PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Abdul Ortega (ranked 5370 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Johnson (ranked 25368 p4p, 0 weight class). Abdul Ortega has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Ortega
vs
Johnson

216 cm
24
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Abdul Ortega!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alex Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Paul Gruel and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
No joy there for Ortega, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson is looking for the big counter here.

Johnson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Johnson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ortega.
Ortega with a flurry of punches that miss.
Johnson keeping moving, preventing Ortega from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Johnson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ortega is one step ahead there.

Ortega decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Johnson, up you get!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson blocks a head kick by Ortega.
Ortega gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Johnson counters with a left and a right that stings Ortega.
Ortega fails with the takedown
and Johnson counters with a two punch combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortega throws a right and a left that Johnson avoids nicely.
Ortega misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
As Ortega backs off Johnson throws a huge counter combo but Ortega manages to avoid it all.
Ortega shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abdul Ortega. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ortega doesn't manage to clinch there - Johnson circles away.
Ortega throws a head kick that misses
and Johnson counters with a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Ortega.
Ortega throws a poor cross that misses
and Johnson counters with a three punch combo that has Ortega backing up. Ortega nods at Johnson to acknowledge the strikes.

Ortega is rocked!
Ortega throws a sloppy head kick
and Johnson counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Ortega badly! He tries to strike back but Johnson puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Ortega out cold! Oh man, Ortega will never hear the end of this one!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Alex Johnson!