PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Senoj Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamal Hernandez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Senoj Ortiz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ortiz
vs
Hernandez

195 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
22
204 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Brown 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 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Senoj Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jamal Hernandez!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hernandez misses with a takedown attempt - Ortiz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ortiz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ortiz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ortiz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ortiz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ortiz tries to bum rush Hernandez with a series of wild strikes but Hernandez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Ortiz swinging wildly here.
Ortiz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hernandez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ortiz is looking to clinch.
Senoj Ortiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ortiz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ortiz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hernandez is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Ortiz's half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hernandez looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hernandez's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz looks like he's trying to stand up.
Hernandez controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Despite being in the dominant position, Jamal Hernandez just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ortiz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ortiz swinging wildly here.
Ortiz lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A punch combination from Ortiz misses.
Ortiz tries a head kick but it misses.
Ortiz misses with a few strikes there.
Ortiz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hernandez staying out of range there.
Ortiz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hernandez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ortiz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

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.
Ortiz misses with a few strikes there.
Hernandez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ortiz sprawls well. Ortiz wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hernandez gets slowly back to his feet.
Ortiz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No joy there for Ortiz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ortiz misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Ortiz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Hernandez shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ortiz napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Hernandez staying calm.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jamal Hernandez dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ortiz tries to clinch up.
Ortiz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hernandez.
Hernandez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Ortiz as Hernandez shoots in.
Ortiz misses with a wild combination.
Ortiz throws a series of punches but Hernandez avoids them all with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ortiz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hernandez circles away quickly and effectively.
A right-left combo lands from Ortiz.
Ortiz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ortiz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ortiz stuffs the takedown.
Senoj Ortiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamal Hernandez.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hernandez changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Ortiz looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hernandez taking a breather here.
Hernandez wants to control but Ortiz is keeping him busy.
Ortiz managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Hernandez.
Hernandez misses with the ground and pound.
Hernandez controls the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz stops Hernandez from passing to mount.
Hernandez controlling the position from side mount.
Hernandez tries to advance to mount but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hernandez throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Hernandez is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Ortiz's shoulder. That is not cool.

Despite being in the dominant position, Jamal Hernandez just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ortiz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for Ortiz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ortiz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hernandez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

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 misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hernandez tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ortiz sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hernandez somewhat.
Ortiz throws a series of punches but Hernandez avoids them all with ease.
Ortiz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hernandez dives in and grabs Ortiz's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ortiz pushes down on Hernandez's head and hops out.
Ortiz tries to bum rush Hernandez with a series of wild strikes but Hernandez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
No luck for Hernandez with that takedown attempt.

Ortiz darts in and clinches Hernandez up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jamal Hernandez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Hernandez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ortiz is fending him off so far but Hernandez persists. Nope, Ortiz circles away and we're back to standing.
Ortiz missing with a left hand there. Hernandez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ortiz throws a series of punches but Hernandez moves out of range.
A combination from Ortiz does no damage.
Ortiz doesn't manage to clinch there - Hernandez circles away.
Ortiz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ortiz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from Ortiz misses.
Hernandez dodges the punch combination from Ortiz.
Ortiz misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ortiz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hernandez on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Ortiz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No joy there for Ortiz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ortiz looks to land a combination but Hernandez avoids it well.
Ortiz scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ortiz throws a head kick but Hernandez moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Ortiz.

Hernandez closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ortiz to the mat! Ortiz manages to get full guard.
Hernandez seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Hernandez has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Hernandez trying to control but Ortiz is working from the bottom.
Hernandez showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Despite being in the dominant position, Jamal Hernandez just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ortiz throws a right hand that Hernandez ducks under and follows up with a left that Hernandez also avoids with ease.
Ortiz misses with a wild combination.
Hernandez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ortiz.
Ortiz throws a combination. Hernandez tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Ortiz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hernandez.
Ortiz misses with a wild combination.
Ortiz throws a nice looking combination but Hernandez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hernandez tries for a takedown but Ortiz sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Senoj Ortiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jamal Hernandez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Hernandez drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Hernandez trying to control the action but Ortiz is working from the bottom.
Hernandez has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Ortiz!
Hernandez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Hernandez throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jamal Hernandez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hernandez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight for Jamal Hernandez!
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight for Jamal Hernandez!
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight for Jamal Hernandez!

Jamal Hernandez wins by unanimous decision!