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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bill Baldwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joell Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ortiz has chosen Thunderstruck as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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289 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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240 lbs
12 - 10 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bill Baldwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joell Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Columbo Gatti and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ortiz misses with a right hand
and Baldwin counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Joell Ortiz has been cut.
Baldwin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ortiz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Some wild striking there from Ortiz.
Baldwin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ortiz.
Some wild striking there from Baldwin.
Ortiz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Baldwin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Baldwin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Baldwin misses with a wild body shot.
Ortiz misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ortiz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ortiz tries to bum rush Baldwin with a series of wild strikes but Baldwin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Baldwin shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ortiz sprawls well. Ortiz wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Baldwin gets slowly back to his feet.
Baldwin gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Ortiz fails to land with a series of punches.
Baldwin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Baldwin on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz throws a body punch but Baldwin moves out of range.
Ortiz gets a double leg takedown into Baldwin's guard.
Baldwin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ortiz postures up in Baldwin's guard and throws a big left but Baldwin blocks it.
Ortiz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Baldwin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Baldwin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Ortiz trying to control but Baldwin is working from the bottom.
Baldwin manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ortiz manages to get himself to full guard.
Baldwin sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baldwin looking to pass the guard.
Baldwin with a flurry of punches that miss.
Baldwin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ortiz is keeping the position for now.
Baldwin forces his way into half guard.
Ortiz trying to control here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ortiz is not content to let Baldwin control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baldwin is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Ortiz is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Baldwin is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Baldwin thows a huge punch but Ortiz dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Bill Baldwin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joell Ortiz's cut.
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.
Ortiz throws a hook but Baldwin avoids it easily.
Ortiz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ortiz, as that shot connected.
Ortiz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ortiz walks into a jab.
A big left from Baldwin misses.
Baldwin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ortiz throws an overhand right that lands on Baldwin's shoulder, as Baldwin tries to avoid the shot.
Baldwin throws a right hand that Ortiz ducks under and follows up with a left that Ortiz also avoids with ease.
Baldwin misses with a left hand
and Ortiz counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz misses with a body shot.
Baldwin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
letting Ortiz counter with a right hand.
Baldwin wants to clinch up but Ortiz keeps it at a distance.
Baldwin ducks under a wild hook from Ortiz.
Some wild striking there from Baldwin.
Ortiz throws a nice looking combination but Baldwin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ortiz misses with the combination.
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.
Ortiz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Baldwin counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ortiz won't be happy with that.
Ortiz tries to bench press Baldwin off him but Baldwin keeps the position.
Baldwin has hold of Ortiz's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Ortiz seems comfortable defending it but Baldwin has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Ortiz is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Ortiz is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Baldwin couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bill Baldwin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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