PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Cortes (ranked 579 p4p, 119 weight class) and Benny The Bouncer (ranked 79 p4p, 17 weight class). Benny The Bouncer has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cortes
vs
The Bouncer

189 cm
31
182
6 - 4 - 1

182 cm
38
178
25 - 15 - 1

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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 6 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thiago Cortes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Benny The Bouncer!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Bouncer's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cortes connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! The Bouncer scrambles back to his feet.
Cortes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The Bouncer swings widly with a right hand
and Cortes counters with a good, hard body kick but The Bouncer shrugs it off.
The Bouncer swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cortes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Bouncer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cortes manages to avoid it.
Cortes swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
The Bouncer throws a big shot that misses.
A swing and a miss from The Bouncer.
The Bouncer works the jab nicely.
The fighters circling - The Bouncer throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cortes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The Bouncer misses with an uppercut.
Cortes is looking to counter the offense by The Bouncer and move into the clinch.
Cortes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Bouncer lands an overhand right.

Cortes is rocked!
The Bouncer throws an off balance right hand
and Cortes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Bouncer looks for the body kick but Cortes saw that one coming.
Cortes connects with an inside leg kick.
The Bouncer ducks under a wild hook from Cortes.
The Bouncer thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Bouncer throws a leg kick that is checked
and Cortes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cortes ducks right into an uppercut from The Bouncer.
Oh Cortes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The Bouncer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cortes seems to have got his legs back now.
The Bouncer is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The Bouncer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cortes.
The Bouncer replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Cortes blocks it well.
The Bouncer takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The Bouncer misses the jab.
That kick from The Bouncer tenderised Cortes's leg. Cortes is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cortes works over The Bouncer's head and body with a nice combination.
Cortes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cortes lands with a nice body kick.
Cortes takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Cortes darts in and clinches The Bouncer up against the cage.
Cortes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cortes is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Cortes lands an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cortes.
Cortes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cortes prevents The Bouncer from breaking the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Cortes has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Cortes misses with some punches.
Cortes lands a knee to the head.
Cortes throws a punch but it's blocked by The Bouncer.
Cortes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cortes looking to throw knees to the head but The Bouncer is blocking nicely.
Cortes landing knees to the head.

It looks like Benny The Bouncer has been cut.
Cortes scores with a shot to the side of The Bouncer's head.
Cortes tries to throw a body punch but The Bouncer avoids it by throwing Cortes back against the cage.
Cortes swings wildly with an uppercut but The Bouncer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cortes pushes The Bouncer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortes prevents The Bouncer from breaking the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cortes.
The Bouncer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cortes.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cortes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cortes looking to throw knees to the head but The Bouncer is blocking nicely.
The Bouncer has had enough of the clinch but Cortes keeps him there for the moment.
Cortes keeps control of The Bouncer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The Bouncer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cortes.

The Bouncer breaks from the clinch.
The Bouncer keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from The Bouncer misses.
The Bouncer missing with a left hand there. Cortes was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cortes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Bouncer throws out the jab.
The Bouncer throws out a loose jab but Cortes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cortes wants to clinch.
The Bouncer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The Bouncer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cortes staying out of range there.
The Bouncer throws a low kick but Cortes moves out of range easily.

Cortes instigates a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cortes working aggressively here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Cortes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benny The Bouncer's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

The Bouncer connects with a nice looking jab.
Cortes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Bouncer can do to turn this around?
The Bouncer connects with a body shot that sends Cortes's belly button to the back.
The Bouncer looks to land a left hand but Cortes moved out of range nicely.
The Bouncer takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The Bouncer connects with a single shot there.
A slow jab from The Bouncer misses its intended target.
A slow jab from The Bouncer misses its intended target.
The Bouncer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cortes ducks under a wild hook from The Bouncer.
Cortes slips a jab from The Bouncer.
Cortes blocks a jab.
The Bouncer misses with a lunging right hand
and Cortes counters with an inside leg kick.
Cortes avoids the body shot from The Bouncer.
Cortes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Bouncer manages to avoid it.
The Bouncer finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The Bouncer pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortes goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The Bouncer throws a poor cross that misses
and Cortes counters with a right hand to the body.
Benny The Bouncer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body kick from Cortes.
The Bouncer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cortes just misses with a punch to the body.
Cortes stuns The Bouncer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cortes lands a glancing blow to the side of The Bouncer's head.
The Bouncer throws a lazy uppercut
and Cortes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The Bouncer attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cortes defending well as The Bouncer loads up on a big left hand.
The Bouncer looks to land a left hand but Cortes moved out of range nicely.
Cortes tries to counter by clinching up but The Bouncer breaks away and moves out of range.
The Bouncer throws a poor cross that misses
and The Bouncer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cortes moves out of range as The Bouncer strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cortes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The Bouncer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Bouncer looks to score with a jab to the body but Cortes is just out of range.
A big left from The Bouncer misses.
Cortes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cortes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from The Bouncer! But no joy.
Cortes lands a high kick!
A big right from The Bouncer misses.
The Bouncer throws a looping overhand right but Cortes ducks down to avoid it.
Cortes appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Cortes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as The Bouncer backs up against the cage.
The Bouncer walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cortes checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cortes throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck The Bouncer on the side of the head.
Cortes tests The Bouncer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The Bouncer throws out a loose jab but Cortes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cortes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Cortes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The Bouncer misses with a right hand
and Cortes counters with a nice uppercut.
Cortes bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Bouncer on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The Bouncer looks to score with a jab to the body but Cortes is just out of range.
The Bouncer misses with a straight left.
Cortes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Cortes connects with a body shot that sends The Bouncer's belly button to the back.
Cortes cracks a nice hook into The Bouncer's ribs.
Cortes cracks The Bouncer with a good jab.
The Bouncer is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
The Bouncer loads up on a big right hand but Cortes slips the punch.
The Bouncer misses with a straight left.
The Bouncer moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The Bouncer throws the kick towards the body but Cortes avoids it.

Cortes moves into the clinch.
The Bouncer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cortes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The Bouncer blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Bouncer wants to get back to striking at distance but Cortes won't allow it.
The Bouncer is trying to push Cortes away but Cortes has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cortes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cortes is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cortes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cortes lands a body shot.
The Bouncer tries to throw a body punch but Cortes avoids it by throwing The Bouncer back against the cage.
Cortes pushes The Bouncer back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cortes misses with a punch on the inside.
Thiago Cortes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cortes pushes The Bouncer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

The Bouncer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cortes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Thiago Cortes dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Benny The Bouncer's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

A good leg kick by Cortes.
Cortes slips a jab and a cross from The Bouncer.
Cortes tries to counter by clinching up but The Bouncer breaks away and moves out of range.
Cortes connects with a crisp jab.
The Bouncer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cortes misses with a head kick.
Thiago Cortes is winning the standup battle so far.
Cortes defending well as The Bouncer loads up on a big left hand.
The Bouncer throws a leg kick but Cortes sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The Bouncer misses with a leg kick
and The Bouncer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Bouncer has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cortes finds it's way round the side to connect with The Bouncer's head.
Cortes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Bouncer gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The Bouncer has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cortes tries to clinch up but The Bouncer circles away and keeps his distance.
Cortes scores with a punch to the head.
Cortes throws a body kick that misses
and The Bouncer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Bouncer tries a low kick but Cortes avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Bouncer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cortes.
The Bouncer tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The Bouncer misses the shot to the body.
Cortes is looking to counter punch.
Cortes looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cortes throws a nice outside leg kick.
The Bouncer throws a head kick that misses.
The Bouncer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cortes doesn't seem bothered though.
Cortes bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Bouncer misses with a leg kick
and Cortes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The Bouncer has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cortes finds it's way round the side to connect with The Bouncer's head.
Cortes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps The Bouncer's head backwards.
The Bouncer on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
The crowd cheers as Cortes lands an impressive looking overhand right. The Bouncer doesn't seem phased though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The Bouncer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cortes manages to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortes lands a really nice looking cross but The Bouncer seems unphased.
The Bouncer throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cortes.
It looked like Cortes wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cortes staying out of range there.
The Bouncer misses with a looping left.
The Bouncer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cortes.
Cortes ducks under a wild hook from The Bouncer.
The Bouncer throws a lazy uppercut
and Cortes counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cortes checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Cortes wants to clinch up but The Bouncer keeps it at a distance.
The Bouncer motions for Cortes to come forward. The Bouncer throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The Bouncer walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cortes.
Benny The Bouncer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Bouncer swings widly with a right hand
and Cortes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Bouncer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cortes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The Bouncer throws a hook but Cortes blocks it.
The Bouncer misses with a leg kick
and Cortes counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortes scores with a nice right hand.
The Bouncer swings for the body but Cortes moves out of range.
The Bouncer has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The Bouncer throws a leg kick that is checked

and Cortes counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A short left from Cortes.
Cortes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite The Bouncer's efforts to push away.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cortes.
Cortes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cortes throws a punch but it's blocked by The Bouncer.
Cortes throws a head punch that misses.
Cortes has a couple of punches blocked by The Bouncer.
The Bouncer takes a shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortes misses with a punch to the body.
The Bouncer blocks a body shot from Cortes.
Cortes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cortes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A frustrated look appears on The Bouncer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The Bouncer has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cortes.
Cortes throws a head punch that misses.
Cortes scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cortes.
The Bouncer is trying to break free.
Cortes misses with a punch on the inside.
Cortes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Bouncer is defending well for now.
The Bouncer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thiago Cortes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cortes has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago Cortes!
An out of breath Thiago Cortes thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
The defeated Benny The Bouncer had this to say: 'Shit man!'.