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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Takanori dos Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerry Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Takanori dos Santos has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Takanori dos Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jerry Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz avoids a kick to the body.
dos Santos tries to clinch there but Ortiz circles away.
Ortiz gets a takedown into half guard.
Ortiz working dos Santos over with strikes.
dos Santos tries to get to full guard but Ortiz has control of the leg.
Ortiz is looking to advance position but dos Santos won't allow it.
Ortiz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
dos Santos is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Ortiz controlling the action here.
Ortiz drops an elbow to the side of dos Santos's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
dos Santos is looking to control Ortiz's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can dos Santos avoid being mounted?
dos Santos wants to get back to his feet.
Ortiz lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nice strikes from Ortiz there.
dos Santos wants to improve his position but Ortiz is controlling well.
Ortiz is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Ortiz seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ortiz winds up and cracks dos Santos with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ortiz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ortiz drops an elbow to the side of dos Santos's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz trying to control the pace.
dos Santos tries to get to full guard but Ortiz has control of the leg.
dos Santos pushes Ortiz off looking to stand but Ortiz dives back in and keeps control.
Ortiz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ortiz controlling the action here.
dos Santos pushes Ortiz off and gets back to his feet.
Ortiz avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. dos Santos manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Ortiz works over dos Santos with some ground and pound from guard.
Ortiz keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of dos Santos's head.
Ortiz throws and elbow that misses. dos Santos uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ortiz's guard. Nice move by dos Santos!
Ortiz manages to escape and get back to his feet.
dos Santos misses with a takedown
and Ortiz counters with a single leg into guard. dos Santos didn't expect that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
dos Santos keeping moving, preventing Ortiz from controlling successfully.
Ortiz working some strikes from top position.
Ortiz slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ortiz is putting a hurting on dos Santos here, landing some big shots from side control.
Ortiz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
dos Santos is trying to improve his position.
dos Santos is breathing heavily.
Ortiz scores with punches from side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
dos Santos takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Ortiz has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for dos Santos!
Ortiz cracks dos Santos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ortiz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jerry Ortiz dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
dos Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
dos Santos throws a right hand that Ortiz ducks under and follows up with a left that Ortiz also avoids with ease.
dos Santos throws a series of punches but Ortiz moves out of range.
dos Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
dos Santos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ortiz looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for dos Santos!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz tries to control but dos Santos wriggling away.
Ortiz landing strikes, looking to finish!
dos Santos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ortiz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish dos Santos?
Ortiz tries to control but dos Santos wriggling away.
Ortiz lands a nice shot to the head.
BOOM! Ortiz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ortiz lands a heavy elbow.
Ortiz controlling from the full mount.
Ortiz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. dos Santos looks a forlorn figure.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ortiz lands a heavy elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ortiz working dos Santos over with strikes here.
Ortiz putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Ortiz controlling from mount.
Jerry Ortiz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ortiz scoring with strikes but dos Santos is staying in there.
dos Santos is trying to escape the mount.
Ortiz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can dos Santos hang on?
Ortiz landing strikes from the mount.
dos Santos tries to reverse the position but Ortiz maintains control.
Ortiz tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ortiz unloading with bombs!
Ortiz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ortiz landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ortiz working dos Santos over with strikes here.
Ortiz dominating with strikes here.
dos Santos gets back to half guard.
Ortiz slows the pace down in half guard.
dos Santos tries to roll over but Ortiz keeps him under control.
Ortiz keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
dos Santos taking some punishment here, with Ortiz in his half guard.
Ortiz with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ortiz lands with a punch from half guard.
Ortiz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks dos Santos with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ortiz slips a nice elbow through dos Santos's hands, connecting with dos Santos's forehead.
Ortiz is taking a breather. dos Santos says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
dos Santos is trying to maintain the position but Ortiz is very close to passing his half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ortiz lands a nice short elbow.
Ortiz slows the pace down in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jerry Ortiz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
dos Santos throws a series of punches but Ortiz avoids them all with ease.
dos Santos explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ortiz scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
dos Santos taking punishment in the form of punches.
dos Santos struggling a bit here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
dos Santos takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dos Santos on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
dos Santos is looking to reverse the position.
Check out the look on Ortiz's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
dos Santos is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Ortiz asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Ortiz happy to just control the position for now.
Ortiz looks up at the clock and then as dos Santos takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Ortiz smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
dos Santos is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Ortiz has just dragged him back down to the mat.
dos Santos is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
dos Santos on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
A lull in the action here.
Jerry Ortiz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jerry Ortiz.
Ortiz gets a takedown into half guard.
Ortiz with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
dos Santos actively working from the bottom here.
Ortiz perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Jerry Ortiz.
Ortiz fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Takanori dos Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Ortiz.
Ortiz slows the pace down.
dos Santos is looking to reverse the position.
Ortiz just content to control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jerry Ortiz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ortiz winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Glass scores the fight 26:30
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 26:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jerry Ortiz!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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