PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tito Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neil Brove (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the ring it seems that Tito Ortiz has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Tito Ortiz seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Ortiz
vs
Brove

189 cm
22
220 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

198 cm
18
265 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Fighting Spirit

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tito Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Neil Brove!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ortiz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ortiz swinging wilding here.
Ortiz stuffs the takedown attempt from Brove. Brove gets slowly back to his feet.

Brove gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Ortiz keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Brove's head.
Brove is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ortiz is controlling him.
Ortiz pushing down on Brove's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Ortiz not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ortiz not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Brove is looking to control Ortiz's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Brove avoid being mounted?
Ortiz working over Brove with some ground and pound. Brove looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ortiz thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Brove to regain full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Ortiz pushes down on Brove's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz slips a nice elbow through Brove's hands, connecting with Brove's forehead.
Ortiz working over Brove with some ground and pound. Brove looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ortiz wants to free his trapped foot but Brove is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Brove looks like he's trying to stand up.
Brove looks gassed!
Ortiz misses with a head shot. Brove uses the momentum to regain guard.
Brove wants to stand and escape but Ortiz is having none of it.
Ortiz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ortiz throwing strikes from guard but Brove blocks nicely.
Ortiz won't allow Brove to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ortiz with a poor takedown

and Brove holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Ortiz pushes Brove back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Ortiz manages to break the clinch.

Ortiz closes the distance and clinches.
A short uppercut from Ortiz.
Ortiz lands a nice uppercut.
Ortiz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ortiz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ortiz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Brove takes a shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ortiz.

Ortiz breaks the clinch.
Brove blocks a head kick by Ortiz.

Ortiz pushes Brove up against the ropes in a clinch.

Ortiz breaks the clinch.

Ortiz decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ortiz connects with a nice short shot to Brove's temple.
Ground and pound from Ortiz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz with the ground and pound but Brove uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Ortiz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Brove works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Brove looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ortiz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Brove trying to control the position.
Brove looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ortiz is one step ahead there.
Ortiz working some strikes from top position.
Ortiz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Brove is keeping the position for now.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Ortiz scores a takedown into full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz raining down shots from the mount!
Ortiz with good strikes from the mount here!
Ortiz landing shots from mount.
Ortiz connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ortiz has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Brove's face.
Ortiz landing punches.
Ortiz lands a big elbow.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ortiz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ortiz with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brove tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ortiz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Brove wants to control but Ortiz is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tito Ortiz dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Ortiz clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ortiz.
Ortiz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Brove tries to land a knee to the head but Ortiz blocks with his arms.

Ortiz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Ortiz.
Brove takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Ortiz working away.
Brove tries to buck Ortiz off but Ortiz is having none of it.
Ortiz misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Brove tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ortiz lands a decent elbow from side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ortiz lands a few punches from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brove taking punishment in the form of punches.
Ortiz in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Brove is looking to regain half guard here but Ortiz keeps moving and retains side control.
Brove throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Ortiz is chipping away with strikes.
Brove striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Brove on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Brove tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ortiz scoring with punches and elbows.
Brove gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Brove is looking to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz cracks Brove with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ortiz with shots to the head and body - Brove looks very uncomfortable down there.
Ortiz working Brove over with strikes here.
Ortiz lands a big elbow.
Ortiz has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Brove's face.
Ortiz raining down shots from the mount!
Ortiz landing strikes from the mount and Brove is in trouble!
Ortiz is landing with some decent strikes but Brove is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
A nice elbow there by Ortiz.
Ortiz with shots to the head and body - Brove looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brove is trying desperately to improve position.
Ortiz landing strikes, looking to finish!
Ortiz breaks from Brove's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Brove can't escape the position.
Ortiz looking to finish Brove with some ground and pound. This is bad for Brove!
Ortiz looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Brove in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ortiz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Brove regains half guard.
Ortiz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tito Ortiz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brove is trying to maintain the position but Ortiz is very close to passing his half guard.
Ortiz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Ortiz connects with a nice short shot to Brove's temple.
Brove blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ortiz.
Brove manages to get to full guard.
Brove is trying to keep Ortiz in close.
Brove working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ortiz.
Ortiz landing with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tito Ortiz dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Ortiz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Brove but Brove pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Brove tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Ortiz counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ortiz misses with a punch on the inside.
Brove is trying to stall.
Brove misses with a body punch.
Ortiz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Brove throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ortiz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Broves head.
Ortiz scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ortiz.
Brove tries to pull guard but Ortiz won't allow it.
Brove wants to break the clinch but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Ortiz on the inside.
Ortiz tries to break the clinch but Brove is controlling the position.
Brove is trying to maintain a safe position but Ortiz gets an underhook and turns Brove into the ropes.
Ortiz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Brove tries to pull guard but Ortiz won't allow it.

Ortiz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brove slips a jab and a cross from Ortiz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brove fails with the takedown

and Ortiz moves into the clinch.
Tito Ortiz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Neil Brove.

Ortiz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Ortiz closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Brove wants to control but Ortiz is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Brove keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Brove works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ortiz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Brove wants to stand but Ortiz is controlling the position.
Ortiz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ortiz is pushing down on Brove's leg trying to pass to half guard. Brove is fighting to maintain full guard but Ortiz has managed to sneak the leg through.
Ortiz is looking to advance position but Brove won't allow it.
Brove looks like he's trying to stand up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ortiz takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Brove trying to control from the bottom.
Ortiz wants to pass to mount but Brove is defending the position.
Brove blocking the ground and pound attempt from Ortiz.
Ortiz working over Brove with some ground and pound. Brove looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Brove is looking for a sweep. Ortiz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Ortiz closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Brove on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Ortiz tries to advance to mount but can't.
Brove takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brove is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ortiz grinds an elbow into Brove's temple.
Ortiz scoring with punches from side control.
Ortiz working the strikes but Brove uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Ortiz is nestled in close to Brove, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ortiz throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ortiz is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Brove regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Ortiz.
Ortiz throws a big right hand that misses.

That's four 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.
Ortiz wants to pass the guard but Brove is keeping the position.
Brove preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Brove trying to control the position here.
Ortiz scoring with some ground and pound.
Brove looking for a sweep. Not yet Brove, not yet.
Ortiz is working Brove over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ortiz cracks Brove with a solid left hand.
Brove avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Brove preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Neil Brove has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tito Ortiz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ortiz landing with the ground and pound.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tito Ortiz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ortiz has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tito Ortiz!