PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mario Pepe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Pepe
vs
Ortiz

185 cm
22
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mario Pepe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tito Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Ortiz shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Pepe is trying to defend but Ortiz finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Pepe wants to get back to his feet.
Ortiz throwing shots but Pepe is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ortiz thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Pepe to regain full guard.
Ortiz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ortiz with a nice head shot there.
Ortiz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ortiz is looking to work some ground and pound but Pepe has wrist control.
Ortiz postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ortiz with a nice head shot there.
Ortiz lands a couple of elbows.
Ortiz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ortiz postures up and lands a big shot to Pepe's brow.
Pepe is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Ortiz distracts Pepe with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz won't allow Pepe to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pepe is breathing heavily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ortiz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ortiz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ortiz thows a big elbow that misses.
Ortiz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ortiz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ortiz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ortiz postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ortiz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Pepe utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ortiz stands up over Pepe, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ortiz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ortiz passes into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ortiz connects with a nice short shot to Pepe's temple.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz lands strikes from half guard.
Ortiz working over Pepe with some ground and pound. Pepe looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pepe is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ortiz scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ortiz seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Pepe is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ortiz scores with a couple of nice shots.
Pepe knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ortiz on the ground.
Ortiz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pepe with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ortiz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ortiz works his foot free and advances to mount.
Ortiz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ortiz working Pepe over with strikes here.
Ortiz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ortiz has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pepe's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Ortiz breaks from Pepe's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Pepe takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ortiz landing strikes from the mount and Pepe is in trouble!
Ortiz breaks from Pepe's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Pepe is rocked!
Ortiz raining down shots from the mount!
Ortiz landing shots from mount.
Oh Pepe is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ortiz landing shots from mount.
Pepe seems to have got his legs back now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ortiz looking to finish Pepe with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pepe!
Ortiz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ortiz landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ortiz is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pepe can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ortiz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ortiz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ortiz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ortiz lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Pepe taking shots to the head.
Ortiz with a couple of short strikes.
Ortiz landing strikes from the mount.
Pepe is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Ortiz landing strikes from the mount.
Pepe takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pepe is in a horrible position here. Ortiz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Pepe's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Ortiz lands a heavy elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tito Ortiz dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Ortiz shoots in but no luck this time.
Tito Ortiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ortiz moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pepe changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Ortiz tries to avoid it but Pepe manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Ortiz to the ground. Ortiz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Ortiz misses with a takedown
enabling Pepe to counter with a crisp jab.
Ortiz shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pepe sprawls well. Pepe wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ortiz gets slowly back to his feet.
Mario Pepe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tito Ortiz.
Ortiz stuffs the takedown.
Mario Pepe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ortiz fails to land the takedown.
Ortiz fails with the takedown
and Pepe counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pepe lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Pepe moves in looking to clinch but Ortiz pushes him off.
Pepe misses the shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Pepe gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Ortiz to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Ortiz with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ortiz postures up and lands a big shot to Pepe's brow.
Ortiz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ortiz is in close to Pepe's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Pepe is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ortiz is controlling him.
Ortiz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ortiz lands a couple of elbows.
Ortiz lands a couple of digs.
Ortiz chips away with some ground and pound.
Ortiz postures up and lands a big shot to Pepe's brow.
Ortiz prevents Pepe from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ortiz scoring with some ground and pound.
Ortiz landing with the ground and pound.
Ortiz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pepe looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ortiz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ortiz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ortiz postures up and lands a big shot to Pepe's brow.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ortiz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ortiz works over Pepe with some ground and pound from guard.
Ortiz won't allow Pepe to get back to his feet.
Ortiz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz works over Pepe with some ground and pound from guard.
Ortiz works over Pepe with some ground and pound from guard.
Ortiz landing with the ground and pound.
Tito Ortiz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ortiz distracts Pepe with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ortiz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pepe is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ortiz is controlling him.
Ortiz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ortiz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ortiz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ortiz chips away with some ground and pound.
Ortiz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz landing some decent shots from guard.
Ortiz postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ortiz distracts Pepe with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ortiz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ortiz chips away with some ground and pound.
Ortiz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Pepe's head.
Pepe can't keep his opponent in guard - Ortiz advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Pepe taking some punishment here, with Ortiz in his half guard.
Ortiz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ortiz working the head and body with strikes.
Ortiz landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tito Ortiz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!

Ortiz closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Pepe to the mat! Pepe manages to get full guard.
Ortiz chips away with some ground and pound.
Ortiz connects with a couple of short punches.
Ortiz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ortiz with a nice head shot there.
Ortiz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ortiz works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Ortiz takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ortiz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pepe with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pepe taking some punishment here, with Ortiz in his half guard.
Ortiz winds up and cracks Pepe with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pepe is looking to escape.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ortiz scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz winds up and cracks Pepe with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pepe is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ortiz scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ortiz prevents Pepe from standing back up.
Ortiz working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Pepe trying to control but Ortiz postures up.
Ortiz lands with a punch from half guard.
Ortiz landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ortiz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pepe with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pepe taking some punishment here, with Ortiz in his half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ortiz connects with a nice short shot to Pepe's temple.
Ortiz working Pepe over with strikes.
Ortiz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ortiz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pepe defending well though.
Ortiz working Pepe over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Ortiz there.
Ortiz working Pepe over with strikes.
Pepe on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ortiz looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Pepe is trying to stand back up but Ortiz is controlling him
Ortiz lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ortiz looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz winds up and cracks Pepe with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Pepe tries to kick Ortiz off but Ortiz keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Ortiz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pepe with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pepe pushes Ortiz off looking to stand but Ortiz dives back in and keeps control.
Ground and pound from Ortiz.
Pepe is trying to stand up here but Ortiz is controlling him well.
Ortiz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ortiz takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ortiz connects with a nice short shot to Pepe's temple.
Pepe tries to kick Ortiz off but Ortiz keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Ortiz drops an elbow to the side of Pepe's head.
Pepe on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ortiz landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz drops an elbow to the side of Pepe's head.
Pepe on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ortiz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pepe with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ortiz is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ortiz lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ortiz thows a huge punch but Pepe dodges it nicely.
Pepe is trying to stand.
Ortiz working over Pepe with some ground and pound. Pepe looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mario Pepe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ortiz drops an elbow to the side of Pepe's head.
Pepe is looking to improve his position.
Pepe taking some punishment here, with Ortiz in his half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tito Ortiz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ortiz winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 25:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 25:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 25:30

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