PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Corona (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marshal Huber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Corona
vs
Huber

172 cm
21
147 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Advantage XXX nutrition
S.W.A.T.

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jose Corona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marshal Huber!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corona stuffs the takedown.
Huber takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Huber shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Huber misses with a low kick.
Huber shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jose Corona has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marshal Huber.
Huber fails with an attempt to clinch.
Corona avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Corona darts in and clinches Huber up against the cage.
Corona prevents a takedown attempt there.
Huber tries to pull guard but Corona holds him up against the cage and eventually Huber drops back down to his feet.
Huber looking to slow down the pace here.
Corona stalls.
Huber misses with a short punch on the inside.

Corona breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Huber tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Corona counters with a shoot takedown. Huber fights it but they end up in guard.

Corona stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Huber is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Corona.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huber shoots and misses

and Corona counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Corona.

Corona gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Huber regains guard.
Corona slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Corona advances to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Corona is controlling the pace.

Corona stands up and beckons Huber to join him on the feet.

Corona pushes Huber up against the cage in a clinch.
Corona with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Huber tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Corona turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Corona manages to end up in side control.
Huber is looking to regain half guard here but Corona keeps moving and retains side control.
Corona wants to control but Huber is keeping him busy.
Huber can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corona remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

Corona stands up and beckons Huber to his feet.
Corona is breathing heavily.
Huber has his takedown stuffed

and Corona counters by clinching up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Corona content to slow the pace in the clinch.

Corona jumps guard and drags Huber to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Huber looking to pass the guard.
Huber is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Corona looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Huber stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Corona swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Huber wanted to stand there but Corona had control of the position.
Huber pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Corona is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corona looking to control.
Corona pulls Huber in to control the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Corona changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Huber looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Huber tries to buck Corona off but Corona is having none of it.
Corona happy to just control the position for now.
Corona works to advance to full mount. Huber defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Corona punishing his opponent with strikes.

Corona is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Marshal Huber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Corona clinches up with Huber and pushes him back against the cage.
Corona with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Corona landing knees to the body.
Corona connects with a nasty looking knee right to Huber's face.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Corona.

Corona has clasped his hands together around Huber's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corona is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Huber is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Corona content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Huber is trying to get back to full guard.
Corona seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Huber has a hand on Corona's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Corona takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!

Corona wants to finish this one by submission but Huber is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Corona.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Corona postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Huber looks a forlorn figure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Corona dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Huber misses with a takedown

and Corona counters with a shoot takedown. Huber fights it but they end up in guard.
Huber trying to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Huber keeping moving, preventing Corona from controlling successfully.
Corona controls from within his opponent's guard.
Corona stops Huber from standing up.
Corona trying to control but Huber is working from the bottom.
Huber keeping full guard, as Corona tries to pass.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Huber looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

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

and Corona counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Corona is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Huber can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corona controlling the pace.
Jose Corona overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Huber is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Corona controlling the pace.

Corona gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Huber fails with the takedown

and Corona counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Huber!
Huber takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Huber wants to control but Corona is having none of it.
Corona controlling his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huber is looking to improve his position but Corona isn't that keen on the idea.
Corona controlling from the full mount.
Corona putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Huber is wriggling around trying to escape.
A nice elbow there by Corona.
Huber is wriggling around trying to escape.
Huber swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Huber is trying to escape the mount.
Huber is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The referee warns Huber that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Huber wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corona tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Corona stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

Corona rushes Huber and presses him up against the cage.
Corona's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Nice elbow from Corona.

Corona successfully pulls guard.
Huber trying to stand up but can't free himself from Corona's guard.
Huber looking to sit in guard and control but Corona gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Corona avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corona pushing down on Huber's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Corona throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Huber tries to roll over but Corona keeps him under control.
Corona is looking to take a break and control but Huber is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Huber is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Corona perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Huber is defending against the submission attempts here by Corona.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Huber tries to roll over but Corona keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Corona dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Huber misses with a takedown

and Corona counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Huber fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Huber misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Corona gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Huber is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Huber looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Corona is tying to control. Huber wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Huber is trying to stand up here but Corona is controlling him well.

Corona stands up and beckons Huber to join him on the feet.
Huber clobbers Corona with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Corona shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Huber is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Huber takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Corona controlling from the full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huber working to try and regain half guard.
Corona controlling the pace for now.

Corona is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Huber shoots and misses

and Corona counters by clinching up.

Corona breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Corona gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Corona manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Corona pulls Huber in close to prevent any damage.

Corona pushes Huber off and scrambles back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Corona decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Corona controlling the action here.
Corona prevents Huber from improving his position.
Huber looks like he's trying to stand up.

Corona seems to be working for a kimura but Huber defends the submission attempt.
Huber keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Corona escapes and gets back to his feet.

Corona has managed to clinch.
Huber fails to pull guard.
Jose Corona has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marshal Huber.
Corona connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Corona.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corona blocking some punches.

Corona has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Huber regains guard immediately.
Huber is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Corona trying to control but Huber is working from the bottom.
Huber wants to stand but Corona is controlling the position.
Corona trying to control the position from guard on top but Huber is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Huber has his foot on Corona's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Corona works his way back into a safe position though.

Huber looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Corona passes into half guard.
Corona lands with a punch from half guard.

Huber looking for a kimura from the bottom but Corona passes into side control!

Corona decides to stand up, so the ref orders Huber to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Corona shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Huber is desperately trying to improve his position but Corona has a good base and remains in mount.
Huber wants to control but Corona is having none of it.
Huber sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Corona is trying to control the action in half guard but Huber is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Corona seems content to control.
Huber tries to roll over but Corona keeps him under control.
Corona is taking a breather. Huber says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Corona has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marshal Huber has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Huber actively working from the bottom here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Corona showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Corona 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:25
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:25
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:25

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