PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Don Cortez (ranked 1611 p4p, 1998 weight class) and Jett Denovan (ranked 210 p4p, 261 weight class). Jett Denovan is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Cortez
vs
Denovan

185 cm
22
275
6 - 2 - 0

195 cm
26
270
13 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Brooklyn Apothecary
Brooklyn Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Don Cortez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jett Denovan!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Donald Grub and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Denovan.

Denovan rushes Cortez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Denovan has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Cortez regains guard immediately.
Denovan preventing the sweep.
Cortez is working hard here to advance position.
Denovan stands up over Cortez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cortez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cortez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Denovan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Denovan lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Denovan trying to control but Cortez is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Denovan not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Cortez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Cortez holds on and takes a little breather.
Denovan throws an elbow that misses. Cortez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Denovan's guard. Nice move by Cortez!

Cortez stands up over Denovan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortez stands up over Denovan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cortez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Cortez scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cortez advances position into side control!
Cortez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Denovan keeps working.
Denovan on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Cortez cracks Denovan with a big elbow.
Cortez working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Cortez has knee on belly and moves into mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denovan working to try and regain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cortez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Denovan is trying to escape the mount.
Denovan is still trying to improve position.
Cortez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Denovan is looking to escape.
Denovan is desperately trying to improve his position but Cortez has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cortez cracks Denovan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Denovan sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Denovan is trying to control but can't.
Cortez trying to control from half guard but Denovan is working away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cortez wants to pass to mount but Denovan is defending the position.

Denovan looking for submissions off his back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Don Cortez 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.

Cortez slips a straight right by Denovan.
A punch combination from Cortez misses.
Cortez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cortez throws a lazy uppercut
and Denovan counters with a stiff right hand.

Denovan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cortez wants a takedown but no success here.
Denovan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cortez has a couple of punches blocked by Denovan.

Denovan lands a takedown into guard.
Denovan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cortez looking to control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Denovan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cortez's head.
Cortez is trying to control the position but Denovan postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Denovan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cortez's head.
Denovan slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Denovan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Denovan is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Denovan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cortez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cortez looking for a sweep. Not yet Cortez, not yet.
Denovan missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Denovan trying to control but Cortez is working from the bottom.
Cortez has Denovan pulled in close to control his posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Denovan is one step ahead there.
Cortez has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Denovan has passed into side control.
Denovan scores with a couple of short elbows.
Cortez is trying to work for a sweep but Denovan has mounted him!
Denovan landing strikes from the mount and Cortez is in trouble!
Cortez is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Denovan unloads with some shots from mount but Cortez bucks and avoids them well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denovan thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Cortez has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Denovan's lack of action.
Cortez is looking for a sweep. Denovan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Denovan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Denovan slips a nice elbow through Cortez's hands, connecting with Cortez's forehead.
Denovan looks to land a strike but Cortez avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Jett Denovan has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cortez is adopting a defensive guard.
Denovan trying to control the position from guard on top but Cortez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denovan working some strikes from top position.
Denovan looking to sit in guard and control but Cortez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

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

Denovan looking for a guillotine here but Cortez defends easily.

Denovan is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cortez is aware though and is defending well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jett Denovan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Cortez shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Denovan manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Denovan wriggles free and stands up.
Denovan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cortez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Denovan counters by clinching up.
Denovan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Denovan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cortez's elbow.
Cortez is working for takedown but Denovan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Denovan gets through Cortez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Denovan tries for a takedown but Cortez manages to get underhooks.
Denovan has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Cortez seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Denovan can turn it around.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cortez prevents a takedown attempt there.
Denovan throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortez is trying to maintain a safe position but Denovan gets an underhook and turns Cortez into the cage.
Denovan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Cortez pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Don Cortez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jett Denovan.
Cortez looking to slow down the pace here.
Cortez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Denovan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Denovan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cortezs head.

Denovan gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Cortez has his foot on Denovan's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Denovan works his way back into a safe position though.
Cortez wants to sweep here but Denovan controlling him for the moment.
Cortez seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Denovan throws a strike but Cortez rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

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

Denovan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Cortez trying to control the position from guard on top but Denovan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cortez lands a couple of elbows.
Cortez passes easily into side control. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortez working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

Cortez goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Denovan has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Cortez but great work by Denovan.
Cortez looks to move to half guard but instead Denovan has passed into mount! Damn!
Denovan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cortez working to try and regain half guard.
Cortez tries to hold on but Denovan pushes him away.
Denovan misses with a head shot.
Denovan lands a big elbow.
Denovan lands a big elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denovan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Cortez is trying to escape the mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cortez tries to hold on but Denovan pushes him away.
Cortez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Denovan scoring with strikes but Cortez is staying in there.
Denovan with a couple of short strikes.
Cortez is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Cortez is trying to escape the mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jett Denovan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Denovan has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jett Denovan!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Jett Denovan waved his t-shirt featuring KO GEAR's logo in front of the cameras.