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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hernando Cortez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Postiga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Postiga's choice of entrance music: Tacata. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hernando Cortez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Postiga!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cortez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Postiga counters with a crisp one two that drops Cortez! Postiga thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Cortez to his feet! Cortez is in big trouble!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cortez shoots in looking for a takedown but Postiga manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cortez's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Postiga rushes Cortez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cortez misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Postiga.
Cortez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Postiga pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hernando Cortez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Postiga has a couple of punches blocked by Cortez.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cortez.
Postiga gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Cortez.
Cortez manages to pull guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Cortez controlling the position.
Postiga trying to control the position from guard on top but Cortez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cortez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Cortez is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Postiga tries to free his leg and advance position but Cortez is retaining full guard.
Postiga preventing the sweep.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Sergio Postiga wasn't active enough on the ground.
Postiga throws a sloppy head kick and Cortez moves out of range easily.
Cortez scores with a takedown into Postiga's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Postiga avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Postiga has momentary wrist control but Cortez slips an elbow through the middle.
Cortez postures up in Postiga's guard and throws a big left but Postiga blocks it.
Cortez postures up in Postiga's guard and throws a big left but Postiga blocks it.
Postiga wants to stand up but Cortez is controlling him.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cortez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cortez is looking to work some ground and pound but Postiga has wrist control.
Cortez is in close to Postiga's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortez landing with the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cortez throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Postiga manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cortez manages to get himself to full guard.
Cortez is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Postiga wants to control from the top but Cortez keeps moving.
Postiga controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Cortez working a defensive guard here.
Postiga drops back looking for a leg! Cortez is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Cortez manages to kick Postiga off! Postiga jumps back into Cortez's guard.
Cortez keeping moving, preventing Postiga from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Sergio Postiga has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Postiga connects with a jab.
Cortez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cortez throws a jab when Postiga was well out of range.
Postiga throws a jab but it's blocked by Cortez.
Postiga throws a series of punches but Cortez avoids them all with ease.
Cortez closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Postiga blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cortez.
Postiga is trying to get back to full guard.
Cortez takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortez is trying to control the action in half guard but Postiga is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Cortez has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Cortez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cortez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Postiga does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cortez is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cortez stops Postiga from getting back to his feet.
Cortez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Postiga's head.
Cortez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Postiga is looking to control Cortez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Postiga avoid being mounted?
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cortez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Cortez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Postiga trying to hold on to Cortez's head to control him but Cortez postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sergio Postiga will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Cortez tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Postiga swivels and escapes.
Cortez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Postiga as he jumps to the side.
Postiga doesn't manage to clinch there - Cortez circles away.
Cortez misses with a double jab.
Postiga keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hernando Cortez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cortez scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Postiga tries to buck Cortez off but Cortez is having none of it.
I wouldn't like to be where Postiga is right now.
Postiga is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cortez lands a nice short elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Postiga trying to hold on to Cortez's head to control him but Cortez postures up.
Postiga is looking to escape.
Cortez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Cortez throwing shots but Postiga is blocking nicely.
Cortez is keen to just control but Postiga is a slippery customer.
Cortez thows a huge punch but Postiga dodges it nicely.
Cortez is looking to advance position but Postiga won't allow it.
Cortez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cortez not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Postiga trying to hold on to Cortez's head to control him but Cortez postures up.
Cortez throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Postiga defending well though.
Cortez is working for a kimura but Postiga is defending it quite comfortably.
Postiga moves into full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cortez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cortez wants to control from the top but Postiga keeps moving.
Postiga tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cortez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Postiga is keeping the position for now.
Cortez postures up in Postiga's guard and throws a big left but Postiga blocks it.
Hernando Cortez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Postiga has momentary wrist control but Cortez slips an elbow through the middle.
Cortez throws a big elbow that misses.
Cortez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cortez is looking to work some ground and pound but Postiga has wrist control.
Cortez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cortez postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Postiga is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Postiga preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cortez wants to control from the top but Postiga keeps moving.
Postiga uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Hernando Cortez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cortez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Postiga circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Postiga sprawls well. Postiga wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cortez gets slowly back to his feet.
Postiga tries to close the distance and clinch but Cortez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cortez misses with a straight right.
Cortez misses with a takedown attempt
and Postiga counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Postiga tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cortez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cortez shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Cortez wants to control but Postiga is keeping him busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cortez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Cortez wants to take a breather but Postiga is having none of it.
Cortez thows a huge punch but Postiga dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hernando Cortez dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Cortez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Postiga sprawls well initially but Cortez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Cortez prevents Postiga from improving his position.
Postiga is trying to control but can't.
Cortez wants to pass the guard but Postiga is defending well.
Postiga tries to get to full guard but Cortez has control of the leg.
Postiga wants to get back to his feet.
Postiga wants to control but Cortez is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Cortez is nestled in close to Postiga, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Postiga is looking for a sweep. Cortez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Postiga is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortez throwing shots but Postiga is blocking nicely.
Cortez lands strikes from half guard.
Cortez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Cortez looks to land a strike but Postiga avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Cortez scoring with some ground and pound.
Cortez is in close to Postiga's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cortez advances to half guard.
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!
Cortez is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Postiga slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Postiga takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cortez prevents Postiga from getting back to his feet.
Cortez loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cortez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Postiga avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cortez slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Cortez thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Postiga tries to escape but Cortez is in control.
Postiga managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Cortez.
Cortez lands a few punches from side control.
Postiga is looking to regain half guard here but Cortez keeps moving and retains side control.
Cortez is putting a hurting on Postiga here, landing some big shots from side control.
Cortez works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Cortez creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Postiga sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortez lands a few punches from side control.
Cortez is looking to take a break and control but Postiga is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Postiga sneaks back into half guard.
Postiga on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Cortez drops an elbow to the side of Postiga's head.
Cortez trying to control the action but Postiga is working from the bottom.
Postiga has hold of Cortez's hands but Cortez slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Postiga is looking to improve his position.
Cortez passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Postiga!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortez breaks from Postiga's wrist control and lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Postiga is squirming around, avoiding Cortez's attempts to control the action.
Cortez landing strikes from the mount.
Postiga wants to control but Cortez is having none of it.
Cortez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Postiga is rocked!
Cortez postures up and throws a big right hand. BOOM! Right on the button! Postiga is out cold - huge knockout for Cortez!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Hernando Cortez!
Hernando Cortez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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