PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karter Duxx (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joell Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Karter Duxx has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Duxx
vs
Ortiz

196 cm
20
275 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

182 cm
26
240 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Karter Duxx!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joell Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Steve Montenegro and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Duxx.
Ortiz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ortiz throws a looping overhand right but Duxx ducks down to avoid it.
Duxx avoids a punch combination nicely.
Duxx lands with a kick to the ribs.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Duxx lands a jab.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ortiz.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Duxx closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Duxx lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ortiz or not.
Duxx stalling against the cage.
Ortiz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ortiz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A left hand lands to the body for Duxx.
Ortiz looks gassed!
Duxx lands a nice shot to the body.
Duxx lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Duxx lands a hook that snaps the head of Ortiz backwards.
Duxx lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Joell Ortiz has been cut.
Nice body punch from Duxx - that landed with a thud.
Duxx lands a nice elbow.
Duxx scores with a shoulder strike.
Duxx scores with a shoulder strike.
Duxx lands a hook that snaps the head of Ortiz backwards.
Duxx digs a right hand underneath Ortiz's ribcage. Ortiz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Duxx working Ortiz over with knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Duxx.
Duxx comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duxx throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Duxx lands an uppercut.
Duxx is leaning against Ortiz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ortiz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Duxx lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Duxx softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Duxx lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Duxx lands a right hand.
Duxx pushes Ortiz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Duxx throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Duxx lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Duxx lands a hook to the side of the head.
Duxx gets through Ortiz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Duxx lands a right hand.
Duxx lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ortiz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Duxx working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duxx lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ortiz or not.
Duxx lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ortiz.
Duxx lands a left hand.
Duxx scores with a shot to the side of Ortiz's head.
Duxx tries a knee to the head but Ortiz blocks it.
Duxx lands a shot to the body.
Duxx lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Duxx softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Duxx lands an elbow just above Ortiz 's eye.
Duxx working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Duxx is working Ortiz over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duxx displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ortiz up against the cage.
Duxx lands an elbow inside.
Duxx lands with a short shot to the head.
Duxx lands a left hand.
Duxx is working Ortiz over against the cage.
Duxx lands an elbow inside.
Duxx working Ortiz over with knees to the body.
Duxx lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ortiz backwards.
Duxx connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ortiz's face.
Ortiz tries a body shot but Duxx blocks it.
Duxx digs a right hand into Ortiz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ortiz's gas tank.
Duxx lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ortiz backwards.
Duxx using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duxx lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Duxx avoiding damage as Ortiz throws knees to the body.
Duxx presses Ortiz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ortiz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Duxx lands an elbow inside.
Duxx lands an elbow inside.
Duxx is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ortiz is defending well for now.
Ortiz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ortiz misses with a body punch.
Duxx is leaning against Ortiz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Duxx lands a right hand.
A right hook to the body lands for Duxx.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duxx is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ortiz is defending well for now.
Ortiz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

Ortiz gets control of Duxx's arms and successfully pulls guard. Ortiz will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Duxx stopping the sweep attempt from Ortiz.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ortiz wants to hit a switch here but Duxx passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Ortiz there!
Duxx pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Duxx lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duxx lands with some strikes.
Duxx cracks Ortiz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ortiz regains half guard.
Duxx looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Duxx's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Duxx drops an elbow to the side of Ortiz's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karter Duxx dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joell Ortiz's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ortiz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Duxx throws a series of punches but Ortiz avoids them all with ease.
Ortiz swats away the attempt to clinch by Duxx.
Duxx cracks a nice hook into Ortiz's ribs.
Duxx is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Duxx gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ortiz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Duxx.
Duxx presses Ortiz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ortiz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Duxx is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ortiz can do to turn this around?
Duxx is working Ortiz over against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duxx scores with a hook to the body.
Ortiz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Duxx lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ortiz backwards.
Duxx scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Duxx scores with a nice hook to the head.
Duxx throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ortizs head.
Duxx landing knees to the body.
Duxx pushes Ortiz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Duxx lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A hook to the body from Duxx.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duxx.
Duxx makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ortiz avoiding damage as Duxx throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duxx lands a shoulder strike.
Duxx lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ortiz or not.
Duxx works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Duxx stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Duxx lands a body shot.
Duxx lands with a left to the head.
Ortiz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Duxx pushes Ortiz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Duxx lands with a light punch inside.
A short uppercut from Duxx.
Duxx lands a nice elbow.
Ortiz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Duxx.

Duxx breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karter Duxx seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ortiz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Duxx throws a leg kick but Ortiz moved away.
Karter Duxx is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duxx connects with a nice looking jab.
Ortiz shoots in for a takedown but Duxx shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Duxx closes the distance and clinches.
Duxx scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Duxx lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ortiz or not.
Duxx content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ortiz can't find room to land a body shot as Duxx controls the action.
Duxx lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Duxx takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ortiz avoiding damage as Duxx throws knees to the body.

Duxx manages to break the clinch.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Duxx, right into the meat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ortiz misses with a low kick.
Karter Duxx is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Duxx stuffs the takedown.
Ortiz throws a body punch but Duxx moves out of range.
Duxx scores with a jab to the head.

Duxx clinches up against the cage.
Duxx missing with knees to the body.
Duxx comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A right hand to the body from Duxx.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ortiz as Duxx tries to tie him up.
Karter Duxx has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Duxx scores with a shoulder strike.
Ortiz misses with the head strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Duxx.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Duxx creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Duxx missing with knees to the body.
Duxx lands a right hand.
Duxx lands a damaging elbow.
Ortiz lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Duxx is defending well for now.
Duxx scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Duxx lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Duxx prevents Ortiz from breaking the clinch.
Duxx digs a right hand into Ortiz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ortiz's gas tank.
Duxx softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Duxx gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duxx.
Duxx lands a body shot in the clinch.
Duxx scores with a shot to the side of Ortiz's head.
Duxx lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Duxx lands a nice elbow.
Good body shot from Duxx.
Duxx is leaning against Ortiz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Duxx creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ortiz's defenses.
Duxx lands an elbow inside.
Duxx tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Duxx blocks a body shot from Ortiz.
Duxx doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Duxx misses with a punch to the body.
Duxx tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ortiz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ortiz works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Duxx on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Duxx scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Duxx works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz is trying to force a seperation but Duxx has the dominant position.
Duxx digs a right hand into Ortiz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ortiz's gas tank.
Duxx lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Duxx throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ortizs head.
Duxx prevents a body shot from Ortiz.
Duxx lands a body punch in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Duxx.
A right hook to the body lands for Duxx.
Duxx tries to land knees in the clinch but Ortiz avoids the damage to the body.
Duxx lands an elbow inside that Ortiz shrugs off.
Duxx taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ortiz tries to work over Duxx's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ortiz is looking to control Duxx's arms but Duxx gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ortiz has his back to the cage.
Ortiz cracks Duxx with a nice body shot.
Ortiz can't find room to land a body shot as Duxx controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duxx.
Duxx is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Duxx obliges.
A shot in the inside from Duxx.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duxx prevents a body shot from Ortiz.
Duxx lands a damaging elbow.
Duxx prevents a body shot from Ortiz.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duxx.
Ortiz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Duxx misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ortiz.

Ortiz manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Karter Duxx dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Joell Ortiz's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Duxx lands with a good body shot.
Duxx tests Ortiz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ortiz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Duxx.
Duxx keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Duxx blocks a leg kick.
Ortiz misses the body punch

and Duxx moves into the clinch.
Ortiz looking to slow down the pace here.
Duxx pushes Ortiz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Duxx digs a right hand into Ortiz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ortiz's gas tank.

Duxx breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Duxx lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Duxx delivers a nice body kick.

Duxx forces Ortiz back against the cage and clinches.
Knees to the body from Duxx.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duxx tries to land knees in the clinch but Ortiz avoids the damage to the body.
Duxx works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A frustrated look appears on Ortiz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Duxx lands a right hand.
Ortiz takes a shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Duxx.
Duxx lands a body punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duxx.
Duxx pushes Ortiz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Duxx makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Duxx.
Duxx throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ortizs head.
Ortiz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short left from Duxx.
Duxx missing with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Duxx.
Duxx scores with a shoulder strike.
Ortiz looking to slow down the pace here.
Ortiz takes a shot to the head.
Ortiz takes an elbow to the forehead.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duxx.
Duxx lands a body punch.

Duxx escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ortiz walks into a stiff left hand from Duxx.
Duxx scores with a nice right hand.
Ortiz scores with a jab to the body.
Duxx connects with a nice looking jab.
Ortiz shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Duxx sprawls well. Duxx wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ortiz gets slowly back to his feet.
Duxx scores with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz tries to clinch there but Duxx circles away.
Duxx is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Duxx defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ortiz.
Ortiz has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Duxx finds it's way round the side to connect with Ortiz's head.
Ortiz fails with the takedown.
Karter Duxx has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joell Ortiz.
Duxx swinging wildly here.
Duxx lands the left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duxx slips under a jab from Ortiz.
Duxx scores with a hook to the body. Ortiz takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Duxx rushes Ortiz and presses him up against the cage.
Duxx missing with knees to the body.
Duxx prevents a body shot from Ortiz.
Nice body punch from Duxx.
Duxx creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ortiz's defenses.
Ortiz misses with a punch to the body.
Duxx lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ortiz backwards.
Duxx lands a nice uppercut.
A knee to the head by Duxx.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duxx working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right from Duxx on the inside.
Ortiz misses with a punch to the body.
Duxx digs a right hand underneath Ortiz's ribcage. Ortiz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Duxx using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ortiz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ortiz missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Duxx.
Duxx tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Duxx is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ortiz misses with a body punch.
Duxx throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ortiz is looking to control Duxx's arms but Duxx gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ortiz has his back to the cage.
Knees to the body from Duxx.
Duxx tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Duxx misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duxx tries to throw a body punch but Ortiz avoids it by throwing Duxx back against the cage.
Ortiz lands a shot to the body.
Ortiz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Duxx trying to land knees to the body.
Ortiz has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Duxx avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Duxx lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ortiz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Duxx lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ortiz takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch on the inside from Ortiz fails to land.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Duxx obliges.
Nice body punch from Duxx.
A right hand to the body from Duxx.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Duxx.
Duxx pushes Ortiz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duxx.
Ortiz misses with an elbow strike.
Ortiz scores a nice knee to the body.
Duxx works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Duxx throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short left from Duxx.
Ortiz tries a knee to the head but Duxx blocks it.
Duxx lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ortiz backwards.
Ortiz struggles to land a body shot inside as Duxx controls his hands.
A short right from Duxx.
A nice right hand lands inside from Duxx.
Joell Ortiz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ortiz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Duxx's elbow.
Ortiz lands a nice shot to the body.
Ortiz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ortiz tries to throw a body punch but Duxx avoids it by throwing Ortiz back against the cage.
Karter Duxx is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Duxx escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A left lands for Duxx.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Duxx clinches with his opponent.
Ortiz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Duxx is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ortiz is defending well for now.
Duxx misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duxx softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Duxx as the two fighters clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Karter Duxx showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Duxx has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:25
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:25
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karter Duxx!