PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tito Ortizz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Gunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ortizz
vs
Gunn

188 cm
23
220 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
213 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tito Ortizz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Gunn!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Ortizz.
Ortizz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ortizz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gunn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gunn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gunn missing with a left hand there. Ortizz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gunn digs a good hook to Ortizz's body.
Gunn fails to land with a series of punches.
Gunn scores with a shot to the body.
Ortizz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gunn.
Gunn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gunn throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Ortizz's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gunn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Ortizz gets a takedown into half guard.
Ortizz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortizz prevents Gunn from improving his position.
Gunn wants to get back to his feet.
Gunn avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ortizz.
Gunn wants to control but Ortizz is keeping busy.
Gunn gets back to full guard.
Ortizz postures up and lands a big shot to Gunn's brow.
Gunn utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ortizz is looking to work some ground and pound but Gunn has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ortizz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ortizz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ortizz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ortizz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gunn looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Gunn cracks the inside of Ortizz's front leg.
Gunn motions for Ortizz to come forward. Gunn throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gunn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ortizz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gunn throws a body punch but Ortizz moves out of range.
Gunn tries to clinch there but Ortizz circles away.
Ortizz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ortizz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Gunn misses with a series of wild punches.
Tommy Gunn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gunn tries to clinch up but Ortizz circles away and keeps his distance.
Gunn scores with a three punch combo!

Ortizz decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ortizz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Gunn tries to roll over but Ortizz keeps him under control.
Ortizz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gunn with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ortizz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gunn's head.
Ortizz throwing shots but Gunn is blocking nicely.
Ortizz throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortizz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ortizz is breathing heavily.
Gunn keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ortizz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gunn's head.
Ground and pound from Ortizz.
Ortizz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gunn defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ortizz prevents Gunn from improving his position.
Gunn has hold of Ortizz's hands but Ortizz slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ortizz lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gunn is looking to control Ortizz's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gunn avoid being mounted?
Gunn on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Gunn dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gunn doesn't manage to clinch there - Ortizz circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gunn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ortizz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gunn.
Gunn lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Ortizz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gunn can pounce on him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gunn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gunn moves in looking to clinch but Ortizz pushes him off.
Nice sprawl there from Gunn as Ortizz shoots in.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gunn scores with a leg kick.
Gunn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gunn throws a leg kick which misses Ortizz's front leg but catches the back leg as Ortizz tries to avoid it.

Gunn moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ortizz backwards.

Gunn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Gunn, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gunn just misses with a punch to the body.
Gunn scores with a nice head shot.
Gunn throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ortizz keeps the fight on the outside.
Gunn stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gunn wants it to stay on the feet.
Gunn scores with a shot to the body.
Ortizz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ortizz keeps the fight on the outside.
Ortizz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gunn.
Ortizz takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ortizz dodges the punch combination from Gunn.
Gunn tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn scores with a sloppy right hand. Ortizz should have avoided that one.
A thudding body kick lands there by Gunn!
Gunn wants to clinch up but Ortizz keeps it at a distance.
Gunn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gunn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gunn scores with a head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gunn tries to bum rush Ortizz with a series of wild strikes but Ortizz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gunn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ortizz moves away.
Gunn throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Ortizz feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Ortizz thows a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortizz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ortizz throws and elbow that misses. Gunn uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ortizz's guard. Nice move by Gunn!
Gunn preventing the sweep.
Ortizz trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Ortizz wants to sweep here but Gunn controlling him for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gunn tries to clinch but Ortizz is having none of it.
Gunn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ortizz avoids a punch combination nicely.

Gunn takes the fight into the clinch.
Ortizz wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tito Ortizz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ortizz goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gunn prevents it.
Ortizz drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gunn lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ortizz takes a knee right on the jaw!

Gunn's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ortizz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Gunn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Ortizz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gunn lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Ortizz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Ortizz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ortizz shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gunn defends it nicely.
Gunn feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ortizz's calf.
Ortizz takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ortizz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gunn tried to score with a low kick but Ortizz checks it.
Gunn fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ortizz looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tommy Gunn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Ortizz closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ortizz lands a nice short elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ortizz with the ground and pound but Gunn uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Ortizz is looking to work some ground and pound but Gunn has wrist control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gunn punching from mount but Ortizz doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gunn tries to control but Ortizz wriggling away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Gunn wants to control the action but instead Ortizz gets a body lock and reverses into Gunn's guard! Nice work!
Ortizz is looking to work some ground and pound but Gunn has wrist control.
Ortizz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ortizz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gunn working a defensive guard here.
Ortizz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortizz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ortizz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ortizz won't allow Gunn to sweep him here.
Ortizz postures up and lands a big shot to Gunn's brow.
Gunn working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ortizz.
Ortizz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ortizz 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.
Ortizz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ortizz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ortizz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gunn pulls Ortizz in close to prevent any damage.
Ortizz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ortizz postures up in Gunn's guard and throws a big left but Gunn blocks it.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gunn cracks Ortizz with a right hand to the side of the head.
Gunn stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Ortizz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gunn.
Gunn tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ortizz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gunn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ortizz was well out of range. Poor timing from Gunn.

Gunn drives through and clinches with Ortizz against the cage.
Gunn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ortizz.
Gunn scores with a shoulder strike.
Ortizz has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gunn is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Gunn stops a takedown attempt from Ortizz.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tito Ortizz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gunn scores a nice knee to the body.
Gunn lands a knee to the body.
A right hand to the body from Gunn.
Tito Ortizz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A body shot lands from Gunn.
Gunn blocks a punch to the side of the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Gunn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Gunn winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Gunn!