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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Micheals (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Micheals's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Whoa is Me. Ortiz has chosen One tribe as his entrance music. Tito Ortiz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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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
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Micheals!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tito Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Micheals throws a series of punches but Ortiz avoids them all with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ortiz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ortiz fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Micheals checks it well.
Micheals lands a high kick to the side of Ortiz's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Micheals dives into guard, looking to finish.
It looks like Tito Ortiz has been cut.
Ortiz is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ortiz avoids the elbow strike from Micheals, against the cage.
Ortiz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ortiz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Micheals lands a nice elbow.
Micheals lands a damaging elbow.
Ortiz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Micheals pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ortiz blocks the elbow strike.
Micheals lands a hook that snaps the head of Ortiz backwards.
Still in the clinch, Micheals scores with a nice short uppercut.
Micheals prevents Ortiz from breaking the clinch.
Ortiz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Micheals scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Micheals creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Micheals lands a knee to the body.
Ortiz looks gassed!
Ortiz blocks an elbow strike.
Micheals throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ortiz blocks it with crossed arms.
Ortiz avoids the elbow strike from Micheals, against the cage.
Micheals is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ortiz is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz blocks the elbow strike.
Micheals is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ortiz takes an elbow to the temple.
Ortiz blocks an elbow strike.
Ortiz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Micheals throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Micheals just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ortiz's brow.
Micheals lands an elbow just above Ortiz 's eye.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Micheals.
Micheals throws an elbow but it misses.
Micheals lands a nice elbow.
Micheals throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ortizs head.
Micheals lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ortiz dodges an elbow strike from Micheals.
Ortiz is trying to force a seperation but Micheals has the dominant position.
Ortiz looking to stall.
Ortiz breaks from the clinch.
A head kick misses from Micheals.
Ortiz swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Micheals takes the fight into the clinch.
Ortiz is trying to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Micheals avoiding damage.
Nice elbow from Micheals.
Ortiz avoiding damage.
Micheals lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ortiz wants to get back to striking at distance but Micheals won't allow it.
Micheals lands an elbow inside that Ortiz shrugs off.
Micheals throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ortiz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Micheals throws an elbow but it misses.
Micheals lands an elbow inside.
Ortiz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Micheals stalls.
Micheals throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ortiz throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Micheals blocks it with crossed arms.
Ortiz is looking to break free of the clinch but Micheals has double underhooks.
Ortiz working hard to break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Micheals.
Micheals lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Micheals pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Micheals lands an elbow inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Micheals obliges.
Ortiz tries to land a knee to the head but Micheals blocks with his arms.
Nice elbow from Micheals.
Ortiz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Micheals lands a nice elbow.
Micheals utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Micheals.
Ortiz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Micheals throws an elbow but it misses.
Micheals connects with a knee to the head.
A short right from Micheals.
Micheals lands a nice uppercut.
Micheals tries to land knees in the clinch but Ortiz avoids the damage to the body.
Micheals leaning against his opponent.
With the fighters up against the cage, Micheals throws an elbow but misses.
Micheals looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ortiz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ortiz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Micheals looks to land a body kick but Ortiz moved away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Micheals throws a head kick that misses.
Micheals blocks a head kick by Ortiz.
Ortiz throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Micheals looks for the body kick but Ortiz saw that one coming.
Ortiz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Frank Micheals seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ortiz lands a high kick!
Ortiz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Micheals lands a glancing blow to the side of Ortiz's head.
Micheals misses with a hook. Ortiz ducked under it nicely.
Micheals throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ortiz.
Micheals avoids the head kick by Ortiz.
Ortiz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Micheals misses with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Ortiz.
Ortiz moves out of range as Micheals throws a body kick.
Micheals misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Micheals swats away the attempt to clinch by Ortiz.
Ortiz throws a nice head kick!
Ortiz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Micheals.
Ortiz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Micheals dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tito Ortiz's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Micheals circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ortiz wants to land a leg kick but Micheals is out of range.
Ortiz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Micheals tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Micheals misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Micheals keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Micheals lands with a slapping head kick.
Micheals fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ortiz manages to avoid it.
Micheals has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Ortiz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ortiz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ortiz misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ortiz throws a hook but Micheals avoids it easily.
Ortiz throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ortiz. That's going to slow Micheals down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ortiz, right into the meat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ortiz scores with a spinning back kick!
Micheals moves out of range as Ortiz throws a body kick.
Ortiz lands a head kick!
Ortiz misses with a head kick.
Micheals blocks the body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Micheals throws out the jab.
Ortiz ducks under a wild hook from Micheals.
Micheals on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ortiz. Ortiz obviously looking to wear him down.
Ortiz tries to land a front kick but Micheals steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Micheals throws a head kick that misses
and Ortiz counters with a body kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ortiz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Micheals throws the kick towards the body but Ortiz avoids it.
Ortiz tries a head kick but it misses.
Micheals throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ortiz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Micheals pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Micheals avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Micheals doesn't manage to clinch there - Ortiz circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ortiz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ortiz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Micheals avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ortiz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Micheals's sensitive parts.
Micheals swats away the attempt to clinch by Ortiz.
Ortiz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Micheals's calf.
Good leg kick by Ortiz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz tries a head kick but it misses.
Ortiz moves in looking to clinch but Micheals pushes him off.
Micheals takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ortiz thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Micheals if he has to take too many more of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ortiz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ortiz keeps Micheals at a distance using the push kick.
Ortiz lands a head kick. Micheals smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Ortiz moves into range and clinches up with Micheals.
Micheals keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ortiz's efforts to push away.
Micheals digs a right hand underneath Ortiz's ribcage. Ortiz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Micheals tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Micheals will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Ortiz looking to slow down the pace here.
Micheals swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ortiz.
Ortiz blocks an elbow strike.
Micheals throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ortiz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ortiz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ortiz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Micheals moves out of range as Ortiz throws a body kick.
Micheals throws a lazy right hand but Ortiz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ortiz is looking to clinch.
A jab from Micheals misses.
Micheals moves out of range of the body kick from Ortiz.
Micheals moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Ortiz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Micheals pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Micheals tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ortiz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Micheals is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ortiz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ortiz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A solid body kick from Ortiz.
An inside leg kick lands from Ortiz.
Ortiz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ortiz lands a high kick!
Ortiz keeps the fight on the outside.
Ortiz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Micheals.
Ortiz chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ortiz throws a one two combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ortiz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Micheals.
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 that Micheals semi-blocks.
Ortiz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Micheals avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ortiz tries to bum rush Micheals with a series of wild strikes but Micheals uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tito Ortiz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ortiz defending well as Micheals loads up on a big left hand.
Ortiz scores with a nice body kick.
Micheals keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ortiz tries to land a front kick but Micheals steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Frank Micheals is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ortiz blocks a head kick by Micheals.
Ortiz takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ortiz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Micheals throws a head kick that misses
and Ortiz counters with an outside leg kick.
Micheals checks a low kick from Ortiz.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Micheals circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ortiz tries to score with a low kick but Micheals moves his leg out of the way.
Micheals throws a nice looking combination but Ortiz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ortiz tries to close the distance and clinch but Micheals swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Micheals chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ortiz can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tito Ortiz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tito Ortiz's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Ortiz throws a front kick that sends Micheals stumbling back into the cage.
Micheals takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Micheals lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ortiz at a distance.
Micheals misses with a two punch combination.
Micheals throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ortiz's head.
No joy there for Ortiz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ortiz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ortiz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ortiz tries to clinch there but Micheals circles away.
Ortiz is looking to clinch.
A combination from Ortiz does no damage.
Nice body punch from Micheals.
Micheals throws a sloppy head kick and Ortiz moves out of range easily.
Micheals throws the kick towards the body but Ortiz avoids it.
Ortiz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Micheals swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Micheals walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Micheals chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ortiz can pounce on him.
Micheals avoids a punch combination nicely.
Micheals moves out of range as Ortiz throws a body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ortiz misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Micheals.
Micheals looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Micheals on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Ortiz throws a head kick but Micheals moves out of range.
Micheals tries a head kick but it misses.
A right-left combo lands from Ortiz.
Micheals clinches up with Ortiz and pushes him back against the cage.
Ortiz taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Frank Micheals has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Micheals landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ortiz is trying to force a seperation but Micheals has the dominant position.
Ortiz is trying to break free.
Micheals misses with a knee strike.
Ortiz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Micheals avoids it.
Micheals looking to stall.
Ortiz is trying to break the clinch but Micheals has him pressed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Micheals just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ortiz's brow.
Ortiz wants a takedown.
Micheals lands an elbow that stopped Ortiz in his tracks for a moment.
Micheals leaning against his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ortiz blocks an elbow strike from Micheals.
Ortiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Micheals tries to work over Ortiz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Micheals.
Micheals leaning against his opponent.
Micheals working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ortiz.
Ortiz is looking to break free of the clinch but Micheals has double underhooks.
Micheals misses with a hook from the clinch.
Micheals throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ortiz is looking to control Micheals's arms but Micheals gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ortiz has his back to the cage.
Ortiz working Micheals over with knees to the body.
Micheals misses with a punch on the inside.
Ortiz swings wildly with an uppercut but Micheals uses good head movement to avoid it.
Micheals lands an elbow inside that Ortiz shrugs off.
Micheals has a couple of punches blocked by Ortiz.
Micheals misses with an elbow strike.
Micheals is trying to maintain a safe position but Ortiz gets an underhook and turns Micheals into the cage.
Ortiz is trying to force a seperation but Micheals has the dominant position.
Micheals pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz is trying to break the clinch but Micheals is controlling him.
Micheals tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ortiz breaks from the clinch.
Ortiz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ortiz. That's going to slow Micheals down.
Micheals throws a sloppy head kick and Ortiz moves out of range easily.
Ortiz plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Ortiz lands with a kick to the temple. Micheals shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ortiz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Micheals throws a right and a left that Ortiz avoids nicely.
Ortiz wants to clinch.
Ortiz throws a hook but Micheals blocks it.
Ortiz lands a nice looking body kick.
Ortiz is looking to clinch but Micheals is avoiding it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ortiz.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Micheals blocks a head kick by Ortiz.
Ortiz moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Micheals takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ortiz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Micheals.
Ortiz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Micheals keeps the fight on the outside.
Ortiz misses with a head kick.
Micheals misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ortiz.
Ortiz scores with a push kick.
Micheals checks the leg kick.
Ortiz throws a leg kick which misses Micheals's front leg but catches the back leg as Micheals tries to avoid it.
Ortiz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Micheals clinches.
Micheals keeps control of Ortiz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ortiz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Micheals has him pressed against the cage.
Micheals creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ortiz misses with a knee strike.
Micheals pushes Ortiz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Micheals working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Micheals throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Micheals lands with a light punch inside.
Micheals throws a head punch that misses.
Micheals lands a right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tito Ortiz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Ortiz has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tito Ortiz!
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