PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Cordoba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Paulsen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cordoba comes to the cage accompanied by English Fire by CoF. Paulsen has chosen Man! I Feel Like a Woman as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Cordoba
vs
Paulsen

191 cm
29
232 lbs
21 - 8 - 0

205 cm
31
275 lbs
35 - 8 - 1

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Cordoba!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jan Paulsen!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paulsen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Paulsen scores with a kick to the body.
Cordoba misses with a body kick.
Paulsen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cordoba throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cordoba throws a sloppy head kick
and Paulsen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Paulsen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Paulsen pushes Cordoba back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cordoba lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Paulsen backwards.
Paulsen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cordoba misses with an elbow over the top.
Cordoba misses with a hook from the clinch.
Paulsen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cordoba's elbow.
Cordoba prevents the takedown attempt.
Paulsen blocks an uppercut.
Cordoba tries to land knees in the clinch but Paulsen avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cordoba scores with a shoulder strike.
Cordoba has a couple of punches blocked by Paulsen.
Cordoba tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cordoba tries a body shot but Paulsen blocks it.
A short right from Paulsen.
Cordoba tries to land a knee to the head but Paulsen blocks with his arms.
Cordoba stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cordoba throws a punch but it's blocked by Paulsen.
Cordoba misses with a knee to the head.
Paulsen tries to throw a body punch but Cordoba avoids it by throwing Paulsen back against the cage.
Cordoba throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Paulsen stalls.
Cordoba landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen struggles to land a body shot inside as Cordoba controls his hands.
Paulsen blocking some punches.
Cordoba is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Paulsen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Paulsen is leaning against Cordoba and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cordoba goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cordoba doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Paulsen prevents a body shot from Cordoba.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paulsen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cordoba lands a left hand.
Cordoba wants to stall.
Paulsen managing to block the knees to the body from Cordoba.
A right hook to the body lands for Cordoba.
Cordoba tries to stall but Paulsen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cordoba avoiding damage.
Paulsen takes a knee to the side of the body.
Cordoba gets underhooks to prevent Paulsen's takedown attempt.
Paulsen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Paulsen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cordoba goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cordoba is trying to stall.
Paulsen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cordoba tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Paulsen avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cordoba just misses with a elbow thrown towards Paulsen's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen prevents a body shot from Cordoba.
Cordoba looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Paulsen fails to land.
Cordoba slows down the pace here.
Cordoba struggles to land a body shot inside as Paulsen controls his hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cordoba is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Paulsen is defending well for now.
Paulsen lands a body punch.
Cordoba looking to throw knees to the head but Paulsen is blocking nicely.
A body shot lands from Cordoba.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paulsen crunches a lovely knee into Cordoba's ribcage.

Paulsen gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Well, if Paulsen is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Alex Cordoba will probably get the nod.
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.

Cordoba uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paulsen.
Cordoba scores with a nice strike.
Cordoba lands with a hook. Paulsen tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Cordoba here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Paulsen tries to bum rush Cordoba with a series of wild strikes but Cordoba uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Paulsen dives in and grabs Cordoba's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cordoba pushes down on Paulsen's head and hops out.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Paulsen.
Cordoba swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Paulsen counters with a solid body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cordoba misses with a low kick.
Cordoba takes a swing at Paulsen's ribcage but misses.

Cordoba moves into the clinch.
Cordoba throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cordoba creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Paulsen misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Paulsen breaks from the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Paulsen.
Paulsen throws a left and a right that both miss

and Cordoba counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Paulsen drops down looking for an ankle pick but Cordoba pulls his leg out and moves away.
Paulsen cracks Cordoba with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice shot lands for Paulsen.
Cordoba doesn't manage to clinch there - Paulsen circles away.
Paulsen swats away the attempt to clinch by Cordoba.
Cordoba throws a right and a left that Paulsen avoids nicely.
Alex Cordoba is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Paulsen misses the jab.
A slow jab from Cordoba misses its intended target.
Paulsen checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cordoba fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Paulsen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Paulsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paulsen blocks a jab.
Jan Paulsen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cordoba wants to slow Paulsen down by chopping away at his legs.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Paulsen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cordoba - the referee stops the clock and Paulsen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cordoba. Paulsen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Paulsen throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Paulsen looks to land a right hand but Cordoba moved out of range.
Paulsen looks to score with a jab to the body but Cordoba is just out of range.
Paulsen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cordoba.
Cordoba ducks under a wild hook from Paulsen.

Paulsen gets tackled into the cage by Cordoba. Cordoba maintains the clinch.
Cordoba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Paulsen.
Paulsen blocks an elbow strike.
Paulsen misses with a hook to the ribs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulsen misses with the head strike.
Cordoba tries a knee to the head but Paulsen blocks it.
Cordoba trying to land knees to the body.
Paulsen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Alex Cordoba has been cut.
Cordoba goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cordoba using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Paulsen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A bit of stalling here from Paulsen.
Paulsen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cordoba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Paulsen.
Cordoba lands a left hand.

Paulsen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Paulsen checks a leg kick.
Cordoba tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cordoba throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cordoba throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cordoba throws a leg kick that is checked
and Paulsen counters with a right hand to the body.
Cordoba throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Paulsen on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cordoba is looking to chop away at Paulsen's legs.
Cordoba uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Paulsen has time to react.
Cordoba lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cordoba throws the kick towards the body but Paulsen avoids it.
Cordoba misses with an attempted mid kick.
Paulsen swings for the body but Cordoba moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Paulsen.
Paulsen works Cordoba's body with a nice hook.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paulsen lands a nice hook to Cordoba's body. Cordoba takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cordoba avoids a kick to the body.
Cordoba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Paulsen manages to avoid it.
A lazy left from Paulsen finds it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jan Paulsen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Alex Cordoba's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Cordoba misses with a low kick.
Paulsen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Paulsen throws a lazy right hand but Cordoba sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Paulsen.
Paulsen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cordoba manages to avoid it.
Paulsen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Cordoba avoids it really well and circles away.
Cordoba fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Paulsen manages to avoid it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cordoba checks a leg kick.
Paulsen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cordoba's sensitive parts.
Jab by Paulsen.
Paulsen lands a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paulsen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cordoba.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Paulsen!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Paulsen rushes Cordoba and presses him up against the cage.
Cordoba is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Paulsen is keeping busy.
Cordoba misses with a hook to the ribs.
Paulsen throws a head punch that misses.
Cordoba throws a head punch that misses.
Alex Cordoba has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cordoba misses with an elbow strike.
Cordoba working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cordoba throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Paulsen avoids the elbow strike from Cordoba, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paulsen.
Paulsen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Paulsen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cordoba gets underhooks to prevent Paulsen's takedown attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cordoba throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Paulsen blocks it with crossed arms.
Cordoba misses with some punches.
Paulsen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Paulsen lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cordoba backwards.
Cordoba tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Paulsen avoids it.
Paulsen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cordoba just misses with a elbow thrown towards Paulsen's brow.
A head punch on the inside from Cordoba fails to land.
Cordoba looking to throw knees to the head but Paulsen is blocking nicely.
Cordoba throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paulsen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cordoba misses with a hook to the ribs.
Paulsen cracks Cordoba with a nice body shot.
Paulsen lands with a short shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Paulsen scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cordoba throws an elbow but misses.
Paulsen is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Cordoba is defending well.
Alex Cordoba has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jan Paulsen.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Paulsen.
A nice right hand lands inside from Paulsen.

Cordoba is rocked!
Paulsen dips a shoulder and cracks Cordoba with a mighty uppercut! Cordoba falls back against the cage and Paulsen unloads with a barrage of strikes! Cordoba is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Paulsen screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jan Paulsen! Jan Paulsen retains his heavyweight title!
After the big win, Jan Paulsen made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Conviction and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.