PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shelton Ortiz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franz Meinhold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Ortiz
vs
Meinhold

176 cm
22
193 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
19
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shelton Ortiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Franz Meinhold!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Meinhold misses.
Meinhold misses with a shot to the body
and Ortiz counters with a leg kick.
Franz Meinhold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Meinhold pushes Ortiz up against the cage in a clinch.
Ortiz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Meinhold's efforts to push away.
Ortiz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Meinhold goes for a takedown attempt but Ortiz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Ortiz closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Ortiz looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Ortiz is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Meinhold doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Ortiz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ortiz lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

Ortiz is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ortiz prevents Meinhold from improving his position.
Meinhold wants to control but Ortiz is keeping busy.
Meinhold keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
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.
Meinhold is looking to escape.

That's two 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.

Ortiz in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Meinhold tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Ortiz!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Shelton Ortiz!