PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eee Zzz (ranked 2647 p4p, 2148 weight class) and Thiago Cortes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eee Zzz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Zzz
vs
Cortes

188 cm
26
180
4 - 1 - 0

189 cm
30
182
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Eee Zzz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thiago Cortes!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Ron Honeybunn and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cortes throws a leg kick which misses Zzz's front leg but catches the back leg as Zzz tries to avoid it.
Cortes connects with a crisp jab.
Cortes jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Zzz misses with a body shot.
Zzz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cortes cracks Zzz with a good jab.
Some wild striking there from Zzz.
Cortes throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cortes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zzz digs a good hook to Cortes's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Zzz seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Cortes lands a glancing blow to the side of Zzz's head.
Cortes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cortes swings for the body but Zzz moves out of range.
Zzz was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Cortes connects with a crisp jab.
Cortes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zzz.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cortes - that will leave a mark!
Cortes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cortes scores with a nice head shot.
Cortes throws a monster overhand right that drops Zzz! Cortes follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thiago Cortes!
A relieved looking Thiago Cortes thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.