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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Strike Spar (ranked 4516 p4p, 5132 weight class) and Cashel Ortiz (ranked 496 p4p, 531 weight class). Cashel Ortiz is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Strike Spar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cashel Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spar clobbers Ortiz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ortiz's coach down at Armored Fitness & Sparring was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Ortiz's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Ortiz sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Nice body kick there by Spar.
Ortiz walks into a left hand.
Ortiz doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Spar scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Spar throws a nice looking combination but Ortiz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Spar lands a glancing blow to the side of Ortiz's head.
Spar tries to bum rush Ortiz with a series of wild strikes but Ortiz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ortiz dodges the punch combination from Spar.
Ortiz throws out a counter right but Spar avoids it with no problem.
Spar jabs Ortiz to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz avoids the head kick by Spar.
Ortiz wants to counter the offense by Spar and move into the clinch position.
Spar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ortiz.
Ortiz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Spar works the jab nicely.
Spar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Spar scores with a leg kick.
Spar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ortiz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A bone on bone clash there as Ortiz blocks the leg kick.
Ortiz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ortiz there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A left lands for Spar.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spar cracks Ortiz with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Spar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Spar is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That kick from Spar tenderised Ortiz's leg. Ortiz is trying to keep his angry face on.
Spar misses with a hook. Ortiz ducked under it nicely.
Ortiz wants to counter with a clinch but Spar pushes him away.
Spar looks to land a combination. Ortiz sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Strike Spar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Spar bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Spar misses with a straight left.
Ortiz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Spar swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Spar misses with a two punch combination.
Ortiz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spar scores with a nice head shot.
Spar connects with a solid leg kick.
Ortiz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Spar throws out the jab.
Ortiz on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ortiz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Spar.
Spar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Spar with a nice cross.
Ortiz on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Spar lands a two punch combo.
Spar scores with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spar throws a leg kick
and Ortiz counters by clinching up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spar manages to break the clinch.
Strike Spar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ortiz sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Spar shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Ortiz eats them both and turns towards Spar to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Spar throws a right hand that misses
and Ortiz counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ortiz lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Ortiz not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ortiz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Spar is looking to escape.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ortiz lands a nice short elbow.
Ortiz slips a nice elbow through Spar's hands, connecting with Spar's forehead.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ortiz working over Spar with some ground and pound. Spar looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ortiz lands strikes from half guard.
Spar has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Ortiz scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Strike Spar dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Spar looks to land a left hand but Ortiz moved out of range nicely.
A little jabbing left from Ortiz on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Spar throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ortiz.
Ortiz throws out a counter right but Spar avoids it with no problem.
Spar throws a series of punches but Ortiz moves out of range.
Ortiz throws out a counter right but Spar avoids it with no problem.
Spar falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ortiz counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ortiz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ortiz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Spar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ortiz scoring with some ground and pound.
Spar is rocked!
Ortiz with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ortiz distracts Spar with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Oh Spar is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ortiz throwing strikes but missing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ortiz with a nice head shot there.
Ortiz loads up on a big left hand. Spar felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Ortiz looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Spar can't hide his disappointment, as Ortiz celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cashel Ortiz!
Cashel Ortiz thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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