PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Corleone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonah Sumrall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sumrall has chosen Kutless - Smile as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Corleone
vs
Sumrall

188 cm
37
222 lbs
26 - 13 - 1

180 cm
32
205 lbs
22 - 10 - 0

Great wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Fury Nutrition Inc.
KnockOut

Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Corleone !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jonah Sumrall!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corleone tried to score with a low kick but Sumrall checks it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sumrall.
Corleone pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sumrall throws a hook but Corleone avoids it easily.
Corleone tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sumrall is able to avoid easily.
Corleone avoids the head kick by Sumrall.
Corleone throws a sloppy head kick and Sumrall moves out of range easily.
Corleone throws a low kick but Sumrall moves out of range easily.
Sumrall looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corleone fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sumrall looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Sumrall connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Corleone 's hands.
Corleone misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sumrall throws an overhand right that lands on Corleone 's shoulder, as Corleone tries to avoid the shot.

Corleone fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sumrall, pushing him back against the cage.
Corleone tries to land knees in the clinch but Sumrall avoids the damage to the body.
Sumrall is trying to break free.
Corleone throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Corleone connects with a knee to the head.
Corleone taking a breather.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Corleone using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sumrall has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Corleone landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Corleone keeps control of Sumrall as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Corleone misses with an elbow strike.
A knee to the head by Corleone .

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Sumrall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sumrall checks a leg kick nicely.
Sumrall has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Corleone is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Corleone wants to clinch.
Sumrall scores with a jab. Corleone acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Corleone throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sumrall moves out of range of the body kick.
Sumrall looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Corleone looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corleone attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A swing and a miss from Sumrall.
Corleone misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sumrall avoids a kick to the body.
Sumrall looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

Corleone closes the distance and pushes Sumrall back into the cage.
Corleone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Sumrall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Corleone lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sumrall takes a step back to recover.
Sumrall on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Corleone . Corleone obviously looking to wear him down.
Sumrall throws a lazy head kick

and Corleone moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corleone tries a knee to the head but Sumrall blocks it.
Corleone throws a knee to the head but misses.

Sumrall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A clash of legs there as Sumrall blocks the low kick.
Corleone looks for the body kick but Sumrall saw that one coming.
Sumrall misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Corleone thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sumrall if he has to take too many more of those.
Sumrall blocks a head kick by Corleone .
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!
Jab from Sumrall.
Corleone takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Sumrall moves out of range of the body kick.
Sumrall looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Corleone lands a leg kick that knocks Sumrall off balance momentarily.
Corleone is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sumrall can do to turn this around?
Corleone tries to score with a low kick but Sumrall moves his leg out of the way.
Sumrall looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sumrall tries a head kick but it misses.
Corleone misses with a low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Corleone lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Sumrall has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sumrall and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Corleone walks into a jab.
Sumrall scores with the left hand. Corleone knows he should have avoided that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corleone misses with a body kick.
Corleone throws a sloppy head kick and Sumrall moves out of range easily.
Despite the aggression on Sumrall's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Jonah Sumrall seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A low kick from Corleone is predictable there

and Sumrall counters with a head kick that drops Corleone to the mat! Corleone scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Corleone is rocked!
Corleone throws a lazy head kick
and Sumrall counters with a big left hand that crumples Corleone ! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jonah Sumrall!