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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Ortega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Troy Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palmer has chosen Fivefold – Broken as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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140 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carlos Ortega!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Troy Palmer!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palmer jabs at Ortega's body.
Palmer lands a jab-cross combination.
The fighters circling - Palmer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Palmer fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Palmer misses with the combination.
A quick step to the side and Ortega tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ortega throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Palmer on the side of the head.
Palmer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Palmer throws a series of punches but Ortega avoids them all with ease.
Troy Palmer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Palmer throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ortega counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ortega connects with an inside leg kick.
Ortega lands with a good body shot.
Palmer throws a body punch but Ortega moves out of range.
Ortega throws a good cross that connects.
A big right from Palmer misses.
Palmer takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ortega takes the fight into the clinch.
Palmer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortega is struggling to control the position.
Palmer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ortega misses with a punch to the body.
Palmer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ortega breaks from the clinch.
Ortega is looking to land body kicks.
Palmer tries to move into range but Ortega moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Palmer misses with a hook
and Ortega counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ortega misses with a double jab.
Ortega lands a nice hook to Palmer's body. Palmer takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ortega throws a hook but Palmer blocks it.
Palmer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ortega was well out of range. Poor timing from Palmer.
Ortega has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Palmer feints a jab promting Ortega to slip. Palmer then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ortega slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Palmer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Palmer misses with a body punch
and Ortega counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ortega scores with a nice strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmer throws a hook but Ortega blocks it.
Ortega seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Palmer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Palmer misses with a combination
and Ortega counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Palmer thinking.
Palmer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ortega showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Palmer.
Ortega's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ortega duly obliges.
Palmer misses with a jab to the body
and Ortega counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Palmer gets tackled into the cage by Ortega. Ortega maintains the clinch.
Palmer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Palmer.
Palmer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ortega lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Palmer blocks a body shot from Ortega.
Ortega working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortega stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Palmer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Still in the clinch, Ortega scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ortega tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Palmer's elbow.
Palmer misses with the head strike.
Ortega lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Ortega - that landed with a thud.
Ortega pushes Palmer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ortega blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ortega blocks an uppercut.
Palmer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ortega - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ortega's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ortega lands a hook that snaps the head of Palmer backwards.
Palmer misses with some punches.
Palmer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Palmer working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Palmer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Palmer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Palmer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ortega lands a nice shot to the body.
Palmer letting Ortega take a breather here.
Palmer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ortega lands a left hand that snaps the head of Palmer backwards.
Ortega has Palmer pressed against the cage.
Palmer misses with a body punch.
Ortega breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Palmer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ortega.
Ortega's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ortega duly obliges.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Palmer swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ortega counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Palmer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ortega.
Ortega chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Palmer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ortega.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Ortega dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ortega scores with a three punch combo!
Ortega connects with a body shot that sends Palmer's belly button to the back.
Palmer swinging wildly here.
Ortega cracks Palmer with a good jab.
Ortega turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ortega scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Palmer throws a sloppy body shot
and Ortega counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Palmer throws a series of punches but Ortega moves out of range.
Palmer throws a combination that misses
enabling Ortega to counter with a crisp jab.
Ortega is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Palmer can do to turn this around?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ortega takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Palmer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ortega counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ortega getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Carlos Ortega is winning the standup battle so far.
Ortega lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Palmer with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ortega to score with a decent uppercut.
Palmer is rocked!
Ortega swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Palmer is still on wobbly legs! Can Ortega finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer misses the jab.
Ortega seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Palmer seems to have recovered his senses.
Palmer throws a jab but it's blocked by Ortega.
Nice uppercut there from Ortega.
Palmer swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ortega connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Palmer has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ortega defending well as Palmer loads up on a big left hand.
Palmer doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ortega cracks Palmer with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Palmer takes a swing at Ortega's ribcage but misses.
Ortega tries to counter by clinching up but Palmer breaks away and moves out of range.
Palmer swinging wildly here.
Ortega scores with a nice head shot.
Palmer misses with a body punch
and Ortega counters with a nice leg kick.
Palmer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ortega scores with a one two! Palmer had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortega lands a jab to Palmer's midsection.
Palmer throws a looping overhand right but Ortega ducks down to avoid it.
Ortega throwing a counter right hand but Palmer manages to avoid it.
Palmer is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ortega rather than just go for the knockout.
Ortega thuds his right hand into Palmer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Ortega lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A shot to the liver by Ortega. Beautiful body shot.
Palmer misses the body punch
and Ortega connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ortega scoring well with a low kick there.
Palmer thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ortega is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Palmer swings widly with a right hand
and Ortega counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Palmer! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Ortega!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carlos Ortega!
Carlos Ortega retains his bantamweight title!
After the fight, Carlos Ortega 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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