PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Cortezi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joaum Magno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cortezi comes to the cage accompanied by MindFlow - Shuffle up and Deal. Magno comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Justin Bieber vs. Slipknot - Psychosocial Baby kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Cortezi
vs
Magno

174 cm
18
147 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
153 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Cortezi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joaum Magno!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cortezi fails to land with a series of punches.
Cortezi misses with a two punch combination.
Magno misses with a wild combination.
Magno keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Magno thows a body shot but no joy.
Cortezi misses with a wild combination.
A looping hook to the body misses from Magno. Cortezi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cortezi throws a lazy uppercut
and Magno counters with an inside leg kick.
Magno moves forwards but Cortezi connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cortezi looks to land a combination but Magno avoids it well.
A big left from Cortezi misses.
Cortezi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from Cortezi misses.
Cortezi fails to land with a series of punches.
A lazy left from Cortezi finds it's target.
Cortezi misses with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortezi fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cortezi misses with a looping left.
Magno throws a chopping leg kick but Cortezi manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cortezi fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Magno on the side of the head.
Magno is looking to score with low kicks.
Magno misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cortezi.
Cortezi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Magno moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cortezi misses with an uppercut. Magno saw that one coming.
Magno is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cortezi throws a shot from downtown. Magno moves away and avoids it.
Cortezi throws a poor cross that misses
and Magno counters with a thumping low kick.
Cortezi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Magno moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cortezi is breathing heavily.
Cortezi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Magno.
Cortezi misses with a combination
letting Magno counter with a right hand.
Magno cracks a nice hook into Cortezi's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magno misses with a looping left.
Magno takes one on the button.
Cortezi misses with a double jab
and Magno counters with a left and a right that stings Cortezi.
Some wild striking there from Cortezi.
Cortezi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Magno makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Magno lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cortezi circles away quickly and effectively.
Magno connects with a leg kick. Cortezi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Magno is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cortezi rather than just go for the knockout.
Cortezi throws an off balance right hand
and Magno counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Magno moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cortezi misses the body punch
and Magno counters with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Magno lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cortezi darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortezi misses with the combination.
Cortezi is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Magno does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Magno lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cortezi circles away quickly and effectively.
Magno throws a nice looking combination but Cortezi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Magno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cortezi moves away.
Cortezi misses with a double jab.
Cortezi lands with a nice combination. Magno backs away looking to recover.
Magno moves away from the strike by Cortezi.
Magno connects with an inside leg kick.
Magno tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Donk. Cortezi catches Magno right on the button with a cross.
Cortezi throws a jab but it's blocked by Magno.
Magno misses with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortezi misses with a hook.
Magno connects with a leg kick. Cortezi looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cortezi ducks under a wild hook from Magno.
A leg kick checked by Cortezi.
Cortezi scores with a one two! Magno had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

Magno is rocked!
Magno circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Cortezi. Magno falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Cortezi!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pedro Cortezi!