PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Darth Paduwan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seth Cohen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paduwan comes into the arena with Bitch blaring out of the sound system. Seth Cohen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Paduwan
vs
Cohen

178 cm
32
146 lbs
25 - 12 - 3

174 cm
28
156 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 12 - 3, fighting out of London, Darth Paduwan !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Seth Cohen!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cohen throws a jab when Paduwan was well out of range.
Cohen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cohen misses with a shot to the body
and Paduwan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cohen connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cohen jabs Paduwan to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Nice uppercut there from Cohen.
Cohen misses with a right hand
and Paduwan counters with a good low kick that Cohen was not able to check.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cohen.
Paduwan checks a low kick from Cohen.
Cohen scores with a body shot.
Paduwan is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paduwan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cohen connects with a crisp jab.
Cohen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cohen lands with a nice body punch.
Cohen misses with a combination
and Paduwan counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cohen lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Cohen throws a looping overhand right but Paduwan ducks down to avoid it.
Paduwan avoids the head kick by Cohen.

Paduwan moves into the clinch successfully.
Cohen avoiding damage as Paduwan throws knees to the body.
Paduwan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Cohen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Seth Cohen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cohen scores with a hook.
Nice uppercut lands for Cohen. That snapped Paduwan 's head back.
Paduwan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cohen scores with a punch to the head.
Cohen slips under a jab from Paduwan .
Cohen looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A telegraphed right hand from Paduwan misses the target.
Cohen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Cohen misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cohen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Paduwan ducks under a wild hook from Cohen.
Cohen scores with a decent looking hook.
Paduwan misses with an uppercut.
Paduwan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Paduwan throws a shot from downtown. Cohen moves away and avoids it.
Paduwan connects with a solid leg kick.
Paduwan takes one to the chin there.
Cohen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Paduwan stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cohen catches Paduwan with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

Paduwan is rocked!
Cohen misses the jab.
Oh Paduwan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cohen swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Paduwan seems to have got his legs back now.
A jab lands there for Cohen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cohen throws an off balance right hand
and Paduwan counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cohen looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Paduwan staying out of range there.
Cohen looks to throw the jab but Paduwan is out of range.
A slow jab from Cohen misses its intended target.
We've been told by Paduwan 's head coaches at ~T~ Troid - Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Cohen lands a jab.
Cohen fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Paduwan .
Jab from Cohen.
Cohen misses with an uppercut.
Paduwan throws a low kick but Cohen moves out of range easily.
Cohen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Paduwan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Paduwan on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cohen. Cohen obviously looking to wear him down.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paduwan is looking to slow Cohen down with leg kicks.
Cohen loads up on a big right hand but Paduwan slips the punch.
Paduwan looks to land a right hand but Cohen moved out of range.
Cohen lands with a straight right. Paduwan didn't see that one coming.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cohen lands a jab to the head.
A big right from Paduwan misses.
Paduwan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cohen.
Cohen thuds his right hand into Paduwan 's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cohen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Cohen.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cohen.
Cohen scores with a one two! Paduwan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seth Cohen dominated that round.
That's time! Paduwan 's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Paduwan throws a jab but it's blocked by Cohen.
Cohen throws a leg kick that misses.
A swing and a miss from Paduwan .
Cohen throws out a loose jab but Paduwan uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab from Cohen misses.
Paduwan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Paduwan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cohen is out of range.
Nice body punch from Cohen.
Paduwan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cohen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Paduwan at a distance.
Paduwan looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Paduwan throws a combination. Cohen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Paduwan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A swing and a miss from Cohen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cohen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Paduwan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Paduwan moves away from the strike by Cohen.
Cohen throws a nice looking combination but Paduwan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cohen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cohen lands with an uppercut that bounces Paduwan off the cage and back into range.
Paduwan misses with a straight right.
Paduwan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Jab from Cohen.
Cohen misses with a looping right.
A swing and a miss from Cohen.
Cohen throws a good cross that connects.
Cohen throws a poor cross that misses
and Paduwan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Paduwan tests Cohen's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cohen fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Paduwan has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Paduwan takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Paduwan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cohen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cohen throws a hook but Paduwan blocks it.
Paduwan misses with an uppercut. Cohen saw that one coming.
Cohen lands a right hook to the body.
Paduwan walks into a stiff left hand from Cohen.
Cohen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Paduwan .
Cohen lands a right hook to the body.
Cohen connects with a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cohen.
Seth Cohen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cohen throws the left hand but Paduwan avoids the punch easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cohen connects with a single shot there.
Paduwan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cohen throws out a powerful jab.
Paduwan throws a hook but Cohen avoids it easily.
That kick from Cohen tenderised Paduwan 's leg. Paduwan is trying to keep his angry face on.
Paduwan looks to throw the jab but Cohen is out of range.
Cohen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Paduwan moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Paduwan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Paduwan misses the jab.
Cohen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cohen thuds his right hand into Paduwan 's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cohen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Paduwan defending well as Cohen loads up on a big left hand.
Cohen looks to land a left hand but Paduwan moved out of range nicely.
Cohen throws a lazy right hand but Paduwan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cohen just misses with a punch to the body.
Paduwan misses with a looping right.
Cohen misses with an uppercut. Paduwan saw that one coming.
Paduwan slips a straight right by Cohen.
Cohen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big right from Cohen misses.
Cohen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cohen misses with a lunging right hand
and Cohen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice body punch from Cohen.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Paduwan tried to score with a low kick but Cohen checks it.
Paduwan lands with a straight right. Cohen didn't see that one coming.
Cohen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Paduwan .
Cohen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seth Cohen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Paduwan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cohen misses with the body kick
and Paduwan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Paduwan looks to throw the jab but Cohen is out of range.
Cohen scores with a nice head shot.
Cohen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Donk. Cohen catches Paduwan right on the button with a cross.
A left lands for Paduwan .
A swing and a miss from Paduwan .
Cohen scores with a nice strike.
Paduwan moves out of range of the body kick from Cohen.
The fighters circling - Cohen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cohen scores with a jab.
Cohen lands a slapping body shot.
Paduwan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cohen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cohen throws a jab but it's blocked by Paduwan .

Paduwan closes the distance and pushes Cohen back into the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cohen wants to get back to striking at distance but Paduwan won't allow it.
Paduwan keeps control of Cohen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Cohen.
Knees in the clinch landing for Paduwan .
Paduwan effectively controlling the action here.
Paduwan lands an elbow inside that Cohen shrugs off.
Paduwan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cohen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cohen taking a breather.
Cohen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cohen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cohen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Paduwan breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circle momentarily. Paduwan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Paduwan tries to close the distance and clinch but Cohen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Paduwan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cohen thuds his right hand into Paduwan 's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Paduwan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Cohen misses.
Paduwan moves out of range of the strikes.
Good exchange - Cohen coming out on top.
Cohen throws a jab but it's blocked by Paduwan .
Cohen works the jab nicely.
Paduwan moves out of range of the body kick.
Paduwan needs to keep his hands up - Cohen had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd cheers as Paduwan lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cohen doesn't seem phased though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paduwan misses with a looping left.
Paduwan misses with a looping right.
Jab by Cohen.
The fighters circling - Cohen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice straight punches there by Cohen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cohen.
Paduwan clobbers Cohen with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cohen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cohen throws a leg kick that misses.
Paduwan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cohen.
Cohen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paduwan moves away.
Paduwan tries to clinch up but Cohen circles away and keeps his distance.
Paduwan loads up on a big right hand but Cohen slips the punch.
Nice shot lands for Cohen.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paduwan misses with a series of wild punches.
Paduwan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cohen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice defenses there by Paduwan .
Cohen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Paduwan defending well as Cohen loads up on a big left hand.
Cohen looks to land a left hand but Paduwan moved out of range nicely.
Paduwan misses with an uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Cohen misses the target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Paduwan cracks Cohen with a good jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circling - Cohen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cohen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Paduwan counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seth Cohen really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Cohen throws out a loose jab but Paduwan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Paduwan lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cohen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cohen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cohen tests Paduwan 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Cohen misses the target.
Cohen throws a looping overhand right but Paduwan ducks down to avoid it.
Paduwan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cohen.
Cohen looks to land a right hand but Paduwan moved out of range.
Paduwan misses with an uppercut
enabling Cohen to counter with a crisp jab.
Paduwan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Cohen throws a big shot that misses.
Paduwan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cohen throws an overhand right that lands on Paduwan 's shoulder, as Paduwan tries to avoid the shot.
Paduwan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paduwan looks to land a left hand but Cohen moved out of range nicely.
Paduwan throws a shot from downtown. Cohen moves away and avoids it.
Paduwan takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Nice shot lands for Cohen.
Paduwan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cohen.
Cohen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cohen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Cohen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cohen slips a jab from Paduwan .
Cohen misses with a right hand
and Paduwan counters with a nice uppercut.
Cohen punishes Paduwan 's body with a nice straight punch.
A leg kick checked by Paduwan .
Cohen with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cohen misses with a hook. Paduwan ducked under it nicely.
Paduwan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cohen's sensitive parts.
Cohen moves away from the strike by Paduwan .
Paduwan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Paduwan throws a leg kick that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paduwan feints and then cracks Cohen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cohen down.
Cohen throws an off balance right hand
and Paduwan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Paduwan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Paduwan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cohen.
Paduwan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cohen throws out the jab.
Paduwan ducks under a wild hook from Cohen.
Paduwan throws a jab but it's blocked by Cohen.
Paduwan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Paduwan there as he acknowledges the shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paduwan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cohen throws a hook to the side of Paduwan 's head but Paduwan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cohen lands with an uppercut that bounces Paduwan off the cage and back into range.
Cohen missing with a left hand there. Paduwan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Paduwan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cohen lands a head shot.
Paduwan lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Cohen.
Good shot there by Cohen.
Cohen misses with a straight left.
A slow jab from Cohen misses its intended target.
A telegraphed right hand from Cohen misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paduwan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Paduwan blocks a jab.
A jab from Cohen misses.
Paduwan ducks under a wild hook from Cohen.
Paduwan is looking to clinch.
Cohen throws a jab but it's blocked by Paduwan .
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Paduwan , right into the meat.
Paduwan fails in his attempt to clinch.
Good leg kick by Cohen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Paduwan takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cohen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Paduwan throws an overhand right that lands on Cohen's shoulder, as Cohen tries to avoid the shot.
Cohen lands a nice shot that snaps Paduwan 's head back.
Cohen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Paduwan .
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seth Cohen dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Paduwan lands a leg kick that knocks Cohen off balance momentarily.
Paduwan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cohen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Paduwan . Paduwan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cohen scores with a hook to the body. Paduwan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cohen cracks a nice hook into Paduwan 's ribs.
Cohen cracks Paduwan with a good jab.
Cohen uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Cohen lands a nice shot that snaps Paduwan 's head back.
Paduwan scores with a sloppy right hand. Cohen should have avoided that one.
Cohen scores with a sloppy right hand. Paduwan should have avoided that one.
Cohen walks into a jab.
Cohen lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Paduwan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cohen circles away quickly and effectively.
Cohen misses with a hook
and Paduwan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Cohen does it's job there.
Cohen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Paduwan 's hands.
Paduwan misses with a low kick.
Paduwan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jab from Cohen.
Cohen misses with a straight left.
Cohen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cohen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Paduwan .
Paduwan scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Paduwan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cohen looks to land a right hand but Paduwan moved out of range.
Cohen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cohen throws the kick towards the body but Paduwan avoids it.
Darth Paduwan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cohen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cohen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Paduwan throws a hook to the side of Cohen's head but Cohen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cohen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Paduwan doesn't seem bothered though.
Cohen misses with a low kick as Paduwan jumps back.
Cohen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cohen throws out a loose jab but Paduwan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cohen throws a poor cross that misses
and Paduwan counters with a low kick, right behind Cohen 's knee.
Paduwan wants to land a leg kick but Cohen is out of range.
A jab from Paduwan misses.
Cohen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cohen throws a hook but Paduwan blocks it.
Paduwan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paduwan drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Paduwan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cohen. That did some damage!
The fighters circle, before Cohen throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Paduwan 's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Cohen lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Seth Cohen!
Seth Cohen is the new featherweight champion!
Seth Cohen took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Meet the Future for their support in the buildup to the fight.