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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Blake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jermaine Hortz (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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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rodney Blake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jermaine Hortz!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hortz swats away the attempt to clinch by Blake.
Hortz misses with a series of wild punches.
Blake tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hortz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Blake tries to clinch there but Hortz circles away.
Blake really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hortz throws the left hand but Blake avoids the punch easily.
Blake slips a jab and a cross from Hortz.
Hortz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Hortz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Blake doesn't manage to clinch there - Hortz circles away.
Blake tries to clinch there but Hortz circles away.
Hortz connects with a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Hortz. Those never looked like landing.
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hortz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blake fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hortz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hortz keeps the fight on the outside.
Blake tries to clinch up.
Blake is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hortz.
Hortz missing with a left hand there. Blake was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hortz looks to land a combination but Blake avoids it well.
Blake is looking to clinch but Hortz is avoiding it.
Hortz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Blake sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blake looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hortz misses with a double jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Hortz as he connects with a hook.
A combination from Hortz does no damage.
Hortz throws a right hand that Blake ducks under and follows up with a left that Blake also avoids with ease.
Blake tries to clinch but Hortz moves out of range.
Hortz tries to bum rush Blake with a series of wild strikes but Blake uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hortz scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
An inside leg kick from Hortz misses.
Danga de danga de dang - Hortz scores with a four punch combination!
Hortz misses with a few strikes there.
A punch combination from Hortz misses.
Blake tries to clinch there but Hortz circles away.
Hortz throws a right and a left that Blake avoids nicely.
Jermaine Hortz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blake is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hortz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
A nice combination there by Hortz.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hortz!
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch but Hortz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blake is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blake slips a jab and a cross from Hortz.
Hortz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hortz throws out a leg kick but Blake moves out of range and Hortz only half commits.
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hortz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blake showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hortz.
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch but Hortz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hortz connects with a crisp jab.
Blake tries to clinch but Hortz is having none of it.
Hortz is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Hortz misses with a double jab.
Hortz takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hortz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hortz scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hortz keeps the fight on the outside.
Hortz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hortz misses with a low kick.
Hortz misses with a series of wild punches.
Hortz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Blake tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hortz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Blake wants to clinch.
Hortz swats away the attempt to clinch by Blake.
Hortz is working the combinations to good effect here.
Hortz goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hortz misses with a few strikes there.
Hortz throws a looping overhand right but Blake ducks down to avoid it.
Hortz throws out a loose jab but Blake uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch but Hortz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blake checks a low kick from Hortz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Nice defenses there by Blake.
Hortz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blake tries to clinch there but Hortz circles away.
Blake is looking to clinch.
Hortz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hortz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Blake on the side of the head.
Hortz tries to bum rush Blake with a series of wild strikes but Blake uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hortz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Good leg kick by Hortz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hortz misses with a two punch combination.
Hortz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blake wants to clinch up but Hortz keeps it at a distance.
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hortz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Blake is looking to clinch.
Blake showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hortz.
Hortz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jermaine Hortz dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Hortz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blake showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hortz.
Blake tries to clinch but Hortz moves out of range.
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch but Hortz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Blake defending well as Hortz loads up on a big left hand.
Blake tries to clinch there but Hortz circles away.
Blake tries to clinch up but Hortz circles away and keeps his distance.
Hortz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Blake fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hortz scores with a decent looking hook.
Hortz misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Hortz.
Hortz throws a series of punches but Blake avoids them all with ease.
Hortz swinging wildly here.
Blake wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hortz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blake moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hortz throws a low kick but Blake moves out of range easily.
Hortz misses with a few strikes there.
Hortz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hortz swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Hortz lands the left hand.
Blake fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hortz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Blake is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Hortz.
Blake tries to clinch but Hortz moves out of range.
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hortz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hortz misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hortz throws the kick towards the body but Blake avoids it.
Blake tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hortz is looking to score with low kicks.
Decent striking displayed by Hortz there.
Jermaine Hortz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hortz misses with a series of wild punches.
Hortz closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A telegraphed right hand from Hortz misses the target.
Blake tries to clinch up.
Sloppy strikes from Hortz. Those never looked like landing.
Hortz misses with a series of wild punches.
Hortz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blake.
Sloppy strikes from Hortz. Those never looked like landing.
Blake is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blake is looking to clinch.
Blake tries to clinch but Hortz moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blake fails in his attempt to clinch.
Blake avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hortz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hortz fails to land with a series of punches.
A big right from Hortz misses.
Sloppy strikes from Hortz. Those never looked like landing.
Hortz tried to score with a low kick but Blake checks it.
Hortz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Blake moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hortz swats away the attempt to clinch by Blake.
Blake showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hortz.
Blake tries to clinch up.
Hortz swats away the attempt to clinch by Blake.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Blake checks a leg kick nicely.
Hortz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hortz misses with a looping left.
Blake blocks a leg kick.
Blake wants to clinch up but Hortz keeps it at a distance.
Blake tries to clinch up.
Hortz swats away the attempt to clinch by Blake.
Hortz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Blake circles away quickly and effectively.
Hortz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Blake tries to clinch but Hortz is having none of it.
Hortz misses with a series of wild punches.
Blake dodges the punch combination from Hortz.
Hortz keeps the fight on the outside.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The fight stays on the outside here - Blake looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Blake fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jermaine Hortz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Danga de danga de dang - Hortz scores with a four punch combination!
A nice combination there by Hortz.
Hortz lands a jab-cross combination.
Hortz misses with the combination.
Blake showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hortz.
Blake clinches up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blake.
Blake tries to break the clinch but Hortz is controlling the position.
Hortz tries to break free but Blake pushes him back against the cage.
Blake has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blake keeps control of Hortz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Blake working aggressively here.
Blake throws a punch but it's blocked by Hortz.
Hortz is trying to break the clinch but Blake has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Blake fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hortz tries to break the clinch but Blake is controlling the position.
Blake tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hortz wants to get back to striking at distance but Blake won't allow it.
Blake breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hortz misses with a leg kick.
Hortz lands with an overhand left.
Hortz gets tackled into the cage by Blake. Blake maintains the clinch.
Hortz tries to break the clinch but Blake is controlling the position.
Blake misses with some punches.
Blake has Hortz pressed against the cage, preventing Hortz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Blake keeps control of Hortz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Blake doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blake throws a punch but it's blocked by Hortz.
Blake misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hortz can't break the clinch.
Hortz wants to get back to striking at distance but Blake won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Blake throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Blake fails to land.
Blake throws a punch but it's blocked by Hortz.
Blake wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hortz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blake looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Blake stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Blake fails to land.
Hortz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hortz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blake slips under a jab.
Blake fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hortz misses with a head kick.
Blake tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blake slips under a jab.
Hortz throws a series of punches but Blake moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blake doesn't manage to clinch there - Hortz circles away.
Blake tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Blake wants to clinch.
Blake doesn't manage to clinch there - Hortz circles away.
Blake is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Blake doesn't manage to clinch there - Hortz circles away.
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch but Hortz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hortz connects with the punch.
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hortz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blake tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hortz throws a one two combo.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hortz lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Blake has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Blake and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hortz throws a right and a left that Blake avoids nicely.
Blake is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
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.
Blake is looking to clinch.
Hortz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Blake.
The fight stays on the outside here - Blake looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hortz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hortz throws a hook but Blake blocks it.
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hortz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rodney Blake has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Blake tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hortz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blake fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hortz throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Blake on the side of the head.
Hortz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hortz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hortz lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Blake backs up against the cage.
Hortz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jermaine Hortz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hortz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hortz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blake.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rodney Blake.
I think Hortz 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jermaine Hortz!
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