PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tito ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and bobby lashley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

ortiz
vs
lashley

185 cm
22
265 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

186 cm
22
265 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tito ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, bobby lashley!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

lashley drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
ortiz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in lashley's guard.
ortiz throwing strikes from guard but lashley blocks nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
ortiz advances position into side control!
ortiz throws a strike aimed at the side of lashley's head but lashley avoids it well.
ortiz lands some shots froms side control.
ortiz throws a strike aimed at the side of lashley's head but lashley avoids it well.
lashley is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
ortiz throws a strike aimed at the side of lashley's head but lashley avoids it well.
lashley wants to get back to his feet.
lashley dodges the ground and pound from ortiz.
ortiz working the ground and pound from side control.
lashley pushes ortiz away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, ortiz gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
ortiz tries to score with some ground and pound. lashley controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
ortiz prevents lashley from escaping the position.
ortiz misses with the ground and pound.
lashley is looking to work his way out of this bad position but ortiz is controlling him well.
The ground and pound from ortiz seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
lashley takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ortiz cracks lashley with an elbow. That is naaassty.
ortiz working the ground and pound.
ortiz works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
lashley is looking to work his way out of this bad position but ortiz is controlling him well.
lashley looks gassed!
ortiz is working lashley over with some ground and pound from side control.
ortiz throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
ortiz throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
lashley wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
ortiz is putting a hurting on lashley here, landing some big shots from side control.
lashley is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but ortiz has just dragged him back down to the mat.
ortiz works to advance to full mount. lashley defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
ortiz scoring with strikes but lashley is staying in there.
lashley is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
ortiz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
lashley is trying to stand up.
BOOM! ortiz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
ortiz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
lashley really wants to buck ortiz off and get back to his feet.
ortiz lands a big shot there that rocks lashley but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
lashley is trying to stand up.
ortiz working away from the top, dropping strikes.
ortiz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
lashley is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
ortiz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. lashley looks a forlorn figure.
ortiz landing strikes from the mount.
lashley wants to try and get back to his feet.
ortiz with a couple of short strikes.
lashley is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
ortiz punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
lashley is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
BOOM! ortiz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
ortiz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
ortiz lands a big elbow.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if lashley can do anything to dispel that myth.
lashley is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
ortiz landing punches.
ortiz connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
ortiz is landing with some decent strikes but lashley is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
lashley is trying to stand up.
ortiz with shots to the head and body - lashley looks very uncomfortable down there.
lashley takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
lashley is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
lashley is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

lashley bucks ortiz off and manages to get back to his feet!

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 bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
lashley is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but ortiz has just dragged him back down to the mat.

lashley throws ortiz to one side and escapes!

lashley drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
lashley working some strikes from top position.
lashley missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
lashley is looking to work some ground and pound but ortiz has wrist control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now ortiz is on top in guard.
ortiz won't allow lashley to get back to his feet.
ortiz postures up and lands a big shot to lashley's brow.
lashley wants to stand up but ortiz is controlling him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
ortiz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
lashley wants to stand up but ortiz is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tito ortiz dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

ortiz shoots in for a takedown but lashley shows good takedown defense.
lashley slaps away a takedown attempt from ortiz, before circling back to the center of the mat.

lashley shoots in and bounces ortiz off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
ortiz thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
ortiz will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
ortiz wants to sweep here but lashley controlling him for the moment.
ortiz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. lashley manages to get himself to full guard.
ortiz throws a big right hand that misses.
lashley wants to stand up but ortiz is controlling him.
ortiz throwing strikes but missing.
ortiz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as lashley works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
ortiz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.

lashley is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
ortiz is trying to work for a single leg takedown but lashley pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tito ortiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
lashley is looking for a takedown up against the cage. ortiz gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
lashley has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. ortiz avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
ortiz is trying to work for a single leg takedown but lashley pulls him back up using the underhooks.
lashley prevents the takedown attempt.
lashley wants a takedown but no success here.
ortiz gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from lashley.
ortiz has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. lashley avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
ortiz gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from lashley.
lashley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

lashley is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. ortiz can't fight it off and eventually lashley manages to take the fight to the floor. ortiz looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
lashley throwing strikes but missing.
lashley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tito ortiz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
ortiz lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for lashley!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
ortiz landing strikes from the mount.
lashley tries to buck ortiz off but he can't manage it.
ortiz is in the full mount, landing strikes.
lashley is bucking up trying to escape but ortiz cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
ortiz thowing shots but they're missing.
lashley squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
ortiz unloading with bombs!
ortiz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
lashley wants to get back to his feet.
ortiz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
lashley wants to try and get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ortiz lands a big shot there that rocks lashley but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
ortiz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
lashley is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
ortiz landing strikes from the mount and lashley is in trouble!
lashley is bucking up trying to escape but ortiz cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
ortiz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish lashley?
ortiz landing strikes from the mount and lashley is in trouble!
ortiz with a couple of short strikes.
lashley trying desperately to get to his feet.
A nice elbow there by ortiz.
lashley is trying to stand up.

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 working the ground and pound effectively.
lashley wants to get back to his feet.
ortiz with the ground and pound from mount.
ortiz lands a big shot there that rocks lashley but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
lashley really wants to buck ortiz off and get back to his feet.
ortiz cracks lashley with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
ortiz landing shots from mount.
ortiz unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

bobby lashley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

lashley shoots for a takedown but ortiz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

lashley gets caught flat footed, as ortiz shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
lashley is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst ortiz is controlling him.
ortiz connects with a couple of short punches.
lashley has momentary wrist control but ortiz slips an elbow through the middle.
ortiz throwing strikes from guard but lashley blocks nicely.

lashley kicks ortiz off and gets to his feet.
ortiz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

ortiz gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows lashley to score an easy takedown into full guard.
lashley connects with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
lashley lands a couple of decent looking shots.
ortiz trying to strike off his back.
lashley with a flurry of punches that miss.
ortiz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
ortiz looking for a sweep. Not yet ortiz, not yet.
lashley chips away with some ground and pound.
ortiz is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

lashley shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
ortiz looking to hit a scissor sweep but lashley is one step ahead there.
lashley must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
ortiz trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
ortiz trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
lashley won't allow ortiz to sweep him here.
lashley makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
lashley working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
ortiz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

lashley looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for ortiz!
ortiz tries to reverse the position but lashley maintains control.
ortiz throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
lashley blocks ortiz's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
lashley looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
ortiz manages to regain half guard. Good work.
ortiz is pressing down on lashley's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
ortiz with a couple of shots from the bottom there - nothing lashley can't handle though.
ortiz punching from the bottom.
lashley cracks ortiz with a solid left hand.
ortiz manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
ortiz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
lashley is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
ortiz connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

lashley bucks ortiz off and manages to get back to his feet!
lashley fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but ortiz avoids it really well and circles away.
ortiz fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tito ortiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.

lashley scores a takedown into full mount!
ortiz throwing hammer fists to the chest of lashley. What's that going to do exactly?
lashley with good strikes from the mount here!
ortiz regains half guard.
lashley drops an elbow to the side of ortiz's head.
lashley prevents ortiz from improving his position.
lashley lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. ortiz manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
ortiz wants to sweep but no luck.
ortiz throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
lashley won't allow ortiz to sweep him here.
lashley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
ortiz closes the distance and clinches up with lashley, looking for a takedown. ortiz pushes lashley against the cage but lashley circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
lashley fails with a takedown attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from ortiz is defended easily by lashley.

lashley feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
ortiz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. lashley manages to get himself to full guard.

lashley manages to escape and get back to his feet.
lashley shoots in for a takedown but ortiz shows good takedown defense.
ortiz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around lashley's waist but lashley gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing ortiz off to one side.

And that's the end of the fight!
bobby lashley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think lashley 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... bobby lashley!