PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Corleone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and José Nabijos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nabijos has chosen TRAFFIC JAM as his entrance music. José Nabijos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Corleone
vs
Nabijos

189 cm
28
210 lbs
15 - 1 - 0

187 cm
28
213 lbs
22 - 4 - 1

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World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sonny Corleone!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, José Nabijos!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, John Kavanagh and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nabijos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Corleone moves into the clinch.
Corleone taking a breather.
Nabijos can't find room to land a body shot as Corleone controls the action.
Corleone creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nabijos keeps control of Corleone as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Corleone lands a damaging elbow.
Corleone lands a damaging elbow.
Nabijos tries a knee to the head but Corleone blocks it.
Nabijos scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short uppercut from Nabijos.
Nabijos lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Sonny Corleone has been cut.
Corleone tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Corleone misses with a punch to the body.

Nabijos manages to break the clinch.
Corleone getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Corleone chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Corleone ducks right into an uppercut from Nabijos.
José Nabijos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nabijos thows a body shot but no joy.
Nabijos takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Corleone has managed to clinch.
Nabijos tries to circle away but Corleone has him pinned against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Corleone scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nabijos trying to control the position but instead, Corleone has worked for underhooks and has pushed Nabijos into the cage.
Corleone has a couple of punches blocked by Nabijos.
Nabijos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Corleone lands with a left to the head.
Nabijos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Corleone looking to throw knees to the head but Nabijos is blocking nicely.

Corleone lands a takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nabijos keeping moving, preventing Corleone from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corleone trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Corleone accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Corleone trying to control but Nabijos is working from the bottom.
Corleone is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Corleone trying to control but Nabijos is working from the bottom.

Sonny Corleone has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Nabijos lands a high kick!
Nabijos lunges at Corleone with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Corleone's hand.
Nabijos misses with a low kick as Corleone jumps back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corleone pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Nabijos misses with a hook. Corleone ducked under it nicely.
Nabijos uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Corleone waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Nabijos.
Nice body kick from Corleone.
That kick from Nabijos tenderised Corleone's leg. Corleone is trying to keep his angry face on.
Corleone moves out of range as Nabijos throws a body kick.
Corleone checks a leg kick.
Corleone throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nabijos throws an off balance right hand
and Nabijos takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
José Nabijos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos misses the shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nabijos scores with a hook.

Sonny Corleone's cut is getting worse.
Nabijos misses with a body kick.
Nabijos throws a front kick that sends Corleone stumbling back into the cage.
Corleone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nabijos misses the body punch
and Corleone counters with a good low kick that Nabijos was not able to check.
The fighters circle momentarily. Nabijos darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nabijos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Corleone can pounce on him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nabijos misses with a hook. Corleone ducked under it nicely.
Nabijos misses with a kick to the body
and Corleone counters with a stiff right hand.
Nabijos lands with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Sonny Corleone will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Sonny Corleone's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Corleone gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Corleone is looking to control Nabijos's arms but Nabijos gets an underhook and turns him. Now Corleone has his back to the cage.
Corleone blocking some punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Corleone tries a body shot but Nabijos blocks it.
Corleone is looking to control Nabijos's arms but Nabijos gets an underhook and turns him. Now Corleone has his back to the cage.
Corleone can't find room to land a body shot as Nabijos controls the action.
Nabijos avoiding damage as Corleone throws knees to the body.
Corleone misses with an elbow strike.
Good body shot from Nabijos.
Corleone tries to land a knee to the head but Nabijos blocks with his arms.
A bit of stalling here from Nabijos.
Corleone lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Nabijos breaks from the clinch.
Nabijos throws a push kick but Corleone slaps the foot to one side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nabijos throws a left and a right that both miss
and Corleone counters with a thumping low kick.
Nabijos scores with a jab. Corleone acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Corleone misses with a leg kick
and Nabijos counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A lazy left from Corleone finds it's target.
Nabijos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nabijos misses with a series of wild punches.
Corleone slips under a jab.
Nabijos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Corleone sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Corleone dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos misses with an uppercut. Corleone saw that one coming.
Corleone lets loose with a powerful body kick. Nabijos will feel that in the morning.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Corleone throws a nice head kick!
Corleone takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Corleone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Nabijos.
Nabijos throws an off balance right hand
and Corleone counters with a slapping leg kick.
Nabijos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Corleone can pounce on him.
Corleone fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Nabijos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Corleone lands a leg kick that knocks Nabijos off balance momentarily.
Corleone tries to close the distance and clinch but Nabijos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nabijos moves out of range as Corleone throws a body kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corleone fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Corleone slips a jab from Nabijos.
Corleone thows a body shot but no joy.
Corleone lands an overhand right.
Corleone looks to land a body kick but Nabijos moved away.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Corleone, right into the meat.
Nabijos misses with a body kick.
Corleone throws a head kick but Nabijos moves out of range.
Nabijos lands a jab.
Nabijos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Corleone.
Nabijos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Corleone throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Nabijos throws a wild body kick that Corleone sees coming a mile off.
Nabijos with a jab.
Nabijos throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nabijos lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A slow jab from Nabijos misses its intended target.
Corleone chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sonny Corleone dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sonny Corleone's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Nabijos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nabijos connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Corleone avoids a kick to the body.
Nabijos misses with a hook
and Corleone counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Nabijos thinking.
Corleone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nabijos.
Nabijos throws a head kick but Corleone moves out of range.
Nabijos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Corleone moves out of range of the body kick.
Nabijos swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Corleone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Corleone shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nabijos as he avoids it easily.
Nice jab there from Corleone.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corleone wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sonny Corleone is winning the standup battle so far.
Corleone connects with a solid leg kick.
Nabijos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Corleone blocks a jab.
Corleone lands a jab-cross combination.
Corleone throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nabijos scores with a jab. Corleone acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Corleone lands a body shot.
Corleone moves out of range as Nabijos strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Corleone misses with a few strikes there.
Nabijos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corleone takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Nabijos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nabijos walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nabijos throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A nice combination there by Nabijos.

Sonny Corleone's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Corleone jabs at Nabijos's body.
Nabijos darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nabijos avoids the head kick by Corleone.
Nabijos takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
An inside leg kick lands from Nabijos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Corleone sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Corleone motions for Nabijos to come forward. Corleone throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nabijos walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Corleone checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Nabijos lands with a shot to the body.
Corleone moves in looking to clinch but Nabijos pushes him off.
Nabijos's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Nabijos misses with a kick to the body
and Corleone makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Corleone throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Nabijos stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Nabijos looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A low kick from Nabijos misses
and Corleone counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nabijos throws a nice looking combination but Corleone bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos moves out of range as Corleone throws a body kick.
Some wild striking there from Nabijos.
No luck for Corleone with that takedown attempt.
Corleone moves out of range of the body kick from Nabijos.
Nabijos stuffs the takedown attempt from Corleone. Corleone gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sonny Corleone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nabijos throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but José Nabijos just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Sonny Corleone's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Corleone throws a sloppy body shot
and Nabijos makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

Corleone clinches up against the cage.
Corleone taking a breather.
Nabijos blocks an elbow strike.
Corleone'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.
Corleone tries to throw a body punch but Nabijos avoids it by throwing Corleone back against the cage.
Corleone taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Corleone lands a nice elbow.

Nabijos breaks from the clinch.
Corleone scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nabijos misses with a body shot.
Nabijos throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nabijos 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.
A combination from Corleone does no damage.
Corleone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nabijos.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nabijos.
Corleone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nabijos misses with a low kick.
Nabijos tries to move into range but Corleone moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Corleone misses the shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corleone checks a low kick from Nabijos.
Nabijos thuds his right hand into Corleone's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nabijos takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nabijos swats away the attempt to clinch by Corleone.
Corleone moves away from the strike by Nabijos.
Corleone wants to clinch up but Nabijos keeps it at a distance.
Corleone tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nabijos is able to avoid easily.
Nabijos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Corleone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos swings for the body but Corleone moves out of range.
Nabijos misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Corleone counters with a body kick that stops Nabijos in his tracks momentarily.
Nabijos is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Nabijos misses with a body punch
and Corleone counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nice jab there from Corleone.
Corleone fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nabijos throws a low kick, looking for Corleone's leg but Corleone calmly moves out of range.

Corleone is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Nabijos's half guard.
Corleone seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Nabijos does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Nabijos is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nabijos is refusing to be controlled, as Corleone sits in half guard.
Nabijos holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.

Corleone looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Corleone wants to control but Nabijos is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sonny Corleone had his way with José Nabijos in that round.
The cut man is working on Sonny Corleone's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Nabijos just misses with a punch to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nabijos.
Nabijos misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Corleone counters with a low kick, right behind Nabijos 's knee.
Corleone throws a leg kick but Nabijos checks it.
Corleone lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Corleone. That's going to slow Nabijos down.
Nabijos throws a leg kick
and Corleone counters with a stiff right hand.
Corleone is looking to wear down Nabijos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nabijos throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Corleone counters with a good, hard body kick but Nabijos shrugs it off.
Nabijos checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nabijos connects with a single shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nabijos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Corleone throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A lazy left from Nabijos finds it's target.
Nabijos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Corleone.
Corleone lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Corleone throws a leg kick that misses.
Corleone swings for the body but Nabijos moves out of range.
Nabijos chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Corleone can pounce on him.
Nabijos moves out of range of the leg kick from Corleone.
Corleone throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
José Nabijos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Corleone. That did some damage!
Nabijos throws a predictable looking body shot
and Corleone counters with a nice low kick that buckles Nabijos's knee momentarily.
Nabijos delivers a nice body kick.
Corleone throws a predictable looking body shot
and Nabijos counters with a leg kick.
Nabijos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nabijos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Corleone.
Corleone looks to score with a jab to the body but Nabijos is just out of range.
A head kick misses from Nabijos.
Corleone is looking to slow Nabijos down with leg kicks.
Sonny Corleone is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos scoring well with a low kick there.
Nabijos takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Corleone scores with a leg kick.
Nabijos throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nabijos misses the jab.
Corleone tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nabijos.
Nabijos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Corleone counters with an inside leg kick.
Corleone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Corleone counters with a low kick, right behind Nabijos 's knee.
Nabijos pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A good leg kick by Nabijos.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Corleone lands with a slapping head kick.
Nabijos's jab looks to have found its range, popping Corleone under the eye.
Nabijos throws a jab when Corleone was well out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by Nabijos!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nabijos misses with a wild body shot.
Nabijos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Corleone connects with a single shot there.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to José Nabijos.
Well Corleone 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 49:47
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 48:48
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Sonny Corleone!
Sonny Corleone retains his light heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Sonny Corleone thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.