PBP Commentary

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

Ortiz
vs
Stone

200 cm
18
276 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

203 cm
25
245 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tim Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Randy Stone!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ortiz circles away quickly and effectively.
Stone throws a series of punches but Ortiz moves out of range.
Ortiz tries to counter by clinching up but Stone breaks away and moves out of range.
Stone throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ortiz.
Ortiz goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Stone throws a series of punches but Ortiz moves out of range.
Stone feints a jab promting Ortiz to slip. Stone then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ortiz slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

It looks like Tim Ortiz has been cut.
Ortiz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ortiz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stone manages to avoid it.
Ortiz lands a nice looking kick to the body. Stone takes a step back to recover.

Ortiz clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stone on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ortiz misses with an elbow strike.
Stone wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ortiz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Stone.
Stone wants to break free but Ortiz has control.
Ortiz misses with a punch to the body.
Ortiz has Stone pressed against the cage, preventing Stone from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stone is looking to break free of the clinch but Ortiz has double underhooks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Stone blocks an uppercut.
Ortiz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stone is defending well for now.
Ortiz trying to land knees to the body.
Ortiz tries to work over Stone's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ortiz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stone is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Stone on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ortiz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stone avoiding damage as Ortiz throws knees to the body.
Stone is trying to force a seperation but Ortiz has the dominant position.
Ortiz throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Stone is trying to break the clinch but Ortiz has him pressed against the cage.
Ortiz lands an elbow just above Stone 's eye.
Ortiz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stone can't break the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stone wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stone wants to break free but Ortiz has control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Ortiz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tim Ortiz's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Stone throws a right and a left that Ortiz avoids nicely.
Ortiz misses with a head kick.
Stone throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stone misses with a two punch combination.
The fighters circling - Stone throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ortiz throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.

Ortiz takes the fight into the clinch.
Stone blocks a body shot from Ortiz.
Stone working hard to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ortiz misses with an elbow strike.
Stone has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz has Stone pressed against the cage, preventing Stone from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stone prevents a body shot from Ortiz.
Ortiz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ortiz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ortiz misses with an elbow strike.
Stone looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Stone can't break the clinch.
Ortiz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Ortiz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stone's elbow.
Ortiz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Stone can do to turn this around?
Ortiz tries to land knees in the clinch but Stone avoids the damage to the body.
Stone is trying to force a seperation but Ortiz has the dominant position.
Ortiz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stone is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz pushes off an throws an elbow but Stone leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ortiz throws an elbow but it misses.
Ortiz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Stone working hard to break the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ortiz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stone's brow.
Stone has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Ortiz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Stone is trying to break free.
Ortiz lands a nice uppercut.
Stone can't break the clinch.
Ortiz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ortiz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Stone avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tim Ortiz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tim Ortiz's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Stone throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ortiz.
Ortiz misses with a low kick as Stone jumps back.
Ortiz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Stone throws a right and a left that Ortiz avoids nicely.
Stone misses with a double jab.
Stone throws a right and a left that Ortiz avoids nicely.
Stone throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Stone sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Randy Stone seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ortiz throws the kick towards the body but Stone avoids it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ortiz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ortiz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stone scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stone moves out of range of the body kick from Ortiz.
Stone rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ortiz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ortiz tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Stone manages to circle out of the way.
Stone takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Stone takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ortiz lands a head shot.
Stone misses with an uppercut. Ortiz saw that one coming.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ortiz.
Stone takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Stone fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stone takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ortiz misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz scoring well with a low kick there.
Ortiz throws a half hearted mid kick.
Ortiz throws a sloppy head kick and Stone moves out of range easily.
Ortiz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ortiz feints and then cracks Stone's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Stone down.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ortiz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A combination from Stone does no damage.
Stone misses with a series of wild punches.
Ortiz throws a series of punches but Stone avoids them all with ease.
As Ortiz backs off Stone throws a huge counter combo but Ortiz manages to avoid it all.
Ortiz pushes Stone away with a front kick.
Stone looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stone throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ortiz.

Ortiz moves into range and clinches up with Stone.
Ortiz trying to land knees to the body.
Ortiz tries to land knees in the clinch but Stone avoids the damage to the body.
Tim Ortiz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stone is trying to break the clinch but Ortiz is controlling him.
Stone wants to break free but Ortiz has control.
Ortiz misses with an elbow strike.
Stone is looking to break free of the clinch but Ortiz has double underhooks.
Ortiz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stone's efforts to push away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Stone's efforts to push away.
Stone tries to break the clinch but Ortiz is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Stone wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ortiz has him pressed against the cage.
Stone has had enough of the clinch but Ortiz keeps him there for the moment.
Stone wants to get back to striking at distance but Ortiz won't allow it.
Ortiz has Stone pressed against the cage, preventing Stone from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stone is trying to break the clinch but Ortiz has him pressed against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tim Ortiz.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ortiz, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tim Ortiz!
Tim Ortiz thanked the fans post fight for their support.