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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Balboa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toshi Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toshi Ortiz acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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180 cm
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177 lbs
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178 cm
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170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyrone Balboa! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Toshi Ortiz! The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Anthony Taglia and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Ortiz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Balboa circles away quickly and effectively. Balboa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ortiz.
Balboa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Balboa. Balboa postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Ortiz gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard. Ortiz tries to roll over but Balboa keeps him under control. Balboa stops Ortiz from getting back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ortiz keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount. Balboa trying to mount his opponent but Ortiz defends it. Balboa wants to control but Ortiz is keeping him busy. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Ortiz wants to improve his position but Balboa is controlling well.
Ortiz is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. Balboa wants to take a breather but Ortiz is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Tyrone Balboa just wasn't active enough. Ortiz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tyrone Balboa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Balboa with a poor takedown and Ortiz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Balboa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ortiz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balboa. Ortiz tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Balboa wants to clinch. Balboa with a poor takedown and Ortiz counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Ortiz. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Ortiz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Balboa keeping full guard, as Ortiz tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ortiz stops Balboa from standing up. Balboa is breathing heavily. Balboa being controlled here, momentarily. Ortiz passes easily into side control. Nice work. Ortiz working the ground and pound. Ortiz works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Balboa tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad. Ortiz working Balboa over with strikes here. Ortiz lands a big elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Ortiz breaks from Balboa's wrist control and lands an elbow. Ortiz raining down shots from the mount! Ortiz with a couple of short strikes. Balboa tries to get back to half guard but can't. Ortiz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Ortiz landing strikes, looking to finish!
It looks like Tyrone Balboa has been cut. Ortiz with good strikes from the mount here! The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Ortiz tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. Ortiz with a couple of short strikes. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toshi Ortiz dominated that round. The cut man is working on Tyrone Balboa's cut. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ortiz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. Ortiz drives through with a takedown into Balboa's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position. Toshi Ortiz has got the better of the ground game so far. Balboa keeping moving, preventing Ortiz from controlling successfully. Balboa is looking for a triangle here but Ortiz uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Ortiz connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Balboa some visible discomfort.
Balboa is letting Ortiz control him for a moment. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Ortiz is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Balboa is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Ortiz trying to control the position but Balboa is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ortiz might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Balboa kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time. The referee tells the fighters to keep busy. Ortiz scoring with punches from side control. Balboa takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Ortiz working away. Ortiz lands a nice forearm strike. Ortiz cracks Balboa with a big right hand but Balboa just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Balboa taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ortiz remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while. This has been an exciting period of action! Balboa taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ortiz lands a few punches from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ortiz wants to control but Balboa is keeping him busy. Ortiz controls the position. Balboa throws a few strikes from the bottom but Ortiz takes advantage and mounts! Balboa throwing hammer fists to the chest of Ortiz. What's that going to do exactly? Balboa is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ortiz scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ortiz lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning. Ortiz controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Balboa tries to hold on but Ortiz postures up. The referee warns Balboa that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Ortiz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Ortiz landing shots from mount. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Ortiz is in the full mount, landing strikes. Balboa takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toshi Ortiz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The cut man is working on Tyrone Balboa'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. This is the final round!
Balboa tries to grapple but his opponent circles and Ortiz counters with a lovely straight right hand! Ortiz leaves Balboa with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Balboa slips under a jab. Balboa looks for a takedown but Ortiz sprawls well. Ortiz drives through with a takedown into Balboa's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Ortiz postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Ortiz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Ortiz showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Balboa looking for subs off his back but Ortiz has passed one foot through into half guard.
Balboa trying to control here.
Ortiz is nestled in close to Balboa, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure. Balboa wants to get back to his feet.
Ortiz lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Ortiz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Ortiz works his way into full mount! Ortiz has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Ortiz with the ground and pound from mount. Ortiz lands a nice shot to the head. 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! Ortiz breaks from Balboa's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Balboa is rocked! Ortiz content just to control the position here. Balboa is bucking up trying to escape but Ortiz cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ortiz controlling his opponent. Ortiz cracks Balboa with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oh Balboa is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tyrone Balboa's cut is getting worse. Balboa is bucking up trying to escape but Ortiz cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tyrone Balboa's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it. Oooooh, big shot lands for Ortiz! Balboa is hurt baaadly! Ortiz is firing away with more strikes - Balboa is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Toshi Ortiz! After winning the bout, Toshi Ortiz thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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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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