PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Tony Cornell (ranked 3813 p4p, 24223 weight class) and David Tua (ranked 385 p4p, 614 weight class). Tony Cornell could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to David Tua's chin.

Cornell
vs
Tua

190 cm
25
190
11 - 0 - 0

180 cm
28
265
14 - 7 - 0

Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Great elbows
Good gas tank

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 11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Cornell!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David Tua!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tua avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Tua scores with a body shot.
Tua misses with a right hand
and Cornell counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tony Cornell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cornell moves away.

Cornell gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tua scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cornell lands with a light punch inside.
Cornell lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cornell gets through Tua's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cornell blocking some punches.
Cornell lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tua or not.
Tua taking a breather.
Cornell lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cornell lands with a light punch inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Tua.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good body shot from Cornell.
Cornell lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tua is trying to force a seperation but Cornell has the dominant position.
Cornell scores with a shot to the side of Tua's head.
Cornell lands with a short shot to the head.
Tua looking to slow down the pace here.
Cornell lands a left hand.
Tua's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cornell softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Tua wants to get back to striking at distance but Cornell won't allow it.
Tua lands a nice shot to the body.
Tua wants to stall.
Tua tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cornell's elbow.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tua misses with a punch to the body.
Tua wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cornell stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cornell has Tua pressed against the ropes, preventing Tua from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cornell scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cornell working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cornell lands a nice uppercut.
Tua fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tua looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cornell pushes Tua back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tua misses with some punches.
Cornell scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cornell lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tua or not.
Tua looks winded!
Cornell lands with a right to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Cornell.
Cornell lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tua or not.
Tua misses with a body punch.
Cornell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Cornell creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Cornell on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Cornell dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Cornell keeps Tua at a distance using the push kick.

Cornell pushes Tua up against the ropes in a clinch.
Cornell lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tua backwards.
A shot in the inside from Cornell.
I was talking to Cornell's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cornell.
Cornell is leaning against Tua and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Cornell pushes Tua back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Cornell lands a shoulder strike.
Cornell lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tua backwards.
Cornell is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tua can do to turn this around?
Cornell lands a hook that snaps the head of Tua backwards.
Cornell working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cornell lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tua has a couple of punches blocked by Cornell.
A left hand lands to the body for Cornell.
Cornell lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Cornell.
Tua looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Cornell works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tua is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cornell.
Tua can't find room to land a body shot as Cornell controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cornell.
Cornell lands a shoulder strike.
Cornell lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tua tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cornell's elbow.
Cornell lands an uppercut.
Tua lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Cornell gets through Tua's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.

Tua is rocked!
Cornell creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Tua crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Tua face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Cornell takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Tony Cornell!
Tony Cornell retains his heavyweight title!
A victorious Tony Cornell thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.