PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between David Tua (ranked 24363 p4p, 571 weight class) and Tony Cornell (ranked 3502 p4p, 334 weight class). David Tua could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tony Cornell's chin.

Tua
vs
Cornell

180 cm
28
265 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

190 cm
24
190 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

Great elbows
Cardio machine

Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Dr Zoidberg Office

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Tua!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Cornell!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tua throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cornell counters with a nice body kick.
Tua has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cornell.
Tua throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tua throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Cornell on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tua misses with a left hand
letting Cornell counter with a right hand.
Tua scores with a shot to the body.
Tua misses with a shot to the body
and Cornell counters with an outside leg kick.
Tua swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cornell throws a fast counter high kick but Tua manages to duck under it in time.
Tua throws the left hand but Cornell avoids the punch easily.
Cornell staying out of range there.
Tua definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tua lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Cornell backs up against the ropes.

It looks like Tony Cornell has been cut.
Cornell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tua rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cornell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cornell.
Tua is breathing heavily.
Tua has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cornell.
Cornell lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Tua is looking to wear down Cornell with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cornell, as that shot connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cornell lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tua takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tua misses with a left hand
and Cornell counters with a straight right hand.

Cornell drops a shoulder and throws a biiiig uppercut that drops Tua onto his butt! Tua pops straight back to his feet to convince the referee that he's OK to continue.
Tua misses with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tua misses with a right hand
and Cornell counters with a right, followed by a huge uppercut that sends Tua crashing to the mat! Tua is trying to use the ropes to get back to his feet but he's all over the place - the referee has seen enough and has stopped the fight! Cornell screams with a mixture of joy and relief, whilst celebrating with his cornermen.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tony Cornell!
Tony Cornell is the new heavyweight champion!
Tony Cornell decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.