PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Climber (ranked 4308 p4p, 4313 weight class) and Adrian Corts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Climber
vs
Corts

192 cm
25
253
0 - 0 - 0

219 cm
25
265
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Joseph Climber!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adrian Corts!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Ben Hemmingworth and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Climber misses with a straight left.
Corts throws a lazy right hand but Climber sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Climber scores with the left hand. Corts knows he should have avoided that one.
Climber takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Joseph Climber seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Climber throws a sloppy body shot
and Climber takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

It looks like Joseph Climber has been cut.

Climber drives through and clinches with Corts against the cage.
Climber could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Climber stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Corts gets through Climber's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Corts can't find room to land a body shot as Climber controls the action.
Climber lands a shoulder strike.
Corts blocks an uppercut.
Climber goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Climber lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Corts backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Climber presses Corts against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Climber misses with the head strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Climber has a couple of punches blocked by Corts.
Corts blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Climber lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Corts misses with a short punch on the inside.
Corts blocks an uppercut.
Climber blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Climber tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Climber misses with a punch on the inside.

Corts escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Climber takes a swing at Corts's ribcage but misses.
Climber swings for the body but Corts moves out of range.
Corts takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Climber throws a hook but Corts blocks it.
Climber throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Corts counter with a right hand.
Climber moves forwards but Corts connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corts takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Climber ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Climber just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Corts on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.

Corts lands a big uppercut and Climber crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Climber looks OK. Corts waves Climber back to his feet!

Climber is rocked!
Corts sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Climber's defenses. It connects perfectly with Climber's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Adrian Corts!