PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Becker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and SergiO Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Becker kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is SERGIO ORTIZ LOWLIGHT - VOU TE VENCER SEU BUNDÃO. Ortiz has chosen MCL Highlights - It´s My Time as his entrance music. The key to victory for David Becker has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Becker
vs
Ortiz

186 cm
24
210 lbs
6 - 11 - 0

188 cm
25
215 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

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 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Becker!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, SergiO Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz moves out of range of the leg kick from Becker.
Nice defenses there by Becker.
Becker tries to work over Ortiz's front leg with a kick but Ortiz checks it.
Becker tried to score with a low kick but Ortiz checks it.
Ortiz blocks a low kick nicely.
Becker takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Ortiz moves into the clinch.

Ortiz lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Becker blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ortiz.
Ortiz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Becker avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ortiz.
Ortiz slows the pace down in half guard.
Ortiz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Becker defending well though.
Becker is breathing heavily.
Ortiz is keen to just control but Becker is a slippery customer.

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 Becker with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ortiz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Becker defending well though.
Becker blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ortiz.
Ortiz is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Becker!
Ortiz tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ortiz lands a heavy elbow.
Ortiz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Becker?
Ortiz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ortiz content just to control the position here.
Becker takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ortiz controlling the pace for now.
Ortiz unloads with some shots from mount but Becker bucks and avoids them well.
Ortiz lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Ortiz lands a big elbow.
Ortiz has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Becker's face.
Ortiz raining down hammerfists from mount.
Ortiz looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Becker is rocked!
Ortiz is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Becker goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Ortiz!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). SergiO Ortiz! SergiO Ortiz retains his light heavyweight title!