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ready let’s go work so it’s one of 14 leg kick TKO victories for Chris Gutierrez that he notched in 20120 his teammate Jonathan Martinez who fights later has another one as does Edson Barbosa who will see in the main event Gutierrez the betting favorite in white Martinez getting that one over the legendary Cubs Swanson as well who as you say will be here later tonight and look you can see Gutierrez already setting it up how he touches the knee with the Taps the lead leg and then he’s already looking for the legs right now he sets all his range by those leg kicks and then right there once he once you start rushing in that’s when he makes you pay as I said on the walks alatan Haley listen he’s got skills all around but it’s the right hand the left hook there is Big weapons Gutierrez you never know what this man’s going to throw he can throw everything he’s got them all he’s very fast very quick last time out came up short against Pedro Munos got caught with a massive shot in round one and said because of that that big right hand that he got dropped with kind of find found it hard to recover and regain his composure as we know you know anytime you lose a fight you do a lot of learning about yourself about the fight game in general gutier says he’s learned all those lessons and coming back way improved here [Music] to creative here yeah you can see right off the bat gueras he doesn’t overcommit see how he fakes and faints and he keeps that perfect space in between him and his opponents for the kicks to land that’s what he looks for and that’s what Pedro Muno look to get inside of to land Big Shots we’ll see if alang Ali can do the same yeah for alang I mean listen we can see the kicks they’re coming fast and thick from Gutierrez that’s what he’s trying to do stay on the outside I mean look at that question mark kick he thre from the rear leg very athletic a lot of flexibility extremely quick alang has to close the distance get on the inside and then go to work with the hands easier said than done use a lot of faints fast feet in and then out on an angle and I’d say that’s the difference Bisping is ceras is using the faints and The Fakes and we’re not seeing alaton use them at all keep up the middle there when you want it on his pressure beautiful stay there stay there climb the ladder Chris you’re halfway Chris halfway through round number one and you heard Mark Montoya in the corner of Gutierrez saying great distance management he’s kept the fight at kicking range where he wants it and not where the grappler allong Hale wants to get in close yeah those kicks are powerful as well that you can really hear the thud you can see the redness on the body of alang as well out of danger you got to pay attention to gu you got to look at his game cuz he has a specific style look at the difference in The Fakes the fakes of the kicks compared to alaton AI who does not use that that is what’s dictating the range that Gutierrez wants is The Fakes the faints the St switch and that’s keeping it at kick range Ali wants to land hands so when gutiz keeps that range the kicks elong a can’t get to him because the fakes and the faints in The Stance switch trying to load up the only thing I don’t lie from Gutierrez and I understand it’s his style and he’s fast and he’s got reflexes generally the guard is kind of loose you know and when you’ve got somebody like alatan who is looking primarily for one thing he’s going to get on the inside and he’s going to swing he saw Gutierrez is taking bit of a gamble with his reflexes and speed and the range and distance Management try and have those hands close because as we know small gloves one good shot can change the course of the event of the fight just like pedo Munos did last time out so yeah that’s his style he’s loose and Goose he’s fast he’s flexible he’s confident nothing wrong with having your hands up though right and I think the difference for Gutierrez why he does it is he’s very confident in the range he keeps so that range is not in punch territory he’s in Kick range so he’s not worried about Alat Landing punches well look at those significant strikes uh gutier is landing a lot of leg kicks through the early going but he is certainly feeling himself through the first four plus minutes he’s barely taking a shot from all he dictates that keeps you from Landing because of his fakes his faints and his St switch that distance control keeps him from having to have his hands up the entire time it’s a totally different style well anybody that does striking when you look at Gutierrez you can’t help but admire the work I mean the footwork is beautiful he’s always on balance he’s got tremendous dexterity the speed and the frequency and the Arsenal of the different kicks that he uses you know you can see that this is a polished Striker with solid strategies and techniques but sometimes a good right hand or a massive left hog that’s all you need here we go man all right Dean Thomas what did you see through the first rounds boys let’s talk about that kicking game of Gutierrez not only does he have fantastic diversity in his kicks but the control that he has in which he is able to throw it at the intensity that he wants sometimes he’ll throw it soft sometimes he’ll throw it hard but every time he throws it you have to respect it and you don’t really know where it’s coming from his kicking game is special yeah no it very much is and it is something to really watch and admire but you got to respect the fact that alatan H isn’t watching he isn’t getting mesmerized or hypnotized sometimes that can happen when you got somebody that moves like Gutierrez you find yourself on the outside watching or as Cormier says taking pictures Alis Ang haly is doing the right thing he’s cutting off the cage he’s trying to go forward trying to take away the range and the operating space of gueras and just swing some wild shots of course you want to set those wild shots up but he does have the power to turn lights out I would love to see alang a lee add some fakes and faints of his own because right now he’s biting every fake and F of Gutierrez the whole fight he’s not being first on the fakes he’s not being first on leading the dance of The Fakes and so when he tries to work into the pocket guz is able to counter a little bit differently and look at the redness on the leg of Valentine he’s eating so many leg cakes he’s got to be careful he’s going to end up with knees like me when he’s older no knees that is both fully replaced no [Music] thanks thought about the spin in the first round that time he throws it now backs away from those power shots from alaton well Fitzy those are little things that makes Cera special as well as a kicker because he’s throwing that spinning back fist to set up the spinning heel kick to the body he wants alaton AI to lift his hands up on that spinning back Fist and then later you’ll see a spinning he kick the body soon I can feel it low shot there as Chris Gutierrez fired the inside leg kick let’s have a look here yeah no doubt about it I me Gutierrez is throwing that many kicks one of them had to well I was going to say you can tell how accurate of a kicker is because he throws so many light kicks and he doesn’t do that very often yeah and to be fair when somebody’s coming forward like that it kind of messes with the trajectory so certainly wasn’t intentional and sometimes accidents do happen one thing I like about Al Le is like B was saying he’s staying pressuring that’s one thing you got to do is keep the pressure but one thing he’s biting so much on on Gutierrez faints he needs to kind of bite on the faint and then March through with his power he’s got so much power like that see he’s biting on the faints and that’s giving gu the space he needs to get away the reality is I mean he’s got the correct G game plan alatan Haley is fighting a good fight but guier so far is implementing and executing his game plan better the both fighting you know a decent performance it’s just that gutier has a counter to the game plan of alatan halee he knows he’s going to pressure so he’s backing up lands a couple and then lateral movement on his b circular go forward and then just keeps moving he’s a little bit faster as well that La those last two leg kicks from Gutierrez they added to the swelling on the left leg of alaton Hale there’s a bubble forming on his left calf side of it sorry me nice little right hand from see how he sets it up the way he sets it up is by switching stance and moving laterally inside the side and using footwork and when you try to chase him that hides the kick attacks right there like that because of the footwork because of the switching because of the fakes it hides all his offense [Music] you’re looking at Chris Gutierrez in round two on alaton Haley and Gutierrez has been one step ahead of him for most of these first nine minutes and for those people just tuning in what we’ve got is gutiar staying on the outside and just using a beautiful array of kicks and alang Haley is trying to get on the inside he’s trying to land shots but he’s really having a problem what we’re going to see now and what we’re starting to see is that alang Haley is going to get desperate and he’s going to start swinging more what that’s going to do is create more opportunities for Gutierrez to get the Finish to start Landing massive counters wait for it here Alan is going to swing again a lot of the time he’s swinging at Fresh a oh that was a good shot alang a can’t tell if the kicks are coming or if the punches are coming he’s stuck biting on The Fakes and the faints and doesn’t know if it’s arms or legs that are coming at him and then he gets stuck staring in the mirror and then gutterz uses footwork to get out of the way when he swings it’s pretty to watch Final seconds of round two tick away and it was another good one for [Music] Gutierrez well between rounds they use the end swell on the leg of Alat Tong haly and they did a pretty good job cuz the swelling was worse than that at the end of round two Chris Gutierrez has landed 38 leg kicks with 5 minutes to go in the fight make it 39 as we open the final rounds yeah and it’s the the impact of the leg kicks not all leg kicks are equal I’m telling you there’s a real thud on the connection and you can see the swelling I mean that is going to be painful tomorrow with everyone just brings out the got say alaton Hale his movement has not suffered all that much we’ve seen less damage slow down more Fighters but alang Hal still moving forward and now he’ll look to finish the fight in the final five minutes the big thing that I’m seeing the most that’s keeping guer is the most best shape in this fight is his footwork anytime you see alien Lee come to explode in the footwork offsets him and he’s just out of the way he can’t touch Gutierrez because of the footwork yeah well alang Haley is going to be joining the ranks of Vince Morales pretty soon because the amount of leg kicks that he’s taken with the free could and with the power and with the damage that is clearly evident I’ll be very surprised if he makes it out of this round Chris gutierrez’s previous leg kick TKO in the UFC was in the first event held right here at the UFC Apex May 30th 2020 against Vince Morales that’s what aliang Ali needs to do walk through the faints walk through the pressure get gutterz up against the fence and just throw the bombs very similar to Bobby green versus Drew Dober he just bit down on the mouthpiece and walk through that’s what you got to do against guz and let me just rephrase what I just said I said I’d be surprised I’d be surpris I wouldn’t be surprised is what I mean if he went down pardon me I mean gu just shows how slick he is realistically he’s so good at timing his shots on your way in he’s so good at getting out of the pocket he’s good at hitting you and then getting out of the way and it just shows he’s very slick he’s he hasn’t eaten a lot of damage in a three round fight with aliang and he’s just done a lot of damage himself well he’s got a tremendous team at factory X fabulous coaching Mark Montoya trains with Jonathan Martinez Anthony Smith there’s a whole host of world class Fighters resources coaches all at the highest level and you can see it I mean Chris Q is a very very polished mixed martial arts halfway through the final round as alaton Haley still trying to find the big shot surprised this might be his first takeown attempt of the whole fight he was known as a wrestler before getting to the UFC shocking actually saying that F honestly it’s shocking that that’s the first time but that also shows you how good the footwork of Gutierrez is if you’re switching stance if you’re moving your feet it’s hard to grab a hold of somebody to take him down and that’s what Gutierrez is using absolutely right do like when I F Sil a big part of the game plan was to take him down but when they’re moving all over the place and switching stances like crazy it’s not that easy to grab hold of them and again that’s why and I suck at wrestling so this you know that’s a joke wrestling won’t matter unless you got the footwork to get there and we get your point that’s what you’re saying Bisping I will take you down in a heartbeat don’t let me sck your son on you bro yeah man you know what and our producer Michael llant just reminded me it’s a change of opponent for Chris gutier as well you know what very short notice days he was supposed to fight Montel Jackson last week y they backed it up this week and ala Tong Haley stepped in final 60 seconds of the the fight there was a nice one two I mean listen fair play to alatan because he’s taking a lot of damage and he’s not phased he’s still pushing he’s still trying to do what he can he’s still trying to win this fight by any means necessary trying to get on the inside and swing trying to take him down you know it can be very frustrated but a guy like Gutierrez is picking you apart and let’s be H his Landing shots and look at that goes for a little CH imari roll fly these he knows he Pro pretty much got this one in the bag I’d be surprised if he did and now he’s just trying to put the final exclamation mark on by getting a signature finish some for a trip here backs him up to the fence alaton gets himself a Tak down but he will run out of time in terms of finding a fight finishing move move the official decision here and it’s Joe Martinez well fight fans after three rounds we go to the scorecards and all three judges see it 3027 for your winner by unanimous decision Chris El Guapo [Applause] gutier