PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Troy Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Ortega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palmer comes to the cage accompanied by Fivefold – Broken. Troy Palmer has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Palmer
vs
Ortega

170 cm
29
140 lbs
15 - 2 - 0

169 cm
22
143 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Very strong

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Humanoid Nutrition (160Q for 160$)
M.O. Fight Wear

Bare Knuckle Fisticuffs Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Troy Palmer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carlos Ortega!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortega waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Palmer.
A little feinted left hand from Palmer on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Palmer throws a lazy uppercut
and Ortega counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Palmer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ortega cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ortega tests Palmer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Palmer takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Ortega uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Palmer has time to react.
Palmer swinging wildly here.
Palmer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ortega throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ortega throws a jab when Palmer was well out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palmer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ortega.
Palmer swings for the body but Ortega moves out of range.
Palmer throws a right and a left that Ortega avoids nicely.
Ortega with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Palmer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ortega connects with a body shot that sends Palmer's belly button to the back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortega lands an overhand right.
Palmer takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A cross from Ortega lands.
Ortega uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Palmer has time to react.
Left hook, right uppercut from Ortega.
Ortega works Palmer's body with a nice hook.
Ortega lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Palmer is rocked!
Palmer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Palmer walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ortega lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ortega bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Palmer's head backwards.
Oh Palmer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Palmer swats away the attempt to clinch by Ortega.
Palmer seems to have got his legs back now.
Ortega lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortega ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Palmer looks to throw the jab but Ortega is out of range.
Palmer lands a slapping body shot.
Troy Palmer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Palmer throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ortega counters with a right hand to the body.
Ortega connects with a solid leg kick.
Palmer pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ortega keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Palmer swings widly with a right hand
and Ortega counters with a left to the body.
Ortega is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Palmer had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Palmer throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ortega counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice straight punches there by Palmer. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Palmer.
Palmer steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ortega. That one must have hurt.
Some wild striking there from Palmer.
Ortega is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Palmer with a body shot.
Ortega scores with a hook.
Palmer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Palmer scores with a nice head shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortega lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Palmer throws a series of punches but Ortega avoids them all with ease.
Palmer misses with a double jab
and Palmer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Palmer misses with a hook
and Ortega counters with a stiff right hand.
Palmer ducks under a wild hook from Ortega.
Palmer throws a left and a right that both miss
and Palmer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Palmer misses with a few strikes there.
Ortega tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ortega throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Ortega scores with a jab to the body.
Ortega ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ortega lands with a right hand.
Palmer misses with a double jab
and Ortega counters with a good low kick that Palmer was not able to check.
Ortega lands with a good body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortega scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Palmer doesn't seem bothered though.
Palmer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ortega lands with a good body shot.
Palmer throws a predictable looking body shot
and Ortega counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Palmer throws a shot from downtown. Ortega moves away and avoids it.
Ortega shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Palmer eats them both and turns towards Ortega to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Palmer looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ortega throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That kick from Ortega tenderised Palmer's leg. Palmer is trying to keep his angry face on.
A swing and a miss from Ortega.
Palmer on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ortega. Ortega obviously looking to wear him down.
Palmer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ortega was well out of range. Poor timing from Palmer.
Palmer takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Palmer misses with a hook. Ortega ducked under it nicely.
Ortega doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ortega explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Ortega connects with a single shot there.
Ortega slips a straight right by Palmer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carlos Ortega dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Palmer takes a swing at Ortega's ribcage but misses.
Ortega doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Palmer swings for the body but Ortega moves out of range.
Palmer misses with a right hand
and Ortega counters with a straight right hand.
Palmer gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A lazy left from Ortega finds it's target.
Ortega catches Palmer with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Palmer has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Ortega.
Palmer takes a swing at Ortega's ribcage but misses.
Palmer throws an off balance right hand
and Ortega counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Palmer 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.
Palmer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ortega counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ortega connects with an inside leg kick.
Palmer throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ortega counters with a nice uppercut.
Palmer throws a combination that misses
and Ortega counters with a nice uppercut.
Carlos Ortega seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Palmer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Ortega uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Palmer.
Ortega let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Palmer swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ortega counters with a nice body shot.
Palmer is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortega moves in looking to clinch but Palmer pushes him off.
Ortega connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ortega digs a good body shot into Palmer's ribs.

Ortega forces Palmer back against the cage and clinches.
Palmer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ortega lands with a short shot to the head.

Ortega pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Palmer throws a series of punches but Ortega moves out of range.
Ortega let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Palmer throws a right hand that misses
and Ortega counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Palmer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Troy Palmer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Palmer takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Palmer's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ortega connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Palmer scrambles back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Ortega rushes Palmer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ortega blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Ortega.
Palmer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortega blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Palmer lands with a light punch inside.
A nice left hand lands by Ortega.
Ortega has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Palmer being controlled against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Ortega.
Ortega blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ortega scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ortega blocking some punches.
A hook to the body from Ortega.

Ortega breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Palmer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ortega counters with a right hand to the body.
Ortega lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Palmer at a distance.
Palmer misses with the combination.
Palmer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortega dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ortega connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Palmer lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ortega circles away quickly and effectively.
Palmer swings widly with a right hand
and Ortega counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Sloppy strikes from Palmer. Those never looked like landing.
Palmer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ortega thinks about the counter body kick.
Palmer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Palmer will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Palmer has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Ortega finds it's way round the side to connect with Palmer's head.
Palmer connects with a looping right hand.
Ortega lands a jab to the nose.
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!
Palmer misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Ortega throws out a counter right but Palmer avoids it with no problem.
Palmer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Ortega digs a good hook to Palmer's body.
Palmer walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Palmer throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ortega sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ortega connects with a body shot that sends Palmer's belly button to the back.
Ortega cracks Palmer with an open hand slap.
Palmer takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Palmer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Palmer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ortega counters with a crisp right that sends Palmer to the canvas! Ortega follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carlos Ortega!
Carlos Ortega is the new bantamweight champion!
Carlos Ortega spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.