PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kato Cordera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gorge Junior (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Junior has chosen Kid Sensation - The Way I Swing as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cordera
vs
Junior

190 cm
31
200 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

191 cm
25
195 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

[WAO]MADE IN GERMANY
[WAO]MADE IN GERMANY

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kato Cordera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gorge Junior!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cordera on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Junior looks to land a left hand but Cordera moved out of range nicely.
Cordera looks to clinch
and Junior counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Junior misses with the combination.
Junior paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cordera tries a head kick but it misses.
Junior throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Junior misses with a hook.
Junior is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cordera.
Cordera throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Cordera.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cordera misses with a hook.
Junior lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cordera circles away quickly and effectively.
Junior throws out a loose jab but Cordera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cordera uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Junior.
Junior misses with a right hand
and Cordera counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Junior is lucky that one didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cordera tries to close the distance and clinch up but Junior swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gorge Junior is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cordera lands a nice leg kick that just misses Junior's sensitive parts.
Cordera goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Junior circles away from the clinch attempt
and Junior counters with a nice uppercut.
Cordera fakes the leg kick and cracks Junior in the body.
Cordera throws a sloppy head kick and Junior moves out of range easily.
Cordera tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Junior manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Cordera moves into the clinch successfully.
Cordera keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Junior's efforts to push away.

Cordera breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cordera tries to clinch but Junior moves away
and Junior counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cordera lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Junior takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Junior throws a combination that misses
and Cordera finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Cordera lands a nice shot that snaps Junior's head back.
A looping hook to the body misses from Junior. Cordera does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cordera looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cordera tries to clinch but Junior is having none of it.
Junior takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cordera, right into the meat.
Junior on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cordera lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Junior misses with an uppercut
and Cordera counters with a solid body kick.
Junior looks gassed!

Cordera has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cordera with a knee to the head.

It looks like Gorge Junior has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cordera stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cordera with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Junior avoiding damage as Cordera throws knees to the body.
Junior is trying to push Cordera away but Cordera has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cordera lands an elbow inside that Junior shrugs off.
Cordera tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Junior tries to break the clinch but Cordera is controlling the position.
Cordera displaying some good clinch control by pressing Junior up against the cage.
Junior has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cordera.
Cordera tries a knee to the head but Junior blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cordera tries a knee to the head but Junior blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cordera.
Junior fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cordera will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Junior up against the cage.
Junior wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

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

Cordera has Junior up against the cage in a clinch.
Junior being controlled against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cordera lands a left hand that snaps the head of Junior backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kato Cordera dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gorge Junior's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Junior fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Junior misses with a right hand
and Cordera connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Junior swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cordera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Junior paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Junior throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cordera sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Junior keeps the fight on the outside.
Cordera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cordera moves out of range as Junior strikes.
Cordera throws a wild body kick that Junior sees coming a mile off.
Cordera lands with an uppercut that bounces Junior off the cage and back into range.

Cordera has taken the fight to the clinch.
Junior blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Junior as Cordera tries to tie him up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Junior can't break the clinch.
Cordera pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Cordera breaks from the clinch.
Cordera steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Junior.
Cordera misses with a body kick.
Gorge Junior is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cordera misses with the combination.
Junior ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cordera moves away.
Junior scores with a shot to the body.
Junior tests Cordera's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cordera lands with a thumping leg kick.
Junior lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

It looks like Kato Cordera has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cordera fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Junior manages to avoid it.
Cordera takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Junior circles away from the clinch attempt.

Cordera closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cordera.
Cordera's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Cordera is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cordera.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cordera just misses with a elbow thrown towards Junior's brow.
Cordera throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junior is trying to push Cordera away but Cordera has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cordera looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Junior swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cordera using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Junior has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Junior has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cordera is struggling to control the position.
Junior is trying to force a seperation but Cordera has the dominant position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Junior blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Junior dodges an elbow strike from Cordera.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cordera lands an elbow that stopped Junior in his tracks for a moment.
Cordera lands an elbow inside that Junior shrugs off.
Junior blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Junior wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cordera tries to land knees in the clinch but Junior avoids the damage to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Cordera lands a knee to the head.

That has opened up Gorge Junior's cut even more.
Cordera using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cordera is looking to control Junior's arms but Junior gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cordera has his back to the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cordera lands an elbow just above Junior 's eye.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kato Cordera dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

A shot to the liver by Cordera. Beautiful body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cordera, right into the meat.
Cordera tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cordera tries to clinch there but Junior circles away.
Cordera tries a head kick but it misses.
Junior misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cordera connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Junior throws a poor cross that misses
and Cordera counters with a head kick. That will keep Junior thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Cordera misses the jab.
Junior misses with a hook
and Cordera counters with a head kick that wobbles Junior - left then right he sways and one more bomb from Cordera sends him down. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kato Cordera!