PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nick Sins (ranked 1592 p4p, 1924 weight class) and Juanito Cortez (ranked 213 p4p, 267 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sins
vs
Cortez

186 cm
38
201
19 - 17 - 0

184 cm
43
192
34 - 30 - 1

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World class boxer
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Good wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Sins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 30 - 1, fighting out of New York, Juanito Cortez!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cortez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cortez only half commits to the counter leg kick.
A big right from Sins misses.
Sins checks a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Sins.
Juanito Cortez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cortez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sins on the side of the head.
Sins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cortez misses with a low kick.
Cortez staying out of range there.
Sins swings for the body but Cortez moves out of range.
Jab by Sins.
Cortez throws a series of punches but Sins avoids them all with ease.
Cortez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cortez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cortez misses with a hook
letting Sins counter with a right hand.
Cortez throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cortez throws a wild body kick that Sins sees coming a mile off.
Cortez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sins's sensitive parts.
Good exchange - Sins coming out on top.
Cortez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sins throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cortez appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sins scores with a nice right hand.
Sins lands with a hook. Cortez tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sins misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sins tries to clinch there but Cortez circles away.
Jab from Sins.
Sins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cortez.
Cortez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cortez looks for the body kick but Sins saw that one coming.
Cortez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sins looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sins cracks Cortez with an open hand slap.
Sins misses with a body kick.
Cortez throws a head kick but Sins moves out of range.
Sins was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cortez wants to land a leg kick but Sins is out of range.
Sins moves out of range of the leg kick from Cortez.
Cortez throws a series of punches but Sins avoids them all with ease.
Cortez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cortez misses with an uppercut. Sins saw that one coming.
Cortez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sins.
Cortez throws a head kick that misses.
Sins uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cortez has time to react.
Cortez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A big left from Cortez misses.
Cortez pivots, looking for a leg kick but Sins is out of range and Cortez settles back down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortez takes one to the chin there.
Sins looks to land a right hand but Cortez moved out of range.
A low kick lands for Cortez.
Cortez avoids the body shot from Sins.
Cortez is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sins.
Cortez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sins looks to throw the jab but Cortez is out of range.
Sins lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cortez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cortez lands with a cross.
Sins has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cortez.
Cortez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Sins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sins misses with a hook.
Cortez throws a head kick but Sins moves out of range.
Sins swings for the body but Cortez moves out of range.
Cortez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cortez fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sins looks to land a left hand but Cortez moved out of range nicely.
Cortez takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sins is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sins slips under a jab from Cortez.
Cortez lands a body shot.
Cortez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sins moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd cheers as Sins lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cortez doesn't seem phased though.
Sins avoids the head kick by Cortez.
Sins is looking to counter punch.
Cortez ducks under a wild hook from Sins.
Cortez swats away the attempt to clinch by Sins.
Cortez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sins throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Cortez's head.
Sins tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sins checks a low kick from Cortez.
Cortez scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sins slips a straight right by Cortez.
Cortez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sins throws out the jab.
Cortez throws a counter combo.
Cortez throws a leg kick that misses.
Cortez misses with a leg kick
and Sins counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cortez is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cortez throws out a leg kick but Sins moves out of range and Cortez only half commits.
Sins tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Cortez is able to avoid easily.
Cortez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sins cracks Cortez with a good jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sins blocks a leg kick.
Cortez tried to score with a low kick but Sins checks it.
Sins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cortez.
Sins connects with a single shot there.
Sins misses with an uppercut. Cortez saw that one coming.
Cortez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sins!

Cortez is rocked!
Cortez attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cortez is still on wobbly legs! Can Sins finish him?
Sloppy strikes from Cortez. Those never looked like landing.
Cortez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sins circles away quickly and effectively.
Cortez seems to have recovered his senses.
Sins walks into a stiff left hand from Cortez.
A telegraphed right hand from Sins misses the target.
Sins just misses with a punch to the body.
Sins is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Sins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice defenses there by Cortez.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sins takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Jab by Sins.
Cortez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cortez misses with a series of wild punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Nick Sins will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sins smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sins checks a leg kick nicely.
Sins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cortez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sins throws a body shot but no joy.
Sins misses with an uppercut. Cortez saw that one coming.
Cortez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Sins.
Sins tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cortez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sins checks a leg kick.
Cortez misses with a body kick.
Cortez lands with a right hand.
Cortez loads up on a big right hand but Sins slips the punch.
Sins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cortez moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cortez with a jab.
Sins misses with a straight left.
Sins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cortez was well out of range. Poor timing from Sins.
Sins misses with a two punch combination.
Cortez misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sins throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sins avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sins tries to bum rush Cortez with a series of wild strikes but Cortez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Sins closes the distance and clinches.
Cortez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sins misses with some punches.

Cortez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cortez staying out of range there.
Sins drops his hands momentarily and Cortez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

Sins is rocked!
Cortez staying out of range there.
Oh Sins is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cortez ducks under a wild hook from Sins.
Nice straight punches there by Cortez. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cortez.
Sins cracks Cortez with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sins looks to throw the jab but Cortez is out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cortez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sins manages to avoid it.
Sins lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Cortez! Sins is backing up but he can't get away as Cortez lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Sins and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Juanito Cortez!
After winning the bout, Juanito Cortez thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.