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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big Hurt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Ortis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ortis has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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197 lbs
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206 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Big Hurt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Randy Ortis!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hurt closes the distance and pushes Ortis back into the cage.
Ortis fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Hurt pulls guard.
Hurt 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.
Ortis looks gassed!
Hurt controls Ortis momentarily but Ortis frees himself.
Hurt throws his legs up looking for a submission but Ortis uses it to pass to side control.
Hurt is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Hurt wants to control but Ortis postures up.
Ortis stands up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortis gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hurt to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Hurt drops back looking for a leg! Ortis is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ortis manages to kick Hurt off! Hurt jumps back into Ortis's guard.
Hurt working some strikes from top position.
Hurt trying to control the position from guard on top but Ortis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hurt is pushing down on Ortis's leg trying to pass to half guard. Ortis is fighting to maintain full guard but Hurt has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurt is nestled in close to Ortis, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hurt seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Hurt passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Ortis!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hurt lands a big shot there that rocks Ortis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hurt controlling the pace for now.
Ortis is bucking up trying to escape but Hurt cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurt landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hurt is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ortis can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Hurt looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ortis is bucking up trying to escape but Hurt cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hurt lands a big shot there that rocks Ortis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hurt lands a big shot there that rocks Ortis but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hurt content just to control the position here.
Ortis manages to regain half guard. Good work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hurt is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ortis doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hurt.
Hurt tries to pass to full mount but Ortis defends it.
Hurt looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ortis with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hurt is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ortis defends it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Big Hurt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randy Ortis's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ortis takes a kick to the side of the head.
Hurt shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Ortis but Ortis pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hurt drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Hurt working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hurt lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hurt working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortis gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Hurt in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hurt looking to secure an arm triangle but Ortis defends it well.
Ortis is trying to escape the mount.
Big Hurt overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ortis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortis tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hurt working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The referee warns Ortis that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hurt lands a nice shot to the head.
Ortis is trying desperately to improve position.
Hurt takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ortis 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurt working for a guillotine from mount but Ortis is in no mood to give up.
Ortis is working to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Hurt cracks Ortis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ortis defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Hurt.
The referee warns Ortis that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Hurt trying to control but Ortis is having none of it.
Ortis taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Big Hurt dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Randy Ortis's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Ortis shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hurt looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Ortis is defending well. Hurt quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Ortis has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Hurt celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Big Hurt!
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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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