PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between jerry cornelius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaz Hayabusa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). cornelius comes to the cage accompanied by wheres me jumper. Hayabusa comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sandstorm - Darude kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

cornelius
vs
Hayabusa

176 cm
23
170 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

180 cm
26
155 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, jerry cornelius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kaz Hayabusa!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
cornelius throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hayabusa.
cornelius leaves Hayabusa with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hayabusa fails to land the takedown.
cornelius jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

It looks like Kaz Hayabusa has been cut.
cornelius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hayabusa moves away.
cornelius throws a series of strikes that have Hayabusa backpedaling.
Hayabusa fails with a takedown attempt.
jerry cornelius has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kaz Hayabusa.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hayabusa is defended easily by cornelius.
cornelius connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hayabusa. Hayabusa circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
cornelius lands a really nice looking cross but Hayabusa seems unphased.
Hayabusa slips a jab from cornelius.
Hayabusa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Hayabusa feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
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!

Hayabusa has gone for a leg lock! cornelius slips out almost immediately though and dives into Hayabusa's guard.
cornelius wants to stand but Hayabusa is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cornelius showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hayabusa keeping moving, preventing cornelius from controlling successfully.

cornelius postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Hayabusa is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of cornelius, into his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
cornelius wants to sweep but no luck.
cornelius knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hayabusa on the ground.

Hayabusa stands up from cornelius's guard - Hayabusa perhaps looking for a knockout.
Hayabusa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
cornelius thows a body shot but no joy.
Hayabusa closes the distance and clinches up with cornelius, looking for a takedown. Hayabusa pushes cornelius against the cage but cornelius circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
cornelius throws a right and a left that Hayabusa avoids nicely.
cornelius scores with the left hand. Hayabusa knows he should have avoided that one.
Hayabusa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice body punch from Hayabusa.
cornelius slaps away a takedown attempt from Hayabusa, before circling back to the center of the mat.

Hayabusa shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches cornelius napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Hayabusa is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. cornelius knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Hayabusa looks gassed!

Hayabusa tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hayabusa has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
cornelius is looking for a sweep.

Hayabusa is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, cornelius has escaped the position, nice work there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
cornelius tries to escape but Hayabusa is in control.

Hayabusa decides to stand up, so the ref orders cornelius to his feet.

Hayabusa looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for cornelius!
Hayabusa tries to control but cornelius wriggling away.
Hayabusa is looking to work his way around to cornelius's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Hayabusa gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Hayabusa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from cornelius.
jerry cornelius is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
cornelius throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hayabusa on the side of the head.
Nice shot by cornelius.
cornelius scores with a nice strike.
cornelius connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hayabusa. Hayabusa circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hayabusa shoots for a double leg takedown but cornelius sprawls well. He's pushed Hayabusa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
cornelius dips to his left and cracks Hayabusa with an uppercut!
Hayabusa tries to score a power double leg takedown but cornelius sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Hayabusa somewhat.
Hayabusa staying out of range there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hayabusa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
cornelius throws a series of strikes that have Hayabusa backpedaling.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hayabusa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from cornelius.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

jerry cornelius dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kaz Hayabusa's cut.
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.

Hayabusa misses with a double jab.
Hayabusa fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
cornelius throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
cornelius leaves Hayabusa with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hayabusa shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says cornelius as he avoids it easily.
jerry cornelius has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kaz Hayabusa.
cornelius throws a nice looking combination but Hayabusa bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No luck for Hayabusa with that takedown attempt.
Hayabusa takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hayabusa shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with cornelius but cornelius pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hayabusa is trying hard to land a takedown here. cornelius sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
cornelius scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
cornelius throws a one two combo.
Kaz Hayabusa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
cornelius moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

That has opened up Kaz Hayabusa's cut even more.
cornelius thuds his right hand into Hayabusa's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cornelius throws a one two combo.
Hayabusa shoots in for a double leg but cornelius sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
cornelius throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hayabusa fails with the takedown.
cornelius scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
cornelius dips to his left and cracks Hayabusa with an uppercut!
Hayabusa tries to move into range but cornelius moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
jerry cornelius is winning the standup battle so far.
Hayabusa dives in and grabs cornelius's left leg, looking for a takedown. cornelius pushes down on Hayabusa's head and hops out.
cornelius leaves Hayabusa with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hayabusa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by cornelius.
Hayabusa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hayabusa ducks right into an uppercut from cornelius.
Hayabusa slips under a jab.
cornelius is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Danga de danga de dang - cornelius scores with a four punch combination!
cornelius misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Hayabusa scores with a takedown into cornelius's guard.
Hayabusa is pushing down on cornelius's leg trying to pass to half guard. cornelius is fighting to maintain full guard but Hayabusa has managed to sneak the leg through.
Hayabusa has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Hayabusa is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But cornelius has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from cornelius!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hayabusa is trying to control the position from the bottom.

cornelius gets to his feet - Hayabusa follows without any prompting.
Hayabusa fails with a takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayabusa throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around cornelius's waist but cornelius gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hayabusa off to one side.
Hayabusa walks into a jab.
cornelius stuffs the takedown attempt from Hayabusa. Hayabusa gets slowly back to his feet.
cornelius throws a shot to the body.
jerry cornelius is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
cornelius misses with a wild combination.
Hayabusa needs to keep his hands up - cornelius had a free shot at his head there.
Hayabusa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
cornelius keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hayabusa takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
No luck for Hayabusa with that takedown attempt.
A cross from cornelius lands.
Hayabusa fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayabusa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
cornelius throws a right hand that Hayabusa ducks under and follows up with a left that Hayabusa also avoids with ease.
Hayabusa misses with a double jab
and cornelius counters with a series of strikes. Hayabusa will be more careful next time no doubt.
Nice takedown defense from cornelius. No joy for Hayabusa on that attempt.
Hayabusa fails to land the takedown.
Nice straight punches there by cornelius. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of cornelius.
Hayabusa tries for a takedown but cornelius circles away easily
and cornelius counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hayabusa takes one on the chin but seems OK.

Hayabusa throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. cornelius was covering up waiting for the punch and Hayabusa finishes the takedown easily into guard.
cornelius wants to stand up but Hayabusa is controlling him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
cornelius keeping moving, preventing Hayabusa from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

jerry cornelius dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kaz Hayabusa's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Hayabusa misses with a takedown
enabling cornelius to counter with a crisp jab.
cornelius lands a jab to the nose.
cornelius bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hayabusa's head backwards.
cornelius sizes up Hayabusa with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
cornelius misses with an uppercut.

Hayabusa feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
cornelius keeping moving, preventing Hayabusa from controlling successfully.

cornelius manages to escape and get back to his feet.
cornelius digs a good body shot into Hayabusa's ribs.
Hayabusa has his takedown stuffed
letting cornelius counter with a right hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A cross from cornelius lands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayabusa shoots and misses
letting cornelius counter with a right hand.
jerry cornelius has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kaz Hayabusa.
Hayabusa takes one to the chin there.
cornelius throws a right hand that Hayabusa ducks under and follows up with a left that Hayabusa also avoids with ease.
Hayabusa shoots and misses
and cornelius counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Hayabusa closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. cornelius did well to prevent Hayabusa getting side control.
cornelius is refusing to be controlled, as Hayabusa sits in half guard.

Hayabusa is trying to work for a kimura but cornelius is defending well.
Hayabusa is looking to stall here but cornelius recovers full guard.
Hayabusa trying to control the position from guard on top but cornelius is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayabusa is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

cornelius is looking for a triangle but Hayabusa pushes his legs off easily.
cornelius keeping full guard, as Hayabusa tries to pass.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
cornelius stuffs the takedown.
Hayabusa slips a jab and a cross from cornelius.
Hayabusa thows a left - swing and a miss!
cornelius lands with an overhand left.
Hayabusa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts cornelius as he jumps to the side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for cornelius, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hayabusa slips under a jab.
Hayabusa closes this distance looking for a takedown but cornelius circles away.
cornelius lands a nice shot that snaps Hayabusa's head back.
cornelius scores with a three punch combo!

Hayabusa fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. cornelius sprawls well initially but Hayabusa persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Hayabusa trying to mount his opponent but cornelius defends it.

cornelius looking for submissions off his back.

Hayabusa is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Hayabusa tries to pass to full mount but cornelius defends it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
cornelius wants to get back to full guard.
cornelius won't allow Hayabusa to pass to mount.
cornelius tries to kick Hayabusa off but Hayabusa keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

Hayabusa is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Hayabusa trying to pass the guard but cornelius defending well.
Kaz Hayabusa has got the better of the ground game so far.

Hayabusa is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and cornelius defends it well.

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 jerry cornelius.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for cornelius, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... jerry cornelius!