PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alan Corke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Tomatoes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Corke
vs
Tomatoes

188 cm
18
185 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

196 cm
23
193 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alan Corke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny Tomatoes!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Bruno Hogan and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tomatoes misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tomatoes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Johnny Tomatoes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tomatoes is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Corke tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Corke swats away the attempt to clinch by Tomatoes.
Tomatoes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Corke paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Corke scores with a takedown into Tomatoes's guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Corke's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Tomatoes not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corke trying to control but Tomatoes is working from the bottom.
Tomatoes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Corke wants to stand but Tomatoes has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Tomatoes controls Corke momentarily but Corke frees himself.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Alan Corke wasn't doing enough on the ground.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tomatoes.

Corke clinches up with Tomatoes and pushes him back against the cage.
Tomatoes jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Corke walks away with a smile on his face. Tomatoes gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Alan Corke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Tomatoes.
Corke fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tomatoes misses with a takedown attempt
and Corke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tomatoes looks gassed!
Corke fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Corke lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Corke scores with a shot to the body.
Corke tries to close the distance and clinch but Tomatoes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tomatoes has his takedown stuffed

so Corke counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Corke is looking to work some ground and pound but Tomatoes has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Corke stays in close to Tomatoes's body and controls the position.
Corke throwing strikes from guard but Tomatoes blocks nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corke is looking to work some ground and pound but Tomatoes has wrist control.
Corke throws a big right hand that misses.
Tomatoes being controlled here, momentarily.
Corke forces his way into half guard.
Corke thows a huge punch but Tomatoes dodges it nicely.
Corke is trying to control the action in half guard but Tomatoes is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tomatoes tries to get to full guard but Corke has control of the leg.
Tomatoes blocking the ground and pound attempt from Corke.
Corke looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

Alan Corke has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Corke clinches up against the cage.
Corke lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tomatoes or not.
Tomatoes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Corke.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tomatoes tries to stall but Corke uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Corke lands a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Corke dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Corke clinches.
Tomatoes jumps guard but Corke turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Corke keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tomatoes's efforts to push away.
Corke pushes Tomatoes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Corke misses with a punch to the body.

Corke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tomatoes misses with a takedown

so Corke counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tomatoes is breathing heavily.
Tomatoes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corke is looking to work some ground and pound but Tomatoes has wrist control.
Corke trying to control the position from guard on top but Tomatoes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Corke postures up in Tomatoes's guard and throws a big left but Tomatoes blocks it.
Tomatoes bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Corke's guard.
Corke is trying to keep Tomatoes in close.
Tomatoes preventing the sweep.
Corke not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Corke pulls Tomatoes in close to his closed guard and prevents Tomatoes from doing any damage or advancing position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Alan Corke.
Tomatoes gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Corke counters with a shoot takedown. Tomatoes fights it but they end up in guard.
Alan Corke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Tomatoes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tomatoes keeping moving, preventing Corke from controlling successfully.
Corke looking to pass the guard.
Corke engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Alan Corke has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Corke swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corke tries to clinch there but Tomatoes circles away.
Tomatoes fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Corke clinches up against the cage.

Corke breaks from the clinch.

Corke feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Corke has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Tomatoes is proving hard to escape from.
Tomatoes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corke wants to pass the guard but Tomatoes is keeping the position.
Corke trying to control but Tomatoes is working from the bottom.
Corke sitting in guard, not really doing much.

We're going to have a standup here because Alan Corke wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Tomatoes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Corke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tomatoes shoots in but no luck this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alan Corke dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Corke scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Corke is trying to control the action in half guard but Tomatoes is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Corke tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tomatoes knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Corke trying to control from half guard but Tomatoes is working away.
Tomatoes wants to control but Corke is keeping busy.
Tomatoes avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Corke.
Tomatoes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Corke wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tomatoes keeps working.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Alan Corke wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tomatoes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Corke has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Corke and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Corke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tomatoes can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Corke misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tomatoes has a takedown stuffed.
Tomatoes misses with a takedown

and Corke counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Well, if Corke is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

Corke is looking for a kimura here.
Corke trying to pass the guard but Tomatoes defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Alan Corke overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Corke lands with a punch from half guard.
Tomatoes gets full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tomatoes keeping moving, preventing Corke from controlling successfully.
Corke is looking to work some ground and pound but Tomatoes has wrist control.
Corke has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tomatoes wants to stand and escape but Corke is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corke wants to control from the top but Tomatoes keeps moving.
Corke loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Corke engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

Alan Corke has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.

Corke moves into the clinch.
Corke lands a body punch in the clinch.
Corke dodges an elbow strike from Tomatoes.

Corke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Corke closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Tomatoes's guard.
Tomatoes wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Alan Corke is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tomatoes is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Corke wants to control from the top but Tomatoes keeps moving.

Corke stands up and waves to Tomatoes to follow him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Corke scores with a hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Alan Corke showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Corke 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 John Mangel scores the fight for Alan Corke!
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight for Alan Corke!
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight for Alan Corke!

Alan Corke wins by unanimous decision!