PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacob Koch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ho Itt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Koch
vs
Itt

170 cm
18
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Powerful takedowns
Good low kicks
Granite chin

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacob Koch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ho Itt!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koch throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Itt.
Koch comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Koch looks to land a right hand but Itt moved out of range.
Koch throws a body punch but Itt moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as Itt blocks the low kick.
Koch throws a body punch but Itt moves out of range.
Koch lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Koch.
Itt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Koch.
Koch misses with a body kick.
Koch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koch throws a shot from downtown. Itt moves away and avoids it.
Koch connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Koch connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Itt momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koch throws out a leg kick but Itt moves out of range and Koch only half commits.
Koch swings for the body but Itt moves out of range.
Koch fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Itt looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A lazy body kick from Koch
and Itt counters with a nice body kick.
Koch misses with a looping left.
Koch missing with a left hand there. Itt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Koch misses with an uppercut. Itt saw that one coming.
Jacob Koch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koch throws a hook to the side of Itt's head but Itt sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Koch lands with a straight right. Itt didn't see that one coming.
Koch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Itt moves away.
Koch throws a jab but it's blocked by Itt.
Koch scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Koch misses.
Itt slips a jab and a cross from Koch.
Itt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Koch. Itt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Koch misses with the body kick
and Itt counters with a nice body kick.
Koch is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Itt slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Koch. Itt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Koch throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Koch waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Itt.
Itt's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Koch connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Itt scrambles back to his feet.
Koch throws a right and a left that Itt avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Itt avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A left lands for Koch.
A big left from Koch misses.
A combination from Koch does no damage.
Itt slips under a jab.
Koch looks to land a left hand but Itt moved out of range nicely.
Koch swings for the body but Itt moves out of range.
A low kick from Koch is predictable there
and Itt counters with a big head kick but Koch shrugs it off.
Koch thows a body shot but no joy.
Koch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Itt manages to avoid it.
A big right from Koch misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Itt staying out of range there.
Koch thows a left - swing and a miss!
Koch fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Koch darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koch throws out a loose jab but Itt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koch looks to land a left hand but Itt moved out of range nicely.
Koch misses with a body shot.
Koch throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Itt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Koch.
Itt slips a jab and a cross from Koch.
Koch looks to score with a jab to the body but Itt is just out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob Koch dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Koch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Itt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Koch just misses with a punch to the body.
Koch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Itt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A jab from Koch does it's job there.
Koch misses with an attempted mid kick.
Koch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Itt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Koch.
Koch loads up on a big right hand but Itt slips the punch.
Koch lands a head shot.
Koch misses the jab.
Itt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koch looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Koch misses with a body shot.
Itt tries to move into range but Koch moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Koch misses with an uppercut. Itt saw that one coming.
Koch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Itt moves away.
Itt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Koch.
Itt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Koch throws out the jab.
Koch throws the left hand but Itt avoids the punch easily.
Itt slips under a jab from Koch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Koch!
Itt checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Itt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jacob Koch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Koch is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Itt.
Itt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Koch.
Koch throws a hook but Itt blocks it.
Koch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Itt.
Koch misses with a straight right.
Koch throws a leg kick
and Itt counters with a flying knee. Nice.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koch looks to land a right hand but Itt moved out of range.
A combination from Koch does no damage.
Koch fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Itt checks it well.
Koch looks to land a right hand but Itt moved out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Koch finds it's way through Itt's defenses.
Koch misses with a few strikes there.
Itt defending well as Koch loads up on a big left hand.
Itt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koch looks to score with a jab to the body but Itt is just out of range.
Koch lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Itt circles away quickly and effectively.
Koch throws a leg kick that is checked
and Itt counters with a good low kick that Koch was not able to check.
Koch takes a swing at Itt's ribcage but misses.
Itt moves out of range of the strikes.
Itt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koch throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Itt was well out of range. Poor timing from Koch.
Itt slips a straight right by Koch.
Koch misses with a few strikes there.
Koch looks to land a right hand but Itt moved out of range.
Koch throws a jab when Itt was well out of range.
Koch thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters circling - Koch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sloppy strikes from Koch. Those never looked like landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Itt slips under a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Koch. Itt does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Koch. Itt does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob Koch dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Itt moves out of range of the strikes.
Koch throws the left hand but Itt avoids the punch easily.
Koch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jacob Koch is winning the standup battle so far.
Koch throws a leg kick that is checked

and Itt counters with a head kick that drops Koch to the mat! Koch scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!

Koch is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koch throws a lazy body kick
and Itt counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Oh Koch is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Koch misses with a body shot.
Koch throws a leg kick that is checked
and Itt makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Koch missing with a left hand there. Itt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Koch looks to land a left hand but Itt moved out of range nicely.
Itt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Koch.
Koch throws a shot from downtown. Itt moves away and avoids it.
Koch just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Koch.
Koch throws a leg kick
and Itt counters with a monster head kick that knocks Koch out cold! He topples like fallen a tree, crashing to the mat! Timbeeeeeerrr!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ho Itt!