PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Fabian Cortez (ranked 3139 p4p, 389 weight class) and Jax Thomas (ranked 3773 p4p, 445 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Cortez
vs
Thomas

181 cm
25
171 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

175 cm
21
176 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Fabian Cortez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jax Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, jab by Thomas - just one landing.

It looks like Fabian Cortez has been cut.
Thomas has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Cortez is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Cortez misses with a takedown attempt - Thomas sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cortez looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Thomas lands a jab to the head.
Thomas throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cortez fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Thomas looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cortez misses with a shot to the body
and Thomas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cortez misses the body punch
and Thomas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fabian Cortez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas slips a straight right by Cortez.
Cortez doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Thomas counters with a crisp one two that drops Cortez! Thomas thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Cortez to his feet! Cortez is in big trouble!

Cortez is rocked!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Fabian Cortez. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cortez misses with a takedown attempt
and Thomas counters with a stiff right hand.
Oh Cortez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thomas cracks Cortez on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Cortez falls backwards against the ropes. Thomas follows up with more strikes that drop Cortez to his knees. Thomas keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Cortez! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jax Thomas!
After winning the bout, Jax Thomas thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.