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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cheetoh Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Karlberg (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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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cheetoh Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Karlberg!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karlberg misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ortiz tries to clinch but Karlberg is having none of it.
Karlberg looks for a takedown but Ortiz sprawls well.
Ortiz tries to close the distance and clinch but Karlberg swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Karlberg changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ortiz tries to avoid it but Karlberg manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ortiz to the ground. Ortiz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Cheetoh Ortiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Karlberg.
Ortiz scores with a leg kick.
Thomas Karlberg seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karlberg looks gassed!
Ortiz closes the distance and clinches.
A short left from Ortiz.
Ortiz is leaning against Karlberg and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ortiz stalling in the clinch.
Ortiz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Karlberg backwards.
Karlberg being controlled against the cage.
Ortiz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Karlberg lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ortiz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ortiz rushes Karlberg and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A knee to the head by Ortiz.
It looks like Thomas Karlberg has been cut.
Ortiz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ortiz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ortiz drives through and clinches with Karlberg against the cage.
Ortiz lands an uppercut.
Ortiz scores with a shot to the side of Karlberg's head.
Ortiz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Karlberg is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ortiz lands a knee to the body.
Ortiz manages to break the clinch.
Ortiz moves into the clinch successfully.
Karlberg takes a shot to the head.
Ortiz scores with a knee to the head.
Ortiz lands an elbow that stopped Karlberg in his tracks for a moment.
Ortiz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ortiz throws a sloppy head kick and Karlberg moves out of range easily.
Ortiz pushes Karlberg up against the cage in a clinch.
Ortiz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Karlbergs head.
Ortiz landing knees to the head.
Ortiz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ortiz.
Ortiz is looking to control Karlberg's arms but Karlberg gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ortiz has his back to the cage.
Karlberg has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ortiz is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ortiz scores with a knee to the head.
A short right from Ortiz.
Karlberg is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Ortiz gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Ortiz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Karlberg fails with a takedown attempt.
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!
Karlberg will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Karlberg.
Ortiz scores with a punch to the head.
Ortiz doesn't manage to clinch there - Karlberg circles away.
Ortiz is looking to clinch.
Karlberg changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ortiz tries to avoid it but Karlberg manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ortiz to the ground. Ortiz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Karlberg keeps the fight on the outside.
Ortiz doesn't manage to clinch there - Karlberg circles away.
Karlberg keeps the fight on the outside.
Karlberg shoots in for a double leg but Ortiz sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Karlberg looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ortiz wants to get back to his feet.
Karlberg is nestled in close to Ortiz, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Karlberg not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz gets back to full guard.
Karlberg preventing the sweep.
Karlberg stops Ortiz from standing up.
Karlberg throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Karlberg throws and elbow that misses. Ortiz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Karlberg's guard. Nice move by Ortiz!
Ortiz stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Ortiz tries a head kick but it misses.
Ortiz is looking to clinch.
Karlberg shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ortiz pinned against the cage. Ortiz gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Karlberg drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Karlberg scores with punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz manages to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ortiz is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Karlberg thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ortiz's head.
Karlberg prevents Ortiz from standing back up.
Ortiz is looking for a sweep. Karlberg is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ortiz trying to hold on to Karlberg's head to control him but Karlberg postures up.
Karlberg is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Karlberg lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ortiz trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cheetoh Ortiz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Karlberg'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.
Karlberg shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ortiz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ortiz presses Karlberg against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ortiz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cheetoh Ortiz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A shot in the inside from Ortiz.
Ortiz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ortiz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ortiz connects with a knee to the head.
Ortiz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Karlberg takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice right hand lands inside from Ortiz.
Ortiz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Karlberg backwards.
Ortiz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ortiz lands a knee to the head.
Ortiz gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Karlberg.
Karlberg's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Karlberg takes a knee right on the jaw!
Karlberg has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ortiz avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Cheetoh Ortiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Karlberg.
A nice left hand lands by Ortiz.
Karlberg drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ortiz lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ortiz landing knees to the head.
Ortiz landing knees to the body.
Karlberg looking for a takedown.
Good body shot from Ortiz.
Karlberg managing to block the knees to the body from Ortiz.
Karlberg letting Ortiz take a breather here.
Karlberg is trying to drag Ortiz to the mat but Ortiz just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Ortiz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ortiz misses with a knee strike.
Karlberg looking for a takedown.
A body shot lands from Ortiz.
Ortiz lands an elbow just above Karlberg 's eye.
Karlberg is working for takedown but Ortiz is calmly controlling the position for now.
Nice body punch from Ortiz.
Ortiz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ortiz just leaning against Karlberg, taking a breather.
Ortiz lands a nice uppercut.
Karlberg is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Karlberg changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ortiz fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ortiz tries a head kick but it misses.
Ortiz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ortiz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karlberg paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ortiz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Karlberg paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Karlberg looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Karlberg looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ortiz.
Karlberg scores a takedown into full mount!
Ortiz is desperately trying to improve his position but Karlberg has a good base and remains in mount.
Ortiz tries to buck Karlberg off but he can't manage it.
Karlberg lands a big shot there that rocks Ortiz but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Ortiz can't escape the position.
Karlberg really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ortiz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Karlberg.
Karlberg postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Ortiz looks a forlorn figure.
Karlberg breaks from Ortiz's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Karlberg dominating with strikes here.
Karlberg landing strikes, looking to finish!
Karlberg lands a nice shot to the head.
Karlberg landing strikes from the mount.
Ortiz is desperately trying to improve his position but Karlberg has a good base and remains in mount.
You get the feeling that Ortiz really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Ortiz working to try and regain half guard.
Karlberg is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ortiz can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Karlberg cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Karlberg with shots to the head and body - Ortiz looks very uncomfortable down there.
Karlberg punishing his opponent with strikes.
Ortiz is working to get back to half guard.
Ortiz is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Karlberg is landing with some decent strikes but Ortiz is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Karlberg prevents Ortiz from getting the reversal.
Karlberg landing strikes from the mount and Ortiz is in trouble!
Ortiz is trying to stand up.
Karlberg scoring with strikes but Ortiz is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cheetoh Ortiz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Karlberg'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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Karlberg misses with a takedown attempt - Ortiz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ortiz throws a head kick that half lands.
Ortiz clinches.
Ortiz is pressed up against the cage. Karlberg has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ortiz down to the mat. Ortiz avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ortiz pushes Karlberg up against the cage in a clinch.
Ortiz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ortiz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ortiz takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Karlberg drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cheetoh Ortiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Karlberg.
Ortiz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Karlberg gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Karlberg prevents Ortiz from standing back up.
Ortiz tries to roll over but Karlberg keeps him under control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karlberg lands with a punch from half guard.
Ortiz kicks Karlberg off and gets back to his feet.
Karlberg shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ortiz as he avoids it easily.
Ortiz tries to clinch up.
Karlberg shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ortiz pinned against the cage. Ortiz gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ortiz throws a head kick that half lands.
Cheetoh Ortiz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ortiz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Karlberg but Karlberg pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Ortiz is looking to clinch but Karlberg is avoiding it.
Ortiz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Karlberg shoots in but no luck this time.
Karlberg fails with the takedown
and Ortiz counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Karlberg tries to score a body lock takedown but Ortiz shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ortiz throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz scores with a knee to the head.
Karlberg being controlled against the cage.
Karlberg is working for takedown but Ortiz is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ortiz lands with a left to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ortiz.
Karlberg has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ortiz avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Karlberg drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ortiz pulls his leg out and moves away.
Karlberg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A punch combination from Ortiz misses.
Ortiz wants to clinch up but Karlberg keeps it at a distance.
Ortiz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ortiz stalks Karlberg and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Karlberg's face. Karlberg staggers backwards, shaken.
Karlberg darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Ortiz has hold of Karlberg's hands but Karlberg slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz pushes Karlberg off looking to stand but Karlberg dives back in and keeps control.
Ortiz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ortiz wants to control but Karlberg is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ortiz is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Karlberg scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ortiz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Thomas Karlberg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ortiz wants to get back to his feet.
Ortiz wants to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Karlberg throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ortiz's waist but Ortiz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Karlberg off to one side.
Karlberg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karlberg shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ortiz's guard.
Karlberg passes Ortiz's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Karlberg's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Karlberg's back!
Ortiz keeps control of the position as Karlberg tries to break free.
Thomas Karlberg has got the better of the ground game so far.
A lull in the action here.
Karlberg covering up well under a series of strikes from Ortiz.
Ortiz struggling to keep hold of the position.
Karlberg tries to escape the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Cheetoh Ortiz.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ortiz, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cheetoh Ortiz!
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