PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Michael Koch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and freight train (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). train has chosen yes as his entrance music. freight train is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Koch
vs
train

187 cm
26
197 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

195 cm
26
201 lbs
10 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Michael Koch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, freight train!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
train swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and train takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Koch connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Koch lands a nice shot that snaps train's head back.

train rushes Koch and presses him up against the cage.

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

Koch shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. train is trying to defend but Koch finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Koch missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Koch looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Koch wants to free his trapped foot but train is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Koch thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed train's head.
Koch throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koch throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
train manages to get to full guard.
Koch trying to control but train is working from the bottom.
Koch postures up in train's guard and throws a big left but train blocks it.
Koch thows a big elbow that misses.
Koch connects with a couple of short punches.
Koch throwing strikes but missing.
train manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Koch manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
train throws and elbow that misses. Koch uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in train's guard. Nice move by Koch!
Koch working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

train looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Koch pushes down on train's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Koch thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed train's head.
Koch working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koch not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koch throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Koch thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing train to regain full guard.
Koch with a flurry of punches that miss.
Koch is looking to work some ground and pound but train has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koch distracts train with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Koch postures up in train's guard and throws a big left but train blocks it.
Koch prevents train from getting back to his feet.
Koch is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Koch postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
train looks gassed!
Koch working some strikes from top position.
train keeping moving, preventing Koch from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

train is looking for a triangle but Koch pushes his legs off easily.
Koch makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Koch lands a couple of digs.
Koch makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Koch keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of train's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Koch accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Koch's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Koch throws a big right hand that misses.
Koch pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. train is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Koch dominated that round.
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.

A momentary lapse in concentration from train enables Koch to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. train manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Koch working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Koch postures up in train's guard and throws a big left but train blocks it.
Koch thows a big elbow that misses.
Koch content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
train keeping moving, preventing Koch from controlling successfully.
Koch keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of train's head.
train wants to sweep but no luck.
Koch trying to control but train is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koch throwing strikes from guard but train blocks nicely.
train can't keep his opponent in guard - Koch advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
train is breathing heavily.
Koch working over train with some ground and pound. train looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Koch throwing shots but train is blocking nicely.

train has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Koch escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Koch!
train taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koch looking to control but instead train has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Koch missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Koch lands a nice short elbow.
Koch is pressing down on train's thigh, looking to free his foot. train is holding on for now.
Koch seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Koch winds up and cracks train with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Koch works his foot free and advances to mount.
train is trying to escape the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koch postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. train looks a forlorn figure.
Koch breaks from train's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Koch can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as train is looking to escape.
train takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

train is rocked!
Koch tries to control but train wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koch lands with some strikes.
train is still in real trouble! Can Koch finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koch postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks train out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Koch goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Michael Koch!