PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tito Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Piter FM (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Piter FM will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Ortiz
vs
FM

191 cm
31
203 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

185 cm
26
205 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tito Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Piter FM!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Fedor Mirinova and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz slips a jab and a cross from FM.
A jab from FM does it's job there.

FM fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ortiz, pushing him back against the cage.
FM wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
FM wants to break free but Ortiz has control.
Ortiz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of FM backwards.

Ortiz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
FM stuffs the takedown attempt from Ortiz. Ortiz gets slowly back to his feet.
Ortiz shoots in and drives through. FM sprawls well.
Ortiz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from FM.
FM swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
FM throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ortiz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
FM keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tito Ortiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
FM misses with a double jab

and Ortiz counters with a single leg into guard. FM didn't expect that.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Ortiz pushing down on FM's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Ortiz lands with a punch from half guard.
FM on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ortiz lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
FM keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
FM really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ortiz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
FM keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ortiz 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.
FM pushes Ortiz off looking to stand but Ortiz dives back in and keeps control.
Ortiz trying to control from half guard but FM is working away.
FM keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ortiz throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ortiz is taking a breather. FM says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ortiz landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ortiz lands a nice shot to the head.
Ortiz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ortiz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. FM looks a forlorn figure.
FM is in a horrible position here. Ortiz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

FM is rocked!
Ortiz unloads with some vicious shots from mount and FM wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Ortiz celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tito Ortiz!
Tito Ortiz seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.