PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yorgi Cohen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Ravenbury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Cohen
vs
Ravenbury

197 cm
18
265 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
18
235 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yorgi Cohen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cody Ravenbury!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cohen just misses with a punch to the body.
No luck for Cohen with that takedown attempt.
Ravenbury digs a good body shot into Cohen's ribs.
Ravenbury dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yorgi Cohen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ravenbury fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cohen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cohen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ravenbury works the jab nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cohen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cohen fails with a takedown attempt.
Ravenbury scores with the left hand. Cohen knows he should have avoided that one.
Ravenbury connects with a nice looking jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ravenbury lands with a shot to the body.
Ravenbury wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cohen is breathing heavily.
Ravenbury uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cohen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ravenbury scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ravenbury is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cohen rather than just go for the knockout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ravenbury scores with a body shot.
Ravenbury swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cohen.
Ravenbury lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ravenbury thuds a left hand into Cohen's body.
Cohen has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cohen there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ravenbury lands with a cross.

Cohen is rocked!
Ravenbury thuds a left hand into Cohen's body.
Ravenbury scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ravenbury, as that shot connected.

Ravenbury cracks Cohen with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Ravenbury has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Cohen to stand back up!
Oh Cohen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ravenbury cracks Cohen with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Cody Ravenbury!
A relieved looking Cody Ravenbury thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.