PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Al Koholic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Summers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koholic comes to the cage accompanied by The Distance by Cake. On his way into the cage it seems that Al Koholic has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Al Koholic seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Koholic
vs
Summers

165 cm
19
184 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
191 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

EFC-S 150Q Energy, 147Q Strength & Stamina, CHEAP!

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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Al Koholic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joe Summers!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koholic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Koholic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koholic moves in looking to clinch but Summers pushes him off.
A jab from Summers does it's job there.
Koholic tries to clinch up but Summers circles away and keeps his distance.
Summers swats away the attempt to clinch by Koholic.
Koholic is looking to clinch.
Summers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Koholic was well out of range. Poor timing from Summers.
A punch combination from Koholic misses.
Summers ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koholic moves away.
Summers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Summers misses with the combination.
Summers misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koholic wants to clinch up but Summers keeps it at a distance.
Koholic tries to clinch but Summers moves out of range.
Summers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Summers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Koholic tries to close the distance and clinch but Summers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Good standup being displayed there by Summers as he connects with a hook.
No joy there for Summers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers swats away the attempt to clinch by Koholic.
Summers moves away from the strike by Koholic.
Koholic tries to clinch up.
Summers is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Koholic rather than just go for the knockout.

Koholic takes the fight into the clinch.
Koholic tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Come on Summers - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Koholic leaning his opponent against the cage.

Summers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Summers scores with the left hand. Koholic knows he should have avoided that one.
The fighters circle momentarily. Summers darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Summers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Summers connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Summers connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Summers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Summers avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Summers has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Summers thows a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koholic is looking to clinch but Summers is avoiding it.
Summers misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koholic.
Summers swats away the attempt to clinch by Koholic.
Koholic slips under a jab.
Summers throws a right and a left that both miss.
Koholic doesn't manage to clinch there - Summers circles away.
A combination from Summers does no damage.
Koholic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Joe Summers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Summers fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koholic manages to avoid it.
Koholic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Summers.
Koholic throws a left and a right that both miss
and Summers counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Summers scores with a hook.
Koholic tries to clinch there but Summers circles away.
Summers is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Koholic had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

Koholic shoots in and bounces Summers off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Koholic throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Summers works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Summers is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Summers keeping moving, preventing Koholic from controlling successfully.

Summers had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Koholic is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Summers Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Koholic's back instead.
Summers looks gassed!
Koholic tries to escape but Summers has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Summers avoiding Koholic 's attempts to control his hands.
Koholic tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Koholic holds of for dear life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Summers wants to take Koholic's back here but Koholic is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koholic tries to hold on but Summers postures up.
Summers is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
Summers looking to control but Koholic is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Summers dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Koholic tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Summers counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Koholic tries to close the distance and clinch but Summers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Koholic takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Koholic tries to clinch but Summers moves away
and Summers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Koholic avoids a punch combination nicely.
Koholic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Summers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Koholic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Koholic tries to clinch but Summers moves away
and Summers counters with a one-two to the body.
Summers works over Koholic's head and body with a nice combination.
Summers misses with a wild combination.
Koholic is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Koholic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Koholic slips under a jab.
Summers misses with a few strikes there.
Koholic moves in looking to clinch but Summers pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koholic looks to clinch
and Summers counters with a nice uppercut.
Summers is breathing heavily.

Koholic has closed the distance and engaged Summers in a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Summers as the two fighters clinch.
Koholic is working for takedown but Summers is calmly controlling the position for now.
Koholic working aggressively here.
Summers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Summers gets through Koholic's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Koholic is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Koholic drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Summers gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Summers.
Koholic keeps control of Summers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Summers is looking to control Koholic's arms but Koholic gets an underhook and turns him. Now Summers has his back to the cage.
Summers throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Koholic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Summers lands a shot to the body.
Summers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Koholic backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koholic lands a nice uppercut.
Summers scores with a hook to the body.
Summers is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Summers tries to break the clinch but Koholic is controlling the position.
Koholic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Koholic is working for takedown but Summers is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Al Koholic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Summers avoids a wild elbow strike from Koholic.
Summers can't break the clinch.
Summers lands a hook that snaps the head of Koholic backwards.
Nice body punch from Summers - that landed with a thud.
Summers lands a shoulder strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Summers blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koholic keeps control of Summers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Summers.
Summers looking to slow down the pace here.
Koholic with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Summers scores with a shot to the side of Koholic's head.
Koholic is stalling here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Koholic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Koholic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Summers backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Summers.
Summers throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Koholic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Koholic taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Summers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Summers works on Koholic's body with a couple of short punches.

Summers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Koholic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Summers.
Summers scores with a three punch combo!
Koholic wants to clinch up but Summers keeps it at a distance.
Summers throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koholic throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Summers to counter with a crisp jab.
Koholic wants to clinch.
Summers thows a body shot but no joy.
Koholic looks to clinch
and Summers counters with a two punch combo.
Summers stuffs the takedown attempt from Koholic. Koholic gets slowly back to his feet.

Koholic has taken the fight to the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koholic wants to break the clinch but can't.

Summers's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Koholic moves out of range as Summers strikes.
Koholic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Summers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Summers scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Koholic gets a clinch.
Koholic goes for a takedown in the clinch but Summers prevents it.
Summers is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Koholic is keeping busy.
Koholic misses with a knee strike.
Koholic has had enough of the clinch but Summers keeps him there for the moment.
Summers is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Koholic is keeping busy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Summers lands a body punch in the clinch.
Summers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Summers blocks an uppercut.
Summers lands a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koholic is working for takedown but Summers is calmly controlling the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Summers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Summers throws a one two combo.
Koholic tries to clinch up.
Koholic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Summers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Summers looks to land a combination but Koholic avoids it well.
Summers swings for the body but Koholic moves out of range.
Koholic wants to clinch but Summers slips to the side
and Summers counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Koholic throws a right hand that Summers ducks under and follows up with a left that Summers also avoids with ease.
Koholic darts in trying to clinch
and Summers counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The fight stays on the outside here - Koholic looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Summers moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Summers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from Summers misses.
Summers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Summers takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Summers throws a series of punches but Koholic avoids them all with ease.
Koholic ducks under a wild hook from Summers.
Koholic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Summers looks to score with a jab to the body but Koholic is just out of range.
Summers throws a body punch but Koholic moves out of range.

Koholic has closed the distance and engaged Summers in a clinch.
Summers lands with a short shot to the head.

Koholic breaks from the clinch.
Summers swats away the attempt to clinch by Koholic.
Summers tries to bum rush Koholic with a series of wild strikes but Koholic uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Joe Summers seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Summers throws a big shot that misses.

Koholic forces Summers back against the cage and clinches.
Summers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Koholic gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Koholic with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Summers is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koholic content to control rather than advance.
Summers is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Koholic scores with a couple of nice shots.
Koholic lands with a punch from half guard.
Koholic stalling.
Summers tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Koholic stalling.
Summers tries to roll over but Koholic keeps him under control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koholic not doing much here.
Koholic is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Summers trying to control here.
Koholic is keen to just control but Summers is a slippery customer.
Joe Summers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Koholic with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Koholic seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Summers for as long as he can get away with.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Al Koholic just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Koholic closes the distance but Summers moves to the side
and Summers cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Summers connects with a single shot there.
Al Koholic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Donk. Summers catches Koholic right on the button with a cross.
Koholic takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Koholic tries to clinch up but Summers circles away and keeps his distance.
Al Koholic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Summers throws a combination. Koholic tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Summers tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Koholic was well out of range. Poor timing from Summers.
Summers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Koholic looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Summers connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Al Koholic.
I think Summers has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Summers!