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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Martez Cortega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Samuels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sam Samuels acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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219 lbs
7 - 6 - 0 |
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190 cm
27
219 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Very quick |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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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
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Martez Cortega!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Sam Samuels!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cortega stuns Samuels with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cortega gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Cortega wants to get back to his feet.
Cortega moves nicely into side control.
Samuels is trying to get back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Samuels manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortega wants to get back to full guard.
Samuels is looking for a kimura but Cortega is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Samuels to get the leverage.
Cortega preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Cortega is trying to control but can't.
Samuels is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cortega defends it well.
Samuels is working for a kimura but Cortega is defending it quite comfortably.
Samuels is looking for a kimura but Cortega is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Samuels to get the leverage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Samuels is looking for a kimura but Cortega is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Samuels to get the leverage.
Cortega is controlling Samuels's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Samuels wants to work for an arm triangle but Cortega is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Samuels wants to work for an arm triangle but Cortega is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Cortega controlling the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Samuels works his way into full mount!
Cortega defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Samuels.
Cortega gets back to half guard.
Samuels is stalling here. Cortega is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Samuels seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Cortega has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Samuels is trying to control Cortega's posture but Cortega avoids it.
Cortega stands up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooooh!!! Cortega has knocked Samuels down with a huge combo! Cortega steps away and waves a wobbly Samuels back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
It looks like Sam Samuels has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cortega darts in and clinches Samuels up against the cage.
Samuels tries to break the clinch but Cortega is controlling the position.
Cortega breaks from the clinch.
Cortega changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Cortega. Those never looked like landing.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Cortega.
Samuels looks winded!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Samuels tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Cortega presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Cortega controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Martez Cortega dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sam Samuels's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Cortega throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Samuels.
Martez Cortega is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Cortega.
Cortega tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Samuels paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cortega misses with a series of wild punches.
Cortega lands a nice looking body shot.
A punch combination from Cortega misses.
Oooooh!!! Cortega has knocked Samuels down with a huge combo! Cortega steps away and waves a wobbly Samuels back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cortega Throws a clean left jab. Cortega Twirls his body and connects with a Spinning Back Fist that connects flush with Samuels's chin! Samuels crumbles to the ground and Cortega follows up with some unanswered strikes. It's all over!! Nice standup skills displayed by Cortega!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Martez Cortega!
An out of breath and clearly excited Martez Cortega thanked Adrenaline for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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