PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jose Cuervo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frodo Baggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jose Cuervo has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Cuervo
vs
Baggins

167 cm
19
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

165 cm
19
139 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of London, Jose Cuervo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Frodo Baggins!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Glass and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuervo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cuervo lands a jab.
Baggins tries to clinch up but Cuervo circles away and keeps his distance.

Cuervo moves into range and clinches up with Baggins.
Cuervo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cuervo presses Baggins against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cuervo.
Cuervo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Baggins struggles to land a body shot inside as Cuervo controls his hands.

Cuervo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cuervo moves out of range as Baggins strikes.
Frodo Baggins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baggins tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cuervo counters with a low kick, right behind Baggins 's knee.
Baggins checks a leg kick nicely.
Cuervo throws a big shot that misses.
Cuervo looks to score with a jab to the body but Baggins is just out of range.
Baggins looks to clinch
and Cuervo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice cross by Cuervo.

Cuervo has Baggins up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Baggins fails to land.
Baggins misses with the head strike.
Baggins lands a hook that snaps the head of Cuervo backwards.
Cuervo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Baggins avoids it.
Baggins is leaning against Cuervo and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Baggins tries to throw a body punch but Cuervo avoids it by throwing Baggins back against the cage.
Cuervo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Baggins is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cuervo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cuervo throws a series of punches but Baggins moves out of range.
Baggins misses with a few strikes there.
Baggins wants to clinch but Cuervo slips to the side
and Cuervo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Baggins checks the leg kick nicely there.
Baggins works the jab nicely.
Cuervo misses with an uppercut. Baggins saw that one coming.
Cuervo circles away from the clinch attempt

and Cuervo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Baggins lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cuervo backwards.
Baggins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Cuervo breaks from the clinch.
Baggins closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cuervo counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Cuervo moves into the clinch.
Baggins working hard to break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Cuervo.
Baggins lands an elbow just above Cuervo 's eye.
Cuervo blocks an uppercut.
Baggins looking to throw knees to the head but Cuervo is blocking nicely.
A short body shot lands from Cuervo as the two fighters clinch.
Baggins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Baggins fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cuervo.
Baggins misses with an elbow over the top.
Baggins lands with a short shot to the head.

Cuervo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baggins tries to clinch up
and Cuervo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cuervo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cuervo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cuervo throws a wild body kick that Baggins sees coming a mile off.
Baggins walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cuervo cracks Baggins with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Baggins moves out of range of the strikes.

Baggins tries to keep at a distance but Cuervo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Baggins fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Cuervo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baggins takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cuervo ducks under a wild hook from Baggins.

Cuervo clinches with his opponent.
Baggins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Baggins lands an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cuervo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baggins slips a jab and a cross from Cuervo.
Baggins throws out a loose jab but Cuervo uses good head movement to avoid it.

Cuervo pushes Baggins up against the cage in a clinch.
A knee to the head by Baggins.
Baggins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baggins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Baggins misses with some punches.
Baggins misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Baggins.

Cuervo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baggins tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cuervo counters with a left to the body.
Baggins wants to clinch

and Cuervo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Baggins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Cuervo.

It looks like Frodo Baggins has been cut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cuervo.
Baggins throws an elbow but it misses.
Baggins with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Cuervo manages to break the clinch.
Baggins lands with a cross.
Cuervo tries to score with a low kick but Baggins moves his leg out of the way.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baggins clinches but Cuervo breaks the clinch
and Cuervo counters with a right hand to the body.
Baggins misses with a head kick.
Baggins tries to clinch but Cuervo moves away
and Cuervo counters with a right hand to the body.
Baggins tries to clinch
and Cuervo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Baggins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A head kick misses from Baggins.
Cuervo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cuervo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Baggins staying out of range there.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nice body punch from Cuervo - that landed with a thud.
Cuervo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cuervo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cuervo blocking some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Cuervo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baggins tries to clinch but Cuervo moves away
and Cuervo counters with a straight right hand.
Cuervo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Cuervo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Baggins thinking.
Cuervo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Cuervo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frodo Baggins's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Baggins tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cuervo counters with a straight right hand.
Baggins clinches but Cuervo breaks the clinch

and Cuervo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Cuervo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Baggins closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cuervo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cuervo throws a one two combo.
Baggins takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Baggins tries a head kick but it misses.

Cuervo moves into range and clinches up with Baggins.
Baggins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cuervo has him pressed against the cage.
Baggins tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Baggins throws a head punch that misses.
Cuervo blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baggins.
Baggins lands a left hand.
Cuervo wants to break free but Baggins has control.
Cuervo keeps control of Baggins as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A right handed body shot lands from Cuervo.
Cuervo takes a shot to the head.
Cuervo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Cuervo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baggins tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cuervo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Baggins misses with a hook.

Cuervo clinches.
Cuervo blocking some punches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Baggins misses with a punch on the inside.
Cuervo lands a body shot in the clinch.

Cuervo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baggins closes the distance but Cuervo moves to the side
and Cuervo counters with a straight right hand.
Baggins tries to clinch

and Cuervo counters by moving into the clinch.
Baggins on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cuervo lands a left hand.
Baggins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Cuervo breaks the clinch.
Baggins scores with a nice body kick.
Baggins wants to clinch

and Cuervo moves into the clinch.
Baggins throws a punch but it's blocked by Cuervo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baggins lands with a left to the head.
Baggins swings wildly with an uppercut but Cuervo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cuervo blocks the elbow strike.
Cuervo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cuervo wants to get back to striking at distance but Baggins won't allow it.
Cuervo pushes off an throws an elbow but Baggins leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short right from Baggins.
Cuervo prevents a body shot from Baggins.
Baggins throws a punch but it's blocked by Cuervo.

Cuervo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baggins closes the distance looking to clinch

and Cuervo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Baggins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Baggins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cuervo's elbow.
Baggins tries to circle away but Cuervo has him pinned against the cage.
Cuervo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cuervo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Baggins misses with a knee to the head.
Jose Cuervo has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Cuervo manages to break the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cuervo. Baggins does a little dance to reset his feet.

Cuervo pushes Baggins up against the cage in a clinch.
Baggins has a couple of punches blocked by Cuervo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baggins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cuervo avoids it.
Baggins misses with a punch to the body.
Cuervo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cuervo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Baggins misses with some punches.

Cuervo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Baggins looks to land a right hand but Cuervo moved out of range.
Baggins scores with a jab to the head.
Baggins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baggins throws a low kick but Cuervo avoids it.
Cuervo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Baggins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cuervo.
A lazy left from Cuervo finds it's target.
Baggins wants to clinch
and Cuervo counters with a straight right hand.

Cuervo forces Baggins back against the cage and clinches.
Baggins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cuervo trying to land knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Baggins.
Cuervo scores with a shot to the side of Baggins's head.
Cuervo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cuervo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Baggins.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Baggins has had enough of the clinch but Cuervo keeps him there for the moment.
Baggins tries a body shot but Cuervo blocks it.
Baggins lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Baggins digs a right hand underneath Cuervo's ribcage. Cuervo let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cuervo tries to land knees in the clinch but Baggins avoids the damage to the body.
Baggins tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Baggins tries to work over Cuervo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Baggins looking to throw knees to the head but Cuervo is blocking nicely.
Baggins lands a hook that snaps the head of Cuervo backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cuervo.
Cuervo trying to land knees to the body.
Cuervo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cuervo lands with a left to the head.
Cuervo is stalling here.
Cuervo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Cuervo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Baggins closes the distance but Cuervo moves to the side

and Cuervo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Cuervo.
Baggins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Baggins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cuervo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Cuervo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Frodo Baggins's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Baggins tries to clinch up

and Cuervo counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Cuervo.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cuervo.
Baggins misses with some punches.
A short right from Baggins on the inside.
Baggins keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cuervo's efforts to push away.

Cuervo breaks from the clinch.
Baggins wants to clinch
and Cuervo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Baggins wants to clinch
and Cuervo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Baggins thinking.
Baggins tries to clinch but Cuervo moves away

and Cuervo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Baggins misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Baggins.
Cuervo can't break the clinch.
Baggins landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cuervo is trying to break free.
Baggins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Baggins can't find room to land a body shot as Cuervo controls the action.
Baggins with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cuervo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Baggins takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuervo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Baggins has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cuervo prevents a body shot from Baggins.

Cuervo breaks the clinch.
Baggins wants to clinch but Cuervo slips to the side
and Cuervo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cuervo misses the jab.
A big left from Cuervo misses.
Baggins tries to clinch but Cuervo moves away
and Cuervo counters with a stiff right hand.
Cuervo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Baggins closes the distance but Cuervo moves to the side
and Cuervo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cuervo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cuervo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Baggins wants to clinch but Cuervo slips to the side
and Cuervo counters with a nice uppercut.
Cuervo lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Baggins misses with a straight left.
Baggins misses the jab.
Cuervo ducks under a wild hook from Baggins.
Cuervo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Baggins.
Baggins ducks right into an uppercut from Cuervo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Baggins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cuervo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Cuervo staying out of range there.
Baggins on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Baggins clinches but Cuervo breaks the clinch
and Cuervo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Jose Cuervo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Baggins closes the distance looking to clinch
and Baggins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cuervo throws a hook but Baggins avoids it easily.

Cuervo closes the distance and clinches.

Cuervo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baggins fails to land with a series of punches.
Baggins tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cuervo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Baggins tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cuervo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Baggins might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Baggins darts in trying to clinch
and Cuervo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Baggins has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cuervo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Baggins misses with a knee to the head.
Baggins has a couple of punches blocked by Cuervo.

Cuervo breaks the clinch.
Baggins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cuervo. That did some damage!
Baggins misses with a double jab
and Cuervo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Baggins is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Baggins stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Nice jab there from Cuervo.
Cuervo tries a low kick but Baggins avoids it.
Cuervo throws a low kick, looking for Baggins's leg but Baggins calmly moves out of range.
Cuervo throws a hook to the side of Baggins's head but Baggins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Baggins wants to clinch

and Cuervo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Cuervo blocks a body shot from Baggins.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cuervo.
Baggins wants to break free but Cuervo has control.

Cuervo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cuervo swinging wildly here.
Baggins misses with a double jab
and Baggins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo throws a leg kick but Baggins sees it coming and moves out of range.
Baggins closes the distance but Cuervo moves to the side
and Cuervo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baggins closes the distance but Cuervo moves to the side
and Cuervo counters with a straight right hand.
Baggins lands with a straight right. Cuervo didn't see that one coming.
Baggins wants to clinch but Cuervo slips to the side
and Cuervo counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cuervo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Baggins moves away.
Nice defenses there by Cuervo.
Baggins throws a leg kick

and Cuervo counters by clinching up.
Frodo Baggins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Baggins looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Baggins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cuervo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Baggins swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Baggins misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cuervo prevents Baggins from breaking the clinch.
Cuervo blocks an uppercut.
Baggins scores with a nice hook to the head.
Baggins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Cuervo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cuervo 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Cuervo!