PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chief Chumbo (ranked 2286 p4p, 2232 weight class) and Ubaldo Cortez (ranked 310 p4p, 301 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Chumbo
vs
Cortez

177 cm
22
179
6 - 5 - 0

186 cm
21
185
4 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Conviction
Conquer

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 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Chief Chumbo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ubaldo Cortez!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Emerson Jorge and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cortez is looking to clinch.
Chumbo misses with a looping left.
Chumbo takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Chumbo has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gainers in the buildup to the fight.
Cortez throws a head kick that misses

and Chumbo counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Cortez!
Cortez pushes Chumbo away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Chumbo gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Chumbo throws an elbow but Cortez slips to the side and avoids it well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cortez can do anything to dispel that myth.
Chumbo misses with the ground and pound.
Chumbo is working Cortez over with some ground and pound from side control.
Chumbo landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Cortez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sloppy strikes there by Chumbo.
Chumbo scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Cortez to see if he's OK.
Cortez tries to escape but Chumbo is in control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortez parries the strikes from Chumbo easily there. Chumbo is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Cortez to escape.
Cortez is not content to let Chumbo control the position.
Cortez is trying to get back to his feet.
Chumbo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cortez keeps working.
Chumbo misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Chumbo looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Cortez is avoiding damage well.
The ground and pound from Chumbo seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Chumbo is putting a hurting on Cortez here, landing some big shots from side control.
Cortez pushes Chumbo away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Chumbo gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Chumbo's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Chumbo 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.
The strikes coming from Chumbo are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Cortez is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Chumbo has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Chumbo working the ground and pound.
The ground and pound from Chumbo seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Cortez is not content to let Chumbo control the position.
The strikes coming from Chumbo are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
The strikes coming from Chumbo are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Chumbo creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Cortez sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chumbo slows the pace down.
Chumbo working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Chumbo prevents Cortez from escaping the position.
Cortez takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Chumbo landing strikes.
Chumbo misses with the ground and pound.
Cortez defending against the ground and pound.
Cortez taking punishment in the form of punches.
Chumbo in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Cortez is pushing Chumbo's head away, looking to escape. Chumbo manages to hold on to the position though.
Cortez felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Cortez can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chumbo working the head and body with strikes.
Chumbo misses with the ground and pound.
Chumbo working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Cortez pushes Chumbo away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Chumbo gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Chumbo misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Chumbo lands some shots froms side control.
Cortez is looking for a sweep.
Cortez tries to escape but Chumbo is in control.
Chumbo is putting a hurting on Cortez here, landing some big shots from side control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Chief Chumbo dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Chumbo moves out of range of the strikes.
Cortez misses with a kick to the body.
Chumbo looks for a takedown but Cortez sprawls well.
Chumbo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cortezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Chumbo misses with a right hand
and Cortez counters with a straight right hand.
Chumbo takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Cortez just misses with a punch to the body.
Cortez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Chumbo on the side of the head.
Chumbo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cortez pinned against the cage. Cortez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cortez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chumbo walks into a left hand.
Chumbo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cortez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Cortez throws out a counter right but Chumbo avoids it with no problem.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chief Chumbo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chumbo throws a shot from downtown. Cortez moves away and avoids it.
Cortez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chumbo connects with a looping right hand.
Cortez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Chumbo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cortez connects with a body shot.
Chumbo slips under a jab from Cortez.
Chumbo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Ubaldo Cortez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cortez takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Chumbo throws a right hand that misses
and Cortez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chumbo dives in and grabs Cortez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cortez pushes down on Chumbo's head and hops out.
Cortez stuffs the takedown.
Cortez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Chumbo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cortez delivers a nice body kick.
Chumbo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Chumbo takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cortez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chumbo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Chumbo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cortez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cortez gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Cortez wants to stand and escape but Chumbo is having none of it.
Cortez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cortez wants to stand but Chumbo is controlling the position.
Chumbo is looking to work some ground and pound but Cortez has wrist control.
Chumbo throwing strikes from guard but Cortez blocks nicely.
Chumbo is looking to work some ground and pound but Cortez has wrist control.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Cortez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Chumbo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chumbo scoring with some ground and pound.
Chumbo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cortez tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Chumbo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cortez can do to turn this around?
Chumbo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Chumbo is looking to work some ground and pound but Cortez has wrist control.
Chumbo prevents Cortez from getting back to his feet.
Chumbo is working Cortez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Chumbo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Chumbo landing with the ground and pound.
Chumbo stops Cortez from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cortez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Chumbo cracks Cortez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Chumbo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cortez circles away quickly and effectively.
Cortez appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Good shot there by Chumbo.
Chumbo just misses with a punch to the body.
Cortez lands with a right hand.

Chumbo closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Cortez quickly recovers to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chumbo throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Cortez to regain full guard.
Chumbo stops Cortez from standing up.
Chumbo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Chumbo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cortez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ubaldo Cortez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Cortez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cortez connects with an inside leg kick.
Cortez slaps away a takedown attempt from Chumbo, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A cross from Cortez lands.
Cortez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cortez misses with a body shot.
Cortez lands a front kick.
Cortez tests Chumbo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cortez looks to land a body kick but Chumbo moved away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab by Cortez.
Cortez swings widly with a right hand

and Chumbo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Cortez's guard.
Cortez wants to get back to his feet but Chumbo passes into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Chumbo looks to land a strike but Cortez avoids it nicely and regains full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chumbo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Chumbo's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Chumbo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Chumbo throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Chumbo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Chumbo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Chumbo won't allow Cortez to get back to his feet.
Chumbo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cortez is keeping the position for now.
Chumbo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Chumbo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortez utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Chumbo postures up and lands a big shot to Cortez's brow.
Chumbo trying to control but Cortez is working from the bottom.
Chumbo is really struggling to control Cortez but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Cortez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Chumbo.
Chumbo works over Cortez with some ground and pound from guard.
Chumbo with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Chumbo is working Cortez over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Chumbo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Chumbo.
Chumbo postures up in Cortez's guard and throws a big left but Cortez blocks it.
Chumbo working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cortez's head.
Chumbo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Chumbo landing some decent shots from guard.
Chumbo working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Chumbo throws a big right hand that misses.
Chumbo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Chumbo throwing strikes but missing.
Chumbo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chumbo cracks Cortez with a solid left hand.
Chumbo is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Chumbo won't allow Cortez to get back to his feet.
Chumbo working some strikes from top position.
Chumbo trying to control but Cortez is working from the bottom.
Cortez wants to stand and escape but Chumbo is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cortez is pulling down on Chumbo's head. It's preventing any offense from Chumbo, at least for the moment.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Chumbo connects with a single shot there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chief Chumbo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Chumbo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chief Chumbo!