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Event:
SFC MW Grand Prix Rnd 1
Date: Aug 03, 2016 |
#R1#
Martinez looks to land a combination. Perez sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.#TD2#
Martinez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Martinez showed some decent athleticism there. #ES#
Perez pushes Martinez off and gets back to his feet.
Martinez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Perez half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Martinez tries to clinch but Perez moves out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Perez as Martinez shoots in.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Martinez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Martinez dives in for a single leg takedown but Perez sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Perez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Perez leaves Martinez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Perez is looking to counter punch.
Orlando Perez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Martinez.#T1#
Martinez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Perez 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.
Martinez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Martinez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Perez pinned against the cage. Perez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. #TD#
Perez gets a takedown into half guard.
Martinez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. #T2#
Martinez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. #SUB2#
Martinez actively working from the bottom here.
Perez 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.
Martinez works his way to full guard. Good work.
Martinez looks winded!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Martinez is on top in guard.
#REVB#
Martinez trying to control but Perez is working from the bottom.
Perez is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Martinez working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T3#
Perez pulls Martinez in close to prevent any damage. #SUB#
Perez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Martinez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Perez lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVR#
Martinez lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVB#
Perez looking to sweep here. No luck so far. #T4#
Perez has Martinez pulled in close to control his posture.
Martinez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.#SUB#
Perez working for a triangle but Martinez defends it easily.
Perez wants to sweep but no luck.
Martinez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Perez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Perez pulls Martinez in close to prevent any damage.
Martinez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Orlando Perez dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
#R2##CL2#
Martinez clinches with his opponent.
Martinez gets underhooks to prevent Perez's takedown attempt.
Perez wants a takedown.
Martinez drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Perez gets the underhooks and prevents it.
#BC2#
Martinez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martinez shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Perez as he avoids it easily.
Perez leaves Martinez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Orlando Perez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Martinez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Perez's waist but Perez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Martinez off to one side.
Perez half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Martinez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Perez appears to be looking for a counter takedown.#T1#
Nice body punch from Martinez.
Robert Martinez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martinez is breathing heavily.
Martinez misses with a takedown attempt - Perez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.#TD#
Perez gets the takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Martinez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Perez slows the pace down.
Martinez is looking to regain half guard here but Perez keeps moving and retains side control. #T2#
Perez working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Perez staying calm.
Martinez stops Perez from passing to mount.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Orlando Perez overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.#T3#
Martinez can't do much from the bottom here.
Martinez throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Martinez tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Perez presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Perez controlling from the full mount.
Martinez tries to reverse the position but Perez maintains control.
Perez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.#T4#
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.#SUB#
Perez looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.#SUB#
Perez working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Martinez is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Orlando Perez dominated that second round.
That's time! Perez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
#R3#
Martinez shoots in but Perez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Perez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Martinez can do to turn this around?
Martinez shoots in for a takedown but Perez shows good takedown defense.
Martinez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Perez circles away.
Orlando Perez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Martinez.#TD2#
Martinez fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Perez sprawls well initially but Martinez persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Perez keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Martinez wants to stand up but Perez is controlling the position.
Martinez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#ES#
Perez has one foot on Martinez's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.#T1#
Perez swats away the attempt to clinch by Martinez.
Martinez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Perez takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.#TD#
Perez drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Perez taking a breather here. #T2#
Perez misses with the ground and pound.#SUB#
Perez is trying to get an arm triangle but Martinez is defending well.
Perez working away.
Martinez is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Perez is staying active.#T3##SUB#
Perez is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Martinez is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Perez in side control, throwing shots but Martinez defends.
Martinez can't do much from the bottom here.
Perez slows the pace down.
Martinez tries to escape but Perez is in control. #SUB#
Perez looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. #T4#
Perez controlling from side mount.
Martinez dodges the ground and pound from Perez.
Perez trying to control the action but Martinez is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Martinez can't do much from the bottom here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Orlando Perez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Perez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Orlando Perez!
Orlando Perez decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Event:
TWGC 12 (185lbs, D3): Montreal Qualifier - Round 2
Date: Jul 15, 2016 |
Coming up we have a middleweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Orlando Perez and Big J Smiles. Smiles has chosen Smile Like You Mean It as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of St Petersburg, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Orlando Perez! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Big J Smiles!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Smiles moves into the clinch.
Smiles jumps guard and drags Perez to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Smiles tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Perez is fighting to break Smiles's control of his arms but Smiles is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Smiles looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Perez trying to control but Smiles is working from the bottom.
Smiles has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Perez trying to control but Smiles is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smiles looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Perez looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smiles keeping moving, preventing Perez from controlling successfully.
Perez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Smiles wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Perez trying to control the position from guard on top but Smiles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smiles controlling Perez's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Perez trying to control the position from guard on top but Smiles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Smiles looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Perez trying to control the position from guard on top but Smiles is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Perez is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Smiles pulls Perez in close to prevent any damage.
Perez drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Smiles dives on top into guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Perez (0) vs (2) Smiles
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smiles tries to free his leg and advance position but Perez is retaining full guard.
Smiles passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: Perez (0) vs (5) Smiles
Smiles content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Smiles's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Perez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
More stalling from Smiles.
Perez wants to control but Smiles postures up.
Smiles moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Perez prevents Smiles from improving position.
Perez manages to work his way to half guard, despite Smiles's best efforts.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Smiles looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Perez wants to get back to full guard.
Smiles is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Smiles passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Perez! Score +3 for passing guard: Perez (0) vs (8) Smiles
Smiles controlling from mount.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Perez tries to hold on but Smiles pushes him away.
Smiles controlling his opponent.
Let's hope that Smiles has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Smiles wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Smiles manages to capitalize on a mistake by Perez to take his back! Score +3 for taking back: Perez (0) vs (11) Smiles
Perez wants to control his opponent's hands but Smiles gets his hands free.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Smiles just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Smiles with more of the same as he continues to hold on.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Perez looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Smiles controlling the positon.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Perez is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Perez trying to control but not successfully.
Smiles biding his time, looking for the opening.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Smiles.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Perez tries to escape but Smiles has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Smiles is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Smiles gets his hands free as Perez looks to control.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Smiles is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Perez tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Smiles sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Perez is looking to improve his position but Smiles isn't that keen on the idea.
Smiles content just to control the position here.
Perez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that's the end of the fight!
Smiles wins on points by 11 to 0.
Big J Smiles was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed. |
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Event:
TWGC 12 (185lbs, D3): Montreal Qualifier - Round 1
Date: Jul 14, 2016 |
Coming up we have a middleweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Saleem Al Khan and Orlando Perez. Al Khan comes to the cage accompanied by Three Days Grace - Scared. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 2 losses; Saleem Al Khan! And in the blue corner, fighting out of St Petersburg, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Orlando Perez!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Al Khan closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Perez did well to prevent Al Khan getting side control. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Al Khan (2) vs (0) Perez
Al Khan is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Perez is looking to control Al Khan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Perez avoid being mounted?
Al Khan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Perez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Perez is defending against the submission attempts here by Al Khan.
Perez gets full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Perez has his foot on Al Khan's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Al Khan works his way back into a safe position though.
Perez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Al Khan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Al Khan is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Khan trying to control but Perez is working from the bottom.
Al Khan pushes down on Perez's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Perez tries to get to full guard but Al Khan has control of the leg.
Al Khan is stalling here. Perez is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Al Khan seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Perez has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work. Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Al Khan (2) vs (4) Perez
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Al Khan is not content to let Perez control the position.
Al Khan is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Khan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Al Khan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Perez trying to control from half guard but Al Khan is working away.
Al Khan looking for submissions off his back.
Perez looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Perez trying to control the action but Al Khan is working from the bottom.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Perez in particular looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Al Khan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Khan is refusing to be controlled, as Perez sits in half guard.
Al Khan won't allow Perez to pass to mount.
Al Khan moves into full guard.
Al Khan has his foot on Perez's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Perez works his way back into a safe position though.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Perez works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Perez wants to take a breather but Al Khan is having none of it.
Perez is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Al Khan is just riding it out for now. Perez eventually gives up the hold.
Perez is thwarting Al Khan's attempts to control the position.
Perez seems to be working for a kimura but Al Khan defends the submission attempt.
Perez stalling away here and it's allowed Al Khan to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Perez trying to control but Al Khan is working from the bottom.
Al Khan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Perez controlling from the top position.
Al Khan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Perez is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Al Khan is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Al Khan has escaped and now he's on top! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Al Khan (4) vs (4) Perez
Perez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Al Khan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Perez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Al Khan is looking to advance position but Perez has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Al Khan (4) vs (8) Perez
Perez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Perez tries to control but Al Khan wriggling away.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Al Khan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Al Khan reaches up and pulls Perez towards him, trying to control the position. Perez manages to get a guillotine from the mount though! This could be big trouble for Al Khan! Al Khan tries to roll over - now Perez is on the bottom but the guillotine is really deep and Al Khan has to tap out! Great work there by Perez!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Orlando Perez!
A very excited looking Orlando Perez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction. |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jul 10, 2016 |
#R1#
Perez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sanford counters with a series of strikes. Perez will be more careful next time no doubt. #TD2#
Perez closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Sanford did well to prevent Perez getting side control.#SUB2#
Perez seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Sanford is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Orlando Perez!
A very excited looking Orlando Perez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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