PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between SergiO Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Shoryu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Ortiz might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Tupac - Run Tha Streetz. The crowd seem to be enjoying Shoryu's choice of entrance music: Undertaking the Work of the Lord by Hatewire. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ortiz
vs
Shoryu

188 cm
28
220 lbs
19 - 9 - 0

188 cm
24
210 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

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 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, SergiO Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ken Shoryu!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shoryu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shoryu scores with a head kick. Ortiz tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Shoryu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ortiz.
Ortiz connects with a crisp jab.
Shoryu avoids the body shot from Ortiz.
Ortiz avoids the head kick by Shoryu.
Ortiz moves out of range of the body kick.
Shoryu lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Ortiz at a distance.

Ortiz drives through with a takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ortiz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shoryu is keeping the position for now.
Ortiz controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Ortiz stands up over Shoryu, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Shoryu really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ortiz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Ortiz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ortiz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ortiz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ortiz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ortiz looking to sit in guard and control but Shoryu gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Shoryu must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shoryu trying to stand up but can't free himself from Ortiz's guard.

Ortiz working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Shoryu doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Ortiz is tightening it up a little... Shoryu has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Shoryu reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Shoryu taps out! Nice BJJ there by Ortiz!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). SergiO Ortiz!
SergiO Ortiz was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.