PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jan Karel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Cuervo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Karel
vs
Cuervo

180 cm
21
155 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

172 cm
26
156 lbs
5 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Big heart

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jan Karel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jose Cuervo!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuervo moves away from the strike by Karel.
Karel moves away from the strike by Cuervo.
A quick step to the side and Karel tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cuervo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karel shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cuervo ducks under a wild hook from Karel.
Cuervo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cuervo throws a leg kick but Karel moved away.
Karel throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cuervo is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Karel with a body shot.
Cuervo throws a leg kick but Karel checks it.
Karel jabs at Cuervo's body.
A shot to the liver by Karel. Beautiful body shot.
Karel sizes up Cuervo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Karel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A big left from Karel misses.
Karel doesn't manage to clinch there - Cuervo circles away.
A swing and a miss from Karel.
Karel attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cuervo throws a leg kick
and Karel counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cuervo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Karel.
Cuervo avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Karel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A punch lands to the side of Karel 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cuervo misses with a straight right.
Cuervo motions for Karel to come forward. Cuervo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cuervo - that will leave a mark!
Karel misses with a kick to the body.
Cuervo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Karel misses the target.
Cuervo throws a hook but Karel avoids it easily.
Cuervo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Karel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Karel moves out of range of the strikes.
Cuervo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Karel was well out of range. Poor timing from Cuervo.
Karel moves out of range of the strikes.
Cuervo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cuervo lands a right hook to the body.
Karel swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cuervo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cuervo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Karel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Cuervo.
Karel throws a big shot that misses.
Karel throws a body punch but Cuervo moves out of range.
Karel misses the shot to the body.
Cuervo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Karel avoids a kick to the body.
Karel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cuervo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karel.
Cuervo follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cuervo.
Cuervo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Karel throws a jab when Cuervo was well out of range.
Karel connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cuervo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Karel will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cuervo looks to land a left hand but Karel moved out of range nicely.
Karel scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cuervo in his tracks.
Karel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Karel throws a right hand that misses
and Cuervo counters with an outside leg kick.
Karel misses with a straight left.
Cuervo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karel throws a low kick but Cuervo moves out of range easily.
Karel scores with a one two! Cuervo had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Cuervo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cuervo was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Karel takes a swing at Cuervo's ribcage but misses.
Karel's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cuervo under the eye.
Cuervo with a hook.
No joy there for Karel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cuervo connects with a body shot that sends Karel's belly button to the back.
Cuervo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cuervo throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Karel looks to score with a jab to the body but Cuervo is just out of range.
Cuervo appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cuervo lands a really nice looking cross but Karel seems unphased.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good exchange - Cuervo coming out on top.

Karel is rocked!
Karel takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Oh Karel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Karel scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cuervo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Karel moves away.
Karel tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Cuervo sends Karel crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Cuervo is motioning to the referee to let Karel up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Karel misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karel looks to land a combination but Cuervo avoids it well.
Cuervo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Karel throws a series of punches but Cuervo moves out of range.
Cuervo is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Karel had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Karel will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cuervo now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Cuervo avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Karel is looking to clinch.
Karel tries to clinch but Cuervo moves out of range.
Cuervo lands with a nice body punch.
Cuervo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Karel misses with a body shot

and Cuervo counters with a nice right hand that sends Karel toppling to the canvas! Karel scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Cuervo finish him?!
Cuervo blocks a jab.
Karel finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Karel misses with a double jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cuervo.
Cuervo misses with a hook.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cuervo. Karel shrugs it off though.
Karel misses with a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cuervo swats away the attempt to clinch by Karel.
Karel is looking to clinch but Cuervo is avoiding it.
Cuervo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Karel.
Karel backing away here, and Cuervo unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Cuervo feints and then cracks Karel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Karel down.
Karel seems to have got his legs back now.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Karel 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 Cuervo has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cuervo and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Cuervo dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Karel pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cuervo. That's going to slow Karel down.
Karel dips to his left and cracks Cuervo with an uppercut!
Karel is looking to chop away at Cuervo's legs.
Cuervo feints a counter leg kick.
Cuervo misses the shot to the body.
Cuervo slips under a jab from Karel.
Cuervo looks to land a body kick but Karel moved away.
Karel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cuervo steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Cuervo lands with a hook. Karel tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Cuervo - that will leave a mark!
Cuervo throws a sloppy head kick and Karel moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Cuervo misses the target.
Cuervo throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cuervo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cuervo misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuervo ducks under a wild hook from Karel.
Cuervo moves away from the strike by Karel.
Karel looks to score with a jab to the body but Cuervo is just out of range.
Cuervo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Karel takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cuervo staying out of range there.
Cuervo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A big left from Cuervo misses.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Karel might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cuervo checks a leg kick.
Karel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Karel throws a low kick but Cuervo moves out of range easily.
Cuervo does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Cuervo connects with a body shot.
Cuervo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Karel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Karel misses with a hook. Cuervo ducked under it nicely.
Cuervo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cuervo on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cuervo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cuervo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Karel's calf.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karel takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo misses with a hook. Karel ducked under it nicely.
Cuervo throws a body kick that misses.
Karel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cuervo manages to avoid it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cuervo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cuervo cracks a nice hook into Karel's ribs.
Karel tries to clinch but Cuervo is having none of it.
Cuervo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Karel connects with a body shot.
Cuervo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Karel is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Karel has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cuervo.
Cuervo feints and then cracks Karel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Karel down.
Cuervo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Karel manages to avoid it.
Donk. Cuervo catches Karel right on the button with a cross.
Karel throws a series of punches but Cuervo avoids them all with ease.
Karel lands a jab-cross combination.
Cuervo throws a body shot but no joy.
Karel avoids a kick to the body.
Karel tries a low kick but Cuervo avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo slips under a jab from Karel.
Cuervo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A swing and a miss from Karel.
Cuervo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karel.
Karel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cuervo.
Karel takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cuervo.
Jose Cuervo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Karel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Karel throws out a loose jab but Cuervo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Karel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like Karel was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Karel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cuervo throws a body kick that misses.
Karel looks to land a right hand but Cuervo moved out of range.
A punch combination from Karel misses.
Cuervo lets loose with a powerful body kick. Karel will feel that in the morning.
Nice shot by Cuervo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karel does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Karel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karel throws a series of punches but Cuervo avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cuervo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Cuervo sends Karel crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Cuervo is motioning to the referee to let Karel up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Cuervo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cuervo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Karel closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Cuervo misses with a hook.
Karel will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Cuervo slips under a jab.
Karel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cuervo moves away.
Cuervo misses the jab.
Cuervo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Karel's head backwards.
Karel misses with a wild body shot.
Karel scores with a sloppy right hand. Cuervo should have avoided that one.
Cuervo lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cuervo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Karel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Karel looks to throw the jab but Cuervo is out of range.
Cuervo scores with a hook to the body. Karel takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Cuervo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Karel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Karel throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cuervo.
Cuervo throws a body punch but Karel moves out of range.
Cuervo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Karel. That did some damage!
Karel throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Karel throws the left hand but Cuervo avoids the punch easily.
Karel steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cuervo. That one must have hurt.
Cuervo looks to score with a jab to the body but Karel is just out of range.
Cuervo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cuervo stuns Karel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Some wild striking there from Karel.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karel throws a jab but it's blocked by Cuervo.
Karel avoids the body shot from Cuervo.
Cuervo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Karel throws a right hand that misses
enabling Cuervo to counter with a crisp jab.
Karel throws a leg kick that misses.
Cuervo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuervo lands a leg kick that knocks Karel off balance momentarily.
Cuervo slips under a jab from Karel.
A nice side step and Cuervo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Cuervo scores with a jab to the body.
Karel throws a lazy head kick
and Cuervo counters with a leg kick.
Cuervo misses with a body kick.
Karel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cuervo is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Cuervo lands with a shot to the body.
Cuervo moves out of range of the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Cuervo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Karel jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Karel throws a hook but Cuervo avoids it easily.
Cuervo connects with a right hand. Karel shakes it off.
Cuervo defending well as Karel loads up on a big left hand.
Cuervo thuds his shin into the meat of Karel's side.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cuervo lands with an uppercut that bounces Karel off the cage and back into range.
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!
A solid leg kick lands there for Cuervo.
Karel steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cuervo. That one must have hurt.
Karel gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cuervo.
Cuervo connects with a right hand. Karel shakes it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo moves out of range as Karel strikes.
Cuervo throws a body kick that misses
and Karel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Karel throws a hook to the side of Cuervo's head but Cuervo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Karel takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Cuervo lands a really nice looking cross but Karel seems unphased.
Karel throws a body punch but Cuervo moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Cuervo. Beautiful body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cuervo. That's going to slow Karel down.
Cuervo ducks under a wild hook from Karel.
Karel pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cuervo is out of range and Karel settles back down.
Karel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cuervo.
Cuervo scoring well with a low kick there.
Cuervo throws a hook but Karel blocks it.
Cuervo scores with the left hand. Karel knows he should have avoided that one.
Cuervo fakes the leg kick and cracks Karel in the body.
Karel throws a right and a left that both miss.
Karel misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karel avoids a kick to the body.
Karel misses with a body shot.
Nice shot lands for Cuervo.
Karel walks into a straight right hand from Cuervo.
Karel takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cuervo drops Karel with a huge uppercut! Karel drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Cuervo is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Cuervo!
A less than humble Jose Cuervo misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.