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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darren Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by ''More Human Than Human'' by White Zombie. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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198 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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215 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tim Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Darren Smith!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Winston Howard and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz shoots in but Smith avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ortiz shoots in but Smith avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ortiz moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Ortiz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ortiz tries to clinch but Smith moves out of range.
Ortiz decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ortiz working the head and body with strikes.
Smith gets back to full guard.
Ortiz has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Smith escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ortiz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ortiz trying to control the position from guard on top but Smith is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Smith is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ortiz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Smith keeping full guard, as Ortiz tries to pass.
Ortiz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Smith keeping moving, preventing Ortiz from controlling successfully.
Ortiz stopping the sweep attempt from Smith.
Smith throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Smith is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Smith is on top in guard.
Ortiz looking for a sweep. Not yet Ortiz, not yet.
Ortiz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Smith stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ortiz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Smith is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Smith passes into half guard.
Smith scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Smith prevents Ortiz from improving his position.
Ortiz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz trying to control here.
Ortiz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Smith.
Ortiz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Smith has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Smith landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Smith working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Smith is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ortiz defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Smith thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ortiz is looking to improve his position.
Ortiz regains full guard. Nicely done.
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.
Smith throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Smith postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ortiz is trying to keep Smith in close.
Smith landing with the ground and pound.
Ortiz controls Smith momentarily but Smith frees himself.
Smith postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ortiz trying to control the position.
Smith passes Ortiz's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Smith looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ortiz wants to get back to full guard.
Ortiz is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darren Smith dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A shot to de liver by Smith. Beautiful body shot.
Ortiz fails with a takedown attempt.
Ortiz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ortiz tries to close the distance and clinch but Smith swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Smith stuffs the takedown attempt from Ortiz. Ortiz gets slowly back to his feet.
Smith stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Ortiz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice sprawl there from Smith as Ortiz shoots in.
Ortiz shoots in and bounces Smith off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Smith is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith working for a triangle but Ortiz defends it easily.
Smith has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ortiz can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ortiz tries to free his leg and advance position but Smith is retaining full guard.
Smith wants to sweep here but Ortiz controlling him for the moment.
Smith working for a triangle but Ortiz defends it easily.
Ortiz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Smith is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Smith misses the shot to the body.
Smith fakes the leg kick and cracks Ortiz in the body.
Ortiz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ortiz tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Ortiz tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Smith swivels and escapes.
Smith keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ortiz doesn't manage to clinch there - Smith circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Smith, right into the meat.
Smith lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tim Ortiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ortiz misses with a takedown attempt - Smith sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ortiz misses with a head kick.
Smith moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Ortiz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Smith can pounce on him.
Ortiz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Smith keeps the fight on the outside.
Smith bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Ortiz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Smith wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Smith!
Smith can't escape the position.
Smith flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Smith throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Smith is working to get back to half guard.
Smith regains half guard.
Smith wants to improve his position but Ortiz is controlling well.
Smith manages to get to full guard.
Smith looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ortiz is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darren Smith showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Ortiz misses with the body kick
and Smith counters with a nice leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Ortiz.
Ortiz misses with a takedown attempt
and Smith counters with an outside leg kick.
Smith is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Ortiz rather than just go for the knockout.
Ortiz with a poor takedown
and Smith counters with a leg kick.
Ortiz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Smith lands a nice looking body kick.
Smith shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Ground and pound from Smith.
Smith drops an elbow to the side of Ortiz's head.
Ortiz regains full guard. Nicely done.
Ortiz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith tries to free his leg and advance position but Ortiz is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ortiz's guard.
Smith seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ortiz is trying to maintain the position but Smith is very close to passing his half guard.
Ortiz is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Smith missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Smith passes the guard and advances to mount!
Smith putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Smith is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ortiz can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Smith lands a heavy elbow.
Ortiz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ortiz is in a horrible position here. Smith smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith landing punches.
Ortiz takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ortiz is wriggling around trying to escape.
Smith with the ground and pound from mount.
Ortiz is rocked!
Smith has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Ortiz's face.
Oh Ortiz is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ortiz tries to lock up and control but Smith gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Smith looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Ortiz holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Smith tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Ortiz seems to have got his legs back now.
Smith drops a big elbow. That's hurt Ortiz! More shots from Smith and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darren Smith!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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