PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Wise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joell Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ortiz has chosen Thunderstruck as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Wise
vs
Ortiz

187 cm
25
280 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

182 cm
28
240 lbs
12 - 11 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
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 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dennis Wise!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joell Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Anthony Taglia and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wise swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wise goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Wise misses with a looping right.
Ortiz dodges the punch combination from Wise.
Wise throws a head kick but Ortiz moves out of range.
Ortiz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ortiz looks to land a combination but Wise avoids it well.
A combination from Ortiz does no damage.
Wise lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wise throws a right hand that misses
and Ortiz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wise looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Wise takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Danga de danga de dang - Wise scores with a four punch combination!
Ortiz looks gassed!
Ortiz stuffs the takedown attempt from Wise. Wise gets slowly back to his feet.
Wise connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz swings for the body but Wise moves out of range.
Nice cross by Wise.
Wise misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ortiz.
Ortiz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wise misses with a body shot
and Wise takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ortiz staying out of range there.
Wise misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wise throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Ortiz blocks a jab.
Ortiz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wise counters with a nice uppercut.
Wise misses with a head kick.
Wise lands with a straight right. Ortiz didn't see that one coming.
Ortiz ducks under a wild hook from Wise.
Wise misses with a right hand
and Ortiz counters with a good low kick that Wise was not able to check.
Ortiz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wise moves away.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Wise - that will leave a mark!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ortiz blocks a head kick by Wise.
Wise scores with a nice head shot.
Wise uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ortiz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick misses from Wise.
Ortiz takes one on the button.
Ortiz avoids the body shot from Wise.
Wise swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wise pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wise connects with a jab.
Wise dives in and grabs Ortiz's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ortiz pushes down on Wise's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dennis Wise. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wise thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wise throws a nice head kick!
Ortiz walks forward, straight into a front kick from Wise.
Wise lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Wise misses the target.
Wise is looking to slow Ortiz down with leg kicks.
Wise throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wise missing with a left hand there. Ortiz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Wise shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
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.
Wise scoring with strikes but Ortiz is staying in there.
Wise lands a big elbow.
Ortiz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wise. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wise pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ortiz is trying to stand up.
BOOM! Wise connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Wise raining down shots from the mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wise throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Wise looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ortiz is in a horrible position here. Wise smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ortiz is in a horrible position here. Wise smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wise tries to control but Ortiz wriggling away.
Ortiz wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Wise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Wise dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dennis Wise's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Wise just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheers as Wise lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ortiz doesn't seem phased though.
A shot to the liver by Wise. Beautiful body shot.
Wise lands with an overhand left.
Wise scores with a head kick. Ortiz tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Ortiz slips a straight right by Wise.
Wise wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wise dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wise scores with a nice right hand.
Wise fails with a takedown attempt.
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.
Ortiz is breathing heavily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Wise.
Wise throws an overhand right that lands on Ortiz's shoulder, as Ortiz tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wise shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ortiz sprawls well. Ortiz wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wise gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dennis Wise. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wise shoots in but no luck this time.
Wise throws a chopping leg kick but Ortiz manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Wise shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ortiz as he avoids it easily.
Wise throws a poor cross that misses
and Ortiz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wise misses with a right hand
and Ortiz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ortiz misses with a lunging right hand
and Wise makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wise misses with the combination.
Wise dips to his left and cracks Ortiz with an uppercut!
Dennis Wise is winning the standup battle so far.
Ortiz slaps away a takedown attempt from Wise, before circling back to the center of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wise misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ortiz moves out of range of the strikes.
Ortiz misses with a series of wild punches.
Wise looks to score with a jab to the body but Ortiz is just out of range.
Wise misses with a body shot
and Ortiz counters with a one-two to the body.
Wise scores with a nice right hand.
Dennis Wise seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wise thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ortiz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wise rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ortiz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wise pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Wise feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wise trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wise looking to control the position here, rather than advance.

Wise has gone for a leg lock! Ortiz slips out almost immediately though and dives into Wise's guard.
Wise manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ortiz manages to get himself to full guard.

Ortiz is working an open guard so Wise takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Wise.
Wise scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wise.
Wise connects with the punch.
Wise shoots in looking for a takedown. Ortiz tries to sprawl out of it but Wise keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ortiz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ortiz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wise counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ortiz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wise.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ortiz takes a kick to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wise misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ortiz.
A telegraphed right hand from Wise misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Wise dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dennis Wise'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. This is the final round!

Wise lands a lovely overhand right.
Wise misses with a double jab.
Wise scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ortiz in his tracks.
Wise throws a jab but it's blocked by Ortiz.
Wise goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Wise throws a poor cross that misses
and Ortiz counters with a left to the body.
Wise showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ortiz.
Ortiz looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wise throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wise connects with a leg kick. Ortiz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Wise shoots in looking for a takedown but Ortiz manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Wise's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ortiz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wise connects with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ortiz takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wise fails to land with a series of punches.

Wise looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Wise wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ortiz keeps working.
Wise passes to full mount!
Wise lands a big shot there that rocks Ortiz but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Wise landing strikes from the mount and Ortiz is in trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Wise there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Wise lands a nice shot to the head.
Wise 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.
Wise working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wise lands a nice shot to the head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ortiz can do anything to dispel that myth.
Wise throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Wise is landing with some decent strikes but Ortiz is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wise lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Wise has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ortiz's face.
Wise is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ortiz can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
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.
Wise throwing strikes here but Ortiz is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Wise lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wise raining down shots from the mount!
Wise is landing with some decent strikes but Ortiz is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wise controlling his opponent.
Ortiz really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Wise is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ortiz can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wise wants to control the pace but Ortiz is squirming around nicely.
Dennis Wise is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Wise has isolated one of Ortiz's arms. Ortiz looking to fight him off but Wise twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Dennis Wise!