PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chou Rico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Fortes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fortes is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Primitive Reason - Kindian. Chou Rico looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Rico
vs
Fortes

225 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

183 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

WIN! Nutritional Co. - RJ

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 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chou Rico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jose Fortes!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fortes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rico looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Fortes moves in looking to clinch but Rico pushes him off.
Nice body punch from Rico.
Rico swats away the attempt to clinch by Fortes.
Fortes throws a head kick that misses.
Fortes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jose Fortes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fortes.
Rico avoids the head kick by Fortes.
Fortes clinches but Rico breaks the clinch

and Rico counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Fortes uses the cage to get back to his feet.

Fortes pushes Rico up against the cage in a clinch.
Fortes looking to throw knees to the head but Rico is blocking nicely.
Fortes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Fortes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fortes tries to clinch up.
Fortes tries to clinch up but Rico circles away and keeps his distance.
Rico really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Fortes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rico's calf.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fortes wants to clinch.
Fortes wants to clinch up but Rico keeps it at a distance.
Fortes lands with a thumping leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fortes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fortes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fortes wants to clinch.
Fortes tries a head kick but it misses.

Fortes clinches up with Rico and pushes him back against the cage.
Fortes misses with a knee to the head.

Fortes manages to break the clinch.

Fortes clinches up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Fortes.
Knees to the body from Fortes.
Fortes lands a nice elbow.

Fortes manages to break the clinch.
Fortes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fortes tries to close the distance and clinch but Rico swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Fortes tries to clinch but Rico moves out of range.
Fortes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rico swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fortes wants to clinch.
Rico avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Fortes has closed the distance and engaged Rico in a clinch.

Fortes breaks from the clinch.

Fortes has managed to clinch.
Fortes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rico's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fortes decides to pull guard.
Fortes lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Rico!
Fortes wants to control the pace but Rico is squirming around nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fortes controlling from mount.
Rico tries to lock up and control but Fortes gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rico is trying to escape the mount.
Fortes trying to control but Rico is having none of it.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Fortes dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Fortes throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Fortes fails in his attempt to clinch.

Fortes shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Fortes showed some decent athleticism there.
Fortes scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Rico is trying to control but can't.
Rico blocking the ground and pound attempt from Fortes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fortes passes to side control.
Rico is looking to reverse the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Fortes stands up and beckons Rico to his feet.

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

and Fortes counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Fortes.
Rico misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fortes.
Fortes keeps control of Rico as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Fortes jumps guard and drags Rico to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Fortes is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Rico wants to control from the top but Fortes keeps moving.
Fortes is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Rico trying to control but Fortes is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Fortes is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rico is controlling him.
Rico wants to control from the top but Fortes keeps moving.
Fortes looking to control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Horrible takedown by Rico or perhaps it was just good defense by Fortes which made him look bad.
Rico tries to clinch up but Fortes circles away and keeps his distance.
Fortes wants to clinch.
Rico keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rico misses with a telegraphed body shot

and Fortes counters by moving into the clinch.
Fortes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fortes landing knees to the body.

Fortes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fortes moves in looking to clinch but Rico pushes him off.
Fortes darts in trying to clinch

and Rico holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Fortes jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rico walks away with a smile on his face. Fortes gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Fortes tries to clinch but Rico moves away

and Rico counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rico.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rico takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rico takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rico blocks an elbow strike.

Rico decides to pull guard.
Fortes advances to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortes frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Fortes won't let Rico get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Rico is squirming around, avoiding Fortes's attempts to control the action.
Rico can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Fortes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Fortes tries to clinch

and Rico moves into the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Fortes.
Fortes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Fortes breaks from the clinch.
Fortes looks to clinch
and Rico counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Fortes is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Fortes fails with an attempt to clinch.

Fortes clinches up with Rico and pushes him back against the cage.
Fortes lands an elbow inside that Rico shrugs off.

Fortes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fortes tries to clinch up

and Rico moves into the clinch.
Fortes comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fortes lands an elbow that stopped Rico in his tracks for a moment.
Fortes lands an elbow just above Rico 's eye.
A hook to the body from Fortes.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rico.

Fortes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Fortes.
Rico dodges the punch combination from Fortes.
Chou Rico is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fortes throws a head kick but Rico moves out of range.
Fortes tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rico counters with a one-two to the body.
Rico fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

Fortes instigates a clinch.

Fortes breaks the clinch.
Fortes wants to clinch

and Rico counters by moving into the clinch.
Fortes wants to get back to striking at distance but Rico won't allow it.
Rico tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fortes smiles and moves away.
Fortes tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Rico counters with a nice double leg into side control. Fortes won't be happy with that.
Fortes is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Rico trying to control the position but Fortes is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rico stands up and beckons Fortes to his feet.

Fortes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fortes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rico's defenses.
Rico has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Fortes is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chou Rico. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Fortes scores a nice knee to the body.
Rico wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fortes has him pressed against the cage.
Fortes creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rico's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fortes.
Fortes lands an elbow inside that Rico shrugs off.
Fortes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rico lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

Fortes manages to pull guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fortes wants to stand and escape but Rico is having none of it.
Rico will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fortes has his feet on Rico's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Rico avoids the head kick by Fortes.
Rico fails with a takedown attempt.
Rico takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fortes throws a head kick that misses.
Rico tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fortes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fortes tries to clinch up

and Rico counters with a shoot takedown. Fortes fights it but they end up in guard.
Rico's corner is telling him to maintain position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fortes has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Rico off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Fortes stuffs the takedown.
Fortes tries to clinch up
and Rico connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fortes clinches but Rico breaks the clinch

and Rico counters with a nice double leg into side control. Fortes won't be happy with that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rico cracks Fortes with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Fortes throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Rico decides to stand back up. Rico steps back and let's Fortes get back to his feet.
Jose Fortes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rico fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Chou Rico has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Fortes has closed the distance and engaged Rico in a clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chou Rico showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Fortes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Fortes!