PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jose Correa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Severo Del Bosque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Del Bosque has chosen Mimosa - Drippin 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.

Correa
vs
Del Bosque

174 cm
29
164 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

175 cm
24
165 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Aspire Clothing
Arcticus University: London

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 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Correa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Severo Del Bosque!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, William Gold and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Del Bosque closes the distance and pushes Correa back into the cage.
Still in the clinch, Del Bosque scores with a nice short uppercut.

Del Bosque manages to break the clinch.
Correa throws a body punch but Del Bosque moves out of range.

Del Bosque closes the distance and clinches.
Del Bosque gets underhooks to prevent Correa's takedown attempt.
Correa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Correa lands an uppercut.
Del Bosque tries a body shot but Correa blocks it.
Del Bosque misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Correa.
Del Bosque blocking some punches.
Correa blocks an uppercut.
Correa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Del Bosque is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Correa keeps control of Del Bosque as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Del Bosque is working Correa over against the cage.
Del Bosque doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Del Bosque can't find room to land a body shot as Correa controls the action.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Correa.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Del Bosque trying to land knees to the body.
Correa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Del Bosque throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Correa blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Bosque using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Del Bosque prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Correa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Correa blocks an uppercut.
Correa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Correa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Del Bosque misses with a hook from the clinch.
Correa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Correa misses with some punches.
Del Bosque tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Del Bosque throws an elbow but it misses.
Del Bosque has a couple of punches blocked by Correa.
We've been informed that Del Bosque has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Del Bosque swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Del Bosque's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Correa avoiding damage as Del Bosque throws knees to the body.
Correa avoids a wild elbow strike from Del Bosque.
Correa struggles to land a body shot inside as Del Bosque controls his hands.
Del Bosque lands with a short shot to the head.
Del Bosque lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Correa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Correa looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Del Bosque misses with a takedown
and Correa counters with a stiff right hand.
Correa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Del Bosque circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice shot by Correa.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Correa slips a straight right by Del Bosque.
Correa avoids the body shot from Del Bosque.
Del Bosque tries to clinch up but Correa circles away and keeps his distance.

Del Bosque drives through and clinches with Correa against the cage.
Correa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Del Bosque struggles to land a body shot inside as Correa controls his hands.
Correa blocks an elbow strike.
Del Bosque pushes off an throws an elbow but Correa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Del Bosque lands a nice shot to the body.
Correa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Correa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Del Bosque working aggressively here.
Correa prevents a body shot from Del Bosque.

Correa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Correa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Del Bosque moves out of range as Correa strikes.
Del Bosque tries to clinch but Correa moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Del Bosque. Correa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Correa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Correa misses with a straight right.
Del Bosque loads up on a big right hand but Correa slips the punch.
Del Bosque swings for the body but Correa moves out of range.
Del Bosque lands with a nice body punch.
Del Bosque listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Correa goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Del Bosque tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Correa was well out of range. Poor timing from Del Bosque.
Correa moves out of range as Del Bosque strikes.
It looked like Correa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Del Bosque misses with a looping right.
Correa jabs Del Bosque to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Del Bosque.
Correa swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Correa slips under a jab.
Del Bosque slips under a jab from Correa.
Del Bosque moves in looking to clinch but Correa pushes him off.
Correa scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Correa shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Del Bosque's guard.

Correa avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Correa chips away with some ground and pound.
Del Bosque keeping moving, preventing Correa from controlling successfully.
Correa not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Correa landing with the ground and pound.
Correa wants to control from the top but Del Bosque keeps moving.
Correa is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jose Correa will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Correa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Correa with a nice cross.
Correa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Del Bosque slips a jab from Correa.
Del Bosque misses with an uppercut.
A big right from Correa misses.
Correa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Correa with a nice cross.

Del Bosque is rocked!
Correa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Del Bosque is still on wobbly legs! Can Correa finish him?
Correa cracks Del Bosque with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Del Bosque falls to his knees and Correa doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Correa!
Jose Correa thanked the fans post fight for their support.