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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joaquin Fortunado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bartholomew Roach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fortunado comes to the cage accompanied by Stairway to Heaven. Roach has chosen The Simpsons Theme Song as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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210 lbs
28 - 10 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joaquin Fortunado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bartholomew Roach!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roach stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fortunado.
Joaquin Fortunado seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roach throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fortunado takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Roach ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fortunado checks a leg kick nicely.
Roach throws a quick inside leg kick.
Roach shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Roach dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Fortunado. That did some damage!
Fortunado pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Roach takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Fortunado walks into a straight right hand from Roach.
It looks like Joaquin Fortunado has been cut.
Roach defending well as Fortunado loads up on a big left hand.
Roach scores with a nice right hand.
Roach buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roach swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Roach lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roach blocks a head kick by Fortunado.
Fortunado on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Fortunado throws a sloppy head kick and Roach moves out of range easily.
Fortunado slips a straight right by Roach.
Fortunado throwing a counter right hand but Roach manages to avoid it.
Fortunado scores with a kick to the body.
Roach lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fortunado's sensitive parts.
Fortunado throws a right hand that Roach ducks under and follows up with a left that Roach also avoids with ease.
Fortunado throws the kick towards the body but Roach avoids it.
Fortunado takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Roach has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Fortunado throws a poor cross that misses
and Roach counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fortunado thinking.
Fortunado lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fortunado fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roach throws an overhand right that lands on Fortunado's shoulder, as Fortunado tries to avoid the shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fortunado. That's going to slow Roach down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roach loads up on a big right hand but Fortunado slips the punch.
Fortunado drops down looking for a counter takedown but Roach sprawls and moves away.
Fortunado fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fortunado throws a leg kick which misses Roach's front leg but catches the back leg as Roach tries to avoid it.
Roach on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fortunado lands a jab to Roach's midsection.
Roach avoids a kick to the body.
Roach throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Fortunado misses with a kick to the body.
Fortunado seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Fortunado throws a leg kick that is checked
and Roach cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fortunado looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Roach tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fortunado is looking to land body kicks.
Fortunado throws a leg kick
and Roach counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fortunado's knee momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roach defending well as Fortunado loads up on a big left hand.
Roach only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Fortunado throws out a leg kick but Roach moves out of range and Fortunado only half commits.
Fortunado lands a lovely overhand right.
Fortunado tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Roach throws a leg kick that misses.
Fortunado looks to throw the jab but Roach is out of range.
Roach swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Some wild striking there from Roach.
Roach throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Roach throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fortunado connects with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fortunado. That's going to slow Roach down.
Fortunado throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortunado throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Roach takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fortunado connects with a solid leg kick.
Fortunado lunges at Roach with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Roach's hand.
Fortunado lands a leg kick that knocks Roach off balance momentarily.
Roach steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Fortunado. That one must have hurt.
Fortunado misses the shot to the body.
Fortunado misses with a body shot.
Fortunado plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
It looks like Bartholomew Roach has been cut.
Roach lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fortunado throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roach lands with a kick to the temple. Fortunado shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fortunado, right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joaquin Fortunado dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Fortunado misses with a body kick.
Fortunado wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Roach's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Fortunado connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Roach scrambles back to his feet.
Roach avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fortunado throws a jab when Roach was well out of range.
Roach has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Fortunado finds it's way round the side to connect with Roach's head.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Roach might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Fortunado has got the better of the exchanges.
Fortunado misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Roach has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fortunado.
Fortunado fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Roach has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fortunado uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roach.
Roach thumps Fortunado with a low kick.
Fortunado misses with a body kick.
Roach takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fortunado listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortunado scores with a crisp jab that stopped Roach in his tracks.
Fortunado lands a jab-cross combination.
Roach ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Roach uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fortunado.
Roach throws a head kick that misses.
Roach's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fortunado lands with a kick to the ribs.
Fortunado scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fortunado slips under a jab.
Roach gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fortunado.
Fortunado takes a shot right to the bread basket.
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!
No joy there for Fortunado, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fortunado scores with a hook to the body. Roach takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Roach tries to move into range but Fortunado moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortunado tries to land a front kick but Roach steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Roach follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
A low kick from Fortunado misses
and Roach counters with a leg kick.
Roach needs to keep his hands up - Fortunado had a free shot at his head there.
Roach throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fortunado half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Fortunado is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Roach can do to turn this around?
Fortunado scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fortunado connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Roach momentarily.
Roach avoids a kick to the body.
Fortunado misses with a two punch combination.
Fortunado looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fortunado bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Roach's head backwards.
Fortunado throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Roach appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Roach with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roach throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fortunado sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fortunado moves out of range as Roach strikes.
Roach takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fortunado misses with a low kick.
Jab by Fortunado.
Roach misses with an attempted mid kick.
Roach just misses with a punch to the body.
Roach lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fortunado misses with the body kick
and Roach counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fortunado looks to land a body kick but Roach moved away.
Roach avoids a kick to the body.
Fortunado looks to land a right hand but Roach moved out of range.
Fortunado gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Roach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roach takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Fortunado misses with a body shot
and Roach counters with a nice low kick that buckles Fortunado's knee momentarily.
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!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fortunado, right into the meat.
Roach misses the shot to the body.
Roach loads up on a big right hand but Fortunado slips the punch.
Fortunado pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice straight punches there by Fortunado. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fortunado.
Fortunado will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fortunado keeps Roach at a distance using the push kick.
Fortunado looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fortunado lets loose with a powerful body kick. Roach will feel that in the morning.
Roach misses with a straight left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roach throws a lazy right hand but Fortunado sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joaquin Fortunado dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Fortunado moves out of range as Roach strikes.
Fortunado cracks Roach with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jab by Roach.
Joaquin Fortunado is winning the standup battle so far.
Roach lands a body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Fortunado darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Roach has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Fortunado scores with a kick to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Roach.
Fortunado tries a low kick but Roach avoids it.
Roach takes a swing at Fortunado's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fortunado keeps Roach at a distance using the push kick.
Roach tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fortunado was well out of range. Poor timing from Roach.
Fortunado misses with a kick to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Roach misses.
Fortunado tries to land a leg kick but Roach saw it coming and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortunado misses with an attempted mid kick.
Roach feints a counter leg kick.
Roach chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fortunado moves out of range of the body kick.
Roach moves out of range as Fortunado throws a body kick.
Fortunado throws a leg kick that is checked
and Roach counters with a nice leg kick.
Fortunado throws a sloppy head kick and Roach moves out of range easily.
Roach takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fortunado swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A good leg kick by Fortunado.
Fortunado misses with a low kick.
Fortunado lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fortunado throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Roach.
Fortunado throws the kick towards the body but Roach avoids it.
A little jabbing left from Roach on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fortunado tries to bum rush Roach with a series of wild strikes but Roach uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Good leg kick by Roach there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Roach lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roach throws a head kick that Fortunado semi-blocks.
Fortunado looks for the body kick but Roach saw that one coming.
It seemed like Roach was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Roach on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Roach misses with a hook to the body
and Fortunado counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fortunado keeps Roach at a distance using the push kick.
Fortunado scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Roach connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Roach slips a jab from Fortunado.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roach misses with a leg kick.
A jab lands there for Fortunado.
Fortunado throws a good cross that connects.
Roach scores with a nice head shot.
Fortunado throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fortunado avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Fortunado throws a lazy body kick
and Roach makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fortunado missing with a left hand there. Roach was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Roach pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Roach wants to land a leg kick but Fortunado is out of range.
Fortunado appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A low kick from Fortunado misses
and Roach makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Roach keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortunado misses with a wild body shot.
Roach doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Fortunado throws the left hand but Roach avoids the punch easily.
Fortunado takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Fortunado lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roach does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Fortunado looks to land a right hand but Roach moved out of range.
Roach misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fortunado drops down looking for a counter takedown but Roach sprawls and moves away.
Fortunado throws a wild body kick that Roach sees coming a mile off.
Fortunado misses with a kick to the body.
Roach only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Roach throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fortunado lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fortunado throws a low kick but Roach avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Joaquin Fortunado did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Fortunado throws a front kick that sends Roach stumbling back into the cage.
Roach missing with a left hand there. Fortunado was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fortunado throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Roach counters with an inside leg kick.
Roach throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fortunado gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting Roach counter with a right hand.
Fortunado avoids the body shot from Roach.
Fortunado moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Fortunado fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Roach has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Fortunado slips a jab from Roach.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roach misses with a kick to the body.
Roach misses with a lunging right hand
and Fortunado counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fortunado misses with a head kick.
Roach has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Fortunado.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortunado misses with a straight left.
Fortunado throws a nice outside leg kick.
A slow jab from Fortunado misses its intended target.
Roach avoids a kick to the body.
Roach looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The crowd cheers as Fortunado lands an impressive looking overhand right. Roach doesn't seem phased though.
Fortunado moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fortunado connects with a body shot that sends Roach's belly button to the back.
Roach will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Fortunado misses with a body shot.
Roach avoids the body shot from Fortunado.
Fortunado lands a glancing blow to the side of Roach's head.
Fortunado's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Fortunado misses.
Nice straight punches there by Fortunado. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fortunado.
Fortunado throws a leg kick
enabling Roach to counter with a crisp jab.
Roach throws a leg kick that is checked
and Fortunado counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fortunado connects with an inside leg kick.
Fortunado clobbers Roach with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Both fighters circling a little - Fortunado finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Fortunado misses with a straight right.
Roach misses with an uppercut.
Roach jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fortunado half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Roach moves out of range of the leg kick from Fortunado.
Roach is looking to score with low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Roach!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Fortunado.
Fortunado throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Fortunado keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Roach tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fortunado was well out of range. Poor timing from Roach.
Fortunado throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Roach throws a right and a left that Fortunado avoids nicely.
Fortunado throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fortunado tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A good leg kick by Fortunado.
Fortunado wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Jab from Fortunado.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortunado just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick misses from Fortunado.
Roach misses with a hook.
Fortunado delivers a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A swing and a miss from Fortunado.
A swing and a miss from Fortunado.
Roach flicks out a counter leg kick but Fortunado steps away.
Roach takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Roach lands a head kick!
Fortunado tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roach was well out of range. Poor timing from Fortunado.
Roach was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Fortunado throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fortunado scores with a kick to the body.
Fortunado throws out a loose jab but Roach uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joaquin Fortunado had his way with Bartholomew Roach in that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Fortunado's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A big left from Roach misses.
Fortunado connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Roach avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Roach throws a leg kick but Fortunado moved away.
Fortunado throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Roach! But no joy.
Fortunado lands the left hand.
Fortunado just misses with a punch to the body.
Roach moves out of range of the body kick.
Fortunado's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Fortunado duly obliges.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roach tries a low kick but Fortunado avoids it.
Fortunado cracks the inside of Roach's front leg.
Fortunado scores with a head kick.
Roach is rocked!
Roach throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fortunado sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roach uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fortunado.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fortunado.
Fortunado lands a nice hook to Roach's body. Roach takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Roach misses with a wild body shot.
Fortunado lands a lovely overhand right.
Roach on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Roach is still on wobbly legs! Can Fortunado finish him?
Roach ducks under a wild hook from Fortunado.
Fortunado finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Fortunado blocks a head kick by Roach.
Roach seems to have recovered his senses.
Roach blocks the body kick.
Roach was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Roach throws a body punch but Fortunado moves out of range.
Roach gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Fortunado.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortunado misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roach.
Fortunado sizes up Roach with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Roach slips under a jab from Fortunado.
Roach connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fortunado lands with a nice body kick.
Bartholomew Roach has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roach takes a jab right on the kisser.
Roach looks up at the clock. Bad move! Fortunado lands a right hand from hell, dropping Roach. Fortunado pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joaquin Fortunado!
Joaquin Fortunado took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, HGH Nutrients Q160 Tycoons Best Quality supps for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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