PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jose Cuervo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Atlas Kivi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kivi has chosen Metallica - Ride the Lightning as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Cuervo
vs
Kivi

172 cm
27
156 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

175 cm
41
160 lbs
35 - 29 - 2

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jose Cuervo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 29 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Atlas Kivi!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuervo avoids the body shot from Kivi.
Kivi misses with a straight left.
A big right from Cuervo misses.
Kivi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cuervo.
Kivi throws the kick towards the body but Cuervo avoids it.
Kivi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cuervo connects with a looping right hand.
Cuervo scores with a shot to the body.
Cuervo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cuervo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cuervo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kivi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cuervo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cuervo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That kick from Cuervo tenderised Kivi's leg. Kivi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Kivi.
Cuervo misses with a wild body shot.
Kivi misses with a wild body shot.
Cuervo is looking to chop away at Kivi's legs.
Kivi thinks about the counter body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kivi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Kivi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cuervo, right into the meat.
Cuervo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cuervo uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kivi has time to react.
Cuervo blocks a low kick nicely.
Kivi blocks a low kick nicely.
Kivi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cuervo.
Cuervo throws a leg kick but Kivi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Cuervo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Cuervo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Cuervo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kivi's calf.
Kivi misses with a series of wild punches.
Cuervo lands with a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A good leg kick by Cuervo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jose Cuervo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cuervo misses with a body shot.
Kivi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kivi misses the jab.
Cuervo thinks about countering with a body kick.
Kivi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cuervo.
Cuervo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kivi will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice uppercut lands for Kivi. That snapped Cuervo's head back.
Kivi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cuervo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kivi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cuervo.
Cuervo works Kivi's body with a nice hook.
Jab by Cuervo.
A clash of legs there as Kivi blocks the low kick.
Kivi staying out of range there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kivi. Cuervo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cuervo explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kivi. That did some damage!
Kivi on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cuervo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cuervo avoids a kick to the body.
Cuervo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kivi moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Cuervo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cuervo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cuervo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kivi.
Kivi swings widly with a right hand
and Cuervo counters with a left to the body.
Cuervo staying out of range there.
Cuervo throws a push kick but Kivi slaps the foot to one side.
Kivi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cuervo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kivi was well out of range. Poor timing from Cuervo.
Cuervo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kivi's hands.
Kivi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cuervo.
Cuervo swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Nice uppercut there from Cuervo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo takes a swing at Kivi's ribcage but misses.
Kivi fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cuervo checks it well.
Cuervo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kivi was well out of range. Poor timing from Cuervo.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cuervo.
Kivi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kivi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cuervo lunges at Kivi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kivi's hand.
Cuervo is looking to chop away at Kivi's legs.
A low kick from Cuervo misses
and Kivi counters with a low kick, right behind Cuervo 's knee.
Kivi misses with a body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cuervo 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 Kivi has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Kivi and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cuervo scores with a nice right hand.
Cuervo misses with a looping right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cuervo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kivi.
Kivi follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Nice body kick from Cuervo.
Cuervo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kivi keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cuervo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kivi moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Cuervo dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nice defenses there by Cuervo.
Cuervo lands with an uppercut that bounces Kivi off the cage and back into range.
Cuervo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kivi lands a nice shot that snaps Cuervo's head back.
Kivi throws a lazy right hand but Cuervo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It looked like Cuervo wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kivi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big right from Kivi misses.
Cuervo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cuervo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cuervo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kivi.
Kivi misses the shot to the body.
Cuervo lands a glancing blow to the side of Kivi's head.
Jose Cuervo is winning the standup battle so far.
Cuervo tries to land a front kick but Kivi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cuervo misses with a hook
and Kivi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cuervo misses with a body kick.
Kivi appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuervo swings for the body but Kivi moves out of range.
Cuervo lands a jab to Kivi's midsection.
Kivi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cuervo throws out the jab.
Kivi misses with a hook
enabling Cuervo to counter with a crisp jab.
Cuervo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kivi throws a low kick but it's checked well by Cuervo.
Cuervo looks to score with a jab to the body but Kivi is just out of range.
Cuervo connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kivi's hands.
Cuervo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kivi if he has to take too many more of those.
Cuervo missing with a left hand there. Kivi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice straight punches there by Cuervo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cuervo.
Nice body kick there by Cuervo.
Jab, jab by Cuervo - just one landing.
Cuervo scores with a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kivi missing with a left hand there. Cuervo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cuervo digs a good hook to Kivi's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo throws a body shot but no joy.
Cuervo is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cuervo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kivi can do to turn this around?
Cuervo thows a left - swing and a miss!
A leg kick checked by Cuervo.
Cuervo scores with a shot to the body.
Kivi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cuervo.
Cuervo misses the jab.
Cuervo throws a leg kick but Kivi checks it.
Cuervo scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kivi has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cuervo slips a straight right by Kivi.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kivi.
Kivi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cuervo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cuervo slips under a jab.
Cuervo lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Kivi moves out of range of the body kick.
Cuervo misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kivi throws a leg kick but Cuervo checks it.
Cuervo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cuervo looks to throw a body kick
and Kivi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cuervo loads up on a big right hand but Kivi slips the punch.
Kivi misses the body punch
and Cuervo counters with a straight right hand.
Kivi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cuervo.
Kivi throws a lazy uppercut
and Cuervo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cuervo scores with a jab to the jaw.
Cuervo throws a shot to the body.
Cuervo falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kivi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cuervo scores with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from Kivi.
Kivi shoots in but Cuervo avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo lands a nice looking body shot.
Cuervo looks to throw the jab but Kivi is out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cuervo.
Kivi avoids a kick to the body.
Cuervo connects with a body shot that sends Kivi's belly button to the back.
Cuervo scores with a nice head shot.
Cuervo sizes up Kivi with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kivi looks to throw the jab but Cuervo is out of range.
Kivi stalks Cuervo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cuervo's face. Cuervo staggers backwards, shaken.
Cuervo moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cuervo jabs Kivi right on the nose. Kivi blinks but takes it well.
Cuervo connects with a body shot that sends Kivi's belly button to the back.
A shot to the liver by Cuervo. Beautiful body shot.
Cuervo connects with an inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Cuervo dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Cuervo dodges the punch combination from Kivi.
Kivi misses with a looping left.
It appears Cuervo was looking to counter with a kick there.
Kivi just misses with a punch to the body.
Kivi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cuervo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kivi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cuervo.
Kivi throws a series of punches but Cuervo avoids them all with ease.
Cuervo cracks a nice hook into Kivi's ribs.
A solid body kick from Cuervo.
Cuervo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kivi on the side of the head.
Cuervo lands a head shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cuervo avoids the body shot from Kivi.
Cuervo connects with a nice looking jab.
Kivi walks into a left hand.
Cuervo swings for the body but Kivi moves out of range.
Cuervo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cuervo throws a push kick but Kivi slaps the foot to one side.
Cuervo throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kivi counters with a straight right hand.
Cuervo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cuervo, right into the meat.
Cuervo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kivi misses with a shot to the body
and Cuervo counters with a nice leg kick.
Kivi slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cuervo, right into the meat.
Cuervo throws a lazy uppercut
and Kivi counters with a nice body shot.
Kivi ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cuervo moves away.
Kivi blocks a jab.
Cuervo cracks Kivi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kivi walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cuervo.
Kivi moves forwards but Cuervo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cuervo keeps Kivi at a distance using the push kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kivi throws a hook but Cuervo avoids it easily.
Cuervo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kivi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cuervo counters with a good, hard body kick but Kivi shrugs it off.
Cuervo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cuervo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cuervo throws a lazy right hand but Kivi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kivi throws out a counter right but Cuervo avoids it with no problem.
Kivi blocks the body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kivi! But no joy.
Cuervo misses with an uppercut. Kivi saw that one coming.
Cuervo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kivi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cuervo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kivi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cuervo tries to land a front kick but Kivi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cuervo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Good leg kick by Cuervo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Both fighters circling a little - Cuervo finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kivi takes one on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo misses with a low kick.
Cuervo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Kivi if he has to take too many more of those.
Kivi moves out of range as Cuervo throws a body kick.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Kivi might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Cuervo has got the better of the exchanges.
The fighters circling - Kivi throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cuervo jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Cuervo is looking to slow Kivi down with leg kicks.
Cuervo swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kivi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kivi just misses with a punch to the body.
Cuervo is looking to counter punch.
Cuervo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Cuervo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Cuervo throws the kick towards the body but Kivi avoids it.
Kivi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cuervo thumps Kivi with a low kick.
Kivi misses with a hook.
Kivi throws a leg kick but Cuervo sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Cuervo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kivi.
Cuervo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
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!
Kivi slips a straight right by Cuervo.
Kivi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cuervo manages to avoid it.
Kivi throws the left hand but Cuervo avoids the punch easily.
Atlas Kivi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jose Cuervo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cuervo throws a big shot that misses.
Cuervo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kivi scores with a decent looking hook.
Cuervo connects with a single shot there.
Kivi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A solid body kick from Cuervo.
Cuervo scores with a push kick.
Cuervo tests Kivi's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cuervo throws a right and a left that both miss.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Cuervo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cuervo 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Cuervo!
Jose Cuervo was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.