PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Fox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alan Corke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alan Corke has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rafael Fox's chin.

Fox
vs
Corke

175 cm
22
178 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

188 cm
20
185 lbs
4 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Syndicate Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rafael Fox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alan Corke!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Summer Carpenter and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick there by Fox.
Corke circles away from the clinch attempt.

Fox clinches with his opponent.

Corke manages to break the clinch.
Fox misses with a wild body shot.

Corke tries to keep at a distance but Fox has taken the fight into the clinch.
Corke wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Corke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fox thuds his shin into the meat of Corke's side.
Fox is looking to clinch.

Fox has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fox working Corke over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fox scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Alan Corke has been cut.
Fox keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Corke's efforts to push away.
Corke wants to break free but Fox has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fox has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Corke clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Fox is hanging on to Corke's back as he tries to escape.
Corke is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Fox is working the ground and pound. Can Corke escape?
Fox is punishing Corke with some ground and pound.
Fox landing with strikes.
Fox lands with a hammerfist to the side of Corke's head.
Corke wants to escape the position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Fox trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Corke is in bad spot here.
Fox is punishing Corke with some ground and pound.
Fox lands punches and elbows.
Fox is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Fox gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Fox gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Fox apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Fox thumps Corke with a low kick.
Fox throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Fox fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corke on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fox fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fox dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Corke. That did some damage!
Fox tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fox.
Fox tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fox wants to clinch.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Corke crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Fox - the referee stops the clock and Corke gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Fox. Corke manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fox tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Corke paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Fox.
Rafael Fox seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fox moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Corke looks winded!
Fox gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Corke counters with a straight right hand.
Corke avoids a kick to the body.

Fox pushes Corke up against the cage in a clinch.
Fox lands a good knee to the midsection. Corke won't want to take too many of those.
Corke takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fox comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Fox displaying some good clinch control by pressing Corke up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fox landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fox lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fox gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fox trying to stall but Corke improves his position.
Corke takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fox scores with a knee to the head.
Fox unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Fox misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Corke.
Fox tries to land a knee to the head but Corke blocks with his arms.
Corke is looking to break free of the clinch but Fox has double underhooks.
Corke has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Fox.
Fox gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees to the body from Fox.
Fox lands a nice knee to the body.
Fox connects with a nasty looking knee right to Corke's face.
Fox scores with a knee to the head.

That has opened up Alan Corke's cut even more.
Fox taking a breather.
Fox has Corke pressed against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Corke managing to block the knees to the body from Fox.
Fox with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Fox decides to pull guard.
Corke must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Corke stopping the sweep attempt from Fox.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael Fox dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alan Corke's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Fox swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Fox takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fox tries to clinch but Corke is having none of it.
Fox is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Fox. Corke shrugs it off though.
Fox looks to clinch
and Corke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Corke circles away from the clinch attempt
and Corke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fox wants to clinch up but Corke keeps it at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corke avoids a kick to the body.
Fox throws a front kick that sends Corke stumbling back into the cage.
Corke on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Corke is breathing heavily.
Fox wants to clinch.
Fox is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Corke can do to turn this around?
A decent looking body kick lands there for Fox.
Fox throws a push kick but Corke slaps the foot to one side.
Fox fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Corke has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Fox.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fox tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fox lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fox shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Corke defends it nicely.
Fox tries to clinch but Corke is having none of it.
Corke on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fox is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Fox changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Corke looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Corke takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Corke sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Corke looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fox looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Corke with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Corke tries to get to full guard but Fox has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Fox wants to work for an arm triangle but Corke is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Fox seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Corke does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rafael Fox overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Corke wants to improve his position but Fox is controlling well.
Fox takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fox is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Fox drops an elbow to the side of Corke's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Corke tries to roll over but Fox keeps him under control.

Fox is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Corke sees it coming and defends easily.
Ground and pound from Fox.

Corke is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fox pulls his head out easily.

Corke actively working from the bottom here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Fox connects with a nice short shot to Corke's temple.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Corke with the active half guard here but Fox passes nicely into side control.
Fox is putting a hurting on Corke here, landing some big shots from side control.
Fox in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael Fox dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alan Corke's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Fox shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Corke but Corke pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Fox misses with a jab, cross combination.
Corke is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Fox is looking to clinch but Corke is avoiding it.
Fox throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fox throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Rafael Fox is winning the standup battle so far.
Fox throws the kick towards the body but Corke avoids it.
Corke moves out of range of the body kick from Fox.
Corke takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Fox - that will leave a mark!
Corke takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fox misses with a body kick.
Fox misses with a shot to the body
and Corke counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Corke moves out of range as Fox throws a body kick.
Fox looks for the body kick but Corke saw that one coming.
Fox throws a body kick that misses.
Corke blocks the body kick.
Fox throws a body kick that misses.
Corke sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Corke throws a hook but Fox avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corke circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fox fails with the takedown
and Corke counters with a nice uppercut.
Alan Corke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fox scores with a shot to the body.
Fox misses with a wild body shot.
Fox shoots and misses
and Corke counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafael Fox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab from Fox misses.
Fox lands a nice looking body shot.
Fox looks to clinch
and Corke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fox misses with a body shot
and Corke counters with a straight right hand.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Fox.
Fox looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fox is looking to wear down Corke with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Corke defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fox.
Fox is looking to chop away at Corke's legs.
Rafael Fox is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fox tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Corke swivels and escapes.
Fox fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Corke circles away from the clinch attempt
and Corke counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fox misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Corke.
Fox fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Corke avoids it really well and circles away.
Nice body kick from Fox.
Alan Corke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fox misses with a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fox tries to clinch but Corke is having none of it.
Corke circles away from the clinch attempt.
Corke takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rafael Fox showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Fox 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:26
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafael Fox!
A very excited looking Rafael Fox made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.