PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Martin Saint Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ferdinand Cortes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saint Louis comes to the cage accompanied by Nique La Police. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Saint Louis
vs
Cortes

164 cm
24
135 lbs
14 - 3 - 0

169 cm
23
150 lbs
16 - 1 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

GREEN!160
Conquer

Sun-Tzu. 15%

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Martin Saint Louis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Ferdinand Cortes!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint Louis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cortes manages to avoid it.
Nice shot lands for Saint Louis.
Cortes scores with a head kick.
A jab from Saint Louis finds it's way through Cortes's defenses.
Saint Louis connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Saint Louis throws a leg kick but Cortes sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cortes throws a body punch but Saint Louis moves out of range.
Cortes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saint Louis.
Saint Louis has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Beast Cartel in the buildup to the fight.
Cortes slips under a jab.
Cortes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Saint Louis staying out of range there.
Saint Louis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cortes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Saint Louis lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cortes tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint Louis throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Cortes counters with a left to the body.
Saint Louis thuds his shin into the meat of Cortes's side.
Cortes lands a head shot.
Cortes looks to score with a jab to the body but Saint Louis is just out of range.
Saint Louis looks for the body kick but Cortes saw that one coming.
Cortes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cortes takes a swing at Saint Louis's ribcage but misses.
Saint Louis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cortes throws a combination that misses
and Saint Louis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cortes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Saint Louis.
Cortes throws a chopping leg kick but Saint Louis manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Martin Saint Louis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cortes lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Saint Louis backs up against the cage.
Saint Louis throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cortes on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saint Louis lands with a straight right. Cortes didn't see that one coming.
Saint Louis takes a kick to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint Louis is looking to chop away at Cortes's legs.
Saint Louis jabs at Cortes's body.
Cortes takes one to the chin there.
Saint Louis connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Cortes is rocked!
Saint Louis ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Cortes out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Martin Saint Louis!
During a confident post fight interview, Martin Saint Louis thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.