PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kenny Cohen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armando Kalezievitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Cohen
vs
Kalezievitch

178 cm
23
170 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

199 cm
22
180 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kenny Cohen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Armando Kalezievitch!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cohen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cohen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kalezievitch shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cohen as he jumps to the side.

Cohen closes the distance and clinches.

Cohen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kalezievitch lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kalezievitch is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.

Cohen drives through and clinches with Kalezievitch against the cage.
A short left from Cohen.

Cohen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Armando Kalezievitch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kalezievitch misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cohen throws a sloppy head kick and Kalezievitch moves out of range easily.
Kalezievitch throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cohen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Kalezievitch looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cohen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Cohen moves into the clinch.

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

Cohen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Cohen breaks the clinch.
Cohen throws a head kick that misses.
Cohen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cohen is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Kalezievitch hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Kenny Cohen!