PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Boxing Master (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tonio Ortega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ortega has chosen Last Caress as his entrance music. Boxing Master has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Master
vs
Ortega

150 cm
25
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

169 cm
22
147 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Powerful

5th Round

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Boxing Master!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tonio Ortega!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Master avoids the head kick by Ortega.

Master pushes Ortega up against the cage in a clinch.
Ortega is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Master managing to block the knees to the body from Ortega.
Ortega tries to land knees in the clinch but Master avoids the damage to the body.
Ortega lands a knee to the body.
Master on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Master fails to pull guard.
Master is breathing heavily.
Master managing to block the knees to the body from Ortega.
Ortega scores with a shot to the side of Master's head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ortega.
Ortega unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Master tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ortega is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Master is defending well for now.
Ortega crunches a lovely knee into Master's ribcage.
Ortega is working Master over against the cage.
Ortega lands a good knee to the midsection. Master won't want to take too many of those.
Ortega connects with a nasty looking knee right to Master's face.
Ortega trying to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Ortega.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortega lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ortega landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ortega with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ortega unloads a knee to the mid-section. Master lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ortega digs a right hand into Master's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Master's gas tank.
Ortega landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ortega unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Master takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ortega is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Master is defending well for now.
Master managing to block the knees to the body from Ortega.
Master tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ortega just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Boxing Master. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Master on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ortega.
Master takes a knee right on the jaw!
Master tries to pull guard but Ortega won't allow it.
Ortega lands a nice knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortega lands a knee to the head.
Ortega throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Master avoiding damage as Ortega throws knees to the body.
Master tries to circle away but Ortega has him pinned against the cage.
Ortega lands a good knee to the midsection. Master won't want to take too many of those.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ortega obliges.
Master tries to break free but Ortega pushes him back against the cage.
Ortega crunches a lovely knee into Master's ribcage.
Ortega scores a nice knee to the body.
Ortega tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Master avoids it.
Ortega missing with knees to the body.
Ortega trying to land knees to the body.
Ortega misses with a knee to the head.
Master blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Master looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ortega connects with a nasty looking knee right to Master's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortega tries to land knees in the clinch but Master avoids the damage to the body.
Ortega tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Master wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ortega scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ortega with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Master avoiding damage as Ortega throws knees to the body.
Ortega blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ortega scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Master jumps guard but Ortega stands there with Master around his waist. Master gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Ortega missing with knees to the body.
Ortega landing knees to the body.
Master prevents a body shot from Ortega.
Ortega missing with knees to the body.
Master tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ortega just stands there and leans against the cage.
Ortega lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Ortega scores with a shoulder strike.
Master drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ortega gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ortega is pressed up against the cage. Master has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ortega down to the mat. Ortega avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A thudding body kick lands there by Ortega!
A nice leg kick lands there from Ortega.
Ortega lands with a kick to the temple. Master shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ortega lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ortega.
Ortega throws a head kick that Master semi-blocks.
Master shoots in for a takedown but Ortega shows good takedown defense.
Ortega scores with a head kick. Master tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Master moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tonio Ortega dominated that round.
That's time! Master's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ortega throws a head kick that misses.
Tonio Ortega seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ortega throws a leg kick which misses Master's front leg but catches the back leg as Master tries to avoid it.

Ortega closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ortega lands a good knee to the midsection. Master won't want to take too many of those.
Master takes a knee to the side of the body.
Master avoiding damage as Ortega throws knees to the body.
Ortega crunches a lovely knee into Master's ribcage.
Master takes a knee to the side of the body.
Master managing to block the knees to the body from Ortega.
Master tries to break free but Ortega pushes him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ortega.
Ortega tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ortega landing knees to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ortega unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Master has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Ortega is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ortega presses Master against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortega misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Master.
Master blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ortega misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Master.
Master on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Master fails to pull guard.
Master on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Master swings wildly with an uppercut but Ortega uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ortega obliges.
Ortega misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Master.
Master avoiding damage as Ortega throws knees to the body.
Master is looking to break free of the clinch but Ortega has double underhooks.
Ortega connects with a nasty looking knee right to Master's face.
Ortega misses with a knee to the head.
Master tries to land knees in the clinch but Ortega avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ortega misses with a knee strike.
Ortega keeps control of Master as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ortega missing with knees to the body.
Ortega trying to land knees to the body.
Master managing to block the knees to the body from Ortega.
Ortega connects with a nasty looking knee right to Master's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ortega.
Master wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ortega.
Master is trying to drag Ortega to the mat but Ortega just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Boxing Master. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knees to the body from Ortega.
Ortega connects with a nasty looking knee right to Master's face.
Ortega with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ortega is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Master is defending well for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Master jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ortega walks away with a smile on his face. Master gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Master clinches up with Ortega and pushes him back against the cage.
Ortega lands with a left to the head.
Master drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ortega gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ortega landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ortega.
Ortega trying to land knees to the body.
Ortega is pressed up against the cage. Master has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ortega down to the mat. Ortega avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Boxing Master is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ortega moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Master looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ortega is fending him off so far but Master persists. Nope, Ortega circles away and we're back to standing.

Master takes the fight into the clinch.
Ortega landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortega connects with a nasty looking knee right to Master's face.
Master avoiding damage as Ortega throws knees to the body.
Ortega tries a knee to the head but Master blocks it.
Ortega looking to throw knees to the head but Master is blocking nicely.
Ortega with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ortega misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Master is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ortega pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ortega scores with a knee to the head.
Master tries to circle away but Ortega has him pinned against the cage.
Ortega landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ortega tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Master avoids it.
Ortega keeps control of Master as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ortega connects with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ortega as Master tries to tie him up.
Tonio Ortega seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Ortega lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tonio Ortega showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Master's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Master tries for a takedown but Ortega circles away easily
and Ortega counters with a good, hard body kick but Master shrugs it off.
Ortega throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Master's head.
Master fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ortega avoids it really well and circles away.
Ortega scores with a head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ortega.
Ortega connects with a high kick.
Ortega throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Master.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice takedown defense from Ortega. No joy for Master on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Boxing Master. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ortega lands with a kick to the temple. Master shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ortega throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortega leaves Master with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Ortega lands with a kick to the temple. Master shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Master tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ortega sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Master somewhat.
Ortega throws a head kick that half lands.

Master closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ortega landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ortega lands a knee to the head.
Master avoiding damage as Ortega throws knees to the body.
Ortega misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Master.
Ortega throws a knee to the head but misses.
Master jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ortega walks away with a smile on his face. Master gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Tonio Ortega is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Ortega rushes Master and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ortega is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Master is defending well for now.
Ortega tries to land knees in the clinch but Master avoids the damage to the body.
Master avoiding damage as Ortega throws knees to the body.
Ortega with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ortega looking to throw knees to the head but Master is blocking nicely.
Master is working for takedown but Ortega is calmly controlling the position for now.
Still in the clinch, Ortega scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ortega lands a knee to the head.
Ortega misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Master.
Ortega misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Master.
Master tries a body shot but Ortega blocks it.
Master looking to stall.
Master tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Ortega utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortega lands a knee to the head.
Ortega tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Master avoids it.
Master avoiding damage as Ortega throws knees to the body.
Ortega lands a nice shot to the body.
Ortega misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Master.
Master managing to block the knees to the body from Ortega.
Master jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ortega walks away with a smile on his face. Master gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Ortega gets tackled into the cage by Master. Master maintains the clinch.
Ortega missing with knees to the body.
Ortega lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Ortega.
Master is trying to force a seperation but Ortega has the dominant position.
Master misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ortega works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

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.
Ortega works on Master's body with a couple of short punches.
Ortega misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Master.
Master tries to pull guard but Ortega won't allow it.
Ortega lands a nice knee to the body.
Master looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ortega misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Master.
Ortega landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ortega tries to throw a body punch but Master avoids it by throwing Ortega back against the cage.
Master changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ortega fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A head kick from Ortega lands but Master takes it in his stride.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ortega, right into the meat.
Boxing Master has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Ortega clinches up with Master and pushes him back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tonio Ortega comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Ortega has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tonio Ortega!