PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ule Brennerd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ule Brennerd had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 206.8lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. The key to victory for Ule Brennerd has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Brennerd
vs
Ortiz

190 cm
20
224 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

191 cm
22
205 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ule Brennerd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tito Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Ortiz or perhaps it was just good defense by Brennerd which made him look bad.
Ortiz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Brennerd is fending him off so far but Ortiz persists. Nope, Brennerd circles away and we're back to standing.

Brennerd closes the distance and clinches.
Ortiz working aggressively here.
Ortiz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brennerd landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ortiz looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brennerd unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ortiz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brennerd scores a nice knee to the body.
Brennerd landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Brennerd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Brennerd closes the distance and clinches.
Brennerd comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Brennerd lands a good knee to the midsection. Ortiz won't want to take too many of those.
Brennerd lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brennerd landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brennerd connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ortiz's face.
Brennerd lands a knee to the body.
Brennerd with a knee to the head.
Brennerd landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brennerd lands a knee to the head.
Brennerd blocks an uppercut.
Brennerd utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Ortiz fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brennerd.
A knee to the head by Brennerd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ortiz.
Knees to the body from Brennerd.

Brennerd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ortiz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Brennerd lands with a hook. Ortiz tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Ortiz shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Brennerd defends it nicely.
Ule Brennerd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tito Ortiz.

Brennerd clinches up against the cage.
Brennerd is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ortiz is defending well for now.
Ortiz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brennerd misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ortiz.
Ortiz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ortiz taking a breather.
Brennerd lands a nice knee to the body.
Brennerd blocking some punches.
Brennerd scores with a knee to the head.
Ortiz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brennerd working Ortiz over with knees to the body.

Brennerd manages to break the clinch.
Brennerd lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brennerd connects with a solid leg kick.
Brennerd goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Brennerd chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ortiz circles away from the clinch attempt.

Brennerd gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Brennerd lands a knee to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Brennerd as Ortiz tries to tie him up.
A head punch on the inside from Ortiz fails to land.

Brennerd pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ortiz shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Brennerd defends it nicely.
Nice shot lands for Brennerd.

Brennerd closes the distance and pushes Ortiz back into the cage.
Brennerd unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ortiz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brennerd landing knees to the body.
Brennerd tries to land knees in the clinch but Ortiz avoids the damage to the body.
Brennerd is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Brennerd lands a good knee to the midsection. Ortiz won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz lands with a right to the head.
Ortiz takes an elbow to the temple.
Ortiz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brennerd working Ortiz over with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brennerd obliges.
Brennerd trying to land knees to the body.
Brennerd is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ortiz is defending well for now.
Brennerd lands a nice knee to the body.
Ortiz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brennerd stops a takedown attempt from Ortiz.
Brennerd lands a good knee to the midsection. Ortiz won't want to take too many of those.
Ortiz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ortiz working hard to break the clinch.
Ortiz misses with the head strike.
Brennerd utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ortiz throws a head punch that misses.
Brennerd unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ortiz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ortiz has Brennerd pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Brennerd manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Brennerd tries to land knees in the clinch but Ortiz avoids the damage to the body.

Brennerd pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ortiz shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

Brennerd moves into the clinch successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brennerd with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ortiz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brennerd connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ortiz's face.
Ortiz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ortiz is trying to stall.
Brennerd working Ortiz over with knees to the body.
Brennerd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ortiz scores with a shoulder strike.
Brennerd landing knees to the body.
Ortiz misses with the head strike.
Brennerd unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ortiz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ortiz working aggressively here.
Brennerd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brennerd landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brennerd lands a nice knee to the body.
Ortiz avoiding damage as Brennerd throws knees to the body.
Brennerd is pressed up against the cage. Ortiz has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Brennerd down to the mat. Brennerd avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brennerd stuffs the takedown.
Brennerd goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ortiz looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Ortiz looks for a takedown but Brennerd sprawls well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ule Brennerd dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Brennerd explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Brennerd is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ortiz can do to turn this around?
Ortiz takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

Brennerd clinches with his opponent.
Brennerd scores with a knee to the head.
Brennerd lands a knee to the body.
Brennerd lands a knee to the head.
Brennerd lands a good knee to the midsection. Ortiz won't want to take too many of those.
Ortiz pushes Brennerd back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ortiz is pushing Brennerd up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Brennerd with a knee to the head.
Ortiz working aggressively here.
A knee to the head by Brennerd.
Ortiz drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Brennerd gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Knees to the body from Brennerd.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ortiz misses with some punches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brennerd obliges.
Ortiz is looking to control Brennerd's arms but Brennerd gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ortiz has his back to the cage.
Brennerd is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz misses with the head strike.
Brennerd tries to land knees in the clinch but Ortiz avoids the damage to the body.
Brennerd lands a good knee to the midsection. Ortiz won't want to take too many of those.
Ortiz avoiding damage as Brennerd throws knees to the body.
Ortiz misses with some punches.
Brennerd lands a knee to the body.
Ortiz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ortiz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Brennerd working Ortiz over with knees to the body.
Brennerd unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ortiz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brennerd lands a knee to the body.
Brennerd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ortiz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ortiz wants a takedown but no success here.

Brennerd breaks from the clinch.
Ortiz shoots for a takedown but Brennerd saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ule Brennerd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tito Ortiz.

Brennerd clinches with his opponent.
Brennerd landing knees to the body.
Brennerd with a knee to the head.
Brennerd lands a good knee to the midsection. Ortiz won't want to take too many of those.
Brennerd working Ortiz over with knees to the body.
Ortiz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brennerd is keeping busy.
Ortiz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brennerd has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brennerd landing knees to the body.
Ortiz avoiding damage as Brennerd throws knees to the body.

Brennerd breaks the clinch.
Ule Brennerd is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ortiz has a takedown stuffed.
Brennerd defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ortiz.
A left and a right from Brennerd both land. Nice combination.

Brennerd moves into the clinch successfully.
Ortiz is trying to drag Brennerd to the mat but Brennerd just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Ortiz is working for takedown but Brennerd is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ortiz misses with a punch on the inside.
Brennerd putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ortiz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ortiz misses with the head strike.
Brennerd landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brennerd scores a nice knee to the body.
Ortiz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ortiz looking for a takedown.
Brennerd lands a nice knee to the body.
Brennerd trying to land knees to the body.
Ortiz is trying to force a seperation but Brennerd has the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brennerd connects with a knee to the head.
Brennerd tries to land knees in the clinch but Ortiz avoids the damage to the body.
Ortiz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brennerd unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ortiz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Brennerd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brennerd misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ortiz shoots in for a takedown but Brennerd shows good takedown defense.
Ule Brennerd is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ortiz shoots in and drives through. Brennerd sprawls well.

Brennerd darts in and clinches Ortiz up against the cage.
Brennerd connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ortiz's face.
Ortiz managing to block the knees to the body from Brennerd.

Ortiz has clasped his hands together around Brennerd's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Ortiz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brennerd keeps working.
Ortiz is trying to ground and pound but Brennerd uses the momentary lack of control by Ortiz to regain half guard.
Ortiz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Brennerd to regain full guard.
Ortiz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Brennerd. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Brennerd pushes Ortiz off and gets back to his feet.
Ortiz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Brennerd pinned against the cage. Brennerd gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ortiz darts in trying to clinch
and Brennerd counters with a good low kick that Ortiz was not able to check.

Brennerd fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ortiz, pushing him back against the cage.
Brennerd lands a nice knee to the body.
Brennerd putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ortiz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brennerd unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ortiz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ule Brennerd dominated that second 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Brennerd throws a one two combo.

Brennerd clinches with his opponent.
Ortiz looking to slow down the pace here.

Brennerd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Ortiz moves into range and clinches up with Brennerd.
Ortiz wants a takedown but no success here.
Brennerd lands a good knee to the midsection. Ortiz won't want to take too many of those.
Ortiz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Brennerd unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ortiz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brennerd lands a good knee to the midsection. Ortiz won't want to take too many of those.
Ortiz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ortiz has a couple of punches blocked by Brennerd.
Ortiz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brennerd gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ortiz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brennerd lands an elbow inside.
Brennerd unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ortiz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ortiz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Brennerd.
Ortiz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ortiz is working for takedown but Brennerd is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ortiz swings wildly with an uppercut but Brennerd uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brennerd creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ortiz's defenses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brennerd obliges.
Brennerd lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ule Brennerd has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Brennerd pushes off an throws an elbow but Ortiz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Brennerd lands a knee to the head.
Ortiz lands with a right to the head.
Brennerd unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ortiz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ortiz goes for a takedown attempt but Brennerd pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ule Brennerd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tito Ortiz.

Brennerd clinches up with Ortiz and pushes him back against the cage.
Brennerd landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Brennerd gets underhooks to prevent Ortiz's takedown attempt.
Brennerd with a knee to the head.
Brennerd tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ortiz throws a head punch that misses.
Brennerd crunches a lovely knee into Ortiz's ribcage.
Ortiz avoiding damage as Brennerd throws knees to the body.
Brennerd with a knee to the head.

Brennerd breaks the clinch.

Brennerd rushes Ortiz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ortiz has a couple of punches blocked by Brennerd.
Ortiz has a couple of punches blocked by Brennerd.
Brennerd scores with a knee to the head.
Brennerd tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ortiz avoids it.
Brennerd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brennerd is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Brennerd is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ortiz is defending well for now.
Ortiz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brennerd blocking some punches.
Ortiz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brennerd landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ortiz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ortiz misses with a body punch.

Brennerd pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Brennerd closes the distance and clinches.
Brennerd is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ortiz takes a knee right on the jaw!
A head punch on the inside from Ortiz fails to land.
Brennerd landing knees to the body.
Ortiz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Brennerd landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Brennerd connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ortiz's face.
A short uppercut from Ortiz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brennerd breaks from the clinch.

Brennerd closes the distance and pushes Ortiz back into the cage.
Ortiz is trying to break the clinch but Brennerd has him pressed against the cage.
Brennerd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ortiz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ortiz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brennerd with a knee to the head.
Ortiz tries to stall but Brennerd uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ortiz working aggressively here.
Brennerd scores a nice knee to the body.

Brennerd pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tito Ortiz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ortiz gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Brennerd counters by moving into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Brennerd unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ortiz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Brennerd manages to break the clinch.
Brennerd lands with a cross.
A solid leg kick lands there for Brennerd.
Ortiz tries for a takedown but Brennerd circles away easily
and Brennerd counters with an inside leg kick.
Brennerd lands a jab-cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Brennerd holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ortiz has a couple of punches blocked by Brennerd.
Brennerd unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Brennerd connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ortiz's face.
Ortiz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brennerd blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ortiz throws a head punch that misses.
Ortiz misses with a punch on the inside.
Brennerd lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Brennerd.
Brennerd tries to land knees in the clinch but Ortiz avoids the damage to the body.
Brennerd blocks an uppercut.
Ortiz swings wildly with an uppercut but Brennerd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ortiz throws a head punch that misses.
Brennerd blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brennerd using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Brennerd crunches a lovely knee into Ortiz's ribcage.
Ortiz misses with the head strike.
Ule Brennerd is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Brennerd gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ortiz.
Brennerd using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ule Brennerd showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brennerd, 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:26
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:26
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ule Brennerd!