PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Nitro (ranked 1650 p4p, 2705 weight class) and Sonny Corleone Jr. (ranked 226 p4p, 364 weight class). Nitro kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Burn It Down. Jimmy Nitro had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Nitro
vs
Corleone Jr.

190 cm
26
200
7 - 5 - 0

186 cm
28
200
8 - 7 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Bondi MMA 🏝️
The Natural Order

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimmy Nitro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sonny Corleone Jr.!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nitro jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

It looks like Sonny Corleone Jr. has been cut.
Some bone on bone action there as Corleone Jr. checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nitro misses with a body kick.
Corleone Jr. blocks a head kick by Nitro.
Nitro throws a big shot that misses.
Nitro lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nitro misses with a head kick.
Corleone Jr. blocks a head kick by Nitro.
Corleone Jr. connects with a solid leg kick.
Nitro throws a front kick that sends Corleone Jr. stumbling back into the cage.
Nitro throws a right hand that misses
and Corleone Jr. counters with a solid body kick.
Nitro throws a nice inside leg kick.
Jimmy Nitro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Nitro misses.
Corleone Jr. has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Corleone Jr. paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Nitro connects with a right hand. Corleone Jr. shakes it off.
Nitro listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nitro misses with a straight right.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nitro defending well as Corleone Jr. loads up on a big left hand.
Nitro throws a sloppy head kick and Corleone Jr. moves out of range easily.
Nitro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Corleone Jr..
Nitro throws a sloppy head kick and Corleone Jr. moves out of range easily.
Corleone Jr. looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Corleone Jr. lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corleone Jr. blocks the body kick.
Nitro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nitro listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That has opened up Sonny Corleone Jr.'s cut even more.
Corleone Jr. turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nitro pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A telegraphed right hand from Corleone Jr. misses the target.
Nitro swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A good leg kick by Corleone Jr..
Nitro swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Corleone Jr. dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Nitro. That did some damage!
Corleone Jr. loads up on a big right hand but Nitro slips the punch.
Corleone Jr. throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nitro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Corleone Jr. throws a body punch but Nitro moves out of range.
Nitro throws a body shot but no joy.
Corleone Jr. delivers a nice body kick.
Nitro uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Corleone Jr..
Corleone Jr. is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nitro keeps Corleone Jr. at a distance using the push kick.
Corleone Jr. blocks the body kick.
Nitro misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nitro throws a head kick but Corleone Jr. moves out of range.
Nitro misses with an uppercut.
Nitro moves out of range as Corleone Jr. strikes.
Good standup being displayed there by Corleone Jr. as he connects with a hook.
Nitro misses with an attempted mid kick.
Corleone Jr. defending well as Nitro loads up on a big left hand.
Nitro tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nitro on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Corleone Jr.. Corleone Jr. obviously looking to wear him down.
Nitro throws a lazy uppercut
and Nitro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Corleone Jr. throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nitro throws a half hearted mid kick.
Corleone Jr. scores with a leg kick.
Nitro uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Corleone Jr. has time to react.
The fighters circle momentarily. Corleone Jr. darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Corleone Jr. takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A big right from Nitro misses.
Nitro throws a sloppy head kick and Corleone Jr. moves out of range easily.
Corleone Jr. connects with a solid leg kick.
Corleone Jr. throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Nitro slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nitro turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Corleone Jr. scores with a jab. Nitro acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Corleone Jr. throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Corleone Jr. moves out of range of the body kick from Nitro.
Corleone Jr. throws out a counter right but Nitro avoids it with no problem.
Corleone Jr. walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

The cut above Sonny Corleone Jr.'s eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Nitro misses with an attempted mid kick.
Nitro is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Corleone Jr. connects with a jab.
Corleone Jr. throws a lazy right hand but Nitro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nitro slips a jab from Corleone Jr..
Corleone Jr. with the inside leg kick.
Corleone Jr. slips under a jab from Nitro.
Corleone Jr. takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Nitro drops his hands momentarily and Corleone Jr. takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Corleone Jr. throws a sloppy head kick and Nitro moves out of range easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Corleone Jr. jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nitro lands a right hook to the body.
Corleone Jr. takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Corleone Jr. slips under a jab.
Nitro misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice cross by Corleone Jr..
Nitro misses with a straight right.
Corleone Jr. lands a slapping body shot.
Nitro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nitro throws a jab but it's blocked by Corleone Jr..
Nitro throws a body kick that misses
and Corleone Jr. counters with a nice leg kick.
Corleone Jr. moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nitro is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Corleone Jr. lands with a shot to the body.
Corleone Jr. lands with a cross.
Nitro takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Nitro cracks Corleone Jr. with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Corleone Jr. connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Nitro momentarily.
Corleone Jr. keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Corleone Jr. avoids a kick to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nitro clobbers Corleone Jr. with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Sonny Corleone Jr.'s cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Nitro looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nitro tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Corleone Jr. is able to avoid easily.
Corleone Jr. looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice straight punches there by Corleone Jr.. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Corleone Jr..
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jimmy Nitro will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sonny Corleone Jr.'s cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Corleone Jr. is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nitro connects with an inside leg kick.
Nitro sizes up Corleone Jr. with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A slapping leg kick lands for Corleone Jr..
Corleone Jr. moves out of range as Nitro throws a body kick.
Nitro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nitro misses with a wild body shot.
Corleone Jr. will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nitro changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Corleone Jr. misses with an uppercut. Nitro saw that one coming.
Corleone Jr. throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nitro.
Nitro throws a lazy right hand but Corleone Jr. sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nitro is looking to score with low kicks.
Corleone Jr. slips a straight right by Nitro.
Nitro throws a lazy head kick
and Corleone Jr. counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circling - Corleone Jr. throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Corleone Jr. ducks under a wild hook from Nitro.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A decent looking cross lands there for Corleone Jr..
Nitro moves out of range as Corleone Jr. strikes.
Corleone Jr. cracks Nitro with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nitro misses with a looping left.
Nitro cracks Corleone Jr. with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nitro gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Corleone Jr. moves into range and connects with a jab.
Corleone Jr. checks a low kick from Nitro.
Corleone Jr. looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
A big right from Corleone Jr. misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Corleone Jr. jabs Nitro to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nitro takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nitro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nitro on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Corleone Jr. looking to land some kicks to the body here.

Nitro lands a big head kick that sends Corleone Jr. tumbling to the mat! Nitro takes a step backwards and waves Corleone Jr. back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Corleone Jr. is rocked!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sonny Corleone Jr.'s cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jimmy Nitro!
Jimmy Nitro is the new middleweight champion!
After winning the bout, Jimmy Nitro thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.