PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Muhammad Jabari (ranked 23617 p4p, 492 weight class) and Tony Cornell (ranked 3307 p4p, 286 weight class). Muhammad Jabari has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Jabari
vs
Cornell

190 cm
28
190 lbs
6 - 5 - 0

190 cm
23
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Muhammad Jabari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Cornell!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jabari 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.
Jabari throws a series of punches but Cornell avoids them all with ease.
Donk. Cornell catches Jabari right on the button with a cross.
Jabari wants to land a leg kick but Cornell is out of range.
Jabari throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A head kick misses from Jabari.
Jabari throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cornell counters with a body kick.
Jabari avoids a kick to the body.
Jabari swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cornell throws a body shot but no joy.
Muhammad Jabari seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jabari scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cornell throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jabari misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jabari throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cornell.
Cornell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cornell takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cornell turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cornell.
Jabari missing with a left hand there. Cornell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Jabari misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jabari lands a glancing blow to the side of Cornell's head.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cornell.
A good leg kick by Cornell.
Jabari blocks a jab.
A leg kick checked by Jabari.
Jabari missing with a left hand there. Cornell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And Cornell responds with a good body kick, but Jabari manages to step out the way in time.
Jabari moves out of range of the strikes.
Jabari misses with a straight right.
Jabari misses with a low kick.
Jabari tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cornell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jabari looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A swing and a miss from Cornell.
An attempted straight right counter from Jabari misses the target.
Crunch! Cornell slams his shin into Jabari's torso.
Jabari misses with a body shot.
Jabari tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cornell is looking to land body kicks.
Cornell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cornell dodges the punch combination from Jabari.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cornell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cornell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jabari.
Jabari takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

It looks like Muhammad Jabari has been cut.
Cornell moves out of range of the leg kick from Jabari.
Cornell scores with a nice head shot.
A head kick misses from Jabari.
Cornell catches Jabari napping and connects with a fantastic 3 punch combination that sends Jabari crashing to the mat! He's still conscious but he's all over the place - can he beat the count?!? 4,5,6,7,8...9...10! He didn't make it back to his feet! Cornell raises both arms skywards and takes in the roar from the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tony Cornell!
A victorious Tony Cornell thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.