PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Heckli Koch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Krystyn Kavanagh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koch's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Kamikaze. Kavanagh has chosen Julie Ruin- VGi as his entrance music. Heckli Koch has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Koch
vs
Kavanagh

186 cm
23
209 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

180 cm
24
217 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Untouchable Fight Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Heckli Koch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Krystyn Kavanagh!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kavanagh dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kavanagh throws a half hearted mid kick.

Koch closes the distance and clinches.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kavanagh.
Koch tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Koch tries to break the clinch but Kavanagh is controlling the position.

Kavanagh manages to break the clinch.
Kavanagh connects with a body shot.
Sloppy strikes from Koch. Those never looked like landing.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Koch blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kavanagh connects with a nasty looking knee right to Koch's face.

It looks like Heckli Koch has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Kavanagh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Koch takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Heckli Koch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kavanagh throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Koch on the side of the head.
Koch takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Koch pushes Kavanagh up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kavanagh stalling.
Kavanagh misses with a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kavanagh takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Koch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kavanagh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Koch is defending well for now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Kavanagh as Koch tries to tie him up.
Koch is trying to break the clinch but Kavanagh is controlling him.
Kavanagh misses with a knee to the head.
Koch is trying to break free.
Kavanagh landing knees to the head.
Kavanagh tries to land knees in the clinch but Koch avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kavanagh is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kavanagh tries to land a knee to the head but Koch blocks with his arms.
Koch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kavanagh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Koch blocks it with crossed arms.
Koch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Koch looking to slow down the pace here.
Kavanagh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Koch is defending well for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koch tries to throw a body punch but Kavanagh avoids it by throwing Koch back against the cage.
Kavanagh stalls.
Kavanagh putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Koch in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Koch is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kavanagh tries a knee to the head but Koch blocks it.

Kavanagh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Koch fails with a takedown attempt.
Koch avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kavanagh, right into the meat.
Kavanagh checks a leg kick nicely.

Kavanagh clinches.
Kavanagh scores a nice knee to the body.
Kavanagh missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Kavanagh.
Kavanagh landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kavanagh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Koch blocks it with crossed arms.
Kavanagh tries a knee to the head but Koch blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koch managing to block the knees to the body from Kavanagh.

Kavanagh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kavanagh explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Koch on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Kavanagh swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kavanagh lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Kavanagh has managed to clinch.
Koch being controlled against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kavanagh misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Koch.
Kavanagh tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Koch blocks an elbow strike from Kavanagh.
Kavanagh with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Krystyn Kavanagh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Heckli Koch's cut.
That's time! Koch's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Koch moves into range and clinches up with Kavanagh.
Koch taking a breather.
Kavanagh throws a knee to the head but misses.
Koch trying to stall but Kavanagh improves his position.
Kavanagh stalling against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kavanagh throws an elbow but misses.
Koch tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kavanagh unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kavanagh avoiding damage as Koch throws knees to the body.
Kavanagh dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kavanagh lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A bit of stalling here from Kavanagh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kavanagh looking to throw knees to the head but Koch is blocking nicely.

Kavanagh breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kavanagh throws a head kick that misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kavanagh.
Koch fails with the takedown
and Kavanagh counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Kavanagh clinches.
Kavanagh with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Kavanagh pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Kavanagh drives through and clinches with Koch against the cage.
Kavanagh looking to throw knees to the head but Koch is blocking nicely.
Kavanagh scores a nice knee to the body.
Kavanagh tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Krystyn Kavanagh seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kavanagh landing knees to the head.
Koch takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kavanagh crunches a lovely knee into Koch's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koch avoiding damage as Kavanagh throws knees to the body.
Koch jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kavanagh walks away with a smile on his face. Koch gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kavanagh has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kavanagh moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That kick from Kavanagh tenderised Koch's leg. Koch is trying to keep his angry face on.
Koch takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Koch avoids a punch combination nicely.
Koch takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Kavanagh chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Kavanagh has Koch up against the cage in a clinch.
Koch is trying to push Kavanagh away but Kavanagh has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kavanagh tries a knee to the head but Koch blocks it.
Koch tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Heckli Koch. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kavanagh misses with a knee to the head.

Kavanagh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sloppy strikes from Koch. Those never looked like landing.
Kavanagh lands with a good body shot.
Koch throws a sloppy head kick
and Kavanagh counters with an outside leg kick.
Heckli Koch is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kavanagh throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

Koch darts in and clinches Kavanagh up against the cage.
Kavanagh tries to land a knee to the head but Koch blocks with his arms.
Kavanagh misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Koch.
Kavanagh looking to throw knees to the head but Koch is blocking nicely.
Kavanagh missing with knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kavanagh stalls.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kavanagh scores a nice knee to the body.
Koch wants to break the clinch but can't.
Koch is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kavanagh landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kavanagh unloads a knee to the mid-section. Koch lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kavanagh is stalling here.
Kavanagh tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kavanagh tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kavanagh connects with a knee to the head.
Koch managing to block the knees to the body from Kavanagh.
Kavanagh has Koch pushed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Krystyn Kavanagh showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Heckli Koch's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Koch tries to land a front kick but Kavanagh steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Kavanagh closes the distance and pushes Koch back into the cage.
Kavanagh tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kavanagh leaning against his opponent.

Koch breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Koch closes the distance and clinches.
Kavanagh landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kavanagh.
Kavanagh dodges an elbow strike from Koch.
Koch goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kavanagh working Koch over with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koch being controlled against the cage.

Kavanagh's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Krystyn Kavanagh seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koch takes a swing at Kavanagh's ribcage but misses.
Kavanagh lands a jab to the nose.
Kavanagh lands with a slapping head kick.
Good shot there by Kavanagh.
Koch is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Kavanagh closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kavanagh landing knees to the head.
Kavanagh misses with a knee to the head.
Koch jumps guard but Kavanagh turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Kavanagh breaks from the clinch.
That kick from Kavanagh tenderised Koch's leg. Koch is trying to keep his angry face on.
A head kick misses from Kavanagh.
Krystyn Kavanagh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Koch lands with a slapping head kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Kavanagh closes the distance and pushes Koch back into the cage.
Kavanagh connects with a nasty looking knee right to Koch's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kavanagh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Koch blocks it with crossed arms.
Koch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kavanagh pressing his opponent against the cage.

Kavanagh breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Koch closes the distance and pushes Kavanagh back into the cage.
Koch is trying to break free.

Kavanagh escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kavanagh is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Koch rather than just go for the knockout.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Koch. Kavanagh shrugs it off though.
Koch tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kavanagh throws a leg kick but Koch moved away.
Kavanagh blocks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koch takes a swing at Kavanagh's ribcage but misses.

Koch closes the distance and pushes Kavanagh back into the cage.
Kavanagh working Koch over with knees to the body.
Kavanagh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Koch blocks it with crossed arms.
Kavanagh misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Koch.
Kavanagh with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Kavanagh scores a nice knee to the body.
Kavanagh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Koch blocks it with crossed arms.
Koch throws a punch but it's blocked by Kavanagh.
Kavanagh prevents Koch from breaking the clinch.
Kavanagh has Koch pushed against the cage.

Kavanagh breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koch wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kavanagh has him pressed against the cage.
Koch is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kavanagh is keeping busy.
Koch is looking to break free of the clinch but Kavanagh has double underhooks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koch blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kavanagh landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kavanagh throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Koch blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Koch is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kavanagh is keeping busy.
Knees to the body from Kavanagh.
Heckli Koch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Krystyn Kavanagh is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kavanagh misses with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Krystyn Kavanagh comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kavanagh 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Krystyn Kavanagh!