PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fifo Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Smith Wesson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wesson has chosen Annie Get Your Gun 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!

Ortiz
vs
Wesson

190 cm
26
210 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

188 cm
28
210 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Adrenaline

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 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Fifo Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Smith Wesson!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wesson shoots in but no luck this time.
Wesson fails with the takedown
and Ortiz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Wesson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Ortiz sprawls well initially but Wesson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Wesson not doing much here.
Ortiz is trying to get back to full guard.
Wesson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ortiz's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz wants to get back to full guard.
Wesson looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Wesson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ortiz keeps working.

Wesson is looking for a kimura here.
Wesson stalling away here and it's allowed Ortiz to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wesson tries to free his leg and advance position but Ortiz is retaining full guard.
Wesson trying to control but Ortiz is working from the bottom.
Wesson wants to pass the guard but Ortiz is keeping the position.
Ortiz controlling Wesson's posture.
Ortiz wants to stand up but Wesson is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wesson trying to control the position from guard on top but Ortiz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ortiz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wesson has his takedown stuffed
and Ortiz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fifo Ortiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Smith Wesson.
Ortiz lands a nice shot to the body.
Wesson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ortiz sprawls well. Ortiz wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wesson gets slowly back to his feet.
A punch combination from Ortiz misses.
Ortiz misses with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Wesson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Wesson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ortiz can't escape the position.
Wesson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ortiz is looking to escape.
Ortiz in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Smith Wesson dominated that round.
That's time! Ortiz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ortiz cracks Wesson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Wesson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ortiz avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wesson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wesson catches Ortiz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Smith Wesson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wesson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ortiz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

It looks like Smith Wesson has been cut.
Ortiz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wesson.
Wesson has a takedown stuffed.
Wesson shoots in but Ortiz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ortiz misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wesson shoots in looking for a takedown but Ortiz manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Wesson's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Fifo Ortiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Smith Wesson.
Wesson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ortiz sprawls well. Ortiz wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wesson gets slowly back to his feet.
Wesson misses with a wild combination.

Ortiz drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ortiz trying to control the position from guard on top but Wesson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Wesson is looking for a triangle here but Ortiz uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Ortiz cracks Wesson with an elbow. That is naaassty.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wesson wants to control but Ortiz postures up.
Ortiz working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Ortiz wants to control but Wesson is keeping him busy.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wesson manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Wesson looking for submissions off his back.
Ortiz seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wesson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

Wesson is defending against the submission attempts here by Ortiz.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ortiz winds up and cracks Wesson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ortiz working the head and body with strikes.
Ortiz is trying to control. Wesson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Ortiz is looking to stall here but Wesson recovers full guard.
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 control but Wesson is working from the bottom.

Wesson looking for a guillotine here but Ortiz defends easily.
Ortiz throws an elbow that misses. Wesson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ortiz's guard. Nice move by Wesson!
Wesson is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wesson wants to control from the top but Ortiz keeps moving.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wesson throws a strike but Ortiz rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Ortiz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fifo Ortiz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Smith Wesson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Ortiz scores with a decent looking hook.
Ortiz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Smith Wesson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ortiz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wesson cracks a nice hook into Ortiz's ribs.
Ortiz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Wesson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Ortiz's guard now.
Ortiz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wesson.
Ortiz has momentary wrist control but Wesson slips an elbow through the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ortiz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wesson.
Ortiz keeping moving, preventing Wesson from controlling successfully.
Smith Wesson has got the better of the ground game so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wesson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ortiz is keeping the position for now.
Wesson slips nicely into half guard.
Ortiz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ortiz trying to control from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz is not content to let Wesson control the position.
Ortiz is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Ortiz has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Wesson is working away from the top position though.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ortiz stuffs the takedown.
Wesson leaves Ortiz with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wesson fails with a takedown attempt.
Fifo Ortiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Smith Wesson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz lands with a kick to the temple. Wesson shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wesson avoids a kick to the body.
Ortiz uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Wesson has time to react.
Ortiz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wesson looks for a takedown but Ortiz sprawls well.
Wesson shoots in for a double leg but Ortiz sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Ortiz tries to move into range but Wesson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz throws a big shot that misses.
Wesson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ortiz pinned against the cage. Ortiz gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Wesson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Wesson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Wesson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ortiz is looking to improve his position but Wesson isn't that keen on the idea.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wesson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

Wesson looking for a guillotine from mount but Ortiz is having none of it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Smith Wesson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wesson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Smith Wesson!