PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grizzly Gulag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fifo Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gulag comes into the arena with без души blaring out of the sound system. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Gulag
vs
Ortiz

186 cm
27
215 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

190 cm
22
210 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Grizzly Gulag!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Fifo Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gulag pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gulag misses with a low kick.
Gulag throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A bone on bone clash there as Ortiz blocks the leg kick.
Gulag lands with a slapping head kick.
Ortiz blocks a head kick by Gulag.
Ortiz blocks a head kick by Gulag.
Gulag misses with a low kick as Ortiz jumps back.
Gulag turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gulag looks to land a body kick but Ortiz moved away.
Gulag throws a head kick but Ortiz moves out of range.
Gulag misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gulag connects with a high kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gulag misses with a leg kick.
Gulag throws a leg kick which misses Ortiz's front leg but catches the back leg as Ortiz tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gulag motions for Ortiz to come forward. Gulag throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gulag tries a head kick but it misses.
Gulag throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ortiz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ortiz moves out of range of the leg kick from Gulag.
Ortiz changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Gulag tries to avoid it but Ortiz manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Gulag to the ground. Gulag escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Gulag throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gulag lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gulag tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ortiz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gulag tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gulag does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Grizzly Gulag is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ortiz shoots in for a takedown but Gulag shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gulag throws a head kick but Ortiz moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Gulag. Ortiz shrugs it off though.
Gulag moves in looking to clinch but Ortiz pushes him off.
Gulag lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gulag throws a sloppy head kick and Ortiz moves out of range easily.
Ortiz blocks a head kick by Gulag.
Gulag looks to land a body kick but Ortiz moved away.
Gulag throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ortiz.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gulag throws a sloppy head kick and Ortiz moves out of range easily.
Gulag missing with a left hand there. Ortiz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A leg kick checked by Ortiz.
Gulag throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Ortiz shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Gulag's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gulag works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Gulag avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ortiz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gulag swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ortiz throws and elbow that misses. Gulag uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ortiz's guard. Nice move by Gulag!
Gulag stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ortiz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ortiz wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Gulag preventing the sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Gulag being controlled here momentarily.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Fifo Ortiz.
Gulag scores with a kick to the body.
Ortiz looks gassed!
Ortiz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gulag.
Ortiz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gulag's waist but Gulag gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ortiz off to one side.
Grizzly Gulag has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fifo Ortiz.
Gulag explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gulag tries a head kick but it misses.
Gulag misses with a head kick.
Gulag lands a high kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grizzly Gulag dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Gulag tries a head kick but it misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ortiz.
Ortiz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gulag tries a head kick but it misses.
Ortiz shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Gulag defends it nicely.
Gulag dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ortiz. That did some damage!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gulag throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ortiz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gulag.
Ortiz is breathing heavily.
Ortiz shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gulag as he avoids it easily.
Grizzly Gulag has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fifo Ortiz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gulag tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gulag throws a body kick that misses.
Gulag wants to land a leg kick but Ortiz is out of range.
Gulag throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ortiz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Gulag.
Gulag misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Gulag.
Gulag connects with a leg kick. Ortiz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gulag connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gulag lands a high kick!
Grizzly Gulag seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gulag. That's going to slow Ortiz down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gulag scores with a kick to the midsection.
Grizzly Gulag is winning the standup battle so far.
Gulag with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gulag throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gulag tries to land a front kick but Ortiz steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gulag throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ortiz crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gulag - the referee stops the clock and Ortiz gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gulag. Ortiz manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ortiz blocks a head kick by Gulag.
Ortiz's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gulag connects with a high kick.
Ortiz keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gulag throws a head kick but Ortiz moves out of range.
Gulag tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Ortiz is able to avoid easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Gulag!
Gulag lands a front kick.
Ortiz checks a leg kick nicely.
Gulag looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gulag lands with a kick to the temple. Ortiz shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A thudding body kick lands there by Gulag!
Ortiz on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gulag throws a head kick that half lands.
Gulag throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gulag thumps Ortiz with a low kick.
Ortiz has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gulag.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ortiz crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gulag - the referee stops the clock and Ortiz gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gulag. Ortiz manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Gulag goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Gulag pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ortiz crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gulag - the referee stops the clock and Ortiz gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gulag. Ortiz manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Gulag throws a head kick that misses.
Gulag tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gulag lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ortiz blocks a head kick by Gulag.
Gulag wants to clinch up but Ortiz keeps it at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grizzly Gulag dominated that second 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. And we move into the final round!

Gulag pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gulag lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gulag misses with a body kick.
Gulag throws a head kick that misses.
Gulag tries a head kick but it misses.
Gulag tries to land a front kick but Ortiz steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gulag throws a head kick but Ortiz moves out of range.
Gulag is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ortiz can do to turn this around?
Ortiz shoots in and drives through. Gulag sprawls well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gulag throws a head kick but Ortiz moves out of range.
Gulag throws a leg kick which misses Ortiz's front leg but catches the back leg as Ortiz tries to avoid it.
Gulag throws a front kick that sends Ortiz stumbling back into the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gulag throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ortiz blocks a head kick by Gulag.
Gulag swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Gulag walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Ortiz checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A good leg kick by Gulag.
Gulag throws a quick inside leg kick.
Gulag tries a head kick but it misses.

Gulag gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ortiz to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Ortiz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gulag swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz throws and elbow that misses. Gulag uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Ortiz's guard. Nice move by Gulag!
Ortiz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ortiz is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Gulag wants to stand but Ortiz is controlling his posture from full guard.
Gulag controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gulag!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ortiz dominating with strikes here.
Ortiz throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Gulag wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Ortiz.
Ortiz punching from mount but Gulag doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Ortiz avoids the attempt from Gulag to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Ortiz dominating with strikes here.
Fifo Ortiz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ortiz raining down hammerfists from mount.
Ortiz sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Ortiz raining down hammerfists from mount.
Ortiz scoring with strikes but Gulag is staying in there.
Gulag is trying to escape the mount.
Ortiz throws a strike there. Gulag manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Ortiz thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Gulag to regain full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fifo Ortiz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gulag has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grizzly Gulag!