PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Johns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joell Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Johns might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Just Another Victim. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Johns
vs
Ortiz

190 cm
19
225 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

182 cm
22
240 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

Valhalla War Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shane Johns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joell Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Alyssa Summers and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johns fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johns throws a series of strikes that have Ortiz backpedaling.

It looks like Joell Ortiz has been cut.
Johns wants to clinch up but Ortiz keeps it at a distance.
Johns wants to clinch.
Johns tries to clinch up.
Johns tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ortiz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ortiz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Johns wants to clinch up but Ortiz keeps it at a distance.
Johns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johns throws a series of punches but Ortiz moves out of range.
Johns wants to clinch up but Ortiz keeps it at a distance.
Johns is looking to clinch but Ortiz is avoiding it.
Johns tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ortiz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Johns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Johns tries to clinch but Ortiz moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johns doesn't manage to clinch there - Ortiz circles away.
Johns closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Shane Johns is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johns is looking to clinch but Ortiz is avoiding it.

Johns forces Ortiz back against the ropes and clinches.
Ortiz dodges an elbow strike from Johns.

Ortiz gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Ortiz stalling.
Johns looks like he's trying to stand up.
Johns is refusing to be controlled, as Ortiz sits in half guard.
Ortiz stops Johns from getting back to his feet.
Ortiz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Johns with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ortiz drops an elbow to the side of Johns's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz trying to pass the guard but Johns defending well.
Johns missing with punches from the bottom.
Ortiz stalling.
Ortiz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Johns. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

Johns is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Ortiz pulls his head out easily.
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 scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice strikes from Ortiz there.
Johns is trying to stand up here but Ortiz is controlling him well.
Johns wants to improve his position but Ortiz is controlling well.
Johns is trying to stand back up but Ortiz is controlling him
Johns is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz moves nicely into side control.
Ortiz looking to control but instead Johns has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.

Ortiz stands up from half guard.
Johns wants to clinch up but Ortiz keeps it at a distance.
Johns tries to clinch up but Ortiz circles away and keeps his distance.
Johns tries to clinch up but Ortiz circles away and keeps his distance.

Johns gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ortiz scores with a shot to the side of Johns's head.
Ortiz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Johns smiles and moves away.
Johns wants to clinch up but Ortiz keeps it at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johns fails in his attempt to clinch.

Johns closes the distance and clinches.
Ortiz is working for takedown but Johns is calmly controlling the position for now.
Ortiz changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Johns fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Shane Johns has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joell Ortiz.
Johns fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johns moves in looking to clinch but Ortiz pushes him off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Johns tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Ortiz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Johns tries to clinch but Ortiz moves out of range.
Johns tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ortiz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ortiz keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Johns dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joell Ortiz's cut.
That's time! Johns's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ortiz swats away the attempt to clinch by Johns.
Shane Johns is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Johns is looking to clinch but Ortiz is avoiding it.
Ortiz swats away the attempt to clinch by Johns.
Johns wants to clinch up but Ortiz keeps it at a distance.
Johns is looking to clinch but Ortiz is avoiding it.
Johns tries to clinch there but Ortiz circles away.
Johns tries to clinch but Ortiz is having none of it.
Johns doesn't manage to clinch there - Ortiz circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johns is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Johns is looking to clinch.

Ortiz closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Johns to the mat! Johns manages to get full guard.

Johns looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Ortiz passes into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz lands a decent elbow from side control.
Johns is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Johns's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ortiz works to advance to full mount. Johns defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Johns is trying to stand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Johns keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ortiz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ortiz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Johns is really trying hard to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johns working to try and regain half guard.
Ortiz unloading with bombs!
Ortiz controlling from the full mount.
Ortiz connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Johns is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Ortiz is landing with some decent strikes but Johns is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ortiz trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ortiz looking to finish Johns with some ground and pound. This is bad for Johns!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ortiz is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Johns can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Johns is rocked!
Ortiz loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Johns scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Ortiz land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Ortiz stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joell Ortiz!