PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Cormier (ranked 2420 p4p, 295 weight class) and George Maxwell (ranked 2978 p4p, 346 weight class). George Maxwell is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Cormier
vs
Maxwell

193 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

190 cm
28
205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Sportivité

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jon Cormier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, George Maxwell!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maxwell lands with a right hand.
Cormier lands a jab to Maxwell's midsection.

Cormier gets a clinch.
Maxwell avoids the elbow strike from Cormier, against the cage.
Cormier is trying to pull guard but Maxwell has him pressed against the cage.
Maxwell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cormier backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Maxwell.
Cormier tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Nice body punch from Maxwell.
Cormier tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maxwell lands a nice uppercut.
Maxwell is working Cormier over against the cage.
Maxwell lands with a light punch inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cormier throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, Maxwell scores with a nice short uppercut.

Cormier is rocked!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cormier.
Oh Cormier is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Maxwell has a couple of punches blocked by Cormier.
Maxwell swings wildly with an uppercut but Cormier uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maxwell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cormier blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maxwell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maxwell misses with a punch on the inside.
Maxwell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Maxwell has a couple of punches blocked by Cormier.
Maxwell throws a punch but it's blocked by Cormier.
Maxwell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maxwell working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maxwell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cormier blocking some punches.
Cormier blocks an uppercut.
Maxwell swings wildly with an uppercut but Cormier uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Maxwell fails to land.
Cormier blocking some punches.
Cormier misses with an elbow strike.
Maxwell swings wildly with an uppercut but Cormier uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cormier blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Maxwell working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cormier.
Maxwell misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Maxwell fails to land.
Our sources have told us that Cormier has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Maxwell throws a head punch that misses.
Maxwell misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Maxwell.
Cormier blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cormier seems to have got his legs back now.
Maxwell blocks an elbow strike.
Maxwell lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cormier backwards.
Maxwell has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Cormier seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Maxwell can turn it around.
Cormier tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jon Cormier. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Maxwell dips a shoulder and cracks Cormier with a mighty uppercut! Cormier falls back against the cage and Maxwell unloads with a barrage of strikes! Cormier is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Maxwell screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Maxwell!
George Maxwell decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Jon Cormier spoke after the fight, saying 'My thanks to the promotion. My opponent fought well. I know I lost this one. I know what I have to work on. I'll be back to fight again soon!'.