PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fernando Pontes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and SergiO Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ortiz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hardwell - Tomorrowland Music kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Fernando Pontes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Pontes
vs
Ortiz

188 cm
32
210 lbs
13 - 6 - 1

188 cm
32
215 lbs
31 - 15 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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 13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fernando Pontes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, SergiO Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Ortiz misses.
Pontes shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ortiz sprawls well. Ortiz wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Pontes gets slowly back to his feet.
Pontes is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ortiz sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Pontes with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Ortiz counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fernando Pontes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ortiz thumps Pontes with a low kick.
Pontes drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Pontes dives in and grabs Ortiz's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ortiz pushes down on Pontes's head and hops out.
Pontes takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ortiz, right into the meat.
Ortiz thows a body shot but no joy.
Ortiz scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ortiz stuns Pontes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Ortiz looks for the body kick but Pontes saw that one coming.
Ortiz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Ortiz darts in and clinches Pontes up against the cage.
Ortiz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pontes backwards.
Ortiz is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Ortiz manages to break the clinch.
Ortiz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pontes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fernando Pontes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pontes is breathing heavily.
Ortiz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pontes changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ortiz tries to avoid it but Pontes manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ortiz to the ground. Ortiz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
The crowd cheers as Ortiz lands an impressive looking overhand right. Pontes doesn't seem phased though.
Ortiz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ortiz cracks the inside of Pontes's front leg.
Ortiz cracks the inside of Pontes's front leg.
Ortiz scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pontes in his tracks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ortiz, right into the meat.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ortiz. Pontes shrugs it off though.
Ortiz lands with a kick to the temple. Pontes shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ortiz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ortiz cracks the inside of Pontes's front leg.
Ortiz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ortiz.
Ortiz lands a leg kick that knocks Pontes off balance momentarily.
Ortiz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ortiz thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Pontes if he has to take too many more of those.
Ortiz lands a glancing blow to the side of Pontes's head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ortiz.
Ortiz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nice cross by Ortiz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pontes takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ortiz scores with a jab.
Ortiz connects with a leg kick. Pontes looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ortiz throws a sloppy head kick and Pontes moves out of range easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ortiz.
Pontes closes the distance and clinches up with Ortiz, looking for a takedown. Pontes pushes Ortiz against the cage but Ortiz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ortiz. Pontes shrugs it off though.
Ortiz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pontes needs to keep his hands up - Ortiz had a free shot at his head there.
Ortiz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pontes needs to keep his hands up - Ortiz had a free shot at his head there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ortiz connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Pontes is rocked!
Ortiz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pontes stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ortiz lands a front kick.
Ortiz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pontes. That did some damage!
SergiO Ortiz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Crunch! Ortiz slams his shin into Pontes's torso.
Ortiz lands a leg kick that knocks Pontes off balance momentarily.
Pontes looks for a takedown but Ortiz sprawls well.
Pontes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ortiz. Ortiz obviously looking to wear him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Ortiz.
Ortiz scores with a sloppy right hand. Pontes should have avoided that one.
Ortiz is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Pontes had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ortiz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Pontes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ortiz.
Ortiz with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pontes takes one to the chin there.
Ortiz connects with a crisp jab.
Oh Pontes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ortiz throws a leg kick which misses Pontes's front leg but catches the back leg as Pontes tries to avoid it.
Ortiz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ortiz lands a nice shot that snaps Pontes's head back.
Ortiz walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Pontes drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Ortiz swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Pontes's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). SergiO Ortiz!
After the fight, SergiO Ortiz was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.