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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lazuran Riku (ranked 2347 p4p, 239 weight class) and Miguel Ortiz (ranked 3047 p4p, 300 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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163 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
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160 lbs
18 - 11 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick |
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World class MT
Heavy handed |
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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
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lazuran Riku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Miguel Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Joseph Jones and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ortiz misses with a double jab
and Riku counters with a nice low kick that buckles Ortiz's knee momentarily.
Ortiz throws an overhand right that lands on Riku's shoulder, as Riku tries to avoid the shot.
Ortiz cracks the inside of Riku's front leg.
Ortiz 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.
Ortiz connects with a single shot there.
Ortiz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Riku takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Ortiz throws a body kick that misses
and Riku counters with a left to the body.
Ortiz throws a head kick that misses
enabling Riku to counter with a crisp jab.
Riku throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ortiz counters with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ortiz lands a nice looking body shot.
Ortiz closes the distance and pushes Riku back into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Riku fails to land.
Riku tries to work over Ortiz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Riku displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ortiz throws out the jab.
Ortiz cracks the inside of Riku's front leg.
Riku takes one to the chin there.
Miguel Ortiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Riku 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.
Riku misses with a few strikes there.
Riku misses with a low kick as Ortiz jumps back.
Ortiz scores with a sloppy right hand. Riku should have avoided that one.
Riku uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ortiz.
Ortiz plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Ortiz missing with a left hand there. Riku was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jab, jab by Ortiz - just one landing.
Ortiz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Riku throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ortiz on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ortiz scores with a nice right hand.
Ortiz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ortiz works the jab nicely.
Ortiz 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.
Ortiz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Riku delivers a nice body kick.
Ortiz throws a poor cross that misses
and Ortiz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ortiz takes the fight into the clinch.
Ortiz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ortiz misses with a right hand
and Riku cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ortiz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ortiz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A lazy left from Ortiz finds it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Ortiz.
Ortiz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Riku keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ortiz is rocked!
Ortiz tries a head kick but it misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Ortiz misses the target.
Riku throws out a powerful jab.
Ortiz is still on wobbly legs! Can Riku finish him?
Riku lands a jab.
Riku looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Good shot there by Ortiz.
Ortiz tries a low kick but Riku avoids it.
Riku tries a head kick but it misses.
Ortiz misses with a head kick.
Ortiz seems to have recovered his senses.
Riku lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ortiz at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ortiz throws a head kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ortiz tries to counter with a clinch but Riku shakes him off and moves away.
Ortiz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ortiz connects with a single shot there.
Ortiz is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Riku had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ortiz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Ortiz lands a high kick!
Riku lands with a thumping leg kick.
Riku misses with a body shot.
Ortiz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ortiz.
Ortiz lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Riku swats away the attempt to clinch by Ortiz.
Riku appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Ortiz wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Miguel Ortiz dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Riku takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ortiz just misses with a punch to the body.
Riku was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ortiz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ortiz misses with an uppercut. Riku saw that one coming.
A quick step to the side and Riku tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Riku takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Miguel Ortiz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ortiz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Riku is out of range.
It looked like Riku wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ortiz throws a body shot but no joy.
Ortiz throws a hook to the side of Riku's head but Riku sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riku takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ortiz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A quick step to the side and Riku tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ortiz lands a head kick. Riku smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A thudding body kick lands there by Ortiz!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Good leg kick by Ortiz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ortiz throws a head kick but Riku moves out of range.
Riku was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Riku misses with a looping right.
A bone on bone clash there as Ortiz blocks the leg kick.
Riku misses with a looping right.
Ortiz looks to land a right hand but Riku moved out of range.
A slow jab from Ortiz misses its intended target.
Riku fires out a quick counter leg kick but Ortiz just manages to avoid it.
Ortiz throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Riku counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ortiz misses with an attempted mid kick.
Riku scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ortiz doesn't seem bothered though.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ortiz. That's going to slow Riku down.
Ortiz on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Riku avoids the head kick by Ortiz.
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!
Ortiz throws a sloppy head kick
and Riku counters with a left to the body.
Ortiz is breathing heavily.
Ortiz connects with a looping right hand.
Ortiz doesn't manage to clinch there - Riku circles away.
Ortiz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ortiz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Riku scoring well with a low kick there.
Riku connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ortiz misses with a body punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Ortiz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ortiz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ortiz's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Riku scoring well with a low kick there.
A low kick from Ortiz misses
and Ortiz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Riku defending well as Ortiz loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riku looks to throw the jab but Ortiz is out of range.
Ortiz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Riku paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ortiz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ortiz throws a head kick that misses.
Ortiz throws an off balance right hand
and Riku counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ortiz thows a leg kick but Riku checks it
and Riku cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ortiz misses the body punch
and Riku counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Riku closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Ortiz! Riku dives in looking to finish! Ortiz is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lazuran Riku!
Lazuran Riku tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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