PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Damian Romano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damian Romano could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ryan Ortiz's chin.

Romano
vs
Ortiz

180 cm
25
160 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

175 cm
20
160 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
KO power

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Damian Romano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Seu Braga and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ortiz gets the takedown into side control.
Romano tries to buck Ortiz off but Ortiz is having none of it.
Ortiz scores with a couple of short elbows.
Ortiz lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Romano down.
Romano on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Romano tries to get out of the position.
Romano wants to control but Ortiz postures up.
Romano is trying to buck Ortiz off.
Romano is trying to get back to half guard.
Ortiz lands an elbow.
Romano manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Ortiz keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Ortiz works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ortiz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ortiz winds up and cracks Romano with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Romano keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Romano wants to get back to his feet.
Ortiz drops an elbow to the side of Romano's head.
Ortiz is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ortiz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ortiz not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Romano avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ortiz.
Ortiz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ortiz thows a huge punch but Romano dodges it nicely.
Ortiz lands with a punch from half guard.
Romano is looking to control Ortiz's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Romano avoid being mounted?
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Ortiz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Romano is looking to improve his position.
Ortiz slips a nice elbow through Romano's hands, connecting with Romano's forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz throwing shots but Romano is blocking nicely.
Romano wants to get back to full guard.
Romano looks like he's trying to stand up.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Romano avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ortiz.
Ground and pound from Ortiz.
Romano taking some punishment here, with Ortiz in his half guard.
Romano gets back to full guard.
Ortiz scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ortiz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ortiz lands a couple of digs.
Ortiz chips away with some ground and pound.
Ortiz postures up and lands a big shot to Romano's brow.
Ortiz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romano has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Ortiz has passed into side control.
Ortiz cracks Romano with a big elbow.
Ortiz connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Romano some visible discomfort.
Romano is looking for a sweep.
Ortiz fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Ortiz cracks Romano with a big right hand but Romano just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Ortiz working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Romano wants to control but Ortiz postures up.
Romano tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Romano takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

Romano is rocked!
Ortiz lands a nice forearm strike.
Oh Romano is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ortiz is putting a hurting on Romano here, landing some big shots from side control.
Ortiz working the ground and pound.
Ortiz cracks Romano with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Ortiz immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Romano is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Ortiz!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Ortiz!
A less than humble Ryan Ortiz misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.