PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Ortega (ranked 5992 p4p, 4368 weight class) and Gilmar Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ortega kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Purge. This should be a great matchup!

Ortega
vs
Alves

170 cm
25
130
0 - 2 - 0

170 cm
25
145
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Brandon Ortega!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gilmar Alves!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Bart Greer and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves is looking to clinch but Ortega is avoiding it.
Ortega looks for the body kick but Alves saw that one coming.
Alves is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Alves shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ortega defends it nicely.
Alves throws a head kick but Ortega moves out of range.
Alves shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Ortega pinned against the cage. Ortega gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves misses with a shot to the body
and Ortega cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Decent striking displayed by Alves there.
Alves shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ortega sprawls well. Ortega wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Alves gets slowly back to his feet.
It looked like Ortega was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Brandon Ortega has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gilmar Alves.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortega throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ortega misses with a wild body shot.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Ortega enables Alves to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Ortega manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Ortega is breathing heavily.
Alves looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Alves slips nicely into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Alves looking to ground and pound but Ortega is blocking nicely.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Alves cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Alves controlling the pace for now.

Alves has control of Ortega's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Ortega regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves looking to control and managing it successfully.
Alves looking to finish with strikes here!
Alves controlling from the full mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Alves wants to finish this one by submission but Ortega is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Alves.
Alves looking to control and managing it successfully.
It looks like Alves might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Alves thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Alves lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gilmar Alves dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ortega gets tackled into the cage by Alves. Alves maintains the clinch.

Alves pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gilmar Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alves tries to bum rush Ortega with a series of wild strikes but Ortega uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alves just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromOrtega.
Alves fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ortega fails with an attempt to clinch.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Alves is defended easily by Ortega.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Alves closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortega is trying to stand.
Alves moves into full mount! Ortega won't be happy about that!
Alves controlling from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Alves is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Ortega to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Ortega shrugs it off.
Alves working the ground and pound effectively.
Ortega on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ortega tries to get out of the position.
Alves sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Alves in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Ortega is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Alves jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Ortega manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Alves controls the position.
Alves throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Alves looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Ortega knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Alves on the ground.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Alves has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Ortega!
Ortega wants to try and get back to his feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Alves tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ortega holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Alves tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Gilmar Alves showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Alves darts in looking for a takedown but Ortega gets double underhooks and turns Alves into the cage.
Ortega was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ortega looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Ortega tries to sprawl but Alves drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Alves in particular looking to stall.
Ortega is in trouble now - Alves has advanced to mount!
Alves punishing his opponent with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ortega is desperately trying to improve his position but Alves has a good base and remains in mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Ortega defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Alves.
Alves scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ortega?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves controlling from mount.
Alves misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Alves scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ortega?
Alves throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Ortega because Alves loaded up on that one.
Alves throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Alves is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Oh Ortega is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Alves content just to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves landing punches.
Alves controlling his opponent.

Alves has hold of Ortega's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Ortega manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Alves raining down shots from the mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves content just to control the position here.
A big strike lands for Alves! That's really hurt Ortega and he's turned his back - Alves keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Alves jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gilmar Alves!
In defeat, Brandon Ortega stepped up to the mic, saying 'Good shit to my opponent. I'm gonna take a break at home with Mi Familia and then get right back in the gym to kick some ass!'.