PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tuco Cortez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Paul
vs
Cortez

188 cm
20
185 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

188 cm
20
183 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryan Paul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tuco Cortez!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cortez moves to clinch but Paul breaks away
enabling Paul to counter with a crisp jab.
Paul scores with a decent looking hook.
Paul looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cortez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tuco Cortez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cortez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cortez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cortez fails to land with a series of punches.
Cortez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cortez.
Paul throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cortez on the side of the head.
A jab from Paul misses.
Cortez throws a push kick but Paul slaps the foot to one side.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paul lands a jab to the nose.
Paul throws a low kick, looking for Cortez's leg but Cortez calmly moves out of range.
Paul backing away here, and Cortez unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Good leg kick by Cortez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A head kick misses from Cortez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortez lands a jab to Paul's midsection.
Cortez dodges the punch combination from Paul.
A low kick from Cortez is predictable there
and Paul counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Paul moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cortez.
Jab, jab by Paul - just one landing.
Paul shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cortez but Cortez pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Paul throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cortez counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Bryan Paul has been cut.
Paul misses with a hook. Cortez ducked under it nicely.
Paul throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paul lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cortez lands with a straight right. Paul didn't see that one coming.
Paul connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paul connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Paul takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Paul tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cortez throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tuco Cortez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Paul takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Paul tests Cortez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Paul tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cortez misses with a kick to the body.
Cortez throws a right hand that Paul ducks under and follows up with a left that Paul also avoids with ease.
Paul takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Paul missing with a left hand there. Cortez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cortez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Paul slips a straight right by Cortez.
Paul lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Paul scoring well with a low kick there.
Paul goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Cortez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Paul moves out of range of the strikes.
Cortez cracks the inside of Paul's front leg.
Paul looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Paul is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Cortez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Paul misses with a hook.
Paul moves out of range of the body kick from Cortez.
Cortez walks into a left hand.
Paul connects with a crisp jab.
Cortez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Paul blocks a head kick by Cortez.
An attempted straight right counter from Paul misses the target.
Paul uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cortez.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cortez!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Paul checks a leg kick.
Paul misses with a left hand
and Cortez counters with a straight right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paul tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cortez flicks out a counter leg kick but Paul steps away.
Paul misses with a few strikes there.
Paul throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cortez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cortez throws a hook but Paul blocks it.
Cortez on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cortez avoids the head kick by Paul.
Cortez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Paul fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cortez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cortez looks to land a left hand but Paul moved out of range nicely.
Cortez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cortez throws a hook but Paul avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cortez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Paul lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cortez's sensitive parts.
Paul looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
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 Bryan Paul will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bryan Paul's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Cortez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little feinted left hand from Paul on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Paul fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Paul looks for the body kick but Cortez saw that one coming.
Cortez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Paul's head.
Paul looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cortez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cortez tries to score with a low kick but Paul moves his leg out of the way.
Cortez thumps Paul with a low kick.
Cortez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Paul.
Cortez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cortez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A head kick from Paul lands but Cortez takes it in his stride.
Cortez misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Paul counters with a slapping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cortez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Paul is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cortez sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paul connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cortez misses with a body punch
and Paul counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Paul is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cortez.
Paul throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Bryan Paul is winning the standup battle so far.
Paul takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cortez has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Cortez blocks a jab.
Paul moves out of range as Cortez strikes.
A low kick from Cortez misses
and Paul counters with a straight right hand.
Cortez misses with a low kick.
Paul lands with an uppercut that bounces Cortez off the cage and back into range.
Cortez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cortez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Paul comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Paul ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paul moves away from the strike by Cortez.
Paul is looking to counter punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paul with a jab.
Paul throws a half hearted mid kick.
Paul walks forward, straight into a front kick from Cortez.
A nice leg kick lands there from Paul.
Paul takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bryan Paul is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Paul avoids the body shot from Cortez.
Paul misses with a wild combination.
Cortez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A big right from Paul misses.
Nice jab there from Cortez.
Cortez throws a sloppy head kick
and Paul counters with a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cortez lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cortez misses with a double jab.
Cortez misses with a low kick as Paul jumps back.
Cortez throws a chopping leg kick but Paul manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Paul cracks Cortez with an open hand slap.
Cortez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Paul is looking to counter punch.
Paul misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cortez! But no joy.
Cortez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Paul lands with a kick to the ribs.
Cortez tries to clinch but Paul is having none of it.
Cortez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cortez throws a head kick but Paul moves out of range.
Paul throwing a counter right hand but Cortez manages to avoid it.
Paul blocks a head kick by Cortez.
Paul tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cortez was well out of range. Poor timing from Paul.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cortez falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Paul to counter with a crisp jab.
Paul cracks Cortez with a right hand to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cortez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A jab from Paul misses.
Cortez tries a quick counter leg kick but Paul is wise to it.
A head kick misses from Cortez.
Paul is looking to counter punch.
Paul bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cortez's head backwards.
Paul throws a right and a left that Cortez avoids nicely.
Paul takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Paul lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Cortez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Paul lands a jab to the nose.
Paul takes a kick to the side of the head.
Cortez goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Bryan Paul will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bryan Paul's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Cortez lands a jab to the nose.
Paul fails to land with a series of punches.
Paul will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cortez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cortez takes one to the side of the head.
Paul takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cortez lands a nice shot to the body.
Cortez misses with an uppercut. Paul saw that one coming.
Paul is looking to counter punch.
Paul is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Paul throws a head kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cortez throws a big shot that misses.
Paul shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cortez as he avoids it easily.
Cortez connects with a leg kick. Paul looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Cortez slips a jab from Paul.
Cortez connects with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Paul checks a leg kick.
Cortez stuns Paul with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cortez feints and then cracks Paul's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Paul down.
Paul looks to land a combination but Cortez avoids it well.
Cortez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Paul's calf.
Cortez scores with a head kick.
Paul cracks Cortez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cortez throws a head kick that misses.
Paul lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Cortez backs up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paul displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Paul goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Paul jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Cortez tenderised Paul's leg. Paul is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cortez scores with a leg kick.
Cortez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cortez throws a solid leg kick but Paul takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cortez.
Paul moves out of range as Cortez strikes.
Cortez lands the left hand.
Cortez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Paul lands with a shot to the body.
Paul lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Some wild striking there from Paul.
Paul lands a jab.
Cortez fakes the leg kick and cracks Paul in the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paul throws a right hand that Cortez ducks under and follows up with a left that Cortez also avoids with ease.
Paul takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Paul misses the shot to the body.
Paul scores with the left hand. Cortez knows he should have avoided that one.
Paul misses the jab.
Paul thows a leg kick but Cortez checks it
and Cortez counters with a nice leg kick.
Cortez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Decent striking displayed by Cortez there.
Cortez looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sloppy strikes from Paul. Those never looked like landing.
Paul takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cortez misses with a low kick.
Cortez throws a leg kick that is checked

and Paul counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Paul.
Cortez is wriggling around but Paul manages to pass to half guard.
Cortez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Paul slows the pace down in half guard.
Paul drops an elbow to the side of Cortez's head.
Bryan Paul is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Paul is trying to work for a kimura but Cortez is defending well.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bryan Paul.
Well Paul 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bryan Paul!