PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antonis Skayias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ortiz has chosen Jay Z ft. Rick Ross - you know I got it as his entrance music. Antonis Skayias could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to David Ortiz's chin.

Skayias
vs
Ortiz

182 cm
21
182 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

183 cm
21
182 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antonis Skayias!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Ortiz.
Ortiz misses with a body kick.
Skayias misses with an uppercut. Ortiz saw that one coming.
Skayias misses with a body shot
and Ortiz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Skayias dives in for a single leg takedown but Ortiz sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Ortiz looking to throw knees to the head but Skayias is blocking nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ortiz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Skayias has had enough of the clinch but Ortiz keeps him there for the moment.
Ortiz with a knee to the head.
Skayias wants to get back to striking at distance but Ortiz won't allow it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ortiz throws an elbow but misses.
Ortiz has Skayias pressed against the cage.

Ortiz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ortiz misses with a head kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ortiz.
David Ortiz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Skayias staying out of range there.

Skayias shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Ortiz's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Skayias preventing the sweep.
Ortiz pulls Skayias in close to his closed guard and prevents Skayias from doing any damage or advancing position.
Ortiz trying to keep a closed guard but Skayias is proving a slippery customer.
Ortiz is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Skayias dives into side control.
Ortiz is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Ortiz is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skayias misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Skayias tries to score with some ground and pound. Ortiz controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Skayias tries to score with some ground and pound. Ortiz controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ortiz is pushing Skayias's head away, looking to escape. Skayias manages to hold on to the position though.
Skayias lands some shots froms side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ortiz manages to get back to half guard.
Skayias slows the pace down in half guard.
Skayias working the head and body with strikes.
Skayias sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ortiz defending well though.
Ortiz gets full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Skayias looking to sit in guard and control but Ortiz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ortiz controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ortiz looking to pass the guard.
Ortiz is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Skayias keeping moving, preventing Ortiz from controlling successfully.
Ortiz wants to stand but Skayias has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz wants to control from the top but Skayias keeps moving.
Skayias keeping full guard, as Ortiz tries to pass.
Ortiz must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

David Ortiz has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Ortiz connects with a solid leg kick.
Ortiz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Skayias's sensitive parts.
Skayias uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ortiz.
Ortiz swings away with a body shot that misses
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Ortiz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Skayias closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Skayias drops Ortiz with a big left hand! Ortiz is injured, injured bad! Skayias jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Antonis Skayias!
A very excited looking Antonis Skayias made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.