PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Litran Kossu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and José Nabijos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kossu comes to the cage accompanied by Holy Diver - Dio. The crowd seem to be enjoying Nabijos's choice of entrance music: IF I DIE TONIGHT. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Kossu
vs
Nabijos

190 cm
35
212 lbs
25 - 13 - 2

187 cm
30
213 lbs
27 - 6 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Brute

Convicted Trap House
Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Litran Kossu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, José Nabijos!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kossu walks forward, straight into a front kick from Nabijos.
Kossu ducks under a wild hook from Nabijos.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Kossu - that will leave a mark!
Nabijos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kossu eats them both and turns towards Nabijos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Litran Kossu has been cut.
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!
Kossu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nabijos feints and then cracks Kossu's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kossu down.
Nabijos leaves Kossu with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kossu misses with a low kick as Nabijos jumps back.
Nabijos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kossu goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nice defenses there by Nabijos.
Nabijos wants to land a leg kick but Kossu is out of range.
Nabijos connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nabijos connects with a leg kick. Kossu looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nabijos looks for the body kick but Kossu saw that one coming.
Nabijos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kossu ducks under a wild hook from Nabijos.
Nabijos is looking to land body kicks.
Nabijos lands a slapping body shot.
Nabijos takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kossu scores with a nice strike.
Kossu throws a lazy right hand but Nabijos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nabijos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
José Nabijos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nabijos misses with an uppercut
and Kossu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kossu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nabijos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kossu looks to score with a jab to the body but Nabijos is just out of range.
Kossu lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Nabijos at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kossu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Nabijoss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Kossu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nabijos.
Kossu lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Litran Kossu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kossu throws a low kick but Nabijos avoids it.
Nabijos on the wrong end of a nice jab.
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!
Kossu misses with a lunging right hand
and Nabijos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nabijos takes a kick to the side of the head.
Nabijos throws a push kick but Kossu slaps the foot to one side.
Nabijos fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kossu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kossu throws out a loose jab but Nabijos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nabijos has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Kossu.
Kossu blocks a head kick by Nabijos.
Nabijos swings for the body but Kossu moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos throws a nice looking combination but Kossu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kossu tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Nabijos is able to avoid easily.
Kossu lands with an overhand left.
Kossu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nabijos looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nabijos misses with a low kick.
Kossu attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nabijos thows a body shot but no joy.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kossu darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Kossu swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Nabijos.
Kossu throws a hook to the side of Nabijos's head but Nabijos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kossu lands with a nice body punch.
Kossu is looking to chop away at Nabijos's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kossu does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Kossu lands a jab to the head.
Kossu lands a nice shot to the body.
Kossu throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kossu shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Nabijos as he avoids it easily.
A punch lands to the side of Nabijos 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nabijos throws out a leg kick but Kossu moves out of range and Nabijos only half commits.
Nabijos throws a hook to the side of Kossu's head but Kossu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nabijos throws a hook to the side of Kossu's head but Kossu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kossu is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Jab by Nabijos.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big right from Nabijos misses.
Kossu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nabijos lands a slapping body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

José Nabijos dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Litran Kossu's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nabijos misses with a body kick.
Kossu slips a straight right by Nabijos.
Nabijos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nabijos throws the left hand but Kossu avoids the punch easily.
Nabijos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nabijos looks to land a body kick but Kossu moved away.
Kossu misses with a body kick.
Kossu tries a head kick but it misses.
Nabijos connects with a jab.
Kossu misses with a looping right.
Nabijos lands a front kick.
Kossu throws a body kick that misses.
Kossu throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kossu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nabijos thumps Kossu with a low kick.
Kossu slips a jab from Nabijos.
Nabijos lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nabijos throws a leg kick that misses.
Nabijos delivers a nice body kick.
Nabijos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nabijos fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kossu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nabijos connects with a crisp jab.
Kossu avoids a kick to the body.
Nabijos moves out of range of the strikes.
Nabijos misses with a double jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kossu slips a straight right by Nabijos.
Kossu connects with the punch.
José Nabijos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Nabijos is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Kossu lands the left hand.
Nabijos swings for the body but Kossu moves out of range.
Kossu misses the jab.
Nabijos throws a big shot that misses.
Kossu connects with a jab.
Kossu misses with a combination
and Nabijos counters with a straight right hand.
Nabijos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nabijos throws a series of punches but Kossu moves out of range.
Kossu avoids a punch combination nicely.
A shot to the liver by Kossu. Beautiful body shot.
Nabijos misses with a head kick.
Nabijos checks a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nabijos.
Nabijos misses with a looping left.
Kossu misses with a straight left.
Nabijos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kossu.
Nabijos gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kossu looks to land a left hand but Nabijos moved out of range nicely.
Nabijos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kossu was well out of range. Poor timing from Nabijos.
Kossu has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nabijos.
Nabijos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kossu.
Kossu misses with a body kick.
Kossu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nabijos on the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kossu throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Nabijos tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Kossu is able to avoid easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nabijos lands a lovely overhand right.
Nabijos throws the kick towards the body but Kossu avoids it.
Nabijos throws a half hearted mid kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

José Nabijos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Litran Kossu's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

A jab from Nabijos does it's job there.
Kossu takes one to the side of the head.
Nabijos throws a push kick but Kossu slaps the foot to one side.
Nabijos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kossu takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kossu is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nabijos goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kossu throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kossu looks to score with a jab to the body but Nabijos is just out of range.
Kossu misses with a low kick as Nabijos jumps back.
Nabijos checks a low kick from Kossu.
Nabijos throws a hook but Kossu blocks it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kossu.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big left from Nabijos misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kossu cracks a nice hook into Nabijos's ribs.
Nabijos checks a low kick from Kossu.
Nabijos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kossu.
Nabijos misses with a head kick.
Kossu misses with a lunging right hand
letting Nabijos counter with a right hand.
Good leg kick by Nabijos there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kossu misses with a straight right.
Kossu slips a jab from Nabijos.
Kossu takes a swing at Nabijos's ribcage but misses.
Kossu throws a hook to the side of Nabijos's head but Nabijos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kossu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Kossu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kossu slips a jab from Nabijos.
The fighters circling - Nabijos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nabijos throws a leg kick but Kossu moved away.
Nabijos keeps Kossu at a distance using the push kick.
Kossu lands with a nice body punch.
Kossu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nabijos throws a front kick that sends Kossu stumbling back into the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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!
Kossu smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Nabijos works Kossu's body with a nice hook.
Kossu avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kossu takes a swing at Nabijos's ribcage but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kossu takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nabijos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nabijos just misses with a punch to the body.
Nabijos tests Kossu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nabijos lands a nice shot to the body.
Nabijos throws a low kick but Kossu avoids it.
Nabijos throws out a loose jab but Kossu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kossu with a hook.
Nabijos delivers a nice body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some wild striking there from Kossu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nabijos throws a leg kick but Kossu sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kossu misses with a takedown attempt - Nabijos sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nabijos jabs Kossu to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A shot to the liver by Nabijos. Beautiful body shot.
Nabijos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nabijos tests Kossu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Nabijos, right into the meat.
Nabijos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

José Nabijos really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Litran Kossu's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Kossu misses with a straight left.
Nabijos moves out of range as Kossu throws a body kick.
A head kick by Kossu misses
and Nabijos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nabijos fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kossu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nabijos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kossu was well out of range. Poor timing from Nabijos.
Kossu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nabijos was well out of range. Poor timing from Kossu.
Nabijos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kossu.
Kossu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nabijos moves away.
Kossu has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nabijos.
Kossu slips a straight right by Nabijos.
Kossu swings for the body but Nabijos moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Nabijos.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nabijos scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nice body kick there by Nabijos.
Nabijos misses with a head kick.
Kossu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Nabijos is out of range.
Nabijos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kossu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nabijos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nabijos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Nabijos moves into range and connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kossu on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kossu misses with a hook. Nabijos ducked under it nicely.
Kossu thows a leg kick but Nabijos checks it
and Nabijos finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Nabijos clobbers Kossu with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kossu misses with a shot to the body
and Nabijos counters with a good low kick that Kossu was not able to check.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nabijos. Kossu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nabijos throws a hook to the side of Kossu's head but Kossu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kossu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kossu throws a head kick that misses
and Nabijos counters with a stiff right hand.
Kossu throws a lazy uppercut
and Nabijos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nabijos lands with a kick to the ribs.
Nabijos explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Kossu has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nabijos.
Kossu will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Kossu crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Nabijos - the referee stops the clock and Kossu gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Nabijos. Kossu manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kossu fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nabijos manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kossu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Nabijos works Kossu's body with a nice hook.
Nabijos misses with a leg kick.
Nabijos misses with a wild body shot.
Nabijos throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nabijos.
A shot to the liver by Kossu. Beautiful body shot.
Kossu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kossu throws a lazy right hand but Nabijos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A big left from Nabijos misses.
Kossu throws a looping overhand right but Nabijos ducks down to avoid it.
Nabijos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kossu throws a head kick that misses.
Nabijos ducks under a wild hook from Kossu.
Kossu moves out of range of the body kick from Nabijos.
Kossu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kossu misses with a body shot.
Kossu tries for a takedown but Nabijos circles away easily
and Nabijos counters with a nice leg kick.
Kossu throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kossu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nabijos looks to land a body kick but Kossu moved away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

José Nabijos dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Litran Kossu's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Nabijos misses with a body punch
and Kossu connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nabijos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kossu throws out the jab.
Kossu tries to score with a low kick but Nabijos moves his leg out of the way.
Nabijos throws a right and a left that Kossu avoids nicely.
Kossu cracks Nabijos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kossu connects with a looping right hand.
Nabijos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kossu.
An inside leg kick from Nabijos misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Nabijos.
Nabijos throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Kossu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nabijos takes one on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kossu scores with a body shot.
Kossu looks to score with a jab to the body but Nabijos is just out of range.
Nabijos gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kossu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A leg kick checked by Kossu.
Nabijos throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kossu. Nabijos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nabijos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nabijos moves out of range of the strikes.
Nabijos ducks under a wild hook from Kossu.
Kossu shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nabijos pinned against the cage. Nabijos gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kossu lands with a cross.
Nabijos lands a two punch combo.
Kossu fails to land with a series of punches.
Kossu blocks a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kossu misses with an uppercut
and Nabijos counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kossu lands with an uppercut that bounces Nabijos off the cage and back into range.
Litran Kossu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nabijos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nabijos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kossu.
Kossu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nabijos.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nabijos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kossu was well out of range. Poor timing from Nabijos.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Kossu might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Kossu misses with a left hand
and Nabijos counters with a leg kick.
Kossu throws a leg kick which misses Nabijos's front leg but catches the back leg as Nabijos tries to avoid it.
Nabijos lands a jab to the head.
Nice shot by Kossu.
Kossu scores with a spinning back kick!
Kossu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nabijos.
Kossu checks a low kick from Nabijos.
Nabijos slips a jab from Kossu.
Nabijos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nabijos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kossu throws a low kick but it's checked well by Nabijos.
Kossu avoids the body shot from Nabijos.
Nabijos takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nabijos misses with a straight right.
Kossu cracks a nice hook into Nabijos's ribs.
Kossu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kossu checks a leg kick.
Kossu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
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.
Kossu on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Good exchange - Kossu coming out on top.
Nabijos avoids the head kick by Kossu.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to José Nabijos.
Well Nabijos 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 46:50
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 45:50
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... José Nabijos!
A victorious José Nabijos thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.