PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tito Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Frank (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ortiz comes to the cage accompanied by Mosh By Eminem. On his way into the cage it seems that Tito Ortiz has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Tito Ortiz seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Ortiz
vs
Frank

188 cm
22
205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

189 cm
20
219 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tito Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan Frank!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Ortiz bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Frank tries to buck Ortiz off but Ortiz is having none of it.
Ortiz cracks Frank with a big elbow.
Frank is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee asks Ortiz politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Ortiz prefers to stall for the moment though.
Frank is looking for a sweep.
Frank wants to get back to his feet.
Ortiz trying to control the position but Frank is working away.
Ortiz gets to mount! Frank was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.

Ortiz is working for a guillotine from mount but Frank frees his head quite easily.
Frank really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Frank swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Ortiz controlling the pace for now.
Frank swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Frank can't escape the position.

That's two 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.
Ortiz working the ground and pound effectively.
A nice elbow there by Ortiz.
Frank is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ortiz controlling the position easily from mount.
Frank is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Frank is trying to escape the mount.
Ortiz lands a big elbow.
Ortiz lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz with the ground and pound from mount.
Ortiz putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Frank is rocked!
Frank tries to lock up and control but Ortiz gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Frank is still in real trouble! Can Ortiz finish him?
Frank looks gassed!
Ortiz controlling from mount.
Ortiz is landing with some decent strikes but Frank is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ortiz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Frank?
Ortiz looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Frank covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tito Ortiz!