PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Diel Von Cosax (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lazarus Envy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Envy is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Converge - Dark Horse. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Von Cosax
vs
Envy

178 cm
22
166 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
160 lbs
5 - 7 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Diel Von Cosax!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lazarus Envy!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Envy throws a push kick but Von Cosax slaps the foot to one side.

Von Cosax clinches with his opponent.
Von Cosax working hard to break the clinch.
Von Cosax has had enough of the clinch but Envy keeps him there for the moment.
Von Cosax looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Von Cosax wants to get back to striking at distance but Envy won't allow it.

Von Cosax wants the takedown. Envy is fighting it off but Von Cosax persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Envy's guard against the cage.

Von Cosax gets to his feet - Envy follows without any prompting.

Von Cosax shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Von Cosax showed some decent athleticism there.
Von Cosax trying to control the action but Envy is working from the bottom.
Envy pushes Von Cosax off looking to stand but Von Cosax dives back in and keeps control.
Von Cosax wants to lay and pray for a moment but Envy keeps working.
Envy is trying to stand up here but Von Cosax is controlling him well.
Envy is staying active underneath Von Cosax, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Envy tries to kick Von Cosax off but Von Cosax keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Von Cosax content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Von Cosax is stalling here. Envy is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Von Cosax seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Envy has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Envy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Envy throws a sloppy head kick and Von Cosax moves out of range easily.
Envy throws a head kick that misses.

Envy lands a big head kick that sends Von Cosax tumbling to the mat! Envy takes a step backwards and waves Von Cosax back to his feet - he wants the finish!

It looks like Diel Von Cosax has been cut.
Von Cosax scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Envy doesn't seem bothered though.
Von Cosax avoids the head kick by Envy.
Von Cosax swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Envy throws a head kick but Von Cosax moves out of range.
Von Cosax throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice sprawl there from Von Cosax as Envy shoots in.
Envy looks gassed!
Von Cosax lands a nice shot to the body.
Envy throws a head kick but Von Cosax moves out of range.
Von Cosax connects with a jab.
Von Cosax misses with the combination.
Von Cosax misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Von Cosax misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Von Cosax misses with a few strikes there.
Envy takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Von Cosax does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Envy throws a head kick but Von Cosax moves out of range.
Envy dodges the punch combination from Von Cosax.
Envy misses with a head kick.
Envy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Envy slips a jab and a cross from Von Cosax.
Von Cosax lands a jab-cross combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Von Cosax scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Von Cosax throws a combination. Envy tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Von Cosax scores with a one two! Envy had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Von Cosax throws a one two combo.
Some wild striking there from Von Cosax.
Envy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Envy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Von Cosax scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Von Cosax moves into full mount! Envy won't be happy about that!
Von Cosax controlling his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Cosax has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Envy is working to get back to half guard.
Von Cosax takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Von Cosax trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Envy keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Von Cosax takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Von Cosax tries to control but Envy wriggling away.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Diel Von Cosax just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Envy misses with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Envy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Von Cosax scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Von Cosax controls the position from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Diel Von Cosax dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Diel Von Cosax's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Von Cosax!
Envy thuds his shin into the meat of Von Cosax's side.
Some wild striking there from Von Cosax.
Von Cosax misses with a wild body shot.
Nice body kick there by Envy.
Lazarus Envy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A head kick misses from Envy.
Envy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Envy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Envy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Von Cosax swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Envy tries a head kick but it misses.
Von Cosax fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Von Cosax blocks a head kick by Envy.
Von Cosax thows a body shot but no joy.
Envy moves in looking to clinch but Von Cosax pushes him off.
Von Cosax throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A combination from Von Cosax does no damage.
Diel Von Cosax is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Envy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice body kick from Envy.
Von Cosax is looking to wear down Envy with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Envy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Envy throws a sloppy head kick and Von Cosax moves out of range easily.
Von Cosax misses with the combination.
Envy looks for the body kick but Von Cosax saw that one coming.
Von Cosax lands with a nice combination. Envy backs away looking to recover.
Envy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Von Cosax misses with a two punch combination.
Envy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Envy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Von Cosax paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Von Cosax moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Von Cosax scores with a hook to the body. Envy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Von Cosax throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Envy tries to clinch up but Von Cosax circles away and keeps his distance.
Envy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Von Cosax misses with a series of wild punches.
Von Cosax dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Von Cosax throws a nice looking combination but Envy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Von Cosax lands with a shot to the body.
Von Cosax misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Von Cosax. Envy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Envy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Envy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Envy dodges the punch combination from Von Cosax.
Von Cosax swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Envy scores with a head kick.
Von Cosax throws a leg kick but Envy sees it coming and moves out of range.
Von Cosax lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Envy wants to clinch.
Von Cosax is working the combinations to good effect here.
Von Cosax misses the shot to the body.

Von Cosax drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Von Cosax is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Von Cosax trying to control the position from guard on top but Envy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Envy wants to stand and escape but Von Cosax is having none of it.
Von Cosax is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Von Cosax throws and elbow that misses. Envy uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Von Cosax's guard. Nice move by Envy!
Envy with a flurry of punches that miss.

Envy stands and steps away. Von Cosax gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Envy slips a jab and a cross from Von Cosax.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Envy is looking to clinch but Von Cosax is avoiding it.
Envy tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Von Cosax counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Von Cosax escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Envy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Envy is looking to clinch but Von Cosax is avoiding it.
Von Cosax misses with a double jab.
Envy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Envy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Von Cosax takes a swing at Envy's ribcage but misses.

Von Cosax closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Von Cosax lands in his opponent's guard.
Von Cosax trying to stand up but can't free himself from Envy's guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Von Cosax's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Envy wants to stand but Von Cosax is controlling the position.
Von Cosax is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lazarus Envy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Diel Von Cosax's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

A head kick misses from Envy.
Von Cosax misses with a series of wild punches.
Von Cosax misses with a wild combination.
Envy throws a sloppy head kick and Von Cosax moves out of range easily.

Envy gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Von Cosax stops Envy from standing up.

Von Cosax stands up from Envy's guard - Von Cosax perhaps looking for a knockout.
Envy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Envy tries to clinch up.
Envy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Von Cosax lands a right hook to the body.
Von Cosax fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Envy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Von Cosax blocks a head kick by Envy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Cosax misses with a wild combination.
Von Cosax throws a right hand that Envy ducks under and follows up with a left that Envy also avoids with ease.
Envy dodges the punch combination from Von Cosax.
Von Cosax blocks a head kick by Envy.
Von Cosax moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Von Cosax.
Von Cosax is staying tight to Envy's torso, preventing him from escaping.

Envy explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Von Cosax avoids the head kick by Envy.

Von Cosax closes the distance and clinches.
Nice body punch from Von Cosax.
A frustrated look appears on Von Cosax's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Envy jumps guard but Von Cosax stands there with Envy around his waist. Envy gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Von Cosax wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Envy has him pressed against the cage.
Von Cosax can't break the clinch.
Von Cosax leaning his opponent against the cage.
Von Cosax is looking to break free of the clinch but Envy has double underhooks.
A right handed body shot lands from Von Cosax.
Envy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Von Cosax wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Von Cosax working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Envy tries to pull guard but Von Cosax won't allow it.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Envy has Von Cosax pressed against the cage, preventing Von Cosax from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Envy can't get the takedown.
Diel Von Cosax has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lazarus Envy.
Von Cosax wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Envy has him pressed against the cage.

Von Cosax gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Von Cosax postures up in Envy's guard and throws a big left but Envy blocks it.
Von Cosax trying to control the position from guard on top but Envy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Von Cosax won't allow Envy to get back to his feet.
Von Cosax advances position into side control!
Von Cosax will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Von Cosax controlling the position from side mount.
Envy wants to get back to his feet.

Von Cosax stands up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Envy tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Von Cosax counters with a takedown into side control.

Von Cosax stands up.
Von Cosax misses with a jab, cross combination.
Envy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A left and a right from Von Cosax both land. Nice combination.

Von Cosax scores with a takedown into Envy's guard.
Von Cosax has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Von Cosax prevents Envy from getting back to his feet.
Diel Von Cosax overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Envy can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Von Cosax controls the pace.

Von Cosax stands up and waves to Envy to follow him.

And that's the end of the fight!
Diel Von Cosax showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Von Cosax has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Diel Von Cosax!