PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Master Blaster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paulo Koshcheck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blaster comes to the cage accompanied by The Number of The Beast - Iron Maiden. Koshcheck comes into a darkened arena with his song building. To Be Loved-Papa Roach kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Blaster
vs
Koshcheck

178 cm
32
178 lbs
16 - 7 - 0

200 cm
26
177 lbs
15 - 11 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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 16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Master Blaster!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paulo Koshcheck!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaster shoots and misses
and Koshcheck counters with a nice body kick.
Blaster shoots for a double leg takedown but Koshcheck sprawls well. He's pushed Blaster's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Blaster showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Koshcheck.
Koshcheck swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Blaster chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Koshcheck can pounce on him.
Koshcheck tries to clinch but Blaster is having none of it.
Nice sprawl there from Koshcheck as Blaster shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Master Blaster. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blaster shoots in for a takedown but Koshcheck shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Koshcheck slaps away a takedown attempt from Blaster, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Blaster with a poor takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Blaster blocks the low kick.
Master Blaster seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koshcheck looks for the body kick but Blaster saw that one coming.
Blaster misses with a takedown attempt
and Koshcheck counters with a leg kick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Blaster.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koshcheck keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Blaster is breathing heavily.
Blaster closes this distance looking for a takedown but Koshcheck circles away.
Blaster misses with a takedown attempt
and Koshcheck counters with a nice low kick that buckles Blaster's knee momentarily.
Koshcheck scores with a head kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Koshcheck.
Blaster takes a kick to the side of the head.

It looks like Master Blaster has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koshcheck lands a brutal head kick. Blaster looks out on his feet and Koshcheck throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Paulo Koshcheck!
Post fight, an emotional Paulo Koshcheck said 'He had me at first but thanks to my conditioning program I was able to comeback with the win.'.