PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Ziggy Ozbourne (ranked 4250 p4p, 2242 weight class) and Ubaldo Cortez (ranked 515 p4p, 299 weight class). Ozbourne comes to the ring accompanied by Crazy Train. Ubaldo Cortez is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Ozbourne
vs
Cortez

185 cm
33
170
15 - 7 - 2

186 cm
31
180
16 - 15 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Granite chin

New Standard ($50 160q products)

Conviction
Conquer

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 15 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Ziggy Ozbourne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ubaldo Cortez!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ozbourne throws a lazy right hand but Cortez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ozbourne moves out of range of the body kick from Cortez.
Cortez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ozbourne scores with a body shot.
Ozbourne thumps Cortez with a low kick.
Cortez throws a lazy uppercut
and Ozbourne counters with an inside leg kick.
Ozbourne misses with a low kick.
Cortez feints a counter leg kick.
Cortez has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Cortez blocks a low kick nicely.
Ozbourne blocks a head kick by Cortez.
Cortez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ozbourne dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cortez. That did some damage!
Ozbourne takes a swing at Cortez's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from Cortez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Ozbourne feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cortezs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ziggy Ozbourne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cortez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab, jab by Ozbourne - just one landing.
Cortez misses with an uppercut. Ozbourne saw that one coming.
Cortez misses with a looping left.
Ozbourne fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ozbourne gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cortez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cortez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Ozbourne lands a body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cortez.
Ozbourne lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ozbourne.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ozbourne.
Cortez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ozbourne's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Cortez fails to land.
Ozbourne scores with a shoulder strike.
Ozbourne is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cortez looks winded!
Ozbourne throws a punch but it's blocked by Cortez.
Cortez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
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!
Ozbourne blocking some punches.
Cortez struggles to land a body shot inside as Ozbourne controls his hands.
Ozbourne lands a nice uppercut.
Ozbourne lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cortez backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ozbourne.
Ozbourne goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cortez swings wildly with an uppercut but Ozbourne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cortez misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortez misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Cortez.
A short right from Ozbourne on the inside.
Cortez tries to throw a body punch but Ozbourne avoids it by throwing Cortez back against the ropes.
A short body shot lands from Cortez as the two fighters clinch.
Ozbourne throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A shot in the inside from Cortez.
Ozbourne tries to throw a body punch but Cortez avoids it by throwing Ozbourne back against the ropes.
Ozbourne scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cortez struggles to land a body shot inside as Ozbourne controls his hands.
Cortez misses with a body punch.
Ozbourne blocks an elbow strike from Cortez.
Ozbourne pushes Cortez back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ozbourne lands a right hand.
Ozbourne has a couple of punches blocked by Cortez.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ozbourne lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cortez or not.
Cortez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cortez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cortez.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ziggy Ozbourne dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cortez throws the left hand but Ozbourne avoids the punch easily.
Ozbourne uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cortez.

Ozbourne has closed the distance and engaged Cortez in a clinch.
Ozbourne is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cortez can do to turn this around?
Ozbourne lands with a left to the head.
Ozbourne lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ozbourne.
Cortez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ziggy Ozbourne has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cortez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ozbourne backwards.
Cortez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ozbourne lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ozbourne misses with a punch on the inside.
Ozbourne lands with a left to the head.
Ozbourne softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short uppercut from Ozbourne.
Ozbourne misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ozbourne putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cortez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ozbourne blocks a body shot from Cortez.
Ozbourne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ozbourne landing knees to the head.
Cortez blocks a body shot from Ozbourne.
Cortez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cortez lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ozbourne backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Ozbourne.
Ozbourne lands a nice uppercut.
Cortez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ozbourne lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ozbourne has a couple of punches blocked by Cortez.
Cortez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cortez tries to work over Ozbourne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ozbourne scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ozbourne trying to land knees to the body.
Cortez lands with a right to the head.
Ozbourne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cortez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cortez working aggressively here.
Cortez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cortez blocking some punches.
Ozbourne tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ozbourne misses with some punches.
Cortez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ozbourne presses Cortez against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cortez is breathing heavily.
Ozbourne lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ozbourne blocks the elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Ozbourne scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ozbourne misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cortez.
Ozbourne makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cortez swings wildly with an uppercut but Ozbourne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cortez working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cortez.
Ozbourne blocking some punches.
Cortez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ozbourne lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from Ozbourne fails to land.
Cortez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cortez scores with a shot to the side of Ozbourne's head.
Ozbourne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cortez misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ozbourne fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ozbourne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ozbourne lands with a right to the head.
Ozbourne misses with the head strike.
Ozbourne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ozbourne can't find room to land a body shot as Cortez controls the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ziggy Ozbourne dominated that second round.
That's time! Ozbourne's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Ozbourne scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cortez tries to move into range but Ozbourne moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd cheers as Cortez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ozbourne doesn't seem phased though.
Cortez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Ozbourne gets a clinch.
Ozbourne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Cortez.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ozbourne.
Nice body punch from Cortez - that landed with a thud.
Ozbourne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Ozbourne.
Ozbourne lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cortez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
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!
Cortez lands with a left to the head.
Ozbourne struggles to land a body shot inside as Cortez controls his hands.
Ozbourne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cortez blocking some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Cortez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ozbourne's brow.
Cortez lands a shot to the body.
Ozbourne tries to work over Cortez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ozbourne swings wildly with an uppercut but Cortez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cortez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ozbourne misses with a punch to the body.
Ozbourne blocking some punches.
Cortez working aggressively here.
Ozbourne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ozbourne lands a right hand.
Cortez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cortez swings wildly with an uppercut but Ozbourne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ziggy Ozbourne is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A head punch on the inside from Cortez fails to land.
Cortez throws a punch but it's blocked by Ozbourne.
Cortez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ozbourne struggles to land a body shot inside as Cortez controls his hands.
Cortez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortez prevents a body shot from Ozbourne.
Ubaldo Cortez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ozbourne blocks a body shot from Cortez.
Ozbourne throws a head punch that misses.
Cortez misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cortez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ozbourne.
A body shot lands from Cortez.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ozbourne.
Cortez misses with the head strike.
Cortez can't find room to land a body shot as Ozbourne controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cortez.
Cortez throws a punch but it's blocked by Ozbourne.
Ozbourne lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cortez backwards.
Ozbourne blocking some punches.

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 Ziggy Ozbourne.
Well Ozbourne has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ziggy Ozbourne!
Ziggy Ozbourne decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.