PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Conteh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sotiris Kakoullis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Conteh
vs
Kakoullis

183 cm
36
208 lbs
28 - 10 - 1

184 cm
28
204 lbs
17 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

FinnFighter Nutrition (Five 160Q supps!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 28 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Conteh!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sotiris Kakoullis!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conteh pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

Kakoullis has Conteh up against the cage in a clinch.
Kakoullis content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kakoullis is stalling here.
Conteh lands a left hand.
Kakoullis lands a body punch.
Conteh scores with a shot to the side of Kakoullis's head.
Kakoullis misses with a hook from the clinch.
Conteh avoids a wild elbow strike from Kakoullis.
Conteh effectively controlling the action here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short right from Kakoullis on the inside.
I was talking to Conteh's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kakoullis throws a head punch that misses.
Conteh lands a shoulder strike.
Conteh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kakoullis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kakoullis - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Conteh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kakoullis tries to land a knee to the head but Conteh blocks with his arms.
Kakoullis has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Conteh seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kakoullis can turn it around.
Conteh softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

It looks like Sotiris Kakoullis has been cut.
Conteh misses with the head strike.
Conteh blocks a body shot from Kakoullis.
Kakoullis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kakoullis misses with the head strike.
Kakoullis lands an elbow that stopped Conteh in his tracks for a moment.
Kakoullis stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Kakoullis has a couple of punches blocked by Conteh.
Conteh lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kakoullis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kakoullis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Conteh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Come on Conteh - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A bit of stalling here from Conteh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kakoullis lands with a short shot to the head.
Conteh scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Conteh lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kakoullis backwards.
Kakoullis has a couple of punches blocked by Conteh.
Conteh misses with a body punch.
Kakoullis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Conteh blocking some punches.
Kakoullis throws a punch but it's blocked by Conteh.
Kakoullis lands with a light punch inside.
Kakoullis lands with a light punch inside.
Conteh is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kakoullis lands with a light punch inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kakoullis.
Conteh throws a head punch that misses.
Kakoullis swings wildly with an uppercut but Conteh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kakoullis slows down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kakoullis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Conteh gets through Kakoullis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kakoullis blocks an uppercut.
Conteh throws a head punch that misses.
Kakoullis lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kakoullis working aggressively here.
Conteh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kakoullis.
Kakoullis softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kakoullis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kakoullis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Conteh taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kakoullis tries a body shot but Conteh blocks it.
Kakoullis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Conteh backwards.
Kakoullis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Conteh's elbow.
Kakoullis scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kakoullis lands a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kakoullis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

It looks like John Conteh has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Conteh throws a head punch that misses.
Conteh misses with the head strike.
Kakoullis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kakoullis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Conteh misses with a short punch on the inside.
Conteh swings wildly with an uppercut but Kakoullis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conteh blocks a body shot from Kakoullis.
Conteh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kakoullis leaning against his opponent.
Conteh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Conteh tries to stall but Kakoullis uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Conteh digs a right hand into Kakoullis's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kakoullis's gas tank.
Conteh manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Conteh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sotiris Kakoullis dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Conteh misses with a wild body shot.
Conteh throws a looping overhand right but Kakoullis ducks down to avoid it.
Kakoullis throws a front kick aimed at Conteh's knee but Conteh avoids it well.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kakoullis misses with a body punch.
Conteh digs a right hand into Kakoullis's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kakoullis's gas tank.
Conteh blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Conteh has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Kakoullis struggles to land a body shot inside as Conteh controls his hands.
Kakoullis misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from Kakoullis.
Kakoullis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Conteh is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Conteh lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kakoullis misses with the head strike.
Conteh misses with some punches.
Kakoullis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kakoullis lands a shoulder strike.
Kakoullis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kakoullis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Conteh is defending well for now.
Conteh has a couple of punches blocked by Kakoullis.
Kakoullis misses with the head strike.
Kakoullis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Conteh lands with a short shot to the head.
Kakoullis misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kakoullis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Conteh tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kakoullis misses with some punches.
Conteh lands with a light punch inside.
Conteh blocks a body shot from Kakoullis.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Conteh creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kakoullis misses with a punch on the inside.
Kakoullis pushes Conteh back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Conteh misses with the head strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Conteh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Conteh - that landed with a thud.
Kakoullis working aggressively here.
Conteh pushes Kakoullis back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kakoullis tries to stall but Conteh uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A head punch on the inside from Conteh fails to land.
Conteh is pushing Kakoullis up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kakoullis lands with a short shot to the head.
Kakoullis tries to stall but Conteh uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Conteh.
Kakoullis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kakoullis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kakoullis lands a body punch in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Conteh.
Kakoullis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Conteh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Conteh will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kakoullis up against the cage.
Conteh lands with a light punch inside.
Conteh lands a nice uppercut.
Sotiris Kakoullis seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Conteh.
Kakoullis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Conteh misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kakoullis's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A head punch on the inside from Conteh fails to land.
Kakoullis throws a punch but it's blocked by Conteh.
Conteh blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Conteh.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conteh misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kakoullis.
Conteh blocking some punches.
Kakoullis throws a head punch that misses.
Kakoullis scores with a shoulder strike.
Conteh scores with a shot to the side of Kakoullis's head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kakoullis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kakoullis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kakoullis tries to throw a body punch but Conteh avoids it by throwing Kakoullis back against the cage.
A short left from Kakoullis.
Conteh swings wildly with an uppercut but Kakoullis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conteh lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kakoullis's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kakoullis is working Conteh over against the cage.
Kakoullis lands with a short shot to the head.
Kakoullis misses with a hook from the clinch.
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 John Conteh will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Conteh throws a hook but Kakoullis avoids it easily.
Conteh avoids the body shot from Kakoullis.
It looked like Conteh was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kakoullis.
Conteh throws a shot from downtown. Kakoullis moves away and avoids it.
Conteh cracks Kakoullis with a good jab.
Conteh staying out of range there.
A jab from Conteh misses.
Kakoullis looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kakoullis connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A head kick from Kakoullis lands but Conteh takes it in his stride.
Conteh lands a head shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kakoullis looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kakoullis gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kakoullis throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Conteh counters with a nice uppercut.
Conteh throws a hook to the side of Kakoullis's head but Kakoullis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Conteh staying out of range there.
Conteh dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
John Conteh is winning the standup battle so far.
Kakoullis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Conteh throws a looping overhand right but Kakoullis ducks down to avoid it.
Conteh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kakoullis.
Conteh throws a lazy uppercut
and Kakoullis counters with a stiff right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conteh looks to throw the jab but Kakoullis is out of range.
Conteh misses with a hook.
Kakoullis throws a leg kick which misses Conteh's front leg but catches the back leg as Conteh tries to avoid it.
Some bone on bone action there as Conteh checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A jab from Conteh misses.
Kakoullis gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Conteh lands a jab to the head.
Conteh has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kakoullis.
Kakoullis swings away with a body shot that misses
and Conteh connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conteh moves out of range as Kakoullis throws a body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kakoullis.
Kakoullis takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kakoullis finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kakoullis takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kakoullis lands a two punch combo.
Kakoullis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Kakoullis feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Conteh sprawling to the canvas! Conteh rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Kakoullis finish him?!

Conteh is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kakoullis cracks Conteh with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Sotiris Kakoullis!
Sotiris Kakoullis is the new light heavyweight champion!
Sotiris Kakoullis seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.