PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ty Webb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sergio Corsa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Webb comes into the arena with I'm Alright blaring out of the sound system. Corsa has chosen Aerosmith - Fever as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Ty Webb has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Webb
vs
Corsa

183 cm
24
174 lbs
8 - 10 - 0

175 cm
22
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Mundo Green - World Verde

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 8 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ty Webb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Corsa!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Emerson Jorge and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Webb closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Corsa wants to break free but Webb has control.
Webb fails to pull guard.
Corsa has had enough of the clinch but Webb keeps him there for the moment.
Corsa is looking to break free of the clinch but Webb has double underhooks.
Corsa tries to break the clinch but Webb is controlling the position.
Webb is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Corsa pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Corsa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Corsa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Corsa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Corsa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Webb circles away from the clinch attempt.
Webb looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Corsa is fending him off so far but Webb persists. Nope, Corsa circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ty Webb. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Webb takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Webb is breathing heavily.
Webb swats away the attempt to clinch by Corsa.
Corsa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Webb checks the leg kick.
Corsa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Webb shoots in for a takedown but Corsa shows good takedown defense.
Corsa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Corsa darts in and clinches Webb up against the cage.

Corsa breaks the clinch.

Corsa moves into the clinch.

Corsa manages to break the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Corsa is looking to score with low kicks.

Corsa clinches with his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Corsa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A slapping leg kick lands for Corsa.

Webb tries to keep at a distance but Corsa has taken the fight into the clinch.

Corsa manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Corsa has his feet on Webb's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Corsa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Corsa closes the distance looking to clinch

and Webb counters with a takedown into side control.
Corsa has one of Webb's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Corsa is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Webb asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Corsa can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Webb tries to stand but Corsa is controlling his head.

Webb looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Corsa is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Webb working away.
Corsa is trying to get back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Webb takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Corsa moves into the clinch successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Webb is pressed up against the cage. Corsa has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Webb down to the mat. Webb avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Corsa wants to clinch up but Webb keeps it at a distance.
Webb fails with the takedown.
Corsa throws a low kick but Webb avoids it.

Webb shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Corsa wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Webb.
Webb tries to control but Corsa wriggling away.
Webb landing punches.
Webb tries to control but Corsa wriggling away.
Corsa is looking to improve his position but Webb isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Webb stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Webb swats away the attempt to clinch by Corsa.
Corsa throws a leg kick but Webb sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Webb keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Webb scores with a takedown into Corsa's guard.
Corsa is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Webb is controlling him.
Webb works over Corsa with some ground and pound from guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Corsa bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Webb's guard.
Webb keeping moving, preventing Corsa from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Corsa dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Corsa tries to score with a low kick but Webb moves his leg out of the way.
Webb looks for a takedown but Corsa sprawls well.
Corsa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Corsa throws a leg kick which misses Webb's front leg but catches the back leg as Webb tries to avoid it.
Corsa keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Corsa fails with an attempt to clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Corsa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Corsa thumps Webb with a low kick.
Corsa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Corsa tries to close the distance and clinch but Webb swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Webb keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Corsa is looking to score with low kicks.
Corsa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A bone on bone clash there as Webb blocks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Webb looks for a takedown but Corsa sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ty Webb. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Webb checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Corsa misses with a low kick.
Webb stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Corsa.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Corsa in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Corsa stuffs the takedown attempt from Webb. Webb gets slowly back to his feet.
Corsa feints and then cracks Webb's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Webb down.
Webb misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Webb takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Sergio Corsa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Good leg kick by Corsa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Webb chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Corsa can pounce on him.
Corsa wants to land a leg kick but Webb is out of range.

Webb forces Corsa back against the cage and clinches.
Webb fails to pull guard.
Corsa tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Webb just stands there and leans against the cage.
Corsa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Corsa prevents a takedown attempt there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corsa stops a takedown attempt from Webb.
Webb tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Webb tries to pull guard but Corsa holds him up against the cage and eventually Webb drops back down to his feet.
Corsa is trying to maintain a safe position but Webb gets an underhook and turns Corsa into the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Webb.

Corsa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Corsa is looking to score with low kicks.
Horrible takedown by Webb or perhaps it was just good defense by Corsa which made him look bad.
Corsa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ty Webb is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Webb shoots in but no luck this time.
Corsa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Corsa tries to clinch up but Webb circles away and keeps his distance.
Webb is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Webb is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Webb blocks a low kick nicely.
Webb fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Webb wants to clinch up but Corsa keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corsa misses with a leg kick.
Webb looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Corsa is fending him off so far but Webb persists. Nope, Corsa circles away and we're back to standing.
Webb swats away the attempt to clinch by Corsa.
Corsa wants to clinch up but Webb keeps it at a distance.
Corsa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Webb shoots for a takedown but Corsa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Corsa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.

Webb fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Corsa, pushing him back against the cage.
Webb tries to pull guard but Corsa won't allow it.

Corsa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Corsa throws a wild body kick that Webb sees coming a mile off.
Webb checks a leg kick.
Webb tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Corsa swivels and escapes.

Webb scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Corsa manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Corsa tries to roll over but Webb keeps him under control.
Webb not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Webb stops Corsa from getting back to his feet.

Webb is looking for a kimura here.
Corsa has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Webb is working away from the top position though.
Corsa is holding on to half guard well.
Corsa tries to kick Webb off but Webb keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergio Corsa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Webb shoots in and drives through. Corsa sprawls well.
Corsa tries to clinch up but Webb circles away and keeps his distance.
Corsa stuffs the takedown.
Corsa throws a leg kick which misses Webb's front leg but catches the back leg as Webb tries to avoid it.
Webb moves out of range of the leg kick from Corsa.
Corsa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Corsa is looking to slow Webb down with leg kicks.

Corsa has managed to clinch.

Corsa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A chopping leg kick lands by Corsa.
Corsa wants to land a leg kick but Webb is out of range.

Corsa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Corsa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Webb closes the distance and clinches.

Corsa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Corsa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Corsa is looking to score with low kicks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Webb keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Webb shoots in for a double leg but Corsa sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ty Webb. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corsa darts in trying to clinch

and Webb counters with a single leg into guard. Corsa didn't expect that.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Webb accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Corsa pushes Webb off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Corsa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Corsa wants to clinch

and Webb counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Webb.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Corsa manages to break the clinch.
Corsa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Sergio Corsa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Corsa throws out a leg kick but Webb moves out of range and Corsa only half commits.

Corsa darts in and clinches Webb up against the cage.

Corsa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Corsa clinches but Webb breaks the clinch

and Webb counters by moving into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corsa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Webb wants to get back to striking at distance but Corsa won't allow it.

Corsa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Webb closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
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!
Corsa controlling the position for now.
Webb thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Corsa's head.
Corsa is trying to stand up here but Webb is controlling him well.
Corsa gets full guard.
Corsa working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Webb.

Corsa is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Corsa wants to break the clinch but can't.

Corsa breaks from the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Corsa. No joy for Webb on that attempt.
Nice uppercut lands for Webb. That snapped Corsa's head back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Webb drives through with a takedown into guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Corsa holds on and takes a little breather.
Corsa wants to stand and escape but Webb is having none of it.
Corsa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Corsa is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Webb dives into side control.
Webb landing strikes.
Corsa is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Webb is controlling him well.

Webb is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Corsa has escaped the position, nice work there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corsa is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Webb looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Corsa is fending him off so far but Webb persists. Nope, Corsa circles away and we're back to standing.

Corsa moves into range and clinches up with Webb.
Come on Corsa - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

Webb gets control of Corsa's arms and successfully pulls guard. Webb will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Webb is looking for a triangle but Corsa pushes his legs off easily.

Corsa decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Webb, up you get!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Webb moves out of range of the leg kick from Corsa.
Webb chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Corsa can pounce on him.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ty Webb.
I think Corsa has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight for Sergio Corsa!
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight for Sergio Corsa!
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight for Sergio Corsa!

Sergio Corsa wins by unanimous decision!