PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carl Jessup (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Koza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Jessup
vs
Koza

186 cm
26
214 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

182 cm
26
215 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Carl Jessup!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Damian Koza!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Santiago Holmes and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jessup scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Koza takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jessup displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jessup scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Koza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jessup avoids it.
Jessup takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jessup avoids a wild elbow strike from Koza.
Jessup blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jessup managing to block the knees to the body from Koza.
Koza leaning his opponent against the cage.
Koza landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koza trying to stall but Jessup improves his position.
Koza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jessup is defending well for now.
Koza unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jessup managing to block the knees to the body from Koza.
Koza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Koza blocks an uppercut.
Jessup looking to throw knees to the head but Koza is blocking nicely.
Jessup misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Koza lands a knee to the body.
Jessup is breathing heavily.
Koza misses with an elbow over the top.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jessup taking a breather.
Jessup blocks an elbow strike.
Koza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jessup.
Koza tries to land knees in the clinch but Jessup avoids the damage to the body.
Jessup managing to block the knees to the body from Koza.
Jessup scores with a shot to the side of Koza's head.
Koza trying to land knees to the body.
Koza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jessup avoids it.
Koza missing with knees to the body.
Jessup tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Koza's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jessup.
Jessup working aggressively here.
A short right from Jessup.
Jessup is trying to stall.
Koza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jessup is defending well for now.
Koza will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Jessup up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Koza throws an elbow but misses.
Koza lands an elbow just above Jessup 's eye.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koza throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jessup is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Koza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Jessup taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Koza throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jessup misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Koza.
Koza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jessup dodges an elbow strike from Koza.
Jessup blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jessup looking to slow down the pace here.
Jessup blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jessup working aggressively here.
Koza tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Koza just misses with a elbow thrown towards Jessup's brow.
Koza tries to land knees in the clinch but Jessup avoids the damage to the body.
Jessup gets through Koza's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Jessup fails to land.
Koza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jessup.
Koza tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jessup trying to stall but Koza improves his position.
Koza misses with a knee to the head.
Jessup swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jessup blocks the elbow strike.
Jessup managing to block the knees to the body from Koza.
Koza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jessup is defending well for now.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jessup takes a knee to the side of the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Koza.
Koza throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jessup blocks an elbow strike from Koza.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koza misses with an elbow over the top.
Jessup takes an elbow to the temple.
Jessup avoids the elbow strike from Koza, against the cage.
Jessup misses with a punch on the inside.
Jessup avoids a wild elbow strike from Koza.
Jessup holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Koza just leaning against Jessup, taking a breather.
Koza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jessup avoiding damage as Koza throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Jessup fails to land with a series of punches.
Koza takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jessup throws a right and a left that Koza avoids nicely.
Jessup looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jessup throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A head kick misses from Jessup.
Sloppy strikes from Jessup. Those never looked like landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Jessup clinches.
Jessup pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Koza misses with an elbow strike.
Jessup on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jessup just misses with a elbow thrown towards Koza's brow.
Koza missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koza stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Koza misses with a knee strike.
Damian Koza seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A bit of stalling here from Jessup.
Koza lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jessup looking to stall.
Jessup misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Koza.
Koza tries to land knees in the clinch but Jessup avoids the damage to the body.
Jessup misses with a punch on the inside.
Koza dodges an elbow strike from Jessup.
Koza misses with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Koza as Jessup tries to tie him up.
Jessup avoids a wild elbow strike from Koza.
Jessup throws a punch but it's blocked by Koza.
Koza using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Jessup has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jessup is defending well for now.
Jessup is struggling to control the position.
Koza blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koza tries to land knees in the clinch but Jessup avoids the damage to the body.
Koza trying to land knees to the body.
Jessup looking to stall.
Jessup swings wildly with an uppercut but Koza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jessup avoids it.
Koza's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jessup blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jessup swings wildly with an uppercut but Koza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koza lands an elbow inside that Jessup shrugs off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koza blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jessup blocks the elbow strike.
Jessup throws a knee to the head but misses.
Koza tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jessup avoids it.
Jessup throws a punch but it's blocked by Koza.
Jessup pushes off an throws an elbow but Koza leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jessup is stalling here.
Jessup trying to stall but Koza improves his position.
Koza blocks an elbow strike from Jessup.
Koza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jessup.
Koza misses with an elbow strike.
Koza lands an elbow inside.
Jessup goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Jessup swings wildly with an uppercut but Koza uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jessup fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Koza lands a knee to the body.
Koza missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koza blocks an uppercut.
Jessup blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Koza misses with an elbow strike.
Koza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jessup throws a punch but it's blocked by Koza.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Koza as Jessup tries to tie him up.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Jessup as Koza tries to tie him up.
A nice left hand lands by Jessup.
Jessup is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Koza is keeping busy.
Koza lands a damaging elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Jessup lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Koza.

It looks like Carl Jessup has been cut.
Koza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jessup is defending well for now.
Jessup avoids the elbow strike from Koza, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Carl Jessup will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Carl Jessup's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Koza fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jessup lands a nice shot to the body.
Jessup swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jessup throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jessup tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Koza wants to counter with a clinch but Jessup pushes him away.
We've been told by Jessup's head coaches at The GYM (20 elite coaches on the Island !!!) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Jessup throws out a powerful jab.
Jessup misses the shot to the body.
Koza tries to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Koza forces Jessup back against the cage and clinches.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Koza looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jessup blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jessup blocks an elbow strike from Koza.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jessup throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Koza blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jessup.
Koza pushes off an throws an elbow but Jessup leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Koza trying to land knees to the body.
Jessup is looking to control Koza's arms but Koza gets an underhook and turns him. Now Jessup has his back to the cage.
Koza trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Koza.
Jessup looking to stall.
Koza lands an elbow inside that Jessup shrugs off.
Jessup swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jessup tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A body shot lands from Jessup.
Koza blocks an uppercut.
Koza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jessup.
Jessup wants to stall.
Jessup blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jessup doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Koza misses with an elbow over the top.
Nice elbow from Koza.
Jessup doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jessup lands an uppercut.
Jessup lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jessup effectively controlling the action here.
Koza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Koza lands a nice elbow.
Jessup struggles to land a body shot inside as Koza controls his hands.
Jessup lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Koza or not.
Jessup on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Koza tries to land knees in the clinch but Jessup avoids the damage to the body.
Koza trying to land knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Koza throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jessup throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Koza misses with an elbow over the top.
Jessup misses with a knee strike.
Koza lands an elbow inside that Jessup shrugs off.
Koza is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jessup is defending well for now.
Jessup on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Koza throws an elbow but misses.
Koza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Koza lands a damaging elbow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jessup avoiding damage as Koza throws knees to the body.
Koza blocks a body shot from Jessup.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Jessup takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Koza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Koza throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Koza blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jessup blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jessup misses with a body punch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Koza throws an elbow but misses.
Jessup throws an elbow but it misses.
Jessup avoids the elbow strike from Koza, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jessup throws an elbow but misses.
Jessup blocks an elbow strike from Koza.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koza tries to land knees in the clinch but Jessup avoids the damage to the body.
Jessup has a couple of punches blocked by Koza.
Jessup blocks an elbow strike.
Koza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jessup misses with a body punch.
Jessup tries to throw a body punch but Koza avoids it by throwing Jessup back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Damian Koza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Koza has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damian Koza!
Carl Jessup spoke after the fight, saying ' '.