PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Cotto (ranked 4380 p4p, 4417 weight class) and Thomas Hearns (ranked 468 p4p, 475 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Cotto
vs
Hearns

190 cm
18
185
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
160
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

BRAZEN - Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Miguel Cotto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thomas Hearns!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Tiny Johnson and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hearns misses with a looping right.
Cotto misses with a body punch
and Hearns counters with a nice uppercut.
Hearns throws a hook to the side of Cotto's head but Cotto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Hearns misses.
A quick step to the side and Cotto tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hearns misses with a right hand
and Hearns takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hearns smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Hearns misses with a hook
and Cotto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hearns lands with a straight right. Cotto didn't see that one coming.
A jab lands there for Hearns.
Cotto lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hearns throws out a loose jab but Cotto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cotto throwing a counter right hand but Hearns manages to avoid it.
Hearns scores with a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearns waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cotto.
A jab from Hearns misses.
Hearns takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cotto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hearns.
Hearns looks to land a left hand but Cotto moved out of range nicely.
Cotto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cotto was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Hearns throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cotto appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hearns 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.
Hearns loads up on a big right hand but Cotto slips the punch.
Hearns jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cotto is looking to counter punch.
Hearns throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cotto counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearns misses with a hook
and Cotto counters with a straight right hand.
Hearns lands a jab.
Hearns misses with a combination
and Cotto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hearns swings widly with a right hand
and Cotto counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cotto avoids the body shot from Hearns.
Hearns swings widly with a right hand
and Cotto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Hearns is rocked!
Hearns swinging wildly here.
Cotto is looking to counter punch.
Hearns moves out of range of the strikes.
Hearns throws a right hand that misses
and Cotto counters with a left to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Hearns as he connects with a hook.
Cotto throws a shot to the body.
Hearns cracks Cotto with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Cotto doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hearns pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Cotto wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cotto steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hearns.
Hearns throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cotto connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hearns pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hearns throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cotto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hearns throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hearns's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cotto under the eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hearns rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cotto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hearns looks to score with a jab to the body but Cotto is just out of range.
Cotto misses with a looping right.
Thomas Hearns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cotto lunges at Hearns with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hearns's hand.
Hearns misses with a hook
and Cotto counters with a stiff right hand.
Hearns is still on wobbly legs! Can Cotto finish him?
Hearns misses with a right hand
and Cotto counters with a huge left! Hearns is in big trouble! He's backing up but Cotto isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Hearns from any more damage. A dominating finish by Cotto!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Miguel Cotto!
Miguel Cotto seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.