PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alejo Cortez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cadfael Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alejo Cortez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cortez
vs
Price

190 cm
18
265 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

193 cm
18
240 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alejo Cortez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cadfael Price!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A solid leg kick lands there for Price.
Cortez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Price. That one must have hurt.
Cortez throws a body punch but Price moves out of range.
Price buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cortez misses with an uppercut
and Price counters with a nice leg kick.
Price lands with a kick to the ribs.
Price ducks under a wild hook from Cortez.
Price feints a counter leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Price.
Price connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Price. Cortez shrugs it off though.
Good leg kick by Price there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Price slips a straight right by Cortez.
Price lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
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!
Cortez throws an off balance right hand
and Price counters with a solid body kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Price - that will leave a mark!
Cortez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Price sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Price - that will leave a mark!
Cortez on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Price throws a nice inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Price throws a leg kick which misses Cortez's front leg but catches the back leg as Cortez tries to avoid it.
Price thumps Cortez with a low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Price, right into the meat.
Price uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cortez.
Price cracks the inside of Cortez's front leg.
Price scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cortez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cortez missing with a left hand there. Price was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Price scores with a nice body kick.
Cortez loads up on a big right hand but Price slips the punch.
Price lands with a kick to the ribs.
Cortez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cortez throws a hook to the side of Price's head but Price sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cortez looks to score with a jab to the body but Price is just out of range.
Cortez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Cortez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cortez tries to clinch
and Price counters with a nice body kick.
Price lands with a kick to the temple. Cortez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cortez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Both fighters circling a little - Price finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Cortez is breathing heavily.
Price lands a leg kick that knocks Cortez off balance momentarily.
Cortez throws a big shot that misses.
Price lands a leg kick that knocks Cortez off balance momentarily.
Price thumps Cortez with a low kick.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Price. Cortez shrugs it off though.
Cortez misses with a hook. Price ducked under it nicely.
Price raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Price ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A nice inside leg kick there by Price. That's going to slow Cortez down.
Cortez walks forward, straight into a front kick from Price.
Price thumps Cortez with a low kick.
Cortez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price throws a front kick that sends Cortez stumbling back into the cage.
Price lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cortez's sensitive parts.
Price throws a head kick that Cortez semi-blocks.
Cortez is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cortez takes a kick to the side of the head.
Price connects with a leg kick. Cortez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Price scoring well with a low kick there.
A head kick from Price lands but Cortez takes it in his stride.
Cortez throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Price counters with a body kick that stops Cortez in his tracks momentarily.
Price thuds his shin into the meat of Cortez's side.
Price connects with a high kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Price lands with a kick to the temple. Cortez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Price.
Price pushes Cortez away with a front kick.
Price ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Price fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Price, right into the meat.
Cortez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Price keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Price lands with a slapping head kick.
Cortez misses with a looping right.
Price lands a nice looking body kick.
Price lands a leg kick that knocks Cortez off balance momentarily.
Cortez throws a body shot but no joy.
Price with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Price connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cortez misses with an uppercut. Price saw that one coming.
Price fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cortez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cortez swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Price counters with a big head kick but Cortez shrugs it off.
Price fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cadfael Price dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Price throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Cortez misses with an uppercut
and Price counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Price ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cortez. Price does a little dance to reset his feet.
Price connects with a leg kick. Cortez looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cortez throws a hook to the side of Price's head but Price sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cortez looks to score with a jab to the body but Price is just out of range.
Price tries a quick counter leg kick but Cortez is wise to it.
Price fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A solid body kick from Price.
Cortez misses the body punch
and Price counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Cortez tries to clinch but Price moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cortez wants to clinch.
Cortez will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Cortez just misses with a punch to the body.
Price has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Price connects with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cortez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Price. Price obviously looking to wear him down.
Cortez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Price can pounce on him.
Price moves out of range as Cortez strikes.
Cortez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Price.
Price slips under a jab from Cortez.
Price scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Price is looking to slow Cortez down with leg kicks.
Cortez takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Price delivers a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cortez misses with a lunging right hand
and Price counters with a slapping leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Price.
Cortez tries to clinch but Price is having none of it.
Cortez looks to throw the jab but Price is out of range.
Price flicks out a counter leg kick but Cortez steps away.
Cortez takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cortez misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The fighters circling - Cortez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cortez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Price lands a head kick!
Both fighters circling a little - Price finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Cortez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cortez misses with a left hand
and Price counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cortez's knee momentarily.
Price throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cortez's head.

Cortez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cortez keeps control of Price as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Price pushes off an throws an elbow but Cortez leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cortez misses with a punch to the body.
Cortez has a couple of punches blocked by Price.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cortez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Price blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cortez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Price is trying to maintain a safe position but Cortez gets an underhook and turns Price into the cage.
Cortez tries to work over Price's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cortez throws a head punch that misses.
Price is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cortez is defending well for now.
Cortez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cortez will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Price up against the cage.
Cortez throws a head punch that misses.
Price is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortez lands with a left to the head.
Cortez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Price's elbow.
Cortez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cortez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cortez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Price is looking to control Cortez's arms but Cortez gets an underhook and turns him. Now Price has his back to the cage.
Price blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cortez has a couple of punches blocked by Price.
Cortez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cortez tries to work over Price's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cortez is leaning against Price and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cortez.
Cortez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cortez tries to throw a body punch but Price avoids it by throwing Cortez back against the cage.
Price blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cadfael Price showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Cortez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cortez throws a jab but it's blocked by Price.
Price thumps Cortez with a low kick.
Cortez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Price throws a big counter head kick but Cortez avoids it with no problem.
Nice body kick there by Price.
Price throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Good leg kick by Price there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Price lands with a kick to the temple. Cortez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cortez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Price lands a front kick.
Cortez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Price slips a jab from Cortez.
Price uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cortez.
Cortez throws a hook but Price avoids it easily.
Cortez swings for the body but Price moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortez misses with a left hand
and Price counters with a slapping leg kick.
Price thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cortez if he has to take too many more of those.
Cadfael Price seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Price turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cortez on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Price throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Cortez.
Cortez takes a swing at Price's ribcage but misses.
Price feints a counter leg kick.
Price avoids the body shot from Cortez.
Cortez throws a lazy uppercut
and Price counters with a solid body kick.
Cortez misses the shot to the body.
Price moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cortez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cortez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Price.
Cortez throws a hook but Price blocks it.
Cortez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortez misses with an uppercut
and Price counters with a good low kick that Cortez was not able to check.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cortez. Price does a little dance to reset his feet.

Cortez closes the distance and clinches.
Cortez taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cortez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Price's efforts to push away.
Price looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cadfael Price is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cortez misses with a body punch.
Price blocking some punches.
Cortez has a couple of punches blocked by Price.
Price blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cortez throws a punch but it's blocked by Price.
Cortez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cortez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cortez has a couple of punches blocked by Price.
Cortez working aggressively here.
Price prevents a body shot from Cortez.
Alejo Cortez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Price trying to land knees to the body.
Cortez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Price blocking some punches.
Cortez swings wildly with an uppercut but Price uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cortez tries to work over Price's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cortez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Price's elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Price's elbow.
Cortez throws a head punch that misses.
Cortez is stalling here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cortez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Price prevents a body shot from Cortez.
Price prevents a body shot from Cortez.
Alejo Cortez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cortez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Price taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cadfael Price comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Price winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight for Cadfael Price!
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight for Cadfael Price!
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight for Cadfael Price!

Cadfael Price wins by unanimous decision!