PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Valentino Soto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Ordenez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ricardo Ordenez was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Soto
vs
Ordenez

183 cm
20
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

189 cm
20
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans

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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Valentino Soto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Ordenez!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ordenez shoots and misses

and Soto counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Soto scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Soto thows a huge punch but Ordenez dodges it nicely.
Ordenez is trying to stand up here but Soto is controlling him well.
Soto thows a huge punch but Ordenez dodges it nicely.
Soto thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Soto has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ordenez is looking to control Soto's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ordenez avoid being mounted?
Soto thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Soto working the head and body with strikes.
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!
Ordenez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Soto looks to land a strike but Ordenez avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Soto trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Soto postures up in Ordenez's guard and throws a big left but Ordenez blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Soto accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Soto chips away with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soto throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Soto with a flurry of punches that miss.
Soto landing some decent shots from guard.
Soto is looking to work some ground and pound but Ordenez has wrist control.
Soto working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ordenez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Soto working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ordenez's head.
Soto is looking to work some ground and pound but Ordenez has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Soto lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Ordenez is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Ordenez looks winded!
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!
Soto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Soto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soto cracks Ordenez with a solid left hand.
Soto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Soto scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Soto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Soto missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ordenez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Soto connects with a couple of short punches.
Soto lands a couple of digs.
Soto in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Soto trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Soto with a flurry of punches that miss.
Soto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ordenez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Soto.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soto working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Soto is looking to work some ground and pound but Ordenez has wrist control.
Soto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ordenez is keeping the position for now.
Soto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Soto throws a big right hand that misses.
Soto advances to half guard.
Soto tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ordenez knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Soto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Soto lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Soto missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Soto sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ordenez defending well though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soto is thwarting Ordenez's attempts to control the position.

Soto is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Soto is nestled in close to Ordenez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ordenez is looking to escape.
Soto drops an elbow to the side of Ordenez's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Soto is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ordenez trying to control here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Valentino Soto dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Soto shoots in looking for a takedown but Ordenez manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Soto's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ordenez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ordenez throws a right and a left that Soto avoids nicely.
Ordenez looks to land a body kick but Soto moved away.
Ordenez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Soto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ordenez shoots in for a takedown but Soto shows good takedown defense.
Ordenez throws a shot from downtown. Soto moves away and avoids it.
Ordenez shoots in for a takedown but Soto shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Soto shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Soto is working for a kimura but Ordenez is defending it quite comfortably.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Soto throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ordenez is breathing heavily.

Soto is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ordenez defends it well.
Soto slips a nice elbow through Ordenez's hands, connecting with Ordenez's forehead.
Ordenez regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Soto.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Soto's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Soto content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Soto postures up and lands a big shot to Ordenez's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Soto's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Soto pushing down on Ordenez's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Ordenez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Soto is working away from the top position though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soto thows a huge punch but Ordenez dodges it nicely.
Soto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Soto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ordenez can do to turn this around?
Ordenez missing with punches from the bottom.
Soto thows a huge punch but Ordenez dodges it nicely.
Valentino Soto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Soto working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Soto working over Ordenez with some ground and pound. Ordenez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

Soto is trying to work for a kimura but Ordenez is defending well.

Soto is looking for a kimura but Ordenez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Soto to get the leverage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soto takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Soto drops an elbow to the side of Ordenez's head.
Ordenez trying to control but Soto postures up.
Ordenez has a hand on Soto's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Soto takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
BOOM! Soto connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Soto pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
BOOM! Soto connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Ordenez is rocked!
A big strike lands for Soto! That's really hurt Ordenez and he's turned his back - Soto keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Soto jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Valentino Soto!