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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Sao Pedro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). George Sao Pedro has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ryan Ortiz's chin.
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160 lbs
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176 cm
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162 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George Sao Pedro!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sao Pedro shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Ortiz is trying to defend but Sao Pedro finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Sao Pedro misses with a head shot. Ortiz uses the momentum to regain guard.
Ortiz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sao Pedro's guard.
Ortiz throwing strikes but missing.
Ortiz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ortiz works over Sao Pedro with some ground and pound from guard.
Ortiz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sao Pedro can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ortiz throws a big elbow that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ortiz stands up over Sao Pedro, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sao Pedro has momentary wrist control but Ortiz slips an elbow through the middle.
Sao Pedro not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sao Pedro is looking for a triangle but Ortiz pushes his legs off easily.
Ortiz stands up over Sao Pedro, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ortiz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ortiz working some strikes from top position.
Sao Pedro has momentary wrist control but Ortiz slips an elbow through the middle.
Sao Pedro working a defensive guard here.
Sao Pedro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ortiz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ortiz landing with the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ortiz is looking to work some ground and pound but Sao Pedro has wrist control.
Ortiz works over Sao Pedro with some ground and pound from guard.
Sao Pedro wants to stand and escape but Ortiz is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ortiz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ortiz is working Sao Pedro over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ortiz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ortiz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ortiz postures up.
Sao Pedro wants to sweep here but Ortiz controlling him for the moment.
Ortiz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ortiz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sao Pedro's head.
Sao Pedro controls Ortiz momentarily but Ortiz frees himself.
Ortiz works over Sao Pedro with some ground and pound from guard.
Ortiz passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Ortiz grinds an elbow into Sao Pedro's temple.
Ortiz is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sao Pedro tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Sao Pedro is in a horrible position here. Ortiz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ortiz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ortiz avoids the attempt from Sao Pedro to control.
Ortiz looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sao Pedro is trying to escape the mount.
Sao Pedro tries to hold on but Ortiz postures up.
Ortiz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sao Pedro looks a forlorn figure.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ortiz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sao Pedro hang on?
Sao Pedro is rocked!
Ortiz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sao Pedro is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sao Pedro is still in real trouble! Can Ortiz finish him?
Sao Pedro is looking to improve his position but Ortiz isn't that keen on the idea.
Sao Pedro tries to hold on but Ortiz postures up.
Sao Pedro seems to have recovered his senses.
Ortiz with the ground and pound from mount.
Ortiz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Sao Pedro hang on?
Sao Pedro is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sao Pedro is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Ortiz is staying active.
Sao Pedro tries to reverse the position but Ortiz maintains control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ortiz landing strikes from the mount.
The referee warns Sao Pedro that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sao Pedro tries to hold on but Ortiz postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Ortiz dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sao Pedro fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
George Sao Pedro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sao Pedro closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Ortiz is trying to stand back up but Sao Pedro is controlling him
Sao Pedro is working for an americana but Ortiz has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Sao Pedro was thinking about the submission.
Ortiz has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Sao Pedro tries to stand but Ortiz is controlling from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Ortiz keeping moving, preventing Sao Pedro from controlling successfully.
Ortiz has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Horrible takedown by Ortiz or perhaps it was just good defense by Sao Pedro which made him look bad.
Sao Pedro shoots in but no luck this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sao Pedro closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Ortiz preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Ortiz trying to control here.
Ortiz is positioning himself well to prevent Sao Pedro advancing to mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Sao Pedro trying to advance position but Ortiz counters by regaining guard.
Sao Pedro wants to control from the top but Ortiz keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sao Pedro!
Sao Pedro is looking to get to half guard.
Ortiz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Sao Pedro is trying desperately to improve position.
Ortiz raining down hammerfists from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz with the ground and pound from mount.
Sao Pedro working to try and regain half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice elbow there by Ortiz.
Ortiz has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Sao Pedro's face.
Ortiz with shots to the head and body - Sao Pedro looks very uncomfortable down there.
Ortiz connects with a bit shot that sees Sao Pedro covering up! More strikes from Ortiz and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Ortiz is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Ortiz!
After the fight, Ryan Ortiz was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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