PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between SergiO Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wandeco Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ortiz comes into the arena with Mortal Kombat Theme - HD blaring out of the sound system. Silva comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mad Dog kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Ortiz
vs
Silva

188 cm
29
220 lbs
23 - 11 - 0

180 cm
27
215 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

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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 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, SergiO Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wandeco Silva!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Seu Braga and Paulo Santos.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Silva dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ortiz. That did some damage!
Ortiz throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Silva swinging wildly here.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Ortiz counters with a low kick, right behind Silva 's knee.

Ortiz forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.
Silva looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Ortiz lands with a left to the head.
Ortiz can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Silva is trying to push Ortiz away but Ortiz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Ortiz is pushing Silva up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ortiz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silva has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ortiz avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Ortiz has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Silva clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
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!
Ortiz doesn't have the hooks in and Silva manages to turn into his guard.
Ortiz throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva wants to stand and escape but instead Ortiz has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Ortiz is in close to Silva's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Silva scores with a short punch from the bottom.
Ortiz postures up.
Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ortiz postures up in Silva's guard and throws a big left but Silva blocks it.
Ortiz stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
Silva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Ortiz distracts Silva with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ortiz postures up and lands a big shot to Silva's brow.
Silva throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Silva wants to sweep here but Ortiz controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ortiz throwing strikes but missing.
Ortiz with a nice head shot there.
Ortiz with a nice head shot there.
Ortiz scoring with punches to the head and body.
Silva punching from the bottom - just letting Ortiz know he's still in a fight.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ortiz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ortiz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ortiz working some strikes from top position.
Silva looking to control.
Ortiz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ortiz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Silva tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Silva doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ortiz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ortiz throwing strikes from guard but Silva blocks nicely.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Silva throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Silva throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Ortiz throws a big elbow that misses.
Silva wants to sweep here but Ortiz controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ortiz's guard.
Ortiz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ortiz manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Ortiz looking to control but Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ortiz with a couple of short strikes.
Ortiz landing strikes from the mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ortiz raining down shots from the mount!
BOOM! Ortiz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ortiz working Silva over with strikes here.
Ortiz is landing with some decent strikes but Silva is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Silva is rocked!
Silva is in a horrible position here. Ortiz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Silva is still in real trouble! Can Ortiz finish him?
Silva sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Ortiz landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Silva tries to roll over but Ortiz keeps him under control.
Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Ortiz trying to control the pace.
Silva punching from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

SergiO Ortiz dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Silva scores with a leg kick.
Silva misses with a kick to the body.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Wandeco Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Good leg kick by Silva there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

Ortiz clinches up with Silva and pushes him back against the cage.
Ortiz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.

Ortiz has picked Silva up - he's going for a ride! Ortiz dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Silva is doing well to control the position and prevent Ortiz from advancing to side control.
Ortiz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Silva is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Ortiz scores with a couple of nice shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Silva tries to roll over but Ortiz keeps him under control.
Silva flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Silva misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Ortiz is nestled in close to Silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Silva trying to hold on to Ortiz's head to control him but Ortiz postures up.
Silva throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is trying to control but Ortiz passes into side control!
Ortiz in side control lands a decent elbow.
Silva is not content to let Ortiz control the position.
Ortiz lands a few punches from side control.
Ortiz is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Ortiz tries for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
Silva is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Ortiz's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Silva throws a strike from the bottom that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva missing with punches from the bottom.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Ortiz uses his free foot to push down on Silva's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Silva.
Ortiz lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Ortiz is working for a guillotine from mount but Silva frees his head quite easily.
Silva throwing hammer fists to the chest of Ortiz. What's that going to do exactly?
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
SergiO Ortiz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Ortiz looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz breaks from Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ortiz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Ortiz has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Silva's face.
Ortiz raining down shots from the mount!
Silva can't escape the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ortiz is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Silva can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ortiz drops a big elbow. That's hurt Silva! More shots from Ortiz and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). SergiO Ortiz!
SergiO Ortiz made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Silva had an optimal performance in our first fight. This victory was my revenge. I accept you again face Silva. Ortiz vs. Silva 3 - I'm gonna win ...'.