PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Juan Corona (ranked 319 p4p, 941 weight class) and Jose Ronaldo (ranked 43 p4p, 112 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Corona might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Lil Baby, Lil Durk - How It Feels. Jose Ronaldo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Corona
vs
Ronaldo

185 cm
28
154
16 - 7 - 1

170 cm
36
146
17 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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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 16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Juan Corona!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Ronaldo!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ronaldo swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Corona counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Ronaldo throws a body punch but Corona moves out of range.
Corona takes a jab right on the kisser.
Corona connects with a body shot that sends Ronaldo's belly button to the back.
Ronaldo connects with a body shot that sends Corona's belly button to the back.
Corona circles away from the clinch attempt
and Corona counters with a nice leg kick.
Ronaldo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Corona looks to score with a jab to the body but Ronaldo is just out of range.
Ronaldo just misses with a punch to the body.
Corona feints and then cracks Ronaldo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ronaldo down.
Ronaldo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ronaldo misses with a body shot.
No joy there for Ronaldo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ronaldo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Corona tries to keep at a distance but Ronaldo has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corona can't find room to land a body shot as Ronaldo controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Corona scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ronaldo misses with the head strike.
Ronaldo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ronaldo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Corona's elbow.
Corona is trying to pull guard but Ronaldo turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ronaldo can't find room to land a body shot as Corona controls the action.
Corona scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Corona scores with a nice short uppercut.
Corona lands with a light punch inside.
Corona misses with a short punch on the inside.
Corona blocks a body shot from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ronaldo.
A right hook to the body lands for Ronaldo.
Corona throws a punch but it's blocked by Ronaldo.
Corona jumps guard but Ronaldo stands there with Corona around his waist. Corona gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Corona goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corona lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Corona has Ronaldo pushed against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ronaldo stalls.
Ronaldo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ronaldo throws a head punch that misses.
Corona tries to pull guard but Ronaldo won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juan Corona. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ronaldo tries to work over Corona's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ronaldo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ronaldo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Corona has Ronaldo pressed against the cage.
Ronaldo can't find room to land a body shot as Corona controls the action.
Ronaldo misses with a body punch.
Corona working aggressively here.
Corona working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corona makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Corona prevents a body shot from Ronaldo.
Corona working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Corona manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Ronaldo tries to free his leg and advance position but Corona is retaining full guard.
Corona is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Corona with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Corona looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Corona slows the pace down in half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Corona trying to control from Ronaldo's half guard. Ronaldo has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Corona will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Ronaldo is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Corona pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ronaldo is keeping the position for now.
Corona wants to control from the top but Ronaldo keeps moving.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Juan Corona dominated that round.
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.

Ronaldo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Corona manages to avoid it.
Ronaldo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Corona connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ronaldo. Ronaldo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Corona throws a jab when Ronaldo was well out of range.
Ronaldo tries to close the distance and clinch but Corona swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Corona lands a really nice looking cross but Ronaldo seems unphased.
Corona with a hook.
Corona wants to slow Ronaldo down by chopping away at his legs.
Ronaldo thuds a left hand into Corona's body.
Corona really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Ronaldo closes the distance and clinches.
Corona looking to stall.
Ronaldo lands a nice uppercut.
Ronaldo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Corona gets through Ronaldo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Corona tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ronaldo misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corona lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ronaldo backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Corona.
Corona tries a body shot but Ronaldo blocks it.
Ronaldo lands a left hand.
Ronaldo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
I was talking to Corona's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ronaldo misses with a body punch.
Corona blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ronaldo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ronaldo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Corona lands a left hand.
Ronaldo tries to throw a body punch but Corona avoids it by throwing Ronaldo back against the cage.
Corona blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Corona lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Corona.
Corona tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Corona.
Ronaldo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Corona has a couple of punches blocked by Ronaldo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Corona tries to work over Ronaldo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Corona is trying to pull guard but Ronaldo has him pressed against the cage.
Corona blocks an uppercut.
Corona throws a head punch that misses.
Ronaldo misses with the head strike.
Corona is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ronaldo is keeping busy.
Corona is trying to pull guard but Ronaldo turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Corona blocks an uppercut.
Ronaldo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Corona goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Corona scores with a shot to the side of Ronaldo's head.
Ronaldo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ronaldo takes a shot to the head.
Ronaldo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ronaldo pushes Corona back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Corona misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ronaldo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Corona swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ronaldo scores with a nice hook to the head.

Corona jumps guard and drags Ronaldo to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Corona has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Ronaldo doesn't defend quickly enough and Corona has managed to lock this one up! Can Ronaldo escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Corona on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Juan Corona!
Juan Corona decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.