PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Ubaldo Cortez (ranked 2000 p4p, 2754 weight class) and Australian RooMan (ranked 273 p4p, 342 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Cortez
vs
RooMan

186 cm
30
180
15 - 14 - 0

185 cm
38
170
13 - 8 - 1

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class boxer
Heavy handed

Conquer
Conviction

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 15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ubaldo Cortez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Australian RooMan!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Edson Gomes and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
RooMan rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cortez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
It looked like Cortez was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from RooMan.
A shot to the body from Cortez misses
and RooMan counters with a three punch combo that has Cortez backing up. Cortez nods at RooMan to acknowledge the strikes.
A swing and a miss from RooMan.
RooMan with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cortez to score with a decent uppercut.

It looks like Australian RooMan has been cut.
Cortez throws a low kick but RooMan avoids it.
Cortez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from RooMan.
Cortez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from RooMan.
RooMan throws a looping overhand right but Cortez ducks down to avoid it.
RooMan misses with a combination
and Cortez counters with a nice body kick.
Cortez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cortez throws a big shot that misses.
Cortez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
RooMan misses the shot to the body.
Cortez scores with a push kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cortez scores with a jab to the body.
Cortez defending well as RooMan loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
RooMan misses with a straight right.
RooMan walks into a left hand.
RooMan throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cortez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
RooMan thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cortez throws a wild body kick that RooMan sees coming a mile off.
Cortez connects with a quick right hand that sends RooMan tumbling backwards onto the canvas! As his head bounces into the ropes, it doesn't look good for him beating the count! 3,4,5,6,7 and he's up! No, he's back down again! This one is all over - the referee has called off the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Ubaldo Cortez!
A very excited looking Ubaldo Cortez made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.