PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Caio Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and SergiO Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Silva comes to the cage accompanied by Forever. Ortiz has chosen MY HIGHLIGHT as his entrance music. Caio Silva could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to SergiO Ortiz's chin.

Silva
vs
Ortiz

174 cm
24
199 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

188 cm
24
215 lbs
10 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Caio Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, SergiO Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jab by Ortiz.

Ortiz drives through with a takedown into guard.
Silva throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Ortiz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ortiz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ortiz with a nice head shot there.
Silva will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Silva with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing Ortiz can't handle though.
Silva throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Ortiz controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ortiz with a nice head shot there.
Ortiz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ortiz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom.
Ortiz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ortiz controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ortiz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ortiz showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Ortiz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva can't keep his opponent in guard - Ortiz advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Ortiz stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Silva tries to clinch but Ortiz is having none of it.
Ortiz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Silva on the side of the head.
Ortiz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch but Ortiz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silva tries to clinch there but Ortiz circles away.
Ortiz connects with a crisp jab.

Ortiz clinches.
Silva lands an uppercut.
Ortiz goes for a takedown in the clinch but Silva prevents it.
Silva gets underhooks to prevent Ortiz's takedown attempt.

Ortiz turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ortiz grinds an elbow into Silva's temple.
Silva might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silva is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Ortiz lands some shots froms side control.
Silva is looking to regain half guard here but Ortiz keeps moving and retains side control.
Silva is breathing heavily.

Ortiz is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Silva knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Silva throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Ortiz lands a decent elbow from side control.
Ortiz working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Silva is looking for a sweep.
Ortiz working the ground and pound.

Ortiz is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Silva is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Ortiz landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva taking a bit of punishment here - Ortiz scoring with strikes.
Ortiz taking a breather here.
Ortiz lands an elbow.
Ortiz controls the position from side control.
Silva tries to buck Ortiz off but Ortiz is having none of it.
Ortiz is putting a hurting on Silva here, landing some big shots from side control.
Ortiz passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Silva!
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ortiz landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Ortiz is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ortiz controlling his opponent.
Ortiz blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
A nice elbow there by Ortiz.
Ortiz controlling the position easily from mount.
Ortiz looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ortiz breaks from Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ortiz connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ortiz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

SergiO Ortiz 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.

Silva takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.

Ortiz 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.
Ortiz sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Ortiz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Silva is striking off his back. Ortiz thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Ortiz slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.
Ortiz is pressing down on Silva's thigh, looking to free his foot. Silva is holding on for now.
Ortiz scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ortiz scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ortiz is trying to control the action in half guard but Silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ortiz seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz blocks the strikes from Silva.
Silva punching from the bottom.
Ortiz passes the guard and advances to mount!
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ortiz looking to finish Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for Silva!
Ortiz controlling from the full mount.

Ortiz with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Ortiz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Silva is desperately trying to improve his position but Ortiz has a good base and remains in mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Ortiz.
Silva is desperately trying to improve his position but Ortiz has a good base and remains in mount.

Ortiz is working for a guillotine from mount but Silva frees his head quite easily.
Silva bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Ortiz is pulling down on Silva's head to control his posture.
Ortiz lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Silva!
Ortiz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Ortiz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ortiz putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!
Ortiz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ortiz landing shots from mount.

Silva is rocked!
Ortiz blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
A nice elbow there by Ortiz.
Oh Silva is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ortiz content just to control the position here.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Ortiz lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Ortiz content just to control the position here.
Silva wants to control but Ortiz is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.

Ortiz looking for a guillotine from mount but Silva is having none of it.
Ortiz controlling the pace for now.
Ortiz landing punches.
Ortiz looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice elbow there by Ortiz.
Ortiz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ortiz with the ground and pound from mount.
Ortiz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

SergiO Ortiz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Silva looks to clinch
and Ortiz counters with a stiff right hand.
Silva closes the distance but Ortiz moves to the side

and Ortiz counters with a shoot takedown. Silva fights it but they end up in guard.
Silva throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Ortiz trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Silva throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Ortiz is working Silva over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ortiz postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ortiz seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Ortiz slips nicely into half guard.
Ortiz working Silva over with strikes.
Ortiz is trying to control. Silva wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ortiz blocks the strikes from Silva.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz blocks the strikes from Silva.
Ortiz is figuring out what he wants to do next.

Ortiz is looking for a kimura but Silva is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Ortiz to get the leverage.
Ortiz is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Ortiz is looking for a kimura here.
Ortiz 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.
Silva is looking for a sweep. Ortiz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Ortiz is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Silva is just riding it out for now. Ortiz eventually gives up the hold.
Silva won't allow Ortiz to pass to mount.
SergiO Ortiz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ortiz seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Ortiz passes the guard and advances to mount!
Ortiz landing strikes from the mount and Silva is in trouble!
Ortiz looking to control and managing it successfully.
SergiO Ortiz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Silva swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz content just to control the position here.

Ortiz looking to secure an arm triangle but Silva defends it well.
Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Ortiz. What's that going to do exactly?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ortiz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ortiz controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Despite being in the dominant position, SergiO Ortiz just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Silva tries to clinch but Ortiz is having none of it.

Ortiz bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
A lull in the action here.
Silva throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Ortiz controlling the position from side mount.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Caio Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
SergiO Ortiz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ortiz has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 24:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 26:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... SergiO Ortiz!