PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Puppy Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Corbett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Love comes to the cage accompanied by Otherside by Mackemore X Ryan Lewis. The crowd seem to be enjoying Corbett's choice of entrance music: Men at Work - Down Under. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Love
vs
Corbett

187 cm
35
217 lbs
26 - 16 - 0

189 cm
30
215 lbs
20 - 10 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Puppy Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Nathan Corbett!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Love throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Corbett has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Love is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Corbett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Corbett attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Corbett throws a jab when Love was well out of range.
Corbett tries to bum rush Love with a series of wild strikes but Love uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Corbett scores with a sloppy right hand. Love should have avoided that one.
Love swings for the body but Corbett moves out of range.
A nice combination there by Corbett.
Corbett avoids the body shot from Love.
Corbett throws a low kick but it's checked well by Love.
Corbett just misses with a punch to the body.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Love.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Corbett struggling a bit here.
Corbett is not content to let Love control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Corbett is trying to get back to half guard.
Love is putting a hurting on Corbett here, landing some big shots from side control.
Corbett takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

Love is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Corbett knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Corbett takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corbett wants to control but Love postures up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Corbett tries to bench press Love off him but Love keeps the position.
Love landing strikes.
Corbett is trying to get back to half guard.
Corbett takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Love cracks Corbett with a big right hand but Corbett just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Corbett is looking for a sweep.
Corbett manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Love regains full guard. Nicely done.
Love being controlled here, momentarily.
Love keeping moving, preventing Corbett from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love keeping full guard, as Corbett tries to pass.
Love is pulling down on Corbett's head to control his posture.
Corbett is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Nathan Corbett wasn't active enough on the ground.
Love doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A cross from Love lands.
Nathan Corbett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Corbett scores with a jab.
Love throws a jab when Corbett was well out of range.
Nathan Corbett is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fighters circling - Love throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Love on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Corbett wants to clinch up but Love keeps it at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Corbett scores with a head kick. Love tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Love is rocked!
Corbett lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Love can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Corbett and Love drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Corbett.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nathan Corbett!
An out of breath Nathan Corbett thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.