PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between RJ Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Young
vs
Ortiz

190 cm
25
225 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
276 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, RJ Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tim Ortiz!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, David Hoff and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Young rushes Ortiz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Young lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ortiz or not.
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Young tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ortiz avoids it.
Young throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Young throws an elbow that misses.
Young blocks an uppercut.
Ortiz avoids the elbow strike from Young, against the cage.
Ortiz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ortiz misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ortiz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Young effectively controlling the action here.
Ortiz prevents a body shot from Young.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young avoiding damage.
Young misses with an elbow strike.
Young tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ortiz avoids it.
Young taking a breather.
Ortiz managing to block the knees to the body from Young.
Young goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Young misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ortiz.
Ortiz misses with the head strike.
Ortiz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Young is pushing Ortiz up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Young missing with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Ortiz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ortiz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young 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 managing to block the knees to the body from Young.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ortiz lands a right hand.
Ortiz misses with a punch to the body.
Young throws an elbow that misses.
Young blocks a body shot from Ortiz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ortiz fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Young.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young missing with knees to the body.
Young blocking some punches.
Young slows down the pace here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Young just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ortiz's brow.
Young putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ortiz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ortiz looks winded!
Young misses with an elbow over the top.
Young stalls.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young missing with knees to the body.
Young throws a knee to the head but misses.
Young lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Young is struggling to control the position.
Young stalling in the clinch.
Young gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Ortiz has a couple of punches blocked by Young.
Young landing knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Young avoiding damage.
Young lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

RJ Young dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Young punishes Ortiz's body with a nice straight punch.

Young instigates a clinch.
Young utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Young displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ortiz up against the cage.
Young just leaning against Ortiz, taking a breather.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Young for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Young's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ortiz has a couple of punches blocked by Young.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Young slows down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by RJ Young.
Ortiz tries to close the distance and clinch but Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Young moves into range and clinches up with Ortiz.
Ortiz takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Ortiz fails to land.
Young is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ortiz can do to turn this around?
Young's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Young tries to land knees in the clinch but Ortiz avoids the damage to the body.
Young stalling against the cage.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ortiz's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Tim Ortiz has been cut.
Young content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Young has Ortiz pushed against the cage.
Young tries to stall but Ortiz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Young doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Young is pushing Ortiz up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by RJ Young.

Ortiz moves into the clinch.
Young has a couple of punches blocked by Ortiz.
Young can't find room to land a body shot as Ortiz controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Young is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ortiz misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ortiz.
Ortiz dodges an elbow strike from Young.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
RJ Young has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Young leaning against his opponent.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ortiz avoiding damage as Young throws knees to the body.
Young's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz misses with some punches.
Young missing with knees to the body.
Ortiz misses with the head strike.
Young is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ortiz struggles to land a body shot inside as Young controls his hands.
Young fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Young tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ortiz avoids it.
Young 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 working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

RJ Young dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tim Ortiz's cut.
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!

Young tries to clinch up but Ortiz circles away and keeps his distance.

Ortiz takes the fight into the clinch.
Ortiz avoiding damage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Young stalling against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young is looking to control Ortiz's arms but Ortiz gets an underhook and turns him. Now Young has his back to the cage.
Young tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ortiz avoids it.
Ortiz has a couple of punches blocked by Young.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young trying to control the position but instead, Ortiz has worked for underhooks and has pushed Young into the cage.
Young using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ortiz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Young creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Young stalls.
Young stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by RJ Young.

Ortiz has managed to clinch.
Tim Ortiz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young stalls.
The referee is keeping an eye on Young - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Young throws an elbow but it misses.
Young blocking some punches.
Young misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ortiz.
Ortiz blocks the elbow strike.
Ortiz stalls.
Young just leaning against Ortiz, taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Young throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ortiz blocks it with crossed arms.
Ortiz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Young is trying to maintain a safe position but Ortiz gets an underhook and turns Young into the cage.
Young holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ortiz trying to land knees to the body.
Young tries to throw a body punch but Ortiz avoids it by throwing Young back against the cage.
Ortiz throws a punch but it's blocked by Young.
Young utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ortiz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Young here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Ortiz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Young working Ortiz over with knees to the body.
Young stalling the fight.
Young leaning against his opponent.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Young.
Young using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Young.
Young connects with a knee to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Young leaning his opponent against the cage.
Young tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
RJ Young showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Young 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... RJ Young!