PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Al Coholic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Luther (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Coholic
vs
Luther

193 cm
25
191 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

182 cm
26
185 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Al Coholic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Luther!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luther lunges at Coholic with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Coholic's hand.

It looks like Al Coholic has been cut.
Coholic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luther.
Coholic scores with a jab. Luther acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Coholic tries to bum rush Luther with a series of wild strikes but Luther uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Coholic throws a right and a left that Luther avoids nicely.
Coholic lands with a hook. Luther tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Luther fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Coholic moves out of range as Luther strikes.
Coholic throwing a counter right hand but Luther manages to avoid it.
Coholic defending well as Luther loads up on a big left hand.
Luther misses with an uppercut. Coholic saw that one coming.
Luther throws a right hand that misses
and Coholic counters with a nice uppercut.
The fighters circling - Luther throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Luther staying out of range there.
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!
Luther throws a series of punches but Coholic moves out of range.
Luther lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Coholic throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Luther to counter with a crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Coholic. Luther does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good standup being displayed there by Coholic as he connects with a hook.
Coholic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coholic swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Luther counters with a nice uppercut.
Luther lands a nice shot to the body.
Luther moves out of range as Coholic strikes.
Luther ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Coholic throws an overhand right that lands on Luther's shoulder, as Luther tries to avoid the shot.
Luther fails in his attempt to clinch.
Coholic was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Coholic misses with a looping right.
Luther ducks under a wild hook from Coholic.
Coholic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Luther.
Luther swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Luther on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Coholic misses the target.
Coholic throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Coholic moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Coholic throws a jab when Luther was well out of range.
Luther lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
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!
Luther misses with an uppercut. Coholic saw that one coming.
Coholic scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Luther. Those never looked like landing.
Coholic swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Luther moves out of range of the strikes.
Luther uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Coholic.
Coholic connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Luther's hands.
Luther cracks Coholic with an open hand slap.
Coholic misses with an uppercut. Luther saw that one coming.
Coholic moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Luther's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Coholic connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Luther scrambles back to his feet.
Coholic fails to land with a series of punches.
Luther misses with a series of wild punches.
Coholic is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Luther takes a swing at Coholic's ribcage but misses.
Coholic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Luther.
Coholic fails to land with a series of punches.
It seemed like Luther was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Coholic's jab looks to have found its range, popping Luther under the eye.
Coholic lands with a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luther misses with a straight left.
Luther avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Coholic is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Coholic throws a nice looking combination but Luther bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Luther throws a right and a left that Coholic avoids nicely.
Coholic went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Luther lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Coholic backs up against the cage.
Coholic throws a one two combo.
Luther walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Coholic misses with a body shot.
Coholic throws the left hand but Luther avoids the punch easily.
Coholic is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Coholic misses with a few strikes there.
Coholic missing with a left hand there. Luther was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Luther scores with a punch to the head.
Luther feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Coholics jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Coholic.
Coholic misses the jab.
Luther lands with a straight right. Coholic didn't see that one coming.
Coholic slips a jab from Luther.
Coholic throwing a counter right hand but Luther manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coholic scores with the left hand. Luther knows he should have avoided that one.
Luther keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Coholic.
Luther takes a swing at Coholic's ribcage but misses.
Nice jab there from Luther.
Coholic swats away the attempt to clinch by Luther.

Luther rushes Coholic and presses him up against the cage.
Coholic lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Luther goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Luther lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Coholic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Coholic is looking to break free of the clinch but Luther has double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Coholic blocking some punches.
Coholic leaning his opponent against the cage.
Luther 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 round but I would say that Al Coholic will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Al Coholic's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Luther throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Coholic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Luther.
Al Coholic is winning the standup battle so far.
Luther pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Coholic scores with a nice head shot.
Luther displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Coholic throws out the jab.
Luther swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Coholic counters with a two punch combo.
Coholic misses with an uppercut
enabling Luther to counter with a crisp jab.
Luther misses with a wild body shot.
Luther throws a combination that misses
and Coholic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Luther scores with a nice strike.
Luther moves in looking to clinch but Coholic pushes him off.
Luther walks into a stiff left hand from Coholic.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Coholic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luther throws a sloppy body shot
and Coholic counters with a stiff right hand.
Coholic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Luther.
Coholic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Luther.
Coholic appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Luther.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coholic swings widly with a right hand
and Luther counters with a right hand to the body.
Luther keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Coholic.
Luther bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Luther loads up on a big right hand but Coholic slips the punch.
Luther needs to keep his hands up - Coholic had a free shot at his head there.
Coholic throws a looping overhand right but Luther ducks down to avoid it.
Coholic slips under a jab.
No joy there for Coholic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Coholic showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Luther.
A little feinted left hand from Coholic on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Coholic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Coholic thuds his right hand into Luther's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Luther misses with a left hand
enabling Coholic to counter with a crisp jab.
Luther cracks a nice hook into Coholic's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luther throws a shot from downtown. Coholic moves away and avoids it.
Nice cross by Coholic.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coholic lands with a right hand.
Coholic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Luther.
Coholic scores with a decent looking hook.
Coholic lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Coholic.

Luther is rocked!
Coholic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luther misses with a looping right.
Luther listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Luther avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Luther misses with a combination
and Coholic counters with a stiff right hand.
Coholic misses the jab.
Luther misses with a body shot.
Coholic went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Al Coholic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Luther scores with a one two! Coholic had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Coholic slips a jab and a cross from Luther.
Luther throws a nice looking combination but Coholic bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Luther misses with a looping right.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luther throws out a loose jab but Coholic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Coholic was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Coholic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Luther ducks under a wild hook from Coholic.
Luther drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Coholic lands with a hook. Luther tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Left hook, right uppercut from Luther.

Coholic is rocked!
Coholic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Oh Coholic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Coholic looks to land a right hand but Luther moved out of range.
Coholic's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Coholic duly obliges.
Luther throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Coholic throws a looping overhand right but Luther ducks down to avoid it.
Luther dips to his left and cracks Coholic with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coholic switches off momentarily and Luther cracks him with a monster right hand! Coholic topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Luther dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Luther!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Luther!
John Luther is the new middleweight champion!