Found this video on youtube, clearest one I've seen that shows Cortez had restarted the fight with time to spare, pretty much clears that up imo. Ortiz has no one to blame, Cortez definitely didn't say "break" before Mayweather clocked him.
Starts with some headbutts but after the point deduction He says it at about :36 seconds, and whoever made the video repeats the part just to make sure he then backs off and lets the fighters fight and asks the timekeeper if the bell had rung yet to make sure the round was still happening he got a yes obviously after the knockdown cause he started counting. But he also started the fight as clear as day so I don't know where Ortiz felt that Cortez was breaking them apart.
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