PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between SergiO Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abelinha Amarela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ortiz's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Alesso & Dirty South - City Of Dreams (Original Mix). This should be a great matchup!

Ortiz
vs
Amarela

188 cm
34
215 lbs
35 - 18 - 0

187 cm
26
216 lbs
15 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 35 - 18 - 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 15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Abelinha Amarela!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Amarela scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Amarela takes a swing at Ortiz's ribcage but misses.
The crowd cheers as Amarela lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ortiz doesn't seem phased though.
Amarela walks into a stiff left hand from Ortiz.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Amarela crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ortiz - the referee stops the clock and Amarela gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ortiz. Amarela manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ortiz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Amarela has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Amarela shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ortiz as he jumps to the side.
Amarela ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ortiz throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ortiz. That's going to slow Amarela down.
Amarela takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ortiz stuffs the takedown attempt from Amarela. Amarela gets slowly back to his feet.
Amarela looks winded!
Ortiz throws a shot to the body.
Ortiz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Amarela.
Ortiz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amarela takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Ortiz throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ortiz. That's going to slow Amarela down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ortiz. That's going to slow Amarela down.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ortiz is looking to slow Amarela down with leg kicks.
Ortiz lands a leg kick that knocks Amarela off balance momentarily.
Ortiz throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Amarela's head.

It looks like Abelinha Amarela has been cut.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ortiz is defended easily by Amarela.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ortiz.

Ortiz closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Amarela did well to prevent Ortiz getting side control.
Ortiz landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Amarela is refusing to be controlled, as Ortiz sits in half guard.
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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz lands with a punch from half guard.
Amarela is not content to let Ortiz control the position.
Amarela avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Ortiz.
Ortiz wants to pass to mount but Amarela is defending the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Amarela is staying active underneath Ortiz, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ortiz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Amarela's head.
Ortiz content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Amarela is looking to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of SergiO Ortiz.
Ortiz shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ortiz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ortiz throws a series of punches but Amarela moves out of range.
Ortiz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ortiz. That's going to slow Amarela down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ortiz. That's going to slow Amarela down.
Ortiz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ortiz jabs at Amarela's body.
Amarela throws a big shot that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Amarela avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Amarela has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ortiz.
Amarela steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Ortiz. That one must have hurt.
Amarela takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ortiz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ortiz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Amarela takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ortiz shoots in but no luck this time.
Amarela 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.
Ortiz lands a leg kick that knocks Amarela off balance momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Amarela takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ortiz, right into the meat.

Ortiz closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Amarela quickly recovers to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

SergiO Ortiz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Abelinha Amarela's cut.
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.

Ortiz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

Amarela looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Amarela lands a couple of elbows.
Ortiz is looking to stand up but Amarela isn't so interested in that idea.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Amarela preventing the sweep.
Ortiz striking from the bottom.
Amarela wants to pass the guard but Ortiz is keeping the position.

Ortiz is looking for a triangle but Amarela pushes his legs off easily.
Amarela trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Amarela is breathing heavily.
Ortiz tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Amarela wants to control from the top but Ortiz keeps moving.
Ortiz controls Amarela momentarily but Amarela frees himself.
Ortiz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Amarela is one step ahead there.
Amarela trying to control but Ortiz is working from the bottom.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Ortiz trying to control the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nice uppercut there from Amarela.
Ortiz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ortiz slips under a jab.
SergiO Ortiz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That kick from Ortiz tenderised Amarela's leg. Amarela is trying to keep his angry face on.
Ortiz scores with a kick to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ortiz scores with a leg kick.
Ortiz throws a head kick that half lands.
An inside leg kick lands from Ortiz.
Ortiz lands with a cross.
Ortiz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Amarela can do to turn this around?
Good leg kick by Ortiz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ortiz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Amarela has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Ortiz.
Amarela chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ortiz can pounce on him.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Amarela crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ortiz - the referee stops the clock and Amarela gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ortiz. Amarela manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ortiz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ortiz lands a head kick!
An inside leg kick lands from Ortiz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Amarela takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Good leg kick by Ortiz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ortiz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Amarela's calf.

Ortiz sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Amarela to the ground! Ortiz dives into full mount looking to finish!

Amarela is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ortiz connects with a bit shot that sees Amarela covering up! More strikes from Ortiz and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Ortiz is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). SergiO Ortiz!
An out of breath and clearly excited SergiO Ortiz thanked CEC Nutrition Q160 for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).