PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hugo Loris (ranked 988 p4p, 1416 weight class) and Tree Fortay (ranked 113 p4p, 157 weight class). Fortay is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Choice Is Yours. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Loris
vs
Fortay

170 cm
29
145
8 - 2 - 0

177 cm
33
146
20 - 9 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hugo Loris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Tree Fortay!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fortay checks a leg kick nicely.
Fortay listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fortay fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Loris manages to avoid it.
Fortay ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Loris throws a leg kick but Fortay checks it.
Fortay has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Loris.
Fortay swings for the body but Loris moves out of range.
Loris throws a leg kick but Fortay checks it.
Fortay missing with a left hand there. Loris was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fortay tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Loris was well out of range. Poor timing from Fortay.
Loris takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fortay changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fortay throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fortay lands with a cross.
Loris moves out of range as Fortay strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Loris cracks Fortay with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Loris misses with a low kick.
Fortay fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Loris looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fortay misses with a right hand
and Loris counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Loris takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Loris misses with a low kick.
A jab from Fortay misses.
Loris checks the leg kick.
Loris throws an off balance right hand
enabling Fortay to counter with a crisp jab.
Loris looks to score with a jab to the body but Fortay is just out of range.
Loris tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Loris connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Loris misses with a body shot.
Fortay throws a shot from downtown. Loris moves away and avoids it.
The crowd cheers as Loris lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fortay doesn't seem phased though.
Loris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fortay was well out of range. Poor timing from Loris.
Fortay is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Loris with a body shot.
Fortay throws a good cross that connects.
Loris staying out of range there.
Loris takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fortay ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Loris moves away.
Loris slips under a jab from Fortay.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortay lands an overhand right.
Loris 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.
Loris takes a swing at Fortay's ribcage but misses.
Loris scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Fortay doesn't seem bothered though.
Loris doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Fortay blocks a low kick nicely.
Loris tries a head kick but it misses.
Fortay thuds a left hand into Loris's body.
Fortay's corner calls for a 1-2. Fortay obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Loris jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fortay throws out a counter right but Loris avoids it with no problem.
Loris takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fortay waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Loris.
Fortay ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Loris works Fortay's body with a nice hook.
Fortay lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Loris cracks Fortay with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Some bone on bone action there as Fortay checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Fortay tries a quick counter leg kick but Loris is wise to it.
Loris walks into a straight right hand from Fortay.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loris throws a sloppy head kick and Fortay moves out of range easily.
Fortay looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fortay looks to land a right hand but Loris moved out of range.
Fortay lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Fortay, as that shot connected.
Fortay feints and then cracks Loris's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Loris down.
Loris throws a leg kick which misses Fortay's front leg but catches the back leg as Fortay tries to avoid it.
Fortay has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Fortay fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fortay throws a hook but Loris blocks it.
Fortay throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Loris lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fortay blocks the body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Loris takes a swing at Fortay's ribcage but misses.
Fortay misses with a leg kick

and Loris counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ground and pound from Loris.
Loris thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fortay's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loris is trying to control. Fortay wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Loris is just content to waste time from the top position. Fortay takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Loris postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fortay keeping moving, preventing Loris from controlling successfully.
Loris working some strikes from top position.
Loris working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Fortay's head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Loris postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Loris throwing strikes from guard but Fortay blocks nicely.
Loris throws a big elbow that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Tree Fortay will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Loris staying out of range there.
Loris lands with a straight right. Fortay didn't see that one coming.
Loris will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fortay keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
No joy there for Loris, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Loris throws a leg kick
and Fortay counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fortay is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Loris.
Fortay works Loris's body with a nice hook.
Fortay tries a head kick but it misses.
Fortay swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tree Fortay seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Loris throws a jab when Fortay was well out of range.
Fortay looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Loris throws a looping overhand right but Fortay ducks down to avoid it.
Fortay misses with a series of wild punches.
A slow jab from Fortay misses its intended target.
A jab lands there for Fortay.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortay slips under a jab.
Fortay fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Loris manages to avoid it.
Loris fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fortay misses with a looping right.
A jab from Fortay finds it's way through Loris's defenses.
Loris misses the shot to the body.
Fortay takes a swing at Loris's ribcage but misses.
Fortay uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Loris.
Loris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fortay.
Fortay tries to land a leg kick but Loris saw it coming and moves away.
Fortay moves out of range of the body kick from Loris.
Loris takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Loris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fortay.
Loris is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Loris misses with an attempted mid kick.
Loris throws a looping overhand right but Fortay ducks down to avoid it.
Fortay pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortay with a nice cross.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Loris missing with a left hand there. Fortay was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Loris takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Loris uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fortay.
Loris throws a hook but Fortay avoids it easily.
Loris fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fortay throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Loris on the side of the head.
Loris lands with a cross.
Fortay moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Loris throws out a loose jab but Fortay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Loris misses with a looping left.
Fortay dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fortay misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Loris counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Loris drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Fortay is looking for a sweep.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loris is looking to take a break and control but Fortay is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Fortay manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Loris working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ground and pound from Loris.
Fortay is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Loris seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Fortay does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Loris missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Fortay works his way to full guard. Good work.

Loris avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Loris stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Fortay throws up his legs and catches Loris in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Loris tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Fortay! That came out of nowhere!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Tree Fortay!
Our winner, Tree Fortay, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.