PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight kickboxing rules bout between Jimmy Corn (ranked 22887 p4p, 523 weight class) and Harry Ness (ranked 22709 p4p, 368 weight class). Harry Ness will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Corn
vs
Ness

150 cm
21
135 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

177 cm
21
150 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Corn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Ness!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ness uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Corn.
Ness has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Corn is landing a low percentage of strikes.
A slow jab from Ness misses its intended target.
Corn paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Corn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Corn tries to move into range but Ness moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Nice jab there from Ness.
Ness lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Corn seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Corn takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ness tries to clinch but Corn moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Corn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Corn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ness sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ness wants to counter the offense by Corn and move into the clinch position.
Corn misses with a hook.
Corn walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Corn misses with an uppercut. Ness saw that one coming.
Ness tries to counter by closing the distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Corn.
Corn swats away the attempt to clinch by Ness.
Ness wants to clinch up but Corn keeps it at a distance.
Corn tried to score with a low kick but Ness checks it.
Corn sets himself, and Ness steps forward looking for the clinch! Corn avoids it this time.
Corn fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corn throws a big shot that misses.
Corn misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Corn misses with a hook. Ness ducked under it nicely.
Corn is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Ness's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Ness misses with a wild body shot.
Corn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Corn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ness looks to score with a jab to the body but Corn is just out of range.
Ness slips a straight right by Corn.
Corn throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Ness wants to counter the offense by Corn and move into the clinch position.
Ness fails in his attempt to clinch.
Corn misses with a wild body shot.
Ness tries to counter with a clinch but Corn shakes him off and moves away.
Corn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ness is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Corn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ness was well out of range. Poor timing from Corn.
Ness misses the shot to the body.
Ness tries to close the distance and clinch up but Corn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Corn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ness slips a jab from Corn.
Corn throws a right hand that misses

and Ness counters by moving into the clinch.
Ness tries to throw a body punch but Corn avoids it by throwing Ness back against the ropes.
Corn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Corn digs a right hand underneath Ness's ribcage. Ness let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Corn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Corn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Corn lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ness backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Corn misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Ness fails to land.
Corn prevents a body shot from Ness.
Ness throws a punch but it's blocked by Corn.
Ness lands a nice shot to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Corn.
Ness stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Corn misses with a short punch on the inside.
Corn lands a hook that snaps the head of Ness backwards.
Ness lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ness.
Ness works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ness presses Corn against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ness makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Corn swings away with an uppercut that misses.
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 Jimmy Corn will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ness fails in his attempt to clinch.
Corn circles away from the clinch attempt
and Corn counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Corn misses with a two punch combination.
Corn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ness sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jimmy Corn is winning the standup battle so far.
Ness throws a body shot but no joy.
An attempted straight right counter from Corn misses the target.
Corn takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ness lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Corn throws the left hand but Ness avoids the punch easily.
Corn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Corn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Corn misses with a kick to the body.
Ness has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corn tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ness steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Corn.
Ness lands a jab to Corn's midsection.
Ness tries to clinch up but Corn circles away and keeps his distance.
Corn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ness.
Ness fails with an attempt to clinch.
Corn was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ness uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Corn.
Corn slips a jab and a cross from Ness.
Corn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ness displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Corn throws out the jab.
Corn fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A big left from Corn misses.
Ness scores with the left hand. Corn knows he should have avoided that one.
Jimmy Corn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Corn lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Corn looks to land a left hand but Ness moved out of range nicely.
Corn listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Corn throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Corn uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ness has time to react.
Ness tries to close the distance and clinch up but Corn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ness just misses with a punch to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ness lands a body shot.
Ness fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fighters circling - Corn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A telegraphed right hand from Corn misses the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corn scores with a nice head shot.
Ness wants to clinch
and Corn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ness uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Corn.
Ness tries to clinch up but Corn circles away and keeps his distance.
Corn is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ness can do to turn this around?
Ness tries to close the distance and clinch up but Corn swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ness is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ness tries to clinch up but Corn circles away and keeps his distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Corn. Ness does a little dance to reset his feet.
Corn moves out of range of the strikes.
Ness moves away from the strike by Corn.
Ness tries to close the distance and clinch but Corn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ness looks to land a left hand but Corn moved out of range nicely.
Ness wants to clinch up but Corn keeps it at a distance.
The crowd cheers as Corn lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ness doesn't seem phased though.
Crunch! Corn slams his shin into Ness's torso.
Corn throws the left hand but Ness avoids the punch easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Corn dominated that second round.
That's time! Corn's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Ness scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Corn doesn't seem bothered though.
Harry Ness has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Corn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ness was well out of range. Poor timing from Corn.
Ness steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Corn.
Corn with a nice cross.
Corn fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Corn connects with an inside leg kick.
A punch combination from Corn misses.
Corn's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ness under the eye.
Corn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ness.
Ness looks to land a left hand but Corn moved out of range nicely.
Ness wants to clinch.
Ness takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Corn throws a hook but Ness blocks it.
Corn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ness manages to avoid it.
Ness displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Corn throws out the jab.
Corn moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness moves in looking to clinch but Corn pushes him off.
Ness looks to score with a jab to the body but Corn is just out of range.
Ness moves into range and connects with a jab.
Corn loads up on a big right hand but Ness slips the punch.
Corn throws a hook to the side of Ness's head but Ness sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ness wants to counter with a clinch but Corn pushes him away.
Ness slips a jab from Corn.
A head kick misses from Corn.
Corn misses with a hook. Ness ducked under it nicely.
Ness doesn't manage to clinch there - Corn circles away.
Ness on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Corn. Corn obviously looking to wear him down.
Ness scores with a body shot.
Ness jabs at Corn's body.
Ness is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Corn rather than just go for the knockout.
Nice defenses there by Corn.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Corn here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Corn jabs Ness right on the nose. Ness blinks but takes it well.
Ness lands with an uppercut that bounces Corn off the ropes and back into range.
Corn tries to move into range but Ness moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
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!
Ness moves in looking to clinch but Corn pushes him off.
Corn throws a big counter combination but Ness scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Corn throws a looping overhand right but Ness ducks down to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corn looks to land a right hand but Ness moved out of range.
Corn scores with a shot to the body.
Ness loads up on a big right hand but Corn slips the punch.
Ness moves in looking to clinch but Corn pushes him off.
Corn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ness.
Corn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ness fails with an attempt to clinch.
Corn throws a series of punches but Ness avoids them all with ease.
Ness on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Corn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ness wants to clinch.
The fighters circling - Corn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Corn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ness.
Corn attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ness tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Corn was well out of range. Poor timing from Ness.
Jimmy Corn is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Corn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ness sees it coming and avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jimmy Corn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Corn, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Corn!
An out of breath Jimmy Corn thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.