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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jerome Riverington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Erol Ottis (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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260 lbs
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271 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Basic striking
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jerome Riverington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Erol Ottis!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Dean Styles and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ottis scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ottis fails with a takedown attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ottis.
Riverington is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ottis.
Riverington misses with a straight right.
Riverington scores with the left hand. Ottis knows he should have avoided that one.
A jab from Ottis misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ottis dives in and scores a takedown into Riverington's guard.
Ottis postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ottis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Riverington utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ottis postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ottis distracts Riverington with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ottis landing with the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ottis trying to control but Riverington is working from the bottom.
Ottis is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Ottis postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riverington wants to stand up but Ottis is controlling him.
Riverington utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ottis is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Ottis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Riverington is breathing heavily.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ottis's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ottis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Riverington knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ottis on the ground.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ottis's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ottis pushes down on Riverington's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ottis working Riverington over with strikes.
Ottis working Riverington over with strikes.
Ottis is looking to stall here but Riverington recovers full guard.
Ottis thows a big elbow that misses.
Riverington avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ottis missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ottis with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ottis trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ottis is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ottis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ottis distracts Riverington with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ottis works over Riverington with some ground and pound from guard.
Ottis has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ottis content to stall in guard here.
Ottis trying to control but Riverington is working from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ottis controlling from the top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Erol Ottis dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ottis gets a takedown into half guard.
Ottis stalling.
Ottis throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ottis thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Riverington's head.
Ottis lands strikes from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riverington blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ottis.
Ottis seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ottis connects with a nice short shot to Riverington's temple.
Ottis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ottis landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ottis connects with a nice short shot to Riverington's temple.
Riverington is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Riverington taking some punishment here, with Ottis in his half guard.
Oh Riverington is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ottis controlling the position here and throwing strikes from the top. Nice elbow lands there... and another... and another... oh, Riverington is out! Ottis gets to his feet and admires his work - nice finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Erol Ottis!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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