PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Orion Cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xocoyotzin comes to the cage accompanied by Leverage - Sentenced. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Xocoyotzin
vs
Cook

180 cm
32
192 lbs
19 - 16 - 0

184 cm
37
197 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Orion Cook!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xocoyotzin closes the distance but Cook moves to the side
and Cook cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

It looks like Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin has been cut.

Xocoyotzin gets the takedown into side control.

Xocoyotzin decides to stand back up.
Xocoyotzin moves to clinch but Cook breaks away
and Cook connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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!
Xocoyotzin tries to close the distance and clinch but Cook swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Xocoyotzin feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Xocoyotzin stands up from Cook's guard - Xocoyotzin perhaps looking for a knockout.
Xocoyotzin darts in trying to clinch
letting Cook counter with a right hand.
Cook keeps the fight on the outside.
Xocoyotzin looks to clinch
letting Cook counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Xocoyotzin is looking to clinch but Cook is avoiding it.
Xocoyotzin looks to clinch
and Cook counters with a nice uppercut.
Cook avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Xocoyotzin gets a takedown into half guard.
Cook gets full guard.
Cook pulls Xocoyotzin in close to prevent any damage.
Xocoyotzin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cook is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Xocoyotzin wanted to stand there but Cook had control of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Xocoyotzin gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Xocoyotzin tries to close the distance and clinch but Cook swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Xocoyotzin throws a sloppy head kick and Cook moves out of range easily.
Xocoyotzin tries to clinch up
and Cook counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Xocoyotzin moves to clinch but Cook breaks away
and Xocoyotzin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Xocoyotzin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Xocoyotzin tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Xocoyotzin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Xocoyotzin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cook swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Xocoyotzin closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Cook to the mat! Cook manages to get full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xocoyotzin has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Cook is proving hard to escape from.

Cook is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Xocoyotzin is aware though and is defending well.

Cook is looking for a triangle but Xocoyotzin pushes his legs off easily.
Cook working a defensive guard here.
Cook has a closed guard, preventing Xocoyotzin from standing up.

Xocoyotzin gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Cook blocks a head kick by Xocoyotzin.

Xocoyotzin dives in and scores a takedown into Cook's guard.
Xocoyotzin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cook works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cook managing to control the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cook looking for a sweep. Not yet Cook, not yet.
Cook manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Xocoyotzin manages to get himself to full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Xocoyotzin scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Cook keeps the fight on the outside.
Xocoyotzin closes the distance but Cook moves to the side
letting Cook counter with a right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Xocoyotzin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Cook tries to keep at a distance but Xocoyotzin has taken the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin'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.

Xocoyotzin moves to clinch but Cook breaks away

and Cook counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Xocoyotzin's guard now.
Cook works over Xocoyotzin with some ground and pound from guard.
Xocoyotzin wants to stand but Cook is controlling the position.
Cook throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Xocoyotzin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cook working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Xocoyotzin is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cook is controlling him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Xocoyotzin is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Cook tries for a takedown. No joy.
Cook prevents a body shot from Xocoyotzin.
Cook tries to pull guard but Xocoyotzin forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Xocoyotzin trying to land knees to the body.
Cook prevents a body shot from Xocoyotzin.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Xocoyotzin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cook blocks a head kick by Xocoyotzin.

Xocoyotzin shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Xocoyotzin showed some decent athleticism there.
Cook is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Xocoyotzin decides to return to a standing position.
Xocoyotzin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Xocoyotzin tries to clinch but Cook moves away
and Cook counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Xocoyotzin closes the distance but Cook moves to the side
and Cook counters with a stiff right hand.
Cook avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Xocoyotzin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cook, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cook.
Xocoyotzin misses with a knee strike.
Xocoyotzin misses with the head strike.
Cook tries to pull guard but Xocoyotzin won't allow it.
Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Orion Cook.
Xocoyotzin scores with a shoulder strike.
Xocoyotzin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Xocoyotzin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Xocoyotzin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cook wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cook wants a takedown.
Cook wants to take the fight to the mat but Xocoyotzin manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Xocoyotzin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Xocoyotzin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Xocoyotzin.
Cook has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Xocoyotzin avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xocoyotzin looking to throw knees to the head but Cook is blocking nicely.
Xocoyotzin throws a punch but it's blocked by Cook.
Xocoyotzin lands a left hand.
Cook is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Xocoyotzin is defending well.
Xocoyotzin pushes Cook back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Cook decides to pull guard.
Xocoyotzin trying to control the position from guard on top but Cook is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Xocoyotzin wanted to stand there but Cook had control of the position.
Xocoyotzin trying to control but Cook is working from the bottom.
Cook is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xocoyotzin looking to pass the guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Xocoyotzin wanted to stand there but Cook had control of the position.

Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Xocoyotzin closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cook counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Xocoyotzin is looking to clinch but Cook is avoiding it.

Xocoyotzin closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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!

Cook is defending against the submission attempts here by Xocoyotzin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Xocoyotzin is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Cook swats away the attempt to clinch by Xocoyotzin.
Xocoyotzin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Xocoyotzin gets a double leg takedown into Cook's guard.
Xocoyotzin wants to control from the top but Cook keeps moving.
Xocoyotzin would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Xocoyotzin stands and steps away. Cook gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Xocoyotzin looks to clinch
and Xocoyotzin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Xocoyotzin tries to clinch but Cook moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Xocoyotzin scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Xocoyotzin is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Cook doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Xocoyotzin.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cook is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Xocoyotzin's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Xocoyotzin's back!
Xocoyotzin covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Xocoyotzin holding both Cook 's hands and preventing any damage.
Orion Cook has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cook tightening his grip on Xocoyotzin, looking for the choke.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cook lands punches and elbows.
Xocoyotzin wants to get back to his feet.

Xocoyotzin manages to escape to his feet.
Cook might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Xocoyotzin fails with an attempt to clinch.

Xocoyotzin decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Cook is looking to control Xocoyotzin's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Cook avoid being mounted?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xocoyotzin misses with a head shot. Cook uses the momentum to regain guard.
Cook wants to sweep but no luck.
Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Xocoyotzin gets to his feet - Cook follows without any prompting.
Xocoyotzin doesn't manage to clinch there - Cook circles away.
Xocoyotzin closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cook cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Cook gets tackled into the cage by Xocoyotzin. Xocoyotzin maintains the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Xocoyotzin jumps guard and drags Cook to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Cook tries to free his leg and advance position but Xocoyotzin is retaining full guard.
Xocoyotzin wants to stand and escape but Cook is having none of it.
Xocoyotzin trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.

Xocoyotzin pushes Cook off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Xocoyotzin is looking to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Xocoyotzin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cook struggles to land a body shot inside as Xocoyotzin controls his hands.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Xocoyotzin, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin!
Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.