PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexandro Ortega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Farrar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexandro Ortega has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ortega
vs
Farrar

196 cm
19
216 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

187 cm
22
220 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alexandro Ortega!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jay Farrar!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Ortega looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Farrar keeps the fight on the outside.
Ortega tries to close the distance and clinch but Farrar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ortega lands a head kick!
Ortega tries to close the distance and clinch up but Farrar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Farrar keeps the fight on the outside.

Farrar moves into range and clinches up with Ortega.
Ortega looking to throw knees to the head but Farrar is blocking nicely.
Ortega tries to land a knee to the head but Farrar blocks with his arms.
Farrar is working for takedown but Ortega is calmly controlling the position for now.
Farrar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ortega looking to throw knees to the head but Farrar is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ortega throws an elbow but misses.
Ortega misses with a knee to the head.
Ortega lands a nice elbow.
Ortega tries a knee to the head but Farrar blocks it.

Farrar has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Ortega is trying to keep an underhook but Farrar manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Ortega wants to get back to full guard but Farrar has mounted him!
Farrar controlling from the full mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortega is bucking up trying to escape but Farrar cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Ortega wants to control but Farrar is having none of it.
Farrar takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ortega slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Ortega throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Farrar not doing much here.
I looks like Farrar might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Farrar looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortega trying to control but Farrar postures up.
Farrar works his way into side control.
Farrar content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ortega wants to control but Farrar postures up.
Ortega throws a few strikes from the bottom but Farrar takes advantage and mounts!
Farrar content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortega squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
A nice elbow there by Farrar.
Farrar looking to control and managing it successfully.
Farrar working the ground and pound effectively.
Farrar fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Farrar connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortega looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Farrar is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Farrar is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Farrar gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Farrar gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Farrar apologises and we restart here on the feet.

Farrar moves into the clinch.
Ortega with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ortega trying to land knees to the body.

Farrar pulls Ortega into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Farrar trying to control the position here.

Farrar has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ortega can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ortega trying to control but Farrar is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Farrar dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ortega tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Farrar counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Farrar.

Ortega is looking for a triangle but Farrar pushes his legs off easily.
Farrar passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Farrar working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Farrar scoring with punches and elbows.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Farrar cracks Ortega with a big elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Farrar scores with a couple of short elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortega is looking for a sweep.
Farrar controls the position.

Farrar stands up and we're back to a striking position.

Farrar drives through with a takedown into guard.
Farrar is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Ortega throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Farrar looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Farrar trying to control but Ortega is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrar controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Ortega trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Farrar is stalling in the full guard.

Farrar stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Farrar feints and as Ortega raises his hands in defense, Farrar changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Ortega has his foot on Farrar's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Farrar works his way back into a safe position though.

Ortega working for a triangle but Farrar defends it easily.
Farrar sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortega is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Jay Farrar has got the better of the ground game so far.
Farrar slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ortega wants to control from the top but Farrar keeps moving.
Farrar has Ortega pulled in close to control his posture.
Ortega working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Farrar is pulling down on Ortega's head. It's preventing any offense from Ortega, at least for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Despite being in the dominant position, Jay Farrar just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ortega wants to clinch

and Farrar counters with a single leg into guard. Ortega didn't expect that.
Ortega keeping moving, preventing Farrar from controlling successfully.
Farrar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Farrar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ortega bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Farrar's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Farrar is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.

Farrar looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jay Farrar showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Farrar scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Ortega tries to strike but it doesn't land.

Farrar stands up.
Ortega tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Farrar counters by moving into the clinch.
Ortega lands a knee to the head.
Ortega lands a knee to the head.
Ortega using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Farrar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ortega misses with a knee strike.
Farrar stalling.
Ortega misses with a knee to the head.
Farrar stalling.

Farrar has hold of one of Ortega's legs. Ortega is fighting the takedown attempt but Farrar gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Ortega throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Farrar passes Ortega's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ortega trying to hold on to Farrar's head to control him but Farrar postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrar working Ortega over with strikes.
Farrar is thwarting Ortega's attempts to control the position.

Farrar decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Farrar closes the distance and clinches.
Ortega using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Farrar has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ortega misses with a knee strike.
Ortega tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Farrar pulls guard effortlessly.
Ortega trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ortega wants to pass the guard but Farrar is keeping the position.
Farrar seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Farrar can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrar keeping moving, preventing Ortega from controlling successfully.
Ortega has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Ortega looking to sit in guard and control but Farrar gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ortega is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Farrar dives into side control.
Farrar moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Ortega is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Farrar is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farrar advances to full mount.
BOOM! Farrar connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ortega throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Farrar controlling the pace for now.
Alexandro Ortega has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four 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.
Ortega can't escape the position.
Farrar sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Farrar wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jay Farrar comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Farrar winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Farrar!