PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Ortega (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walter Van Kirkland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ortega comes to the cage accompanied by Say Yes. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Ortega
vs
Van Kirkland

155 cm
23
145 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

171 cm
24
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nelson Ortega!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Walter Van Kirkland!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Chris Saunders and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Van Kirkland instigates a clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Van Kirkland.
Ortega misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Van Kirkland.

Ortega breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Van Kirkland misses with an uppercut

and Ortega counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Van Kirkland is looking to cinch up a triangle. Ortega throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Van Kirkland's body to avoid the submission. Van Kirkland has instead reached around Ortega's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Van Kirkland arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Walter Van Kirkland!