitchell moves into range and clinches up with Ritte.
Nice elbow from Mitchell.
Barry Mitchell seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Mitchell lands a knee to the body.
Ritte takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Mitchell.
Ritte takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mitchell lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ritte lands a shot to the body.
Mitchell connects with a knee to the head.
Mitchell scores with a knee to the head.
Mitchell with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mitchell lands a good knee to the midsection. Ritte won't want to take too many of those.
Mitchell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ritte's face.
Mitchell prevents a body shot from Ritte.
Mitchell lands an elbow inside.
Mitchell lands an elbow inside that Ritte shrugs off.
Mitchell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ritte's face.
Mitchell with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ritte goes for a takedown in the clinch but Mitchell prevents it.
Mitchell comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mitchell landing knees to the body.
Mitchell putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ritte in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mitchell prevents the takedown attempt.
Mitchell prevents a takedown attempt there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ritte is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Mitchell gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Mitchell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ritte's face.
Ritte goes for a takedown in the clinch but Mitchell prevents it.
Ritte looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Barry Mitchell will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Blake Ritte's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Ritte avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mitchell forces Ritte back against the cage and clinches.
Mitchell with a knee to the head.
Ritte has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Mitchell is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Mitchell is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mitchell lands a knee to the head.
Mitchell lands a damaging elbow.
Mitchell lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mitchell lands an elbow that stopped Ritte in his tracks for a moment.
Ritte has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mitchell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ritte takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Mitchell.
Ritte takes an elbow to the forehead.
Knees to the body from Mitchell.
Mitchell lands an elbow that stopped Ritte in his tracks for a moment.
Mitchell stops a takedown attempt from Ritte.
Ritte tries to score a body lock takedown but Mitchell shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blake Ritte. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mitchell scores with a knee to the head.
Mitchell throws an elbow that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ritte tries to score a body lock takedown but Mitchell shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ritte goes for a takedown attempt but Mitchell pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Mitchell is looking to clinch but Ritte is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ritte shoots in for a takedown but Mitchell shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Mitchell clinches up against the cage.
Mitchell landing knees to the head.
Mitchell lands an elbow that stopped Ritte in his tracks for a moment.
Mitchell lands a nice elbow.
Ritte tries to score a body lock takedown but Mitchell shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Mitchell lands an elbow that stopped Ritte in his tracks for a moment.
Mitchell gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Mitchell connects with a knee to the head.
Mitchell connects with a knee to the head.
Ritte has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Mitchell is trying to keep an underhook but Ritte manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Ritte prevents Mitchell from standing back up.
Ritte landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ritte tries to stand but can't do so whilst Mitchell controls his leg.
Ritte stops Mitchell from getting back to his feet.
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.
Ground and pound from Ritte.
Barry Mitchell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ritte lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ritte is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Mitchell has Ritte up against the cage in a clinch.
Mitchell is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mitchell lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ritte goes for a takedown attempt but Mitchell pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Mitchell moves into the clinch successfully.
Mitchell gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ritte.
Mitchell lands an elbow inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Mitchell.
Ritte tries for a takedown. No joy.
Mitchell connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ritte's face.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Blake Ritte's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Barry Mitchell!
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