PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dan Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kiyoshi Tanabe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ortiz
vs
Tanabe

173 cm
21
140 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

169 cm
24
135 lbs
1 - 2 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dan Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Kiyoshi Tanabe!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanabe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tanabe throws a series of punches but Ortiz moves out of range.
Tanabe slaps away a takedown attempt from Ortiz, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A right-left combo lands from Tanabe.
Ortiz shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Tanabe defends it nicely.
Tanabe scores with a decent looking hook.
Ortiz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dan Ortiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tanabe punishes Ortiz's body with a nice straight punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Ortiz or perhaps it was just good defense by Tanabe which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Ortiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ortiz tries to clinch but Tanabe is having none of it.
Tanabe scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Dan Ortiz has been cut.

Tanabe lands a big right hand that sends Ortiz crashing to the mat! Tanabe stays standing though and waves Ortiz back to his feet!

Ortiz is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tanabe lands with a massive overhand right! Stick a fork in Ortiz - he's out cold! Ermm... I think I just mixed my metaphors but yeah... That was a nice KO! Big win for Tanabe!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kiyoshi Tanabe!