PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Winfred Cohen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Fuego (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Winfred Cohen has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Cohen
vs
Fuego

194 cm
18
150 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

163 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Winfred Cohen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dan Fuego!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cohen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fuego paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Fuego moves into range and clinches up with Cohen.
Cohen has a couple of punches blocked by Fuego.

Fuego manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Fuego trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Cohen's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Cohen trying to control but Fuego is working from the bottom.
Cohen with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cohen slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Fuego wants to control but Cohen passes easily into half guard.
Cohen will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cohen prevents Fuego from improving his position.
Fuego wants to control but Cohen passes into side.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fuego is not content to let Cohen control the position.
Fuego is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fuego struggling a bit here.
Fuego is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Cohen working away.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Fuego shoots in and gets a takedown into Cohen's guard.
Cohen throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Fuego throws a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuego has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Cohen is proving hard to escape from.
Fuego looking to sit in guard and control but Cohen gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Cohen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Fuego throws his legs up looking for a submission but Cohen uses it to pass to side control.
Cohen is looking to take a break and control but Fuego is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuego can't do much from the bottom here.

Cohen in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Fuego is tapping! That's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Winfred Cohen!