PBP Commentary

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

Ortiz
vs
Swift

186 cm
25
175 lbs
6 - 4 - 1

188 cm
20
170 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Cheeto Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Swift!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swift will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ortiz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Swift fails with a takedown attempt.
Cheeto Ortiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Swift.
Ortiz throws a body kick that misses.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Swift is defended easily by Ortiz.
Swift misses with a takedown attempt - Ortiz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ortiz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Swift counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Swift postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ortiz looking for a sweep. Not yet Ortiz, not yet.
Swift has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Swift loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ortiz wants to sweep here but Swift controlling him for the moment.
Ortiz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Swift.
Ortiz trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Ortiz on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Ortiz tries to get out of the position.
Ortiz wants to sweep here but Swift controlling him for the moment.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Swift shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swift lands a couple of digs.
Ortiz working a defensive guard here.
Ortiz wants to sweep but no luck.
Ortiz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ortiz scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Swift postures up in Ortiz's guard and throws a big left but Ortiz blocks it.
Swift throwing strikes from guard but Ortiz blocks nicely.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Swift scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Swift not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ortiz is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz striking from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Swift.
Ortiz landing small, sideways elbows.
Ortiz missing with punches from the bottom.
Ortiz wants to get back to full guard.
Swift sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ortiz defending well though.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ortiz doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Swift counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ortiz will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Swift wants to control from the top but Ortiz keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ortiz working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Swift has passed into half guard!
Ortiz is breathing heavily.
Swift not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Swift missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ortiz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Swift on the ground.
Swift working Ortiz over with strikes.
Ortiz wants to get back to full guard.
Ortiz misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Swift lands a nice short elbow.
Ortiz is trying to stand back up but Swift is controlling him
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Swift seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ortiz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Swift misses with a takedown attempt

and Ortiz counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Swift!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Swift dominated that round.
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.

Swift shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Swift working Ortiz over with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Swift lands a nice short elbow.
Swift is nestled in close to Ortiz, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Swift is thwarting Ortiz's attempts to control the position.
Swift working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Swift lands strikes from half guard.
Ortiz trying to hold on to Swift's head to control him but Swift postures up.

Swift seems to be working for a kimura but Ortiz defends the submission attempt.
Swift is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Swift missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ortiz wants to get back to full guard.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ortiz doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Swift counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ortiz won't be happy with that.
Swift landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ortiz taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ortiz throws a couple of strikes there.
Ortiz is looking to regain half guard here but Swift keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz gets back to half guard.
Ortiz is trying to control but can't.
Swift sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ortiz defending well though.
Swift scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Swift winds up and cracks Ortiz with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Swift works his way into side control.
Ortiz is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Ortiz flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Swift seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Swift misses with a head shot. Ortiz uses the momentum to regain guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swift landing with the ground and pound.
Swift throwing strikes from guard but Ortiz blocks nicely.
Swift wants to pass the guard but Ortiz is keeping the position.
Swift trying to control but Ortiz is working from the bottom.
Ortiz trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Swift misses with a takedown

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Swift throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ortiz cracks Swift with a solid left hand.

Swift working for a triangle but Ortiz defends it easily.

Swift is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Ortiz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Swift's head.
Ortiz lands a couple of elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jack Swift showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Swift shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

so Ortiz counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Ortiz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ortiz postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ortiz lands a couple of digs.

Swift working for a triangle but Ortiz defends it easily.
Ortiz lands a couple of digs.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ortiz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ortiz landing some decent shots from guard.
Ortiz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jack Swift has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Swift working for a triangle but Ortiz defends it easily.

Swift is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Swift looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Ortiz passes into side control.
Ortiz scores with punches from side control.
Ortiz works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Swift struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swift tries to bench press Ortiz off him but Ortiz keeps the position.
Swift gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Swift is looking to improve his position but Ortiz isn't that keen on the idea.
Ortiz lands a big shot there that rocks Swift but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Swift is looking to improve his position but Ortiz isn't that keen on the idea.
A nice elbow there by Ortiz.
Ortiz lands with some strikes.
Swift is desperately trying to improve his position but Ortiz has a good base and remains in mount.
Ortiz dominating with strikes here.
Ortiz prevents Swift from getting the reversal.
Ortiz is landing with some decent strikes but Swift is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz is landing with some decent strikes but Swift is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ortiz lands a heavy elbow.
Swift is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Swift is wriggling around trying to escape.
Swift manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Swift looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Swift looking for submissions off his back.
Ortiz trying to control the action but Swift is working from the bottom.
Swift gets back to full guard.

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.

Swift looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Swift is looking for a triangle but Ortiz pushes his legs off easily.

Swift looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Swift looking for a guillotine here but Ortiz defends easily.
Ortiz chips away with some ground and pound.
Ortiz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Swift swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Swift is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cheeto Ortiz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Swift has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Swift!