PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Coature (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Haiko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coature comes to the cage accompanied by 8th and Blues. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Coature
vs
Haiko

186 cm
26
220 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

189 cm
19
212 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randy Coature!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jimmy Haiko!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haiko tries to clinch but Coature moves out of range.
Haiko is looking to clinch but Coature is avoiding it.
Haiko doesn't manage to clinch there - Coature circles away.
Haiko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Coature swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Haiko tries to clinch but Coature is having none of it.

Haiko takes the fight into the clinch.
Coature changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Haiko fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Haiko wants to clinch.
Haiko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Coature manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Coature avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Haiko fails with an attempt to clinch.
Haiko tries to clinch but Coature is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Haiko clinches with his opponent.
Haiko stalling the fight.
Haiko throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Haiko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Haiko rushes Coature and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Coature wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees to the body from Haiko.
Coature stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Coature as Haiko tries to tie him up.
Coature is trying to force a seperation but Haiko has the dominant position.
Haiko is pressed up against the cage. Coature has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Haiko down to the mat. Haiko avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Haiko connects with an inside leg kick.
Coature keeps the fight on the outside.
Haiko wants to clinch up but Coature keeps it at a distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haiko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Coature paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haiko is looking to clinch but Coature is avoiding it.
Haiko moves in looking to clinch but Coature pushes him off.
Coature throws a right and a left that Haiko avoids nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Haiko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Haiko fails with a takedown attempt.
Haiko fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Coature finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Haiko looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Haiko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Coature manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Coature shoots in and gets a takedown into Haiko's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Haiko looking to control.
Coature trying to control but Haiko is working from the bottom.
Coature wants to pass the guard but Haiko is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Coature throwing strikes from guard but Haiko blocks nicely.
Coature is looking to work some ground and pound but Haiko has wrist control.
Coature loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Coature postures up in Haiko's guard and throws a big left but Haiko blocks it.
Haiko keeping moving, preventing Coature from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coature throwing strikes from guard but Haiko blocks nicely.
Coature tries to free his leg and advance position but Haiko is retaining full guard.
Coature works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Coature thows a huge punch but Haiko dodges it nicely.
Haiko is refusing to be controlled, as Coature sits in half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Coature trying to mount his opponent but Haiko defends it.
Coature throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jimmy Haiko dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Haiko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Haiko throws a leg kick that misses.
Coature misses with a few strikes there.
Haiko tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Coature paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Coature has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jimmy Haiko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coature avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Haiko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Coature manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Haiko wants to clinch but Coature slips to the side

and Coature counters with a nice double leg into side control. Haiko won't be happy with that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coature tries to move to mount but Haiko blocks the move with his legs.
Coature lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Haiko down.
Coature tries to advance to mount but Haiko denies him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coature in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Coature trying to control the position but Haiko is working away.
Coature lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Coature moves into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Coature can't control as he wanted to and Haiko manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Coature passes to full mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coature looking to control but Haiko is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Coature working the ground and pound effectively.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Coature in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Coature lands a big elbow.
Coature landing strikes, looking to finish!
Haiko is breathing heavily.
Coature thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Coature controlling the position easily from mount.
Coature wants to control the pace but Haiko is squirming around nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coature with the ground and pound from mount.
A nice elbow there by Coature.
Haiko really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Coature. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Coature has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Haiko's face.
Coature postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Haiko looks a forlorn figure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coature scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Haiko?
Coature looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coature working the ground and pound effectively.
Coature landing strikes, looking to finish!
Haiko taking shots to the head.
Coature connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Coature postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Haiko bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Coature and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Randy Coature!