PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harry Sachz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tirawit Kokin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sachz comes to the cage accompanied by Storstadsidyll by Petter. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sachz
vs
Kokin

187 cm
24
180 lbs
11 - 7 - 1

185 cm
21
185 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Harry Sachz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tirawit Kokin!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kokin throws a leg kick which misses Sachz's front leg but catches the back leg as Sachz tries to avoid it.
Sachz misses with a hook
and Kokin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kokin misses with a kick to the body.
Sachz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kokin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sachz shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kokin eats them both and turns towards Sachz to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Kokin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sachz lands a jab to the nose.
Kokin throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sachz throws a lazy uppercut
and Sachz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sachz misses with an uppercut
and Kokin counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Sachz swings widly with a right hand
and Kokin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Harry Sachz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kokin connects with a right hand. Sachz shakes it off.
Kokin misses with a body punch
and Sachz counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kokin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sachz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kokin.
Sachz misses with an uppercut
and Kokin counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kokin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sachz misses with a hook
letting Kokin counter with a right hand.
Kokin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sachz lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Sachz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kokin counters with an inside leg kick.
Sachz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kokin counters with a nice uppercut.
Kokin just misses with a punch to the body.
Sachz throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Kokin to counter with a crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sachz misses with an uppercut
and Kokin counters with an outside leg kick.
Sachz misses with an uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sachz misses with a wild body shot.
Sachz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kokin counters with an outside leg kick.
Sachz on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A cross from Sachz lands.
Sachz swings widly with a right hand
and Sachz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kokin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Sachz had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kokin lands with an overhand left.
Jab by Kokin.
Sachz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kokin tries to clinch but Sachz moves out of range.
Sachz misses with a lunging right hand
and Kokin counters with a thumping low kick.
Sachz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Kokin.
Sachz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Kokin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tirawit Kokin 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.

Sachz gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Some wild striking there from Sachz.
Sachz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sachz throws a lazy uppercut
and Kokin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sachz's knee momentarily.
Sachz moves out of range of the leg kick from Kokin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sachz swings for the body but Kokin moves out of range.
Sachz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kokin thows a body shot but no joy.
Kokin scores with a jab. Sachz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sachz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Kokin counters with a thumping low kick.
Kokin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Sachz scores with a four punch combination!
Tirawit Kokin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sachz throws out a loose jab but Kokin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kokin lands with an overhand left.
Kokin scores with the left hand. Sachz knows he should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kokin misses with the combination.
Sachz throws a predictable looking body shot

and Kokin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Sachz has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Kokin avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Sachz is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
The referee calls for Sachz to work.
Sachz goes for a takedown attempt but Kokin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Sachz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kokin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sachz digs a good hook to Kokin's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kokin tests Sachz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kokin throws a sloppy head kick and Sachz moves out of range easily.
Sachz misses with a combination
enabling Kokin to counter with a crisp jab.
Sachz misses with a combination
and Kokin counters with a good low kick that Sachz was not able to check.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sachz misses with a takedown attempt - Kokin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sachz lands a body shot.
Sachz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Kokin counters with a good low kick that Sachz was not able to check.
Kokin misses with a low kick as Sachz jumps back.
Kokin just misses with a punch to the body.
Sachz misses with an uppercut
and Kokin counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tirawit Kokin showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Sachz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kokin counters with an outside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sachz. Kokin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sachz misses with a shot to the body
and Kokin counters with a nice kick to the body.
Kokin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sachz circles away from the clinch attempt
and Sachz counters with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sachz misses with a hook
and Kokin counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sachz misses with a hook
and Kokin counters with a body kick that stops Sachz in his tracks momentarily.
Sachz checks a low kick from Kokin.
A big right from Sachz misses.
Sachz misses with a right hand
and Kokin counters with a leg kick.
Sachz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sachz misses with a left hand
and Kokin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sachz lands a body shot.
Sachz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kokin counters with a good low kick that Sachz was not able to check.
Harry Sachz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sachz throws an off balance right hand
and Kokin counters with a nice body shot.
Sachz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kokin counters with a low kick, right behind Sachz 's knee.
Sachz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sachz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kokin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sachz misses with a lunging right hand
and Kokin counters with a solid body kick.
Sachz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sachz looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sachz throws a right hand that Kokin ducks under and follows up with a left that Kokin also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sachz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kokin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kokin throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sachz.
Kokin throws a hook but Sachz avoids it easily.
Kokin stuffs the takedown attempt from Sachz. Sachz gets slowly back to his feet.
Sachz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sachz misses with a left hand
and Kokin counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sachz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kokin counters with an inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sachz misses with a body shot.
Sachz misses with a body shot
and Kokin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Good leg kick by Kokin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sachz misses with a shot to the body
and Kokin counters with a nice low kick that buckles Sachz's knee momentarily.
Sachz swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Kokin to counter with a crisp jab.
Sachz throws a predictable looking body shot

and Kokin holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Harry Sachz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kokin lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kokin pushes Sachz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tirawit Kokin comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kokin has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tirawit Kokin!