PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abi Bala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abi Bala struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 157.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ortiz
vs
Bala

175 cm
20
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

174 cm
25
167 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Abi Bala!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bala gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ortiz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Bala gets caught flat footed, as Ortiz shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Ortiz scoring with punches to the head and body.
Ortiz lands a couple of digs.
Ortiz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Bala is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bala looking to control.
Bala is still in real trouble! Can Ortiz finish him?
Ortiz postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ortiz is in close to Bala's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bala has momentary wrist control but Ortiz slips an elbow through the middle.
Ortiz is in close to Bala's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ortiz stands up over Bala, holding on to his feet. Ortiz throws the legs to one side and dives in with a huge shot that lands flush on the chin! Bala is out cold! Ortiz lands a couple more shots and the ref tackles him out of the way! What a brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ryan Ortiz!
Ryan Ortiz decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.