PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tony Hendricks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patterson Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ortiz has chosen RAWR as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Hendricks
vs
Ortiz

190 cm
39
171 lbs
18 - 18 - 2

167 cm
31
160 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

V-Mask Clothing (10%)

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 18 - 18 - 2, fighting out of New York, Tony Hendricks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Patterson Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hendricks fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ortiz, pushing him back against the ropes.
Hendricks landing knees to the head.
Hendricks missing with knees to the body.
Ortiz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hendricks lands an elbow inside.
Ortiz tries to stall but Hendricks uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ortiz avoids a wild elbow strike from Hendricks.

Ortiz breaks the clinch.
Hendricks connects with a right hand. Ortiz shakes it off.
Ortiz wants to clinch up but Hendricks keeps it at a distance.

Hendricks clinches up with Ortiz and pushes him back against the ropes.
Ortiz wants to get back to striking at distance but Hendricks won't allow it.
Ortiz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hendricks.
Hendricks lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ortiz backwards.
Ortiz unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ortiz prevents a body shot from Hendricks.
Hendricks keeps control of Ortiz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hendricks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz is trying to break the clinch but Hendricks is controlling him.
Hendricks throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ortiz blocks an elbow strike.
Hendricks lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ortiz.
Ortiz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've been hearing reports that Hendricks has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Hendricks just leaning against Ortiz, taking a breather.
Hendricks lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ortiz looking to slow down the pace here.
Hendricks is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ortiz is defending well for now.
Ortiz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hendricks tries to land knees in the clinch but Ortiz avoids the damage to the body.
Hendricks looking to slow down the pace here.
Hendricks tries to land a knee to the head but Ortiz blocks with his arms.
Hendricks has a couple of punches blocked by Ortiz.
Hendricks blocks an elbow strike from Ortiz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ortiz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hendricks is keeping busy.
Ortiz is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Hendricks has denied him.
Ortiz blocks an elbow strike.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Hendricks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ortiz tries to break the clinch but Hendricks is controlling the position.
Ortiz avoiding damage as Hendricks throws knees to the body.
Hendricks lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ortiz backwards.
Ortiz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ortiz trying to land knees to the body.
Ortiz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ortiz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ortiz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Ortiz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hendricks lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ortiz backwards.
Ortiz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hendricks is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks scores a nice knee to the body.
Ortiz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Hendricks pushes off an throws an elbow but Ortiz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Ortiz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A shot in the inside from Hendricks.
Hendricks misses with a knee strike.
Ortiz blocks an elbow strike from Hendricks.
Ortiz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ortiz obliges.
Ortiz managing to block the knees to the body from Hendricks.
Ortiz stalling in the clinch but Hendricks improves position.
Ortiz takes an elbow to the temple.
Hendricks tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hendricks really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ortiz blocks the elbow strike.
Ortiz has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hendricks seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ortiz can turn it around.
Ortiz is trying to maintain a safe position but Hendricks gets an underhook and turns Ortiz into the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Ortiz is trying to push Hendricks away but Hendricks has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Ortiz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ortiz has had enough of the clinch but Hendricks keeps him there for the moment.
Hendricks dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Ortiz blocks a body shot from Hendricks.
Ortiz avoiding damage as Hendricks throws knees to the body.
Ortiz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Hendricks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hendricks throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ortiz digs a right hand underneath Hendricks's ribcage. Hendricks let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ortiz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ortiz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hendricks lands a damaging elbow.
Hendricks lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ortiz tries to land a knee to the head but Hendricks blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Hendricks dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Hendricks fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ortiz, pushing him back against the ropes.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Hendricks is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ortiz is defending well for now.
Hendricks lands a good knee to the midsection. Ortiz won't want to take too many of those.

Ortiz breaks from the clinch.

Ortiz rushes Hendricks and presses him up against the ropes.
Hendricks is working Ortiz over against the ropes.
Hendricks lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ortiz backwards.
Knees to the body from Hendricks.
Hendricks creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hendricks misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ortiz.
Ortiz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hendricks tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ortiz avoids it.
Hendricks trying to land knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hendricks.
Hendricks is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ortiz can do to turn this around?
Ortiz tries to land a knee to the head but Hendricks blocks with his arms.

Ortiz breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hendricks makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ortiz avoids the body shot from Hendricks.
Ortiz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hendricks circles away quickly and effectively.
Ortiz wants to clinch up but Hendricks keeps it at a distance.
Ortiz swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ortiz misses with a few strikes there.
Ortiz darts in trying to clinch
and Hendricks counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ortiz misses with a double jab
and Hendricks counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Ortiz moves forwards but Hendricks connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Ortiz moves in looking to clinch but Hendricks pushes him off.
Ortiz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Patterson Ortiz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hendricks on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hendricks sizes up Ortiz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Hendricks bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ortiz is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Hendricks is controlling him well.
Ortiz can't do much from the bottom here.
Hendricks wants to control but Ortiz is keeping him busy.
Ortiz takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Hendricks tries for a kimura but Ortiz is defending well.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Hendricks wants to control but Ortiz is keeping him busy.

Hendricks stands up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hendricks gets a clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hendricks as Ortiz tries to tie him up.
Ortiz blocks a body shot from Hendricks.

Ortiz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ortiz tries to close the distance and clinch but Hendricks swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hendricks lands a head kick. Ortiz smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Ortiz misses the body punch
letting Hendricks counter with a right hand.
Ortiz moves in looking to clinch but Hendricks pushes him off.
Hendricks looks to land a body kick but Ortiz moved away.
Hendricks punishes Ortiz's body with a nice straight punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz darts in trying to clinch
and Hendricks counters with a nice uppercut.
Patterson Ortiz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hendricks circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ortiz tried to score with a low kick but Hendricks checks it.
Ortiz gets cracked there but stands up to it.

Ortiz gets a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice body punch from Ortiz - that landed with a thud.
Hendricks missing with knees to the body.
Ortiz avoiding damage as Hendricks throws knees to the body.
Ortiz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hendricks is defending well for now.
Hendricks throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ortiz blocks it with crossed arms.
Ortiz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ortiz can't break the clinch.
Ortiz trying to control the position but instead, Hendricks has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ortiz into the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Hendricks dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Hendricks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hendricks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ortiz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ortiz looks to land a combination but Hendricks avoids it well.
Hendricks moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hendricks throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ortiz tries to clinch but Hendricks is having none of it.
Hendricks misses with a hook.
Ortiz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hendricks.

Ortiz gets a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hendricks misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hendricks lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ortiz backwards.
Ortiz avoiding damage as Hendricks throws knees to the body.
Hendricks landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hendricks tries to land knees in the clinch but Ortiz avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz letting Hendricks take a breather here.
Ortiz blocks an elbow strike from Hendricks.
Hendricks being controlled against the ropes.
Hendricks scores a nice knee to the body.
Ortiz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hendricks has Ortiz pushed against the ropes.
Hendricks throws an elbow that misses.
Hendricks is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Hendricks tries to throw a body punch but Ortiz avoids it by throwing Hendricks back against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Ortiz fails to land.
Ortiz missing with knees to the body.
Ortiz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hendricks tries a body shot but Ortiz blocks it.
Hendricks throws an elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Hendricks as the two fighters clinch.
Hendricks landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hendricks tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ortiz blocks an elbow strike.
A short right from Hendricks.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hendricks as Ortiz tries to tie him up.
Hendricks lands a damaging elbow.
Tony Hendricks has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ortiz tries to break the clinch but Hendricks is controlling the position.
Ortiz blocks the elbow strike.
Hendricks landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hendricks lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hendricks tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ortiz avoids it.
Ortiz landing knees to the body.
Hendricks creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz tries to circle away but Hendricks has him pinned against the ropes.
Hendricks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hendricks lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ortiz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ortiz blocks an elbow strike from Hendricks.
Hendricks tries to land knees in the clinch but Ortiz avoids the damage to the body.
Ortiz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hendricks misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ortiz.
Tony Hendricks is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hendricks softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Ortiz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Ortiz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ortiz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hendricks.
A short uppercut from Ortiz.
Hendricks scores with a shoulder strike.
Ortiz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hendricks is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz trying to land knees to the body.
Ortiz looking to stall.
Hendricks lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hendricks looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hendricks throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ortiz stalling in the clinch but Hendricks improves position.
Ortiz displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hendricks up against the ropes.
Ortiz avoiding damage as Hendricks throws knees to the body.
Hendricks lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Patterson Ortiz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ortiz misses with a knee strike.
Ortiz has had enough of the clinch but Hendricks keeps him there for the moment.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tony Hendricks showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hendricks has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tony Hendricks!
A pretty intense looking Tony Hendricks took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.