PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Al Coholic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Venholt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brock Venholt told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Coholic
vs
Venholt

193 cm
22
191 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
19
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160 (80% laundry)

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Al Coholic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brock Venholt!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coholic throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Venholt on the side of the head.
Venholt swinging wildly here.
Venholt moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Venholt throws a hook but Coholic avoids it easily.
Venholt dodges the punch combination from Coholic.
Venholt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Coholic.
A swing and a miss from Coholic.
The fighters circling - Coholic throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Venholt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Venholt moves away from the strike by Coholic.
Coholic takes a swing at Venholt's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from Venholt on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Venholt dodges the punch combination from Coholic.
Venholt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Coholic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Venholt.
A little feinted left hand from Coholic on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Coholic has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Jungle Elite MMA in the buildup to the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Venholt avoids the body shot from Coholic.
Venholt keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Coholic takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Coholic lands with a right hand.
Coholic fails to land with a series of punches.
A countering left hand to the body from Venholt misses.
Venholt smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Left hook, right uppercut from Coholic.
Venholt misses the shot to the body.
Coholic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big left from Coholic misses.
Coholic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Venholt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Venholt lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Coholic at a distance.
Coholic throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Coholic throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Coholic misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Venholt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Coholic.
Coholic throws a lazy right hand but Venholt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Coholic misses with a left hand
and Venholt counters with a nice uppercut.
Coholic misses with a straight right.
Venholt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Coholic moves away.
Coholic throws a body punch but Venholt moves out of range.
Venholt swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Venholt throws a lazy uppercut
and Coholic cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Venholt misses with an uppercut.
Coholic blocks a jab.
Venholt misses with a right hand
and Coholic counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Left hook, right uppercut from Coholic.
Coholic misses with a hook.
Venholt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Coholic.
Venholt is looking for the big counter here.
Venholt misses with a wild body shot.
Venholt just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venholt throws a body shot but no joy.
Coholic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Venholt.
A big left from Coholic misses.
Coholic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Venholt.
Venholt throws a body shot but no joy.
Venholt has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Coholic finds it's way round the side to connect with Venholt's head.
Venholt takes a swing at Coholic's ribcage but misses.
Venholt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Venholt, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
An attempted straight right counter from Coholic misses the target.
Coholic throws a series of punches but Venholt moves out of range.
Al Coholic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Venholt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Coholic connects with the punch.
A big left from Coholic misses.
Coholic misses with an uppercut. Venholt saw that one coming.
A punch lands to the side of Venholt 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Venholt avoids the body shot from Coholic.
Venholt is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Coholic with a body shot.
Venholt's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Coholic connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Venholt scrambles back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Coholic throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Venholt to counter with a crisp jab.
Coholic connects with the punch.
Coholic scores with a nice right hand.

Venholt is rocked!
Nice defenses there by Venholt.
Coholic is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Coholic misses with a right hand
and Venholt counters with a stiff right hand.
Venholt looks to score with a jab to the body but Coholic is just out of range.
Coholic throws a hook but Venholt avoids it easily.
Coholic moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Venholt is still on wobbly legs! Can Coholic finish him?
Coholic drops Venholt with a huge uppercut! Venholt drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Coholic is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Al Coholic!