PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Couture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Couture has chosen Amazing as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Randy Couture was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Ortiz
vs
Couture

198 cm
19
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
21
215 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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.: AFFAKETION :.

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Randy Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Randy Couture!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Jonathan Paton and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Couture shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ortiz defends it nicely.
Couture misses with a shot to the body

and Ortiz counters with a shoot takedown. Couture fights it but they end up in guard.
Ortiz slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Ortiz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Ortiz stands and steps away. Couture gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Randy Couture seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Couture misses with a shot to the body

and Ortiz decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Couture's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Ortiz stands up from Couture's guard - Ortiz perhaps looking for a knockout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Couture closes the distance but Ortiz moves to the side

and Ortiz counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Ortiz trying to mount his opponent but Couture defends it.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Ortiz in particular looking to stall.

Ortiz decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz tries for a takedown but Couture sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Ortiz gets tackled into the cage by Couture. Couture maintains the clinch.
Ortiz prevents Couture from breaking the clinch.
Couture has a couple of punches blocked by Ortiz.
Ortiz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ortiz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ortiz.
Couture throws a punch but it's blocked by Ortiz.
Couture misses with a punch to the body.
Couture misses with some punches.
Couture tries to work over Ortiz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Couture lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ortiz backwards.
Couture misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ortiz is working Couture over against the cage.
Ortiz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Couture or not.
Ortiz displaying some good clinch control by pressing Couture up against the cage.
Couture misses with the head strike.
Couture throws a head punch that misses.
Ortiz lands a left hand.
Couture fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ortiz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ortiz pushes Couture back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Couture goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Ortiz.
Couture has a couple of punches blocked by Ortiz.
Ortiz gets through Couture's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ortiz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Couture working aggressively here.
A body shot lands from Couture.
Ortiz pushes Couture back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ortiz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ortiz is leaning against Couture and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ortiz lands a nice shot to the body.
Ortiz works on Couture's body with a couple of short punches.
Ortiz lands with a short shot to the head.
Couture working aggressively here.
Couture has a couple of punches blocked by Ortiz.
Ortiz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Couture backwards.
Ortiz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Couture backwards.
Couture lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Couture has a couple of punches blocked by Ortiz.
A head punch on the inside from Ortiz fails to land.
Ortiz lands with a right to the head.
A short uppercut from Ortiz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Ortiz dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Couture moves to clinch but Ortiz breaks away

and Ortiz counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Couture is adopting a defensive guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Couture can do anything to dispel that myth.
Couture is looking to stand up but Ortiz isn't so interested in that idea.
Ortiz is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Couture is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ortiz passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's two 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.
Couture is being controlled here.

Ortiz decides to stand back up. Ortiz steps back and let's Couture get back to his feet.
Ortiz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ortiz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Couture is fending him off so far but Ortiz persists. Nope, Couture circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Couture just misses with a punch to the body.
No luck for Ortiz with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randy Ortiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Couture misses with a lunging right hand

and Ortiz counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Ortiz passes into half guard.
Randy Ortiz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Couture trying to control but Ortiz postures up.
Couture tries to kick Ortiz off but Ortiz keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ortiz stands up out of the half guard.
Couture darts in trying to clinch

so Ortiz counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ortiz won't allow Couture to get back to his feet.
Couture tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Ortiz dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Ortiz tries to score a power double leg takedown but Couture sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Ortiz somewhat.

Ortiz closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Couture did well to prevent Ortiz getting side control.
Couture wants to improve his position but Ortiz is controlling well.

Ortiz postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Couture to stand up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ortiz.
Ortiz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Couture circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randy Ortiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Couture throws a poor cross that misses

and Ortiz counters with a nice double leg into side control. Couture won't be happy with that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Couture can't do much from the bottom here.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Couture stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
You can see the frustration on Couture's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz tries to advance to mount but can't.
You can see the frustration on Couture's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Couture is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Randy Couture has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An elbow from Ortiz crashes against the mat.

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.
Ortiz controlling from side mount.
Ortiz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Couture can do to turn this around?

Ortiz stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Couture misses with a jab to the body

and Ortiz counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Couture's guard now.
Randy Ortiz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Ortiz decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randy Ortiz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ortiz, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27

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