PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Drago (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and SergiO Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ortiz has chosen MCL Highlights - It´s My Time as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Drago
vs
Ortiz

193 cm
25
205 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

188 cm
25
215 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruno Drago!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, SergiO Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Thiago Cunha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ortiz clinches up against the cage.
Ortiz looking to stall.
Drago working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ortiz is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Drago gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.

Ortiz lands a takedown into guard.
Ortiz stops Drago from standing up.
Ortiz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Drago wants to stand but Ortiz is controlling the position.
Ortiz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ortiz prevents Drago from getting back to his feet.
Ortiz advances position into side control!
Ortiz grinds an elbow into Drago's temple.
Drago tries to escape but Ortiz is in control.
Ortiz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sloppy strikes there by Ortiz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Ortiz seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Drago pushes Ortiz away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Ortiz gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Ortiz is trying to get an arm triangle but Drago is defending well.
An elbow from Ortiz crashes against the mat.
Ortiz throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Drago is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Ortiz controlling the position from side mount.
Drago is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Ortiz has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Drago is breathing heavily.
Ortiz lands a few punches from side control.
Drago taking a bit of punishment here - Ortiz scoring with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Ortiz are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Ortiz landing a few strikes.
Drago is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Ortiz is looking to take a break and control but Drago is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
An elbow from Ortiz crashes against the mat.
Drago is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Ortiz connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Drago some visible discomfort.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Ortiz is looking to take a break and control but Drago is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Drago explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Ortiz counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Drago's guard now.
Ortiz controlling from the top position.
Ortiz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ortiz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ortiz lands a couple of digs.
Drago avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ortiz trying to control the position from guard on top but Drago is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ortiz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Drago works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ortiz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

Ortiz drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Ortiz jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Ortiz landing with the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz stops Drago from standing up.
Ortiz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ortiz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ortiz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Drago avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Drago pushes Ortiz off and gets back to his feet.
Ortiz lands a jab to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Ortiz drops Drago with a right and a left! Ortiz comes rushing in but Drago regains his composure and manages to keep Ortiz in guard.

Drago is rocked!
Ortiz trying to control but Drago is working from the bottom.
Oh Drago is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ortiz distracts Drago with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

SergiO Ortiz dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ortiz cracks a nice hook into Drago's ribs.
Drago seems to have got his legs back now.

Ortiz is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Drago's half guard.
Ortiz stops Drago from getting back to his feet.
Ortiz slips a nice elbow through Drago's hands, connecting with Drago's forehead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drago avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ortiz.
Ortiz is looking to advance position but Drago won't allow it.
Ortiz not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ortiz stops Drago from getting back to his feet.
Ortiz lands strikes from half guard.
Drago keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ortiz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Drago is looking to escape.
Ortiz trying to control the action but Drago is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Drago with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ground and pound from Ortiz.
Ortiz takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Drago is trying to stand.
Ortiz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ortiz throwing shots but Drago is blocking nicely.
Nice strikes from Ortiz there.
Drago is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ortiz scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ortiz trying to control from half guard but Drago is working away.
Ortiz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ortiz looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ortiz not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz working the head and body with strikes.
Drago on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ortiz wants to pass to mount but Drago is defending the position.
Ortiz thows a huge punch but Drago dodges it nicely.
Drago blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ortiz.
Ortiz landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ortiz working over Drago with some ground and pound. Drago looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ortiz working the head and body with strikes.

Ortiz is working for a kimura but Drago is defending it quite comfortably.
Ortiz is pressing down on Drago's thigh, looking to free his foot. Drago is holding on for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drago is refusing to be controlled, as Ortiz sits in half guard.
Ortiz not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Drago is trying to stand back up but Ortiz is controlling him
Ortiz landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ortiz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Drago is trying to stand.
Ortiz working Drago over with strikes.
Drago is not content to let Ortiz control the position.
Drago avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ortiz.
Ortiz slips a nice elbow through Drago's hands, connecting with Drago's forehead.
Ortiz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ortiz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Drago's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Drago blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ortiz.
Ortiz thows a huge punch but Drago dodges it nicely.
Drago keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Drago tries to kick Ortiz off but Ortiz keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Ortiz looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ortiz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ortiz tries to pass the half guard into mount. Drago knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Ortiz looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Drago is trying to stand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ortiz is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ortiz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
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.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ortiz looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Ortiz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
SergiO Ortiz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ortiz throws a big right hand that misses.
Ortiz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ortiz scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ortiz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Drago wants to stand and escape but Ortiz is having none of it.
Ortiz trying to control but Drago is working from the bottom.
Ortiz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ortiz scoring with punches to the head and body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ortiz won't allow Drago to get back to his feet.
Ortiz distracts Drago with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz cracks Drago with a solid left hand.
Ortiz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Drago is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ortiz is controlling him.
Ortiz connects with a couple of short punches.
Ortiz slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Drago is looking to stand up but Ortiz isn't so interested in that idea.
Ortiz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ortiz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ortiz chips away with some ground and pound.
Drago is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz with a nice head shot there.
Ortiz tries to free his leg and advance position but Drago is retaining full guard.
Ortiz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ortiz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ortiz scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ortiz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ortiz lands a couple of elbows.
Ortiz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Drago keeping moving, preventing Ortiz from controlling successfully.
Drago keeping full guard, as Ortiz tries to pass.
Ortiz looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Drago's head.
Ortiz landing some decent shots from guard.
Ortiz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ortiz trying to control but Drago is working from the bottom.
Ortiz won't allow Drago to get back to his feet.
Ortiz throwing strikes from guard but Drago blocks nicely.
Ortiz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

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.
Ortiz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ortiz landing with the ground and pound.
Ortiz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Drago avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ortiz thows a big elbow that misses.
Ortiz cracks Drago with a solid left hand.
Drago is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ortiz is controlling him.
Ortiz trying to control but Drago is working from the bottom.
Ortiz postures up and lands a big shot to Drago's brow.
Ortiz scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

SergiO Ortiz really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ortiz looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Drago!
Drago is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Ortiz is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Ortiz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Drago hang on?
Ortiz lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Ortiz looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Ortiz postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Drago in real trouble here! The ref calls for Drago to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). SergiO Ortiz!
SergiO Ortiz is the new light heavyweight champion!