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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gerald Young III (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerry Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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185 lbs
6 - 6 - 0 |
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187 cm
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196 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful |
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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
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Gerald Young III!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jerry Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young III tries to clinch but Ortiz moves away
and Ortiz counters with a nice uppercut.
Young III tries to clinch
and Ortiz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Young III tries to clinch but Ortiz moves away
and Ortiz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Young III tries to clinch
and Ortiz counters with a straight right hand.
Young III tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Ortiz to counter with a crisp jab.
Young III closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ortiz counters with a nice uppercut.
Young III looks to clinch
and Ortiz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Young III looks to clinch
and Young III takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Young III closes the distance but Ortiz moves to the side
and Ortiz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Young III closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ortiz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young III tries to clinch but Ortiz moves away
and Young III takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Young III tries to clinch
and Ortiz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Young III wants to clinch but Ortiz slips to the side
enabling Ortiz to counter with a crisp jab.
Young III tries to clinch up
and Ortiz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Young III closes the distance looking to clinch
and Ortiz counters with a straight right hand.
Young III wants to clinch
and Ortiz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Young III tries to clinch
and Ortiz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young III tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ortiz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Young III tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Ortiz to counter with a crisp jab.
Gerald Young III seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young III wants to clinch
and Ortiz counters with a straight right hand.
Young III tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ortiz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ortiz circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ortiz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ortiz looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Young III!
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Young III wants to try and get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz dominating with strikes here.
Young III takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ortiz has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Young III's face.
Ortiz controlling his opponent.
Ortiz connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ortiz punishing his opponent with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young III is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Ortiz raining down shots from the mount!
Ortiz looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Young III's face.
Ortiz content just to control the position here.
Young III taking shots to the head.
Ortiz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ortiz content just to control the position here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jerry Ortiz dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Young III closes the distance but Ortiz moves to the side
and Ortiz counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Young III's guard now.
Ortiz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ortiz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ortiz works over Young III with some ground and pound from guard.
Ortiz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Young III's head.
Young III knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ortiz on the ground.
Ortiz postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ortiz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ortiz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Young III being controlled here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Young III works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ortiz working some strikes from top position.
Ortiz lands a couple of digs.
Ortiz throwing strikes but missing.
Young III preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ortiz distracts Young III with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ortiz stands up over Young III, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ortiz scoring with punches to the head and body.
Young III on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Young III tries to get out of the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ortiz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ortiz throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz controls from within his opponent's guard.
Let's hope that Ortiz has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Ortiz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ortiz with a nice head shot there.
Ortiz is in close to Young III's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ortiz cracks Young III with a solid left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ortiz thows a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz is stalling in the full guard.
Ortiz connects with a couple of short punches.
Ortiz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Young III is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ortiz is in close to Young III's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ortiz controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Young III's guard.
Young III taking some punishment here, with Ortiz in his half guard.
Ortiz working over Young III with some ground and pound. Young III looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ortiz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Young III with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ortiz works his foot free and advances to mount.
Ortiz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ortiz controlling the pace for now.
Ortiz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ortiz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
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.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Young III tries to clinch up
and Ortiz counters with a nice double leg into side control. Young III won't be happy with that.
Ortiz working the ground and pound from side control.
Ortiz has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Young III!
Ortiz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Young III takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ortiz lands a heavy elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ortiz lands a heavy elbow.
Ortiz lands a big elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ortiz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Young III is rocked!
Ortiz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Oh Young III is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ortiz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz with shots to the head and body - Young III looks very uncomfortable down there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ortiz lands a big shot to the head and Young III winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Jerry Ortiz!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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