PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jose Coronado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryal Squires (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Coronado
vs
Squires

181 cm
22
196 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Big heart

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jose Coronado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryal Squires!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coronado ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Squires moves away.
Coronado pivots, looking for a leg kick but Squires is out of range and Coronado settles back down.

Squires shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Squires showed some decent athleticism there.
Squires looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Coronado knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Squires on the ground.
Squires looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Squires is keen to just control but Coronado is a slippery customer.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Squires looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Coronado keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Squires prevents Coronado from improving his position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Squires shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Coronado pinned against the cage. Coronado gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A shot to de liver by Squires. Beautiful body shot.
Coronado pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Coronado misses the jab.
Squires moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squires gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Squires scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

Coronado is rocked!
No joy there for Coronado, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Coronado throws a lazy right hand but Squires sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Coronado keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Squires clinches up against the cage.
Squires looking for a takedown.
Jose Coronado has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryal Squires.
Squires tries for a takedown but Coronado manages to get underhooks.

Squires escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Squires throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Coronado's waist but Coronado gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Squires off to one side.
Squires tries to close the distance and clinch but Coronado swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Squires tries a head kick but it misses.
Coronado swats away the attempt to clinch by Squires.

Squires drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squires stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Coronado swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Squires decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Coronado, up you get!
Coronado is breathing heavily.
Squires ducks under a wild hook from Coronado.
Coronado throws a shot from downtown. Squires moves away and avoids it.
Nice sprawl there from Coronado as Squires shoots in.
Squires throws a shot from downtown. Coronado moves away and avoids it.

Squires closes the distance and clinches.
Coronado is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Squires is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Squires keeps control of Coronado as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Squires just leaning against Coronado, taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Squires breaks the clinch.
Coronado misses with a jab to the body

and Squires counters by moving into the clinch.

Squires breaks the clinch.
Coronado misses with a looping left.
Nice takedown defense from Coronado. No joy for Squires on that attempt.
Coronado fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Squires on the side of the head.
Jose Coronado is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Squires uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Coronado.
Coronado lands a lovely overhand right.
A swing and a miss from Coronado.
Squires looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Squires looks for a takedown but Coronado sprawls well.
Squires throws a nice looking combination but Coronado bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Coronado lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Coronado.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryal Squires dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A punch combination from Squires misses.
Coronado misses with a looping left.
Coronado will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice takedown defense from Coronado. No joy for Squires on that attempt.
Squires misses with a double jab.
Coronado throws a right and a left that Squires avoids nicely.
Coronado pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Squires closes this distance looking for a takedown but Coronado circles away.
Coronado throws an overhand right that lands on Squires's shoulder, as Squires tries to avoid the shot.
Squires looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jose Coronado has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryal Squires.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Squires looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Coronado is fending him off so far but Squires persists. Nope, Coronado circles away and we're back to standing.
Squires tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Coronado paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No luck for Squires with that takedown attempt.
A jab from Coronado finds it's way through Squires's defenses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Squires shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Coronado is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Squires fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Squires slips a straight right by Coronado.
Squires fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Coronado throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Squires sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Squires fails with the takedown.
Squires throws a sloppy head kick and Coronado moves out of range easily.

Squires gets the takedown into side control.
Squires just content to control the position.
Squires wants to lay and pray for a moment but Coronado keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Squires has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Squires fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Coronado swings for the body but Squires moves out of range.
Coronado throws a hook to the side of Squires's head but Squires sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Squires changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Coronado tries to avoid it but Squires manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Coronado to the ground. Coronado escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Coronado lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Squires shoots for a takedown but Coronado saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Squires shoots for a takedown but Coronado saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Coronado connects with a nice looking jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squires misses with a double jab.
Squires shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Coronado but Coronado pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Coronado looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Squires scores with a jab to the body.
Coronado moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Coronado connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Squires's hands.

Squires is rocked!
Coronado walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Squires drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Coronado swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Squires's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Coronado!