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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ferdinand Cortes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Alvado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pablo Alvado will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Ferdinand Cortes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Pablo Alvado!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cortes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Alvado on the side of the head.
Alvado uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cortes.
A shot to the body from Cortes misses
and Alvado connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cortes connects with a leg kick. Alvado looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cortes just misses with a punch to the body.
Alvado jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Alvado misses with a kick to the body.
Cortes motions for Alvado to come forward. Cortes throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Alvado connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Alvado drops his hands momentarily and Cortes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Alvado connects with a nice looking jab.
Cortes thumps Alvado with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cortes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cortes looks to score with a jab to the body but Alvado is just out of range.
Cortes throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortes throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Alvado throws the left hand but Cortes avoids the punch easily.
Alvado swats away the attempt to clinch by Cortes.
A countering left hand to the body from Alvado misses.
Cortes tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Alvado is able to avoid easily.
We've been told by Cortes's head coaches at Wolf Training Lair that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Cortes is looking to wear down Alvado with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A low kick from Cortes is predictable there
and Alvado cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cortes throws a lazy body kick
letting Alvado counter with a right hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Cortes. That snapped Alvado's head back.
Cortes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jab from Cortes.
Alvado walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cortes.
Nice uppercut there from Alvado.
Cortes lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alvado is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Alvado has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Alvado throws a nice looking combination but Cortes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cortes scores with the left hand. Alvado knows he should have avoided that one.
Alvado takes one to the side of the head.
Ferdinand Cortes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cortes scores with a hook.
Cortes connects with a right hand. Alvado shakes it off.
Cortes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Good leg kick by Cortes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Alvado misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cortes.
Cortes tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Alvado manages to circle out of the way.
Cortes throws a push kick but Alvado slaps the foot to one side.
A telegraphed right hand from Alvado misses the target.
Cortes lands with a hook. Alvado tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Cortes misses
and Alvado connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cortes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Alvado blocks a jab.
Cortes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Alvado tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cortes lands a nice shot to the body.
Alvado slips a straight right by Cortes.
Cortes lands with an uppercut that bounces Alvado off the cage and back into range.
Cortes clobbers Alvado with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cortes is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Cortes throws a leg kick that is checked
and Alvado counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cortes throws a shot from downtown. Alvado moves away and avoids it.
Cortes misses with an uppercut
and Alvado counters with 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!
Cortes misses with the body kick
and Alvado counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid body kick from Cortes.
Cortes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Alvado now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Cortes lands a nice looking kick to the body. Alvado takes a step back to recover.
Alvado shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cortes throws a shot from downtown. Alvado moves away and avoids it.
Cortes just misses with a punch to the body.
Alvado paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Alvado walks into a left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alvado has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cortes.
Cortes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alvado.
Cortes swings for the body but Alvado moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ferdinand Cortes dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A head kick misses from Cortes.
Cortes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alvado manages to avoid it.
Alvado plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cortes throws a quick inside leg kick.
Alvado misses with a hook. Cortes ducked under it nicely.
Cortes looks to land a left hand but Alvado moved out of range nicely.
Cortes misses with a kick to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Alvado! But no joy.
Alvado blocks a low kick nicely.
Decent striking displayed by Cortes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Alvado looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Alvado looks to land a right hand but Cortes moved out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Cortes on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cortes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Alvado.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alvado misses with the body kick
and Cortes counters with a nice uppercut.
Cortes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Alvado's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Some wild striking there from Alvado.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cortes, right into the meat.
Alvado has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Cortes tried to score with a low kick but Alvado checks it.
Cortes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cortes stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nice body punch from Cortes.
Cortes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Alvado at a distance.
A slow jab from Cortes misses its intended target.
Cortes motions for Alvado to come forward. Cortes throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortes turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Alvado misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alvado misses with a lunging right hand
and Cortes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Alvado might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Cortes has got the better of the exchanges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cortes attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cortes digs a good hook to Alvado's body.
Cortes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cortes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Alvado's calf.
Alvado takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cortes misses with a hook. Alvado ducked under it nicely.
Alvado gets a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cortes.
Cortes lands with a right to the head.
Cortes struggles to land a body shot inside as Alvado controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortes lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cortes tries to throw a body punch but Alvado avoids it by throwing Cortes back against the cage.
Alvado lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Alvado prevents a body shot from Cortes.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cortes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cortes lands with a left to the head.
Cortes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cortes tries a body shot but Alvado blocks it.
Cortes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alvado can do to turn this around?
Cortes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Decent striking displayed by Cortes there.
A head kick misses from Cortes.
Cortes rushes Alvado and presses him up against the cage.
Cortes presses Alvado against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Alvado.
Cortes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Alvado's elbow.
Cortes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cortes blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Alvado.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cortes cracks Alvado with a nice body shot.
Alvado misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cortes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Alvado.
Cortes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alvado backwards.
Alvado lands with a short shot to the head.
Cortes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Alvado in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Alvado throws a good cross that connects.
Alvado avoids a kick to the body.
Alvado replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Cortes blocks it well.
Cortes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Alvado.
Cortes tries to clinch but Alvado is having none of it.
It seemed like Alvado was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Alvado misses with an uppercut. Cortes saw that one coming.
Both fighters circling a little - Cortes finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ferdinand Cortes dominated that second round.
That's time! Cortes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Cortes misses with a low kick as Alvado jumps back.
Alvado throws a series of punches but Cortes moves out of range.
Alvado avoids the body shot from Cortes.
Alvado tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cortes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Alvado slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cortes will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cortes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The fighters circling - Cortes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvado misses with an uppercut.
Cortes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alvado sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cortes missing with a left hand there. Alvado was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortes throws a chopping leg kick but Alvado manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Alvado looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch on the inside from Alvado fails to land.
Cortes blocks an uppercut.
Alvado has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cortes.
Cortes can't find room to land a body shot as Alvado controls the action.
Cortes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alvado throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cortess head.
Cortes lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Alvado works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cortes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cortes connects with a leg kick. Alvado looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Alvado scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cortes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ferdinand Cortes is winning the standup battle so far.
Cortes wants to slow Alvado down by chopping away at his legs.
Alvado displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cortes throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alvado circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cortes throws a solid leg kick but Alvado takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cortes.
Alvado has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cortes.
Cortes scores with a sloppy right hand. Alvado should have avoided that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cortes scoring well with a low kick there.
A shot to the body from Cortes misses
and Alvado counters with a nice uppercut.
The fighters circling - Cortes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Alvado avoids the body shot from Cortes.
Cortes bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Alvado's head.
Alvado tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cortes misses with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cortes, as that shot connected.
Alvado has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Alvado clinches with his opponent.
Alvado is working Cortes over against the cage.
Pablo Alvado seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cortes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cortes breaks the clinch.
Cortes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cortes thuds a left hand into Alvado's body.
Cortes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cortes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Alvado sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Cortes misses.
Alvado is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cortes with a body shot.
Alvado avoids the body shot from Cortes.
Cortes misses with a straight left.
Cortes feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Alvados jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortes misses the body punch
and Alvado counters with a straight right hand.
Cortes gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvado checks the leg kick.
Cortes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Alvado moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A low kick from Cortes is predictable there
and Alvado counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Cortes crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Alvado - the referee stops the clock and Cortes gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Alvado. Cortes manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Cortes looks to land a body kick but Alvado moved away.
Cortes misses with a hook. Alvado ducked under it nicely.
Alvado checks a leg kick.
A slow jab from Alvado misses its intended target.
Alvado misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Ferdinand Cortes did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Alvado throws a poor cross that misses
and Cortes counters with a good, hard body kick but Alvado shrugs it off.
Cortes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alvado paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alvado looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Alvado swats away the attempt to clinch by Cortes.
Alvado blocks a jab.
Cortes lands with a shot to the body.
Alvado tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cortes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alvado has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cortes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cortes throws a good cross that connects.
Cortes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Alvado.
Cortes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cortes takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Alvado throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cortes takes one to the chin there.
Alvado gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cortes connects with a solid leg kick.
Cortes misses with a body kick.
Alvado takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cortes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Alvado's sensitive parts.
Cortes comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cortes cracks the inside of Alvado's front leg.
Alvado slips a straight right by Cortes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortes misses with an uppercut.
Cortes throws a leg kick
and Alvado counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alvado moves into the clinch.
Alvado tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alvado misses with a punch to the body.
Alvado prevents a body shot from Cortes.
Cortes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cortes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Alvado moves away.
A slow jab from Alvado misses its intended target.
Cortes lands with an uppercut that bounces Alvado off the cage and back into range.
Alvado misses with a kick to the body.
Cortes misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Cortes.
Cortes walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Alvado takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Cortes tries to clinch there but Alvado circles away.
Cortes lands a jab to Alvado's midsection.
Alvado misses with a wild combination.
Cortes misses the shot to the body.
Cortes scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cortes misses with a body punch
and Alvado counters with a head kick. That will keep Cortes thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Cortes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Alvado's head backwards.
Alvado looks to throw the jab but Cortes is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alvado throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cortes swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvado just misses with a punch to the body.
Alvado takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cortes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Alvado has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Alvado and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cortes misses with an uppercut.
Both fighters circling a little - Cortes finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Cortes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Cortes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Alvado looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Alvado finds it's way through Cortes's defenses.
Alvado takes one to the side of the head.
Alvado takes one to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ferdinand Cortes had his way with Pablo Alvado in that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Alvado checks a leg kick nicely.
Alvado misses with a straight right.
Cortes misses with a hook. Alvado ducked under it nicely.
Cortes throws a jab but it's blocked by Alvado.
Cortes missing with a left hand there. Alvado was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cortes misses the shot to the body.
Cortes throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cortes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvado throws a big shot that misses.
Cortes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Alvado tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cortes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cortes was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Alvado takes the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Alvado.
Cortes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alvados head.
Cortes can't find room to land a body shot as Alvado controls the action.
Cortes blocking some punches.
Cortes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cortes manages to break the clinch.
Cortes throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cortes staying out of range there.
Alvado misses with a hook.
Cortes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Alvado now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Cortes connects with a single shot there.
Cortes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
An inside leg kick lands from Cortes.
Pablo Alvado has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortes scores with a nice head shot.
Cortes misses with a combination
and Alvado counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A bone on bone clash there as Alvado blocks the leg kick.
Cortes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alvado.
Alvado checks a leg kick.
Cortes misses with the combination.
Cortes throws the left hand but Alvado avoids the punch easily.
Cortes defending well as Alvado loads up on a big left hand.
Alvado checks a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortes connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cortes feints and then cracks Alvado's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Alvado down.
Cortes works over Alvado's head and body with a nice combination.
Alvado blocks a low kick nicely.
Cortes is looking to clinch.
Alvado throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cortes feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Cortes is looking to land body kicks.
Cortes scores with a punch to the head.
Cortes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Alvado takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Alvado uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cortes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Cortes.
Cortes walks into a stiff left hand from Alvado.
Cortes fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Alvado looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Alvado slips a jab from Cortes.
Alvado looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cortes misses with a body kick.
Cortes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Alvado misses with the combination.
A shot to the body from Cortes misses
and Alvado cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cortes uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Alvado has time to react.
Alvado walks into a straight right hand from Cortes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ferdinand Cortes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cortes, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 50:45
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 50:45
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 50:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ferdinand Cortes!
Ferdinand Cortes retains his featherweight title!
A victorious Ferdinand Cortes thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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