PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Melankomas Caria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Cornell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Cornell is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Caria
vs
Cornell

186 cm
18
171 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
18
177 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Basic striking
Very strong

Excellent MT
Powerful

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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Melankomas Caria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chris Cornell!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Caria instigates a clinch.

Caria's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cornell connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Caria misses with an uppercut.
Caria lands a glancing blow to the side of Cornell's head.
Caria looks to throw the jab but Cornell is out of range.
Caria lands with a right hand.
Cornell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Caria ducks right into an uppercut from Cornell.
Caria looks to score with a jab to the body but Cornell is just out of range.
Cornell throws out a counter right but Caria avoids it with no problem.
Caria displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cornell throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Caria. Cornell does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Cornell misses.
A slow jab from Caria misses its intended target.
Caria misses with a straight left.
Cornell looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

Caria gets a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Caria's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Caria scores with a shoulder strike.

Caria manages to break the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Cornell misses the target.
Caria throwing a counter right hand but Cornell manages to avoid it.
Jab, jab by Cornell - just one landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cornell lands a glancing blow to the side of Caria's head.
Cornell misses with a right hand
enabling Caria to counter with a crisp jab.
Cornell looks to throw the jab but Caria is out of range.
Caria moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cornell works the jab nicely.
Caria swings for the body but Cornell moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Cornell.
Caria tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Caria uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cornell.
Caria slips under a jab from Cornell.
Caria definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Caria misses the jab.
Caria looks to land a left hand but Cornell moved out of range nicely.
Caria misses with a jab to the body
and Cornell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Caria misses with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caria fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cornell manages to avoid it.
Cornell throws a hook but Caria avoids it easily.
Caria swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Caria throws a right hand that misses
and Caria takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caria throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cornell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Caria swats away the attempt to clinch by Cornell.
Cornell takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Caria closes the distance and clinches.
Caria blocks a body shot from Cornell.
Caria keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cornell's efforts to push away.
Cornell has a couple of punches blocked by Caria.
Cornell throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Caria misses with the head strike.
Cornell misses with a hook to the ribs.
Caria tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cornell's elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caria tries a body shot but Cornell blocks it.
Cornell doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cornell struggles to land a body shot inside as Caria controls his hands.
Caria lands a shoulder strike.
Caria tries to work over Cornell's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
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 Melankomas Caria 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.

Caria throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Cornell counter with a right hand.
Cornell might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Cornell throws a jab when Caria was well out of range.
Cornell misses with a left hand
and Caria counters with a three punch combo that has Cornell backing up. Cornell nods at Caria to acknowledge the strikes.
Cornell misses with a hook
and Caria counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Caria moves out of range of the strikes.
Caria misses with a straight right.
Cornell dips to his left and cracks Caria with an uppercut!
Caria jabs at Cornell's body.

Caria moves into the clinch successfully.
A right hook to the body lands for Cornell.
Cornell lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cornell misses with a punch to the body.
Caria can't find room to land a body shot as Cornell controls the action.
Caria scores with a shot to the side of Cornell's head.
Cornell scores with a shot to the side of Caria's head.
Melankomas Caria has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Caria digs a right hand underneath Cornell's ribcage. Cornell let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cornell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cornell misses with a body punch.
Caria blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cornell pushes Caria back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cornell misses with some punches.
Cornell lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Caria.
Caria tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Caria swings wildly with an uppercut but Cornell uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cornell scores with a shoulder strike.
Cornell blocks a body shot from Caria.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cornell.
Cornell can't find room to land a body shot as Caria controls the action.
Cornell keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Caria's efforts to push away.
Caria misses with a body punch.
Cornell blocking some punches.
Caria lands a hook that snaps the head of Cornell backwards.
Cornell blocks a body shot from Caria.
A head punch on the inside from Cornell fails to land.
Caria tries a body shot but Cornell blocks it.
Nice body punch from Cornell - that landed with a thud.
Caria swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caria misses with a punch to the body.
Caria blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Caria struggles to land a body shot inside as Cornell controls his hands.
Caria misses with a hook from the clinch.
Caria misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cornell.
Caria lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cornell.
Cornell digs a right hand underneath Caria's ribcage. Caria let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cornell tries to work over Caria's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Caria is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Caria scores with a shoulder strike.
Caria wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Caria scores with a shot to the side of Cornell's head.
A left hand lands to the body for Cornell.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Caria.
Cornell lands with a light punch inside.
Caria doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Caria lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cornell backwards.
A short body shot lands from Cornell as the two fighters clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Melankomas Caria will probably get the nod.
That's time! Caria's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Caria keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cornell.
Caria avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Caria slips under a jab.
Cornell throws a lazy right hand but Caria sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Caria misses the target.
Cornell throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Caria sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cornell misses with a hook. Caria ducked under it nicely.
A punch lands to the side of Caria 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cornell cracks Caria with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Caria throws the left hand but Cornell avoids the punch easily.
Cornell throws out a counter right but Caria avoids it with no problem.
Cornell takes one to the chin there.
Caria uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cornell.
Cornell blocks a jab.
It seemed like Cornell was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cornell misses with a few strikes there.
Chris Cornell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Caria throws a body shot but no joy.
Caria throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Caria defending well as Cornell loads up on a big left hand.
Cornell misses with a straight right.
Caria slips under a jab.
Caria throwing a counter right hand but Cornell manages to avoid it.
Melankomas Caria is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Caria slips a jab from Cornell.
Caria throws a body shot but no joy.
Cornell loads up on a big right hand but Caria slips the punch.
Caria fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cornell manages to avoid it.
Cornell looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Caria looks to score with a jab to the body but Cornell is just out of range.
Cornell looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Caria throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Caria wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Caria pushes Cornell up against the ropes in a clinch.
Cornell lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Caria misses with some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Caria.
Cornell misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Cornell fails to land.
Cornell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Caria tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cornell tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chris Cornell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caria fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Caria misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Cornell.
Cornell pushes Caria back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cornell prevents a body shot from Caria.
Cornell can't find room to land a body shot as Caria controls the action.
Cornell throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cornell digs a right hand underneath Caria's ribcage. Caria let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Caria effectively controlling the action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Caria.
Cornell tries a body shot but Caria blocks it.
Caria content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Caria softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Cornell lands a nice shot to the body.
Caria lands a left hand.
Cornell lands a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Cornell comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Caria 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 28:30
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Chris Cornell!
Chris Cornell took some time post fight to say the following; 'I just pissed excellence all over your sorry carcass!'.