PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ieuan Thomas (ranked 5179 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabian Cortez (ranked 4784 p4p, 0 weight class). Ieuan Thomas looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Thomas
vs
Cortez

173 cm
25
164 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
171 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ieuan Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Fabian Cortez!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas swinging wildly here.
Cortez feints the counter takedown.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cortez. Thomas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cortez misses with a looping left.
Thomas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cortez.
Thomas ducks under a wild hook from Cortez.
Thomas throws a big counter combination but Cortez scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

Cortez drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Cortez stands up over Thomas, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cortez works over Thomas with some ground and pound from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cortez accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cortez scoring with some ground and pound.
Cortez postures up.
Cortez cracks Thomas with a solid left hand.
Cortez landing with the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortez is in close to Thomas's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cortez stands up over Thomas, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cortez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Thomas. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cortez working some strikes from top position.

Thomas is rocked!
Cortez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Cortez working some strikes from top position.
Oh Thomas is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cortez working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cortez with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cortez is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cortez arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Thomas's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Fabian Cortez!
Fabian Cortez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.