PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between The Spartan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Koko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Koko has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with The Spartan's chin.

Spartan
vs
Koko

180 cm
21
193 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

190 cm
21
195 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Atlantis - 155qR/$30 - 140qB&C/$20 - 90%L, limit -

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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, The Spartan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Michael Koko!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Gwen Towbar and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koko scores with a sloppy right hand. Spartan should have avoided that one.
Spartan throws a leg kick which misses Koko's front leg but catches the back leg as Koko tries to avoid it.
Koko buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Koko moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Koko moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A right-left combo lands from Koko.
Koko's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Koko duly obliges.
Koko throws an overhand right that lands on Spartan's shoulder, as Spartan tries to avoid the shot.
Spartan takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Koko bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koko cracks a nice hook into Spartan's ribs.
Koko throws a right and a left that both miss.
Spartan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Koko fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Spartan seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Koko tests Spartan's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koko swings for the body but Spartan moves out of range.
Spartan avoids the body shot from Koko.
Spartan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Koko has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Koko ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spartan moves away.
Koko misses with a series of wild punches.
Koko lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Koko connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Some wild striking there from Koko.
Spartan shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Koko just misses with a punch to the body.
Koko comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koko fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Michael Koko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koko cracks Spartan with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koko misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spartan.
Koko lands a jab.
Koko misses with a few strikes there.
Spartan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koko.
Koko scores with a nice strike.
Koko smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Spartan is rocked!
Koko is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Spartan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Koko drops Spartan with a huge uppercut! Spartan drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Koko is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Koko!
Our winner, Michael Koko, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.