PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aldo Raine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Igor Kozlov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raine comes to the cage accompanied by Tennessee wing walk. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Raine
vs
Kozlov

177 cm
27
182 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

176 cm
24
182 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank

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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aldo Raine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Igor Kozlov!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kozlov rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Raine counters with a series of strikes. Kozlov will be more careful next time no doubt.
Kozlov throws a head kick that misses.

Kozlov moves into the clinch successfully.
Kozlov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raine blocks it with crossed arms.
Kozlov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kozlov pushes Raine back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Raine tries a knee to the head but Kozlov blocks it.
Kozlov lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Raine tries to land knees in the clinch but Kozlov avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kozlov.
A hook to the body from Kozlov.
Kozlov lands with a left to the head.
Raine throws an elbow that misses.
Raine lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Igor Kozlov has been cut.
Kozlov lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Raine.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kozlov lands a shot to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Raine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kozlov's brow.
Kozlov blocks an elbow strike.
Kozlov taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Raine takes a knee right on the jaw!
Raine is breathing heavily.
Kozlov lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Raine or not.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kozlov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kozlov with a knee to the head.
Raine throws an elbow but it misses.
Kozlov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Raine backwards.
Kozlov presses Raine against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A knee to the head by Kozlov.
Nice body punch from Kozlov.
Kozlov stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kozlov lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kozlov lands a shoulder strike.

Kozlov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kozlov throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kozlov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Aldo Raine is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kozlov throws a hook but Raine blocks it.
Kozlov misses with a body shot
and Raine counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kozlov scores with a crisp jab that stopped Raine in his tracks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raine doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kozlov has Raine up against the cage in a clinch.
Kozlov lands a knee to the head.
Raine throws an elbow that misses.
Raine throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Raine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kozlov's brow.
Kozlov taking a breather.
Kozlov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kozlov avoids the elbow strike from Raine, against the cage.
Kozlov dodges an elbow strike from Raine.
Kozlov takes an elbow to the temple.
Raine gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kozlov scores with a knee to the head.
Kozlov scores with a hook to the body.
Raine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kozlov avoiding damage as Raine throws knees to the body.
Raine throws an elbow but it misses.
Kozlov crunches a lovely knee into Raine's ribcage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov scores with a shot to the side of Raine's head.
A left hand lands to the body for Kozlov.
Kozlov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kozlov lands a shoulder strike.
Kozlov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kozlov lands a hook that snaps the head of Raine backwards.
Kozlov stalling against the cage.
Kozlov crunches a lovely knee into Raine's ribcage.
Kozlov blocks the elbow strike.
Kozlov connects with a knee to the head.
Kozlov is trying to stall.
Kozlov landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Good body shot from Kozlov.
Kozlov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short left from Kozlov.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Kozlov.
Kozlov scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Raine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kozlov dodges an elbow strike from Raine.
Raine takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kozlov managing to block the knees to the body from Raine.
Kozlov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kozlov.
Kozlov tries to land a knee to the head but Raine blocks with his arms.
Raine takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kozlov connects with a knee to the head.
Kozlov connects with a nasty looking knee right to Raine's face.
Raine missing with knees to the body.
Kozlov blocks an elbow strike.
Raine lands an elbow inside that Kozlov shrugs off.
Kozlov blocks the elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees to the body from Kozlov.
Kozlov blocks an elbow strike.
Kozlov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Raine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Raine pushes off an throws an elbow but Kozlov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Raine blocks a body shot from Kozlov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Igor Kozlov dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Igor Kozlov's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kozlov throws a leg kick which misses Raine's front leg but catches the back leg as Raine tries to avoid it.
Raine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kozlov.
Igor Kozlov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kozlov lands a leg kick that knocks Raine off balance momentarily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kozlov darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kozlov lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Raine has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Raine and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kozlov misses with a leg kick
and Raine counters with a head kick.
Raine tries to close the distance and clinch but Kozlov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kozlov pivots, looking for a leg kick but Raine is out of range and Kozlov settles back down.
A jab lands there for Kozlov.
Raine works over Kozlov's head and body with a nice combination.
Nice jab there from Kozlov.
Raine goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A big left from Kozlov misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kozlov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kozlov scores with a nice right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Raine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Raine fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kozlov connects with the punch.
Raine checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Kozlov closes the distance and clinches.
Raine lands an elbow inside.
Kozlov avoids the elbow strike from Raine, against the cage.
Raine unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kozlov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kozlov is looking to control Raine's arms but Raine gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kozlov has his back to the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Raine.
Kozlov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Raine's elbow.
Kozlov lands a good knee to the midsection. Raine won't want to take too many of those.
Kozlov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Raine backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kozlov tries to land knees in the clinch but Raine avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Raine.
Kozlov dodges an elbow strike from Raine.
Kozlov with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kozlov is breathing heavily.
Kozlov tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kozlov works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Kozlov avoiding damage as Raine throws knees to the body.
Igor Kozlov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kozlov lands a nice shot to the body.
Raine takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kozlov misses with a punch to the body.
Kozlov misses with a knee to the head.
Kozlov throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Raine lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Raine throws an elbow but misses.
Kozlov lands a left hand.
Kozlov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kozlov tries to land a knee to the head but Raine blocks with his arms.
A shot in the inside from Kozlov.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Kozlov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Raine throws an elbow that misses.
Raine lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Raine throws an elbow but misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Raine obliges.
Kozlov lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Raine throws an elbow but misses.
Kozlov can't find room to land a body shot as Raine controls the action.
Raine lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kozlov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Raine backwards.
Raine pushes off an throws an elbow but Kozlov leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kozlov pushes Raine back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Raine throws an elbow that misses.
Kozlov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Raine backwards.
Kozlov tries a knee to the head but Raine blocks it.
A short right from Kozlov on the inside.
Raine lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kozlov working aggressively here.
Kozlov lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Still in the clinch, Kozlov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Raine is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Raine misses with an elbow strike.
Kozlov tries to throw a body punch but Raine avoids it by throwing Kozlov back against the cage.
Kozlov is leaning against Raine and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Raine throws an elbow that misses.
Kozlov blocks an elbow strike from Raine.
With the fighters up against the cage, Raine throws an elbow but misses.
Raine throws an elbow that misses.
Raine creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kozlov's defenses.
Kozlov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raine blocks it with crossed arms.
Kozlov misses with a knee to the head.
Raine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kozlov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Raine avoids it.
Raine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kozlov dodges an elbow strike from Raine.
Kozlov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Raine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Raine 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.
The fight stays on the outside here - Raine looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kozlov throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kozlov works the jab nicely.
Kozlov fails to land with a series of punches.
Kozlov misses with a low kick.
Raine keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kozlov buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kozlov lands with an uppercut that bounces Raine off the cage and back into range.
Raine swinging wildly here.
Kozlov throws a lazy right hand but Raine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kozlov.
Raine checks the leg kick nicely there.
Kozlov lunges at Raine with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Raine's hand.

Raine tries to keep at a distance but Kozlov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kozlov presses Raine against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kozlov misses with a knee strike.
Kozlov lands with a short shot to the head.
Kozlov misses with a punch to the body.
Kozlov misses with a short punch on the inside.
Raine throws an elbow but it misses.
Raine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kozlov avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Raine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kozlov's brow.
A nice left hand lands by Kozlov.
Kozlov throws a knee to the head but misses.
Raine misses with an elbow over the top.
Raine throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raine throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Raine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kozlov's brow.
Kozlov lands an uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Raine.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raine misses with an elbow strike.
Kozlov working Raine over with knees to the body.
Raine missing with knees to the body.
Kozlov lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Raine backwards.
Kozlov trying to stall but Raine improves his position.
Kozlov unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kozlov lands a nice shot to the body.
Kozlov has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kozlov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kozlov digs a right hand into Raine's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Raine's gas tank.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kozlov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kozlov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raine blocks it with crossed arms.
Kozlov lands a left hand.
A hook to the body from Kozlov.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Raine just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kozlov's brow.
Raine throws an elbow but it misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kozlov lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kozlov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Raine throws an elbow but misses.
Kozlov lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Raine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kozlov working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knees to the body from Kozlov.

Kozlov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Raine gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Raine has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kozlov.
Raine takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kozlov throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kozlov misses with a hook.
Kozlov throws a lazy right hand but Raine sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kozlov looks to throw the jab but Raine is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kozlov has closed the distance and engaged Raine in a clinch.
Raine with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kozlov blocks an elbow strike from Raine.
Kozlov lands a left hand that snaps the head of Raine backwards.
Raine throws an elbow but it misses.
Raine misses with a knee strike.
Kozlov scores with a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raine blocks a body shot from Kozlov.
Kozlov blocks an elbow strike from Raine.
Raine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kozlov avoids the elbow strike from Raine, against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kozlov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kozlov will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Raine up against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Raine missing with knees to the body.
Aldo Raine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Igor Kozlov is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A battle for position here, against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Igor Kozlov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kozlov 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 George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Igor Kozlov!
A relieved looking Igor Kozlov thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.