PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Hans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dimincio Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hans
vs
Ortiz

189 cm
25
215 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

180 cm
23
207 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Josh Hans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dimincio Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz avoids the body shot from Hans.
Hans lands a jab to Ortiz's midsection.
Ortiz walks into a straight right hand from Hans.

It looks like Dimincio Ortiz has been cut.
Ortiz shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hans as he avoids it easily.
Ortiz looks gassed!

Hans throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Ortiz tumbling to the canvas!

Ortiz is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hans's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Hans passes Ortiz's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Still in half guard, Hans seems content to control.

Ortiz is defending against the submission attempts here by Hans.
Hans controlling the action here.
Ortiz on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hans performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hans has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Josh Hans.
Hans misses with a double jab.

Hans throws a left that rocks Ortiz and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Hans dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Ortiz regain composure!
Ortiz is still in real trouble! Can Hans finish him?
Hans cracks Ortiz with a big right hand but Ortiz just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hans 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.
Hans controlling the position.
Hans in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Ortiz seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hans scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Ortiz to see if he's OK.
Hans remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Hans dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dimincio Ortiz's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hans takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ortiz tries to move into range but Hans moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That has opened up Dimincio Ortiz's cut even more.
Hans swinging wildly here.
Josh Hans is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ortiz.
Josh Hans is winning the standup battle so far.

Nice combo by Hans! Oh, that's hurt him - Ortiz falls to the canvas and Hans follows him into side control.
Ortiz wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Hans has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Ortiz!
Ortiz is breathing heavily.
Hans pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
You get the feeling that Ortiz really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Hans controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hans scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Ortiz?
Hans landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ortiz takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ortiz really wants to buck Hans off and get back to his feet.
Hans controlling from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Hans controlling from mount.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Josh Hans just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Hans misses with a few strikes there.
Josh Hans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice takedown defense from Hans. No joy for Ortiz on that attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Hans dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dimincio Ortiz's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ortiz wants to clinch.
Hans lands with a good body shot.
Hans lands a lovely overhand right.
Hans throws a right and a left that Ortiz avoids nicely.
Hans thows a body shot but no joy.
Hans's corner calls for a 1-2. Hans obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hans throws a series of punches but Ortiz avoids them all with ease.
Hans misses with a wild combination.
Hans throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head kick misses from Ortiz.
Hans wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hans lands a jab to Ortiz's midsection.
Ortiz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hans.
Hans misses with the combination.
Ortiz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Hans lands a nice shot that snaps Ortiz's head back.
Hans throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ortiz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hans throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ortiz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ortiz has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

The cut above Dimincio Ortiz's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Ortiz wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hans is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Hans darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Ortiz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Hans throws a one two combo.
Hans swats away the attempt to clinch by Ortiz.
Ortiz misses with a double jab
and Hans counters with a three punch combo that has Ortiz backing up. Ortiz nods at Hans to acknowledge the strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Hans misses the target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A combination from Hans does no damage.
Ortiz wants to clinch
and Hans counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Hans clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Dimincio Ortiz's cut.
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 scores with a decent looking hook.
Hans lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hans.
Hans is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ortiz can do to turn this around?
Hans throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ortiz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hans is looking to wear down Ortiz with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ortiz doesn't manage to clinch there - Hans circles away.
Hans misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hans has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Ortiz slips a jab and a cross from Hans.
Hans misses with a double jab.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ortiz.
Ortiz shoots for a takedown but Hans saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hans misses with a jab, cross combination.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Hans dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hans scores with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hans stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hans looks to land a combination. Ortiz sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Ortiz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hans but Hans pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Josh Hans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dimincio Ortiz.
Ortiz lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hans displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Ortiz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ortiz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ortiz misses with a takedown attempt - Hans sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hans. Ortiz does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two 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 tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hans swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hans swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ortiz tries for a takedown but Hans sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hans looks to score with a jab to the body but Ortiz is just out of range.
Ortiz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

Ortiz shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Ortiz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ortiz tries to control but Hans wriggling away.
Hans keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Josh Hans will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dimincio Ortiz's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Ortiz misses with a double jab
and Hans counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hans misses the shot to the body.
Ortiz tries to clinch but Hans moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ortiz. That's going to slow Hans down.
Ortiz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hans is fending him off so far but Ortiz persists. Nope, Hans circles away and we're back to standing.
Hans fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hans slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hans misses with a double jab

and Ortiz counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Hans!
Hans is squirming around, avoiding Ortiz's attempts to control the action.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Hans is working to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz wants to control the pace but Hans is squirming around nicely.
Ortiz prevents Hans from getting the reversal.
Ortiz raining down shots from the mount!
Hans really wants to buck Ortiz off and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ortiz wants to control the pace but Hans is squirming around nicely.
Ortiz working the ground and pound effectively.
Josh Hans is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ortiz trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Hans wants to hold on but Ortiz pushes him away.
Hans is trying desperately to improve position.
Ortiz looking to control but Hans is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dimincio Ortiz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hans working to try and regain half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dimincio Ortiz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hans 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight for Josh Hans!
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight for Josh Hans!
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight for Josh Hans!

Josh Hans wins by unanimous decision!