PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Nena Apina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jouko Kosti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Apina
vs
Kosti

160 cm
19
187 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

189 cm
19
197 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nena Apina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jouko Kosti!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Radbod Blank and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kosti scores with a push kick.
Apina takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kosti displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Apina.
Jouko Kosti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kosti.
Kosti misses with an uppercut. Apina saw that one coming.
Apina moves away from the strike by Kosti.

Apina clinches up with Kosti and pushes him back against the cage.
Apina managing to block the knees to the body from Kosti.

Apina has picked Kosti up - he's going for a ride! Apina dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Apina is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Apina prevents Kosti from standing back up.
Kosti has hold of Apina's hands but Apina slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Apina throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kosti wants to get back to his feet.
Apina perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kosti keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Apina is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Apina missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Apina lands a nice short elbow.
Apina stalling.
Apina working the head and body with strikes.
Apina has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Apina thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kosti really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Apina. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Apina throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Apina controlling the action here.
Apina thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kosti's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kosti keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Apina wants to control but Kosti is keeping him busy.
Apina missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Apina wants to control but Kosti is keeping him busy.
Apina looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Apina looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Apina trying to pass the guard but Kosti defending well.
Kosti avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Apina.
Apina is keen to just control but Kosti is a slippery customer.
Kosti avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Apina.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kosti won't allow Apina to pass to mount.
Kosti blocking the ground and pound attempt from Apina.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kosti is trying to stand back up but Apina is controlling him

Apina is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Apina seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Apina trying to control the action but Kosti is working from the bottom.
Apina drops an elbow to the side of Kosti's head.
Apina working over Kosti with some ground and pound. Kosti looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Apina winds up and cracks Kosti with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Apina trying to control from half guard but Kosti is working away.
Apina landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Apina is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Apina thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Apina tries to pass the half guard into mount. Kosti knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Apina working Kosti over with strikes.
Kosti wants to get back to full guard.
Apina not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kosti is looking for a sweep. Apina is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

Apina is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Apina wants to work for an arm triangle but Kosti is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kosti looks like he's trying to stand up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nena Apina dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Apina rushes Kosti and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Apina avoiding damage as Kosti throws knees to the body.
Kosti is trying to maintain a safe position but Apina gets an underhook and turns Kosti into the cage.

Apina gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Apina throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kosti works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Apina accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Apina in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Apina throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Apina tries to free his leg and advance position but Kosti is retaining full guard.
Kosti is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Apina is controlling him.
Apina wants to control from the top but Kosti keeps moving.

Apina thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Apina is looking to work some ground and pound but Kosti has wrist control.
Kosti working a defensive guard here.
Apina is looking to work some ground and pound but Kosti has wrist control.

Apina thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Apina throws a big elbow that misses.
Apina stops Kosti from standing up.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kosti can do anything to dispel that myth.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Apina accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Apina cracks Kosti with a solid left hand.
Kosti can't keep his opponent in guard - Apina advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Apina lands with a punch from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kosti is trying to stand.
Kosti on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Apina working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Apina seems to be working for a kimura but Kosti defends the submission attempt.
Kosti is in trouble now - Apina has advanced to mount!
Apina scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Apina landing strikes, looking to finish!
Nena Apina overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Apina working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Kosti is rocked!
Apina content just to control the position here.
The referee warns Kosti that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kosti is still in real trouble! Can Apina finish him?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apina softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Kosti is out cold! Apina jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nena Apina!