PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rampage Crackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fifo Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crackson comes to the cage accompanied by Clap for the Wolfman. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Crackson
vs
Ortiz

189 cm
20
213 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

190 cm
20
210 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Determined

Q158 -$40 bucks
Q158 -$40 bucks

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Rampage Crackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Fifo Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz fails with a takedown attempt.
Crackson tries to bum rush Ortiz with a series of wild strikes but Ortiz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crackson. Ortiz does a little dance to reset his feet.
A swing and a miss from Crackson.
Crackson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rampage Crackson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ortiz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crackson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crackson looks to throw the jab but Ortiz is out of range.
Crackson missing with a left hand there. Ortiz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice takedown defense from Crackson. No joy for Ortiz on that attempt.
Ortiz shoots for a double leg takedown but Crackson sprawls well. He's pushed Ortiz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rampage Crackson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fifo Ortiz.
Ortiz shoots in and drives through. Crackson sprawls well.

Crackson shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ortiz napping and manages to drive through into side control!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz taking a bit of punishment here - Crackson scoring with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ortiz keeps Crackson under control for a moment.
Ortiz is trying to get back to half guard.

Crackson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Crackson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The strikes coming from Crackson are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Crackson connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Ortiz some visible discomfort.
An elbow from Crackson crashes against the mat.
Crackson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Ortiz gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Ortiz wants to improve his position but Crackson is controlling well.
Ortiz is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Crackson thows a huge punch but Ortiz dodges it nicely.
Crackson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Crackson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Crackson wants to clinch up but Ortiz keeps it at a distance.
Crackson is looking to clinch.
Ortiz ducks under a wild hook from Crackson.
Crackson moves in looking to clinch but Ortiz pushes him off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Ortiz throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Crackson was covering up waiting for the punch and Ortiz finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ortiz throws a big right hand that misses.
Ortiz preventing the sweep.
Ortiz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ortiz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ortiz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ortiz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Crackson keeping full guard, as Ortiz tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rampage Crackson 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.

Ortiz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Crackson.
Ortiz with a lazy takedown attempt

and Crackson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Ortiz's guard now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ortiz keeping full guard, as Crackson tries to pass.
Ortiz keeping moving, preventing Crackson from controlling successfully.
Crackson won't allow Ortiz to sweep him here.
Crackson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ortiz is controlling Crackson's posture.
Ortiz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Ortiz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Crackson defending well though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ortiz tries to pass to full mount but Crackson defends it.
Ortiz throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ortiz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Crackson's head.
Ortiz working Crackson over with strikes.
Ortiz thows a huge punch but Crackson dodges it nicely.
Crackson gets back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crackson controlling Ortiz's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Crackson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ortiz is one step ahead there.
Crackson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ortiz.
Ortiz throws a big right hand that misses.
Ortiz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ortiz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Crackson pulls Ortiz in to control the position.
Crackson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Crackson tries to get out of the position.
Ortiz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ortiz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Crackson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Crackson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ortiz counters with a straight right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Crackson throws a body punch but Ortiz moves out of range.

Ortiz drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Ortiz misses with the ground and pound.
Ortiz scoring with punches and elbows.
Ortiz throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Ortiz seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Ortiz in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Ortiz working the body and head with strikes.
Ortiz throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Ortiz in side control, throwing shots but Crackson defends.
Crackson is looking for a sweep.
Ortiz misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Ortiz throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Ortiz throws a strike aimed at the side of Crackson's head but Crackson avoids it well.
Crackson is looking for a sweep.
Crackson is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Ortiz's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Fifo Ortiz 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. 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.

Ortiz with a lazy takedown attempt

and Crackson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Crackson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Ortiz works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ortiz pulls Crackson in close to prevent any damage.
Crackson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Crackson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ortiz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Crackson.
Ortiz seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Ortiz wants to sweep here but Crackson controlling him for the moment.
Ortiz pulls Crackson in close to his closed guard and prevents Crackson from doing any damage or advancing position.
Ortiz's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Crackson postures up in Ortiz's guard and throws a big left but Ortiz blocks it.
Crackson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Crackson won't allow Ortiz to sweep him here.
Ortiz is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Ortiz looking for a sweep. Not yet Ortiz, not yet.
Crackson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Crackson cracks Ortiz with a solid left hand.
Ortiz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ortiz is controlling Crackson's posture.
Rampage Crackson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ortiz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Crackson is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ortiz trying to control the position.

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

and Ortiz counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Crackson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Crackson is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ortiz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ortiz pushes down on Crackson's leg and manages to get into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz lands strikes from half guard.
Ortiz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Crackson defending well though.
Ortiz works his way into side control.
Ortiz advances nicely into full mount.
Ortiz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ortiz lands with some strikes.
Ortiz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Crackson?
Crackson tries to hold on but Ortiz pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz landing strikes from the mount and Crackson is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Ortiz.
Ortiz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Crackson hang on?
A nice elbow there by Ortiz.
The referee warns Crackson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Crackson holds on for dear life.
Crackson is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ortiz lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Crackson hang on?
Crackson taking shots to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fifo Ortiz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ortiz has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fifo Ortiz!