PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Plant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Plant
vs
Ortiz

184 cm
23
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

188 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robert Plant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tito Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown by Ortiz or perhaps it was just good defense by Plant which made him look bad.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ortiz.

Ortiz shoots in and bounces Plant off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Plant has Ortiz pulled in close to control his posture.
Plant trying to control the position.
Plant pulls Ortiz in close to prevent any damage.
Plant working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Plant controlling the position.
Plant looking to control.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Robert Plant just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Plant has his takedown stuffed

and Ortiz counters with a nice double leg into side control. Plant won't be happy with that.
Plant wants to control but Ortiz postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ortiz trying to control the position but Plant is working away.
Plant manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ortiz's best efforts.
Plant trying to hold on to Ortiz's head to control him but Ortiz postures up.
Plant is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Ortiz is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Plant wants to improve his position but Ortiz is controlling well.
Plant is breathing heavily.
Ortiz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Plant keeps working.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Ortiz closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Plant to the mat! Plant manages to get full guard.
Plant has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Plant controls Ortiz momentarily but Ortiz frees himself.
Plant has control of Ortiz's left arm, preventing Ortiz from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plant wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Ortiz manages to pass to side control.
Plant is trying to control but Ortiz manages to pass to mount!
Ortiz trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Plant gets back to half guard.
Ortiz prevents Plant from improving his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Plant manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz being controlled here momentarily.

Plant is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Plant keeping moving, preventing Ortiz from controlling successfully.
Plant is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Plant is controlling Ortiz's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tito Ortiz dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ortiz with a lazy takedown attempt

and Plant counters with a takedown into side control.
Plant slows the pace down.

Plant has hold of Ortiz's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Ortiz tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Plant cranks the arm and Ortiz screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Ortiz, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Robert Plant!