PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Project Orca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Pitera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Orca
vs
Pitera

181 cm
26
171 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

177 cm
25
170 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Project Orca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tommy Pitera!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Joseph Jones and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pitera just misses with a punch to the body.
Pitera turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Orca uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pitera.
Orca throws a head kick that misses.
Orca shoots in but Pitera avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Orca throws a sloppy head kick and Pitera moves out of range easily.
Pitera lands with an uppercut that bounces Orca off the cage and back into range.
Orca avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Orca throws a hook but Pitera blocks it.
Pitera uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Orca.
Pitera slaps away a takedown attempt from Orca, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Pitera thuds his shin into the meat of Orca's side.

Orca drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Orca tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Pitera really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Orca. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pitera is looking for a sweep.
Orca controlling from side mount.

Orca working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Orca working away.
Pitera is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Orca trying to control the action but Pitera is working from the bottom.
Orca fails to land a wild elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orca happy to just control the position for now.
Pitera tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Orca is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Pitera's shoulder. That is not cool.
Pitera wants to control but Orca postures up.
Pitera is looking to reverse the position.
Pitera taking a bit of punishment here - Orca scoring with strikes.
Pitera takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pitera takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Orca scores with a couple of short elbows.
Pitera is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Pitera taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Orca creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Pitera tries to bench press Orca off him but Orca keeps the position.
Pitera taking punishment in the form of punches.
Orca lands an elbow.
Orca in side control lands a decent elbow.
Pitera tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Orca wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pitera tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Orca presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Pitera wants to control but Orca is having none of it.
Orca lands with some strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Orca working the ground and pound effectively.
Pitera is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Orca is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Pitera is surviving well by controlling Orca's body position as best he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orca scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Orca pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Pitera is working to get back to half guard.
Pitera is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Orca lands with some strikes.
Orca unloading with bombs!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Orca dominating with strikes here.

Pitera is rocked!
Orca working Pitera over with strikes here.
Pitera is still in real trouble! Can Orca finish him?
Orca unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Pitera wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Orca celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Project Orca!