PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Death Punch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felipe Cortes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Punch might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Bleeding. The crowd seem to be enjoying Cortes's choice of entrance music: Street Life-Randy Crawford. Felipe Cortes has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Punch
vs
Cortes

209 cm
20
286 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

202 cm
23
263 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Death Punch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Felipe Cortes!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Eliza Hachem and Darius Henderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cortes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Punch.
Punch tries to clinch up.
Punch has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tōshi in the buildup to the fight.
Punch uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cortes.
Punch lands with a straight right. Cortes didn't see that one coming.
Punch misses with a hook to the body
and Cortes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Punch swings for the body but Cortes moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Punch.
Punch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cortes scores with a jab to the jaw.
Punch slips a jab from Cortes.
Punch drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
No joy there for Cortes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fighters circling - Punch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Punch misses with a shot to the body
and Cortes counters with a nice uppercut.
Death Punch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cortes moves out of range of the strikes.
Cortes shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Punch misses with a few strikes there.
Punch tries a low kick but Cortes avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Punch.
Punch closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Punch misses with a looping right.
Punch takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cortes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Punch throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cortes connects with a looping right hand.
Punch misses with a straight right.
A big right from Cortes misses.
Cortes lands with a right hand.
Punch misses with a shot to the body
and Cortes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Punch looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Punch throws a hook but Cortes avoids it easily.
It seemed like Cortes was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cortes connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Jab from Punch.
Cortes connects with a single shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cortes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Punch misses its intended target.
A big left from Punch misses.
Punch takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cortes moves out of range as Punch strikes.
Punch misses with a body shot.
Cortes with a nice cross.
Donk. Cortes catches Punch right on the button with a cross.
Cortes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Punch.
Cortes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Punch swings for the body but Cortes moves out of range.
Punch steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cortes.
Cortes checks a low kick from Punch.
Cortes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cortes connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cortes ducks under a wild hook from Punch.
Cortes lands a right hook to the body.
Punch is breathing heavily.
Cortes connects with the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortes tries to bum rush Punch with a series of wild strikes but Punch uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Oooooh!!! Cortes has knocked Punch down with a huge combo! Cortes steps away and waves a wobbly Punch back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!

Punch is rocked!
Cortes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Punch manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Oh Punch is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Cortes clinches with his opponent.
Punch seems to have got his legs back now.
Cortes trying to stall but Punch improves his position.
Cortes lands a shoulder strike.
Cortes lands a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cortes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Punch blocks an uppercut.
Punch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Punch throws a punch but it's blocked by Cortes.
Cortes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cortes throws a punch but it's blocked by Punch.
Cortes misses with a punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cortes blocking some punches.
A short right from Cortes on the inside.
Punch throws a head punch that misses.
Cortes has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Punch seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Cortes can turn it around.
Punch swings wildly with an uppercut but Cortes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Punch blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cortes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cortes throws a punch but it's blocked by Punch.
Cortes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Punch taking a breather.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cortes tries to work over Punch's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cortes lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cortes swings wildly with an uppercut but Punch uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Felipe Cortes dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Cortes lands the left hand.
Punch throws a looping overhand right but Cortes ducks down to avoid it.
Cortes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Punch.
Cortes might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Punch takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Punch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cortes was well out of range. Poor timing from Punch.
Punch just misses with a punch to the body.
Punch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Punch walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Punch slips a straight right by Cortes.
Punch walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cortes checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cortes throws out a counter right but Punch avoids it with no problem.
Punch fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cortes takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Punch takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Punch misses with a jab to the body

and Cortes counters with a nice right hand that sends Punch toppling to the canvas! Punch scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Cortes finish him?!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Punch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cortes.
The fighters circling - Punch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Punch misses with a wild body shot.
Cortes misses with a straight left.

Cortes drops Punch with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Punch looks back up at him and smiles so Cortes waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Punch just misses with a punch to the body.
and Cortes counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Punch! He's just covering up as Cortes starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Felipe Cortes!
Felipe Cortes thanked the fans post fight for their support.