PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edzard Ling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Cordoba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ling comes to the cage accompanied by Gemüseeintopf. Cordoba has chosen English Fire by CoF as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ling
vs
Cordoba

200 cm
28
286 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

191 cm
22
232 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Dangerous GnP
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

Bushido Clothing

Zentrope Fighting Universe

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Edzard Ling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Cordoba!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ling throws a hook but Cordoba avoids it easily.
Ling loads up on a big right hand but Cordoba slips the punch.
Ling misses with a hook.
Cordoba works Ling's body with a nice hook.
Ling misses with an uppercut.
Cordoba slips a straight right by Ling.
Cordoba doesn't manage to clinch there - Ling circles away.
Cordoba ducks under a wild hook from Ling.
Cordoba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ling.
Ling lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cordoba just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Ling misses.
Ling tests Cordoba's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cordoba throws a jab when Ling was well out of range.
Cordoba wants to clinch up but Ling keeps it at a distance.
Ling throws a jab when Cordoba was well out of range.
Ling lands with a cross.
Ling lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ling lands a really nice looking cross but Cordoba seems unphased.
Ling is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cordoba looks to score with a jab to the body but Ling is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Ling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ling tries to score with a low kick but Cordoba moves his leg out of the way.
Ling jabs at Cordoba's body.
Ling throws a shot from downtown. Cordoba moves away and avoids it.
Edzard Ling seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ling lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cordoba throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ling digs a good body shot into Cordoba's ribs.
Ling moves out of range of the strikes.
Ling thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ling throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cordoba throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ling is looking to chop away at Cordoba's legs.
Cordoba waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ling.
Ling lands a jab.
Cordoba tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ling was well out of range. Poor timing from Cordoba.
Ling on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

Cordoba moves into the clinch.
Ling gets through Cordoba's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ling tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ling misses with the head strike.
Ling takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ling throws a punch but it's blocked by Cordoba.
A short right from Ling.
Ling goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cordoba lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Edzard Ling has been cut.
Cordoba lands an elbow inside that Ling shrugs off.
Cordoba scores a nice knee to the body.
Cordoba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ling.
Cordoba tries a knee to the head but Ling blocks it.
Cordoba creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ling's defenses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cordoba with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ling looking to slow down the pace here.
Ling avoids a wild elbow strike from Cordoba.
Ling takes an elbow to the temple.
Cordoba working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cordoba tries to throw a body punch but Ling avoids it by throwing Cordoba back against the cage.
Cordoba works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cordoba lands an uppercut.
Ling is breathing heavily.
Cordoba working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cordoba.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Ling misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cordoba blocks an uppercut.
Cordoba works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cordoba.
Cordoba scores a nice knee to the body.
Cordoba is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Cordoba working Ling over with knees to the body.
Cordoba lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cordoba digs a right hand into Ling's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ling's gas tank.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cordoba utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Cordoba lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Ling.
Cordoba lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cordoba.
Cordoba landing knees to the body.
Cordoba lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cordoba working Ling over with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cordoba will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Ling up against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Cordoba.
Cordoba lands an elbow inside that Ling shrugs off.
Cordoba works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Cordoba lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cordoba lands with a short shot to the head.
Cordoba lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Good body shot from Cordoba.
Cordoba scores with a knee to the head.

Ling is rocked!
Cordoba softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Oh Ling is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cordoba with a knee to the head.
Cordoba throws a big uppercut that drops Ling! More strikes from Cordoba and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Ling lies dazed against the cage as Cordoba celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Cordoba!