PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between King Kobra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Ko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Kobra
vs
Ko

195 cm
27
190 lbs
11 - 7 - 1

225 cm
27
193 lbs
17 - 11 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, King Kobra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Ivan Ko!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Roger Salmon and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kobra takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A swing and a miss from Ko.
Ko throws a right hand that Kobra ducks under and follows up with a left that Kobra also avoids with ease.

Ko closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kobra throws an elbow but it misses.
Ko lands a nice shot to the body.
Ko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ko lands with a short shot to the head.
Ko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ko tries to stall but Kobra uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Ko takes an elbow to the temple.
Ko working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kobra tries to land a knee to the head but Ko blocks with his arms.
Ko lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ko taking a breather.
Ko dodges an elbow strike from Kobra.
Ko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kobra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kobra pushes off an throws an elbow but Ko leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Ko.
Kobra lands a good knee to the midsection. Ko won't want to take too many of those.
Kobra creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ko's defenses.
Ko avoids a wild elbow strike from Kobra.
Kobra tries to land knees in the clinch but Ko avoids the damage to the body.
Kobra misses with an elbow over the top.
Kobra looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ko is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kobra trying to land knees to the body.
Kobra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ko avoiding damage as Kobra throws knees to the body.
Kobra with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ko dodges an elbow strike from Kobra.
Ko avoids a wild elbow strike from Kobra.
Ko wants to stall.
Ko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ko works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kobra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ko has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ko avoids the elbow strike from Kobra, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Ko.
Kobra is breathing heavily.
Ko lands a shot to the body.
Ko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

It looks like King Kobra has been cut.
Ko dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kobra looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ko has Kobra pressed against the cage.
Ko pushes Kobra back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kobra pushes off an throws an elbow but Ko leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kobra throws an elbow that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ko.
Ko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kobra backwards.
Ko lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ko lands with a short shot to the head.
Ko lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ko works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ko lands with a light punch inside.
Kobra misses with a knee strike.
Kobra creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ko lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kobra backwards.
Ko scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ko avoids the elbow strike from Kobra, against the cage.
Kobra creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ko blocks an elbow strike from Kobra.
Kobra pushes off an throws an elbow but Ko leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ko presses Kobra against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kobra throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ko dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kobra throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Ko avoids the elbow strike from Kobra, against the cage.
A short left from Ko.
Ko lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kobra tries a knee to the head but Ko blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Ko as the two fighters clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kobra being controlled against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Ko.
Kobra's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short body shot lands from Ko as the two fighters clinch.
Ko presses Kobra against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Ko taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ko lands a body punch.
Kobra takes a shot to the head.
Ko scores with a hook to the body.
Ko avoiding damage.
Ko lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kobra throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Ko.
A short uppercut from Ko.
Ko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ko lands with a right to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ivan Ko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on King Kobra's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Ko throws a nice looking combination but Kobra bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Ko scores with a three punch combo!
Ko bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ko scores with a decent looking hook.
Ko misses with a wild combination.
Ko is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ko lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kobra throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ko.
Kobra is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Ko.
Ko is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kobra walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ko moves into range and clinches up with Kobra.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kobra misses with a knee to the head.
Ko lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kobra misses with an elbow over the top.
Kobra tries to throw a body punch but Ko avoids it by throwing Kobra back against the cage.
Ko scores with a shot to the side of Kobra's head.
Ko avoiding damage as Kobra throws knees to the body.
Ko blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ko digs a right hand underneath Kobra's ribcage. Kobra let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ko lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ko blocks an elbow strike from Kobra.
Kobra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kobra's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kobra blocks a body shot from Ko.
Kobra pushes off an throws an elbow but Ko leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Ko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kobra misses with an elbow over the top.
Ko has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ko scores with a shoulder strike.
Ivan Ko seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ko.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kobra throws an elbow but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kobra misses with an elbow over the top.
Ko managing to block the knees to the body from Kobra.
Ko lands a left hand.
Ko blocks the elbow strike.
Kobra misses with an elbow over the top.
Kobra misses with an elbow over the top.
Ko lands a shot to the body.
Ko lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kobra backwards.
Ko is leaning against Kobra and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ko.
Kobra misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ko.
Ko softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ko stalls.
Kobra pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kobra pushes off an throws an elbow but Ko leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short uppercut from Ko.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ko dodges an elbow strike from Kobra.
Ko lands a shoulder strike.
Ko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Kobra is rocked!
Ko scores with a hook to the body.
Kobra throws an elbow that misses.
Ko blocks an elbow strike from Kobra.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kobra just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ko's brow.
Nice body punch from Ko.
Ko scores with a shoulder strike.
Oh Kobra is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ko lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ko creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ko lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kobra backwards.
Ko dips a shoulder and cracks Kobra with a mighty uppercut! Kobra falls back against the cage and Ko unloads with a barrage of strikes! Kobra is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Ko screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Ko!
An out of breath and clearly excited Ivan Ko thanked Fight Day Nutrition (Authentic 160Q/159Q supps!) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).