PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hans Cosmo (ranked 3703 p4p, 5884 weight class) and Nicky Papas (ranked 419 p4p, 531 weight class). Nicky Papas will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Cosmo
vs
Papas

168 cm
19
153
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
18
164
1 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Big right hand

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hans Cosmo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nicky Papas!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cosmo stuffs the takedown attempt from Papas. Papas gets slowly back to his feet.
Papas fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Papas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cosmo.
Papas goes for a double leg but Cosmo avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Cosmo continues to drive forward.
Hans Cosmo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nicky Papas.
Cosmo with a hook.
Papas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cosmo throws a good cross that connects.

Papas is rocked!
Papas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cosmo.
Papas is still on wobbly legs! Can Cosmo finish him?
Cosmo misses with a head kick.
Papas is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Papas seems to have recovered his senses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cosmo misses with a looping left.
Hans Cosmo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Papas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

Oooooh!!! Cosmo has knocked Papas down with a huge combo! Cosmo steps away and waves a wobbly Papas back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Papas shoots in for a takedown but Cosmo shows good takedown defense.
Cosmo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cosmo throws a head kick but Papas moves out of range.
Papas changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Cosmo wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cosmo lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Papas can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Cosmo and Papas drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Cosmo.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hans Cosmo!