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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between SergiO Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Will Matsuda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ortiz comes to the cage accompanied by I'M ROCKSTAR. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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188 cm
27
224 lbs
14 - 9 - 0 |
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185 cm
18
211 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined |
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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
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, SergiO Ortiz! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Will Matsuda! The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Ortiz forces Matsuda back against the cage and clinches. Ortiz is pushing Matsuda up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Ortiz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Matsuda backwards. Ortiz lands a nice shot to the body. Ortiz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ortiz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Matsuda is defending well for now. Ortiz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Matsuda has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ortiz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Matsuda throws a right and a left that both miss. Matsuda throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Matsuda misses with a left hand and Ortiz counters with a two punch combo. This has been an exciting period of action! Ortiz throws out a powerful jab. Ortiz blocks a head kick by Matsuda.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ortiz checks a leg kick nicely. Matsuda misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matsuda tries to land a body kick and Ortiz counters with a lovely shot to the body. Matsuda misses with a body kick. Matsuda throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ortiz fails to land with a series of punches.
Ortiz throws a right and a left that both miss. Matsuda takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Matsuda throws a right and a left that both miss. Matsuda on the wrong end of a nice hook. Matsuda is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Ortiz misses with a two punch combination.
Matsuda gets off balance looking for a body kick and Ortiz counters with a left and a right that stings Matsuda. Matsuda misses with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Ortiz blocks a head kick by Matsuda.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Ortiz ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Matsuda takes a shot right to the bread basket. Matsuda looks gassed! Ortiz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Matsuda takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Ortiz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Matsuda. Matsuda throws a sloppy head kick and Ortiz holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. Ortiz displaying some good clinch control by pressing Matsuda up against the cage. Matsuda is trying to break the clinch but Ortiz is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Stalling in the clinch from Ortiz.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by SergiO Ortiz. Matsuda throws a body punch but Ortiz moves out of range. Matsuda fails to land with a series of punches.
Matsuda misses with a head kick.
Sloppy strikes from Matsuda. Those never looked like landing. Ortiz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Matsuda at a distance.
Ortiz throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Matsuda. Nice body punch from Ortiz. A combination from Matsuda does no damage. Ortiz checks a low kick from Matsuda. Nice uppercut there from Ortiz.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Ortiz lands with a nice combination. Matsuda backs away looking to recover. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Matsuda throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Matsuda throws a wild body kick that Ortiz sees coming a mile off. Ortiz lands a jab-cross combination. Ortiz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Matsuda throws a head kick that misses. Ortiz lands a really nice looking cross but Matsuda seems unphased.
Matsuda lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ortiz circles away quickly and effectively. Ortiz tests Matsuda's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Matsuda is rocked! Ortiz drops Matsuda with a left and a right! Oh, Matsuda is hurt - Ortiz dives into side control looking to finish!
Matsuda is still in real trouble! Can Ortiz finish him? The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Ortiz has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand. Ortiz drops Matsuda with a big left hand! Matsuda is injured, injured bad! Ortiz jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). SergiO 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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FIGHT
RATING
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