PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quentin Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Og Kush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Costa
vs
Kush

184 cm
23
215 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

192 cm
28
215 lbs
23 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Quentin Costa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Og Kush!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kush tries to close the distance and clinch up but Costa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kush stuffs the takedown.
Costa fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kush uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Costa.
Costa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kush lands with a right hand.

Kush gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kush stops a takedown attempt from Costa.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quentin Costa. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Kush pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kush moves in looking to clinch but Costa pushes him off.
Kush cracks Costa with an open hand slap.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kush is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Costa takes a swing at Kush's ribcage but misses.
Kush looks to clinch
and Costa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kush thinking.
Kush tries to close the distance and clinch up but Costa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Costa swats away the attempt to clinch by Kush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Costa staying out of range there.
Kush lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kush misses with a double jab.
Kush fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kush tries to close the distance and clinch up but Costa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A lazy left from Costa finds it's target.
Costa circles away from the clinch attempt.

Kush takes the fight into the clinch.
Kush wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kush working aggressively here.
Kush wants to stall.
Costa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Costa is looking to take this one to the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Costa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kush is looking to clinch but Costa is avoiding it.
Costa closes the distance and clinches up with Kush, looking for a takedown. Costa pushes Kush against the cage but Kush circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Costa throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Kush was covering up waiting for the punch and Costa finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Costa trying to control but Kush is working from the bottom.
Kush is adopting a defensive guard.
Costa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Costa controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Costa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kush tries to clinch but Costa is having none of it.
Costa moves forwards but Kush connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kush tries to clinch up but Costa circles away and keeps his distance.
Og Kush seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kush wants to clinch
and Costa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kush thinking.
Kush leaves Costa with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Costa fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Kush wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kush tries to clinch there but Costa circles away.
Costa tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kush swivels and escapes.
Kush throws a shot from downtown. Costa moves away and avoids it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kush looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kush looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kush tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Costa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Og Kush is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kush is looking to clinch but Costa is avoiding it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Costa shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kush napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Costa looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Kush is avoiding damage well.

Costa is trying to get an arm triangle but Kush is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Og Kush dominated that round.
That's time! Costa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kush tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Costa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Costa will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kush fails with an attempt to clinch.
Costa fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Costa keeps the fight on the outside.
Kush moves in looking to clinch but Costa pushes him off.
Kush tries to clinch but Costa is having none of it.
Kush is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kush looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kush looks to score with a jab to the body but Costa is just out of range.
Costa dives in and grabs Kush's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kush pushes down on Costa's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quentin Costa. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kush wants to clinch
and Costa counters with a stiff right hand.

Kush has Costa up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Kush fails to land.
A short right from Kush on the inside.
Costa is working for takedown but Kush is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kush misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kush misses with a punch on the inside.

Kush breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Costa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kush is looking to clinch.
Kush closes the distance but Costa moves to the side

and Costa counters with a nice double leg into side control. Kush won't be happy with that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Costa is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The strikes coming from Costa are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Costa is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Kush is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Costa tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

Costa is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Kush knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Costa remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kush prevents Costa from moving into mount.
Kush looks to move to half guard but instead Costa has passed into mount! Damn!
Kush is looking to get to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Costa looking to control but Kush is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Costa throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Quentin Costa dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Costa is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Costa tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kush swivels and escapes.
Kush moves in looking to clinch but Costa pushes him off.
Kush connects with a single shot there.
Kush tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Costa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kush tries to clinch but Costa moves out of range.
Costa circles away from the clinch attempt

and Costa counters with a shoot takedown. Kush fights it but they end up in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kush is on top in guard.
Kush wants to stand but Costa is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Costa tries to land a sweep but no joy.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Og Kush wasn't active enough on the ground.
Kush tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Costa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Costa shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Costa swats away the attempt to clinch by Kush.

Kush has Costa up against the cage in a clinch.
Costa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kush stalling in the clinch but Costa improves position.
Kush scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kush struggles to land a body shot inside as Costa controls his hands.
Kush prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quentin Costa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kush.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kush.
Kush lands a left hand.

Kush pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Costa shoots in for a takedown but Kush shows good takedown defense.

Kush has Costa up against the cage in a clinch.
Costa tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Kush misses with some punches.
Costa tries for a takedown but Kush manages to get underhooks.

Kush escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kush looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kush fails in his attempt to clinch.

Costa shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Costa showed some decent athleticism there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kush can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Costa content to control rather than advance.
Costa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Kush is defending against the submission attempts here by Costa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close third round but Og Kush just about did enough to take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Kush tries to clinch there but Costa circles away.
Costa shoots for a takedown but Kush saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Costa shoots for a double leg takedown but Kush sprawls well. He's pushed Costa's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Costa closes the distance and clinches up with Kush, looking for a takedown. Costa pushes Kush against the cage but Kush circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quentin Costa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kush tries to clinch up but Costa circles away and keeps his distance.
Costa shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kush defends it nicely.
Og Kush seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kush misses with a two punch combination.
Costa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Kush gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

Kush breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kush misses with a wild body shot.
Kush tries to close the distance and clinch up but Costa swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kush displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Costa.
Costa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Costa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kush tries to clinch but Costa moves out of range.
Costa shoots in for a takedown but Kush shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Costa keeps the fight on the outside.
Kush tries to clinch
letting Costa counter with a right hand.

Kush moves into the clinch.
Costa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kush misses with a punch on the inside.
Kush lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Kush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kush pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kush lands with a shot to the body.
Kush is looking to clinch.
Kush is looking to clinch but Costa is avoiding it.
Costa fails with a takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Costa doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Kush counter with a right hand.
Kush swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Costa.
Kush doesn't manage to clinch there - Costa circles away.
Kush cracks Costa's jaw with two stiff jabs then ducks low and throws a soul-severing right uppercut to the mouth!! Costa slumps to the ground with blood on his lips. The referee steps in before Kush can do further damage! This one is done, son!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Og Kush!
Og Kush is the new light heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Og Kush thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.