PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leka Luu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Cockx (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leka Luu has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Luu
vs
Cockx

195 cm
20
270 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

188 cm
19
237 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Leka Luu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Scott Cockx!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luu dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cockx. That did some damage!
Cockx fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cockx pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Luu rushes Cockx and presses him up against the ropes.
A right handed body shot lands from Cockx.
Luu working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

It looks like Scott Cockx has been cut.
Luu misses with a knee to the head.
Cockx throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cockx missing with knees to the body.
Cockx landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cockx is trying to stall.

Cockx breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Luu tries to clinch but Cockx moves away

and Cockx holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Luu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cockx trying to land knees to the body.
Luu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Luu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cockx wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Luu pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Luu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cockx missing with knees to the body.
Cockx avoiding damage as Luu throws knees to the body.
Cockx wants to get back to striking at distance but Luu won't allow it.
Cockx has had enough of the clinch but Luu keeps him there for the moment.
Luu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cockx's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cockx as Luu tries to tie him up.
Luu trying to land knees to the body.

Cockx breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cockx tries to clinch

and Luu holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Cockx misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Luu.
Cockx lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cockx misses with an elbow strike.
Luu misses with a knee to the head.
Luu misses with a knee strike.
Luu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cockx has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Luu is breathing heavily.
Luu has a couple of punches blocked by Cockx.
Luu being controlled against the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cockx as Luu tries to tie him up.
A nice left hand lands by Cockx.
Luu prevents Cockx from breaking the clinch.
Cockx comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cockx gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cockx tries to land a knee to the head but Luu blocks with his arms.
Luu looking to throw knees to the head but Cockx is blocking nicely.
Cockx using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Cockx manages to break the clinch.
Cockx tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Luu holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Cockx with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Luu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cockx lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cockx tries to land knees in the clinch but Luu avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Luu.
Luu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Luu stalling.
Luu looking to throw knees to the head but Cockx is blocking nicely.
A knee to the head by Cockx.
Cockx is looking to control Luu's arms but Luu gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cockx has his back to the ropes.
Luu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cockx.

Cockx escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Luu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cockx paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Luu takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cockx tests Luu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Luu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Luu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Cockx gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Cockx escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Cockx drives through and clinches with Luu against the ropes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Luu just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cockx's brow.
Luu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

Cockx pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Luu closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cockx counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cockx circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cockx misses with a series of wild punches.
Luu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luu lands with a nice body punch.

Luu gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A nice left hand lands by Luu.
Luu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Luu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Luu tries to land knees in the clinch but Cockx avoids the damage to the body.
Luu takes an elbow to the forehead.

Cockx breaks from the clinch.
Cockx avoids the body shot from Luu.
Scott Cockx seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cockx closes the distance looking to clinch

and Luu moves into the clinch.
Luu tries to land a knee to the head but Cockx blocks with his arms.
Cockx landing knees to the body.
Cockx wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cockx throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Luu blocks it with crossed arms.
Cockx misses with an elbow over the top.
Luu misses with an elbow over the top.
Cockx tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

Cockx breaks from the clinch.

Luu drives through and clinches with Cockx against the ropes.
Luu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cockx blocks it with crossed arms.
Luu tries a knee to the head but Cockx blocks it.

Cockx breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cockx tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Luu counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cockx thinking.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cockx tries to close the distance and clinch but Luu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cockx throws a series of punches but Luu moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Luu.

Luu drives through and clinches with Cockx against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Scott Cockx will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Scott Cockx'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.

Cockx wants to clinch but Luu slips to the side
and Luu counters with a thumping low kick.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cockx throws a hook to the side of Luu's head but Luu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Luu tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cockx tries to clinch up.

Luu forces Cockx back against the ropes and clinches.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Luu just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cockx's brow.
Luu creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

Cockx breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cockx has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.

Cockx closes the distance and clinches.
Luu dodges an elbow strike from Cockx.
Luu dodges an elbow strike from Cockx.
Luu lands a nice uppercut.
Luu throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Luu lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cockx.
Luu tries to land knees in the clinch but Cockx avoids the damage to the body.
Cockx throws an elbow but it misses.
Luu stalling in the clinch but Cockx improves position.
Cockx managing to block the knees to the body from Luu.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cockx managing to block the knees to the body from Luu.
Luu cracks Cockx with a nice body shot.
Cockx gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Luu tries to land a knee to the head but Cockx blocks with his arms.

Cockx's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cockx throws a left and a right that both miss
and Luu counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cockx clinches with his opponent.
Cockx blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cockx crunches a lovely knee into Luu's ribcage.
Cockx tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cockx blocks an elbow strike.
Cockx lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cockx blocks the elbow strike.
Cockx with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cockx looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cockx blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cockx gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Luu looking to throw knees to the head but Cockx is blocking nicely.

Cockx escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Luu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cockx.
Luu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luu is looking to clinch but Cockx is avoiding it.
Luu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cockx throws a series of punches but Luu moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Cockx misses the target.
Luu tries to clinch but Cockx moves away
and Cockx counters with a thumping low kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cockx clinches but Luu breaks the clinch

and Luu moves into the clinch.
Knees to the body from Cockx.
Luu creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cockx's defenses.
Cockx with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Cockx breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Luu closes the distance and clinches.
Cockx tries to land knees in the clinch but Luu avoids the damage to the body.
Luu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Luu tries a knee to the head but Cockx blocks it.
Luu prevents Cockx from breaking the clinch.
Luu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short uppercut from Cockx.
Cockx using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Luu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cockx blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cockx is trying to break free.
Cockx avoids the elbow strike from Luu, against the ropes.
Luu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Luu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cockx softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Cockx landing knees to the body.
Cockx looking to throw knees to the head but Luu is blocking nicely.
Cockx pressing his opponent against the ropes.
Luu throws an elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cockx lands an elbow that stopped Luu in his tracks for a moment.
Cockx crunches a lovely knee into Luu's ribcage.
Cockx misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Luu.
Cockx lands a nice knee to the body.

Cockx pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Luu is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

Cockx moves into the clinch.
Cockx trying to land knees to the body.
Luu missing with knees to the body.
Luu lands with a short shot to the head.
Cockx blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Scott Cockx seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cockx can't break the clinch.
Luu managing to block the knees to the body from Cockx.
Luu lands an elbow just above Cockx 's eye.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Luu throws an elbow but misses.
Cockx unloads a knee to the mid-section. Luu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cockx is looking to break free of the clinch but Luu has double underhooks.
Luu avoiding damage as Cockx throws knees to the body.
Luu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cockxs head.
A shot in the inside from Cockx.
Cockx missing with knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Luu managing to block the knees to the body from Cockx.
Luu misses with a short punch on the inside.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Cockx. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Cockx wants to break the clinch but can't.
Luu is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cockx is keeping busy.
Luu lands a knee to the body.
Cockx blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cockx lands a nice elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Cockx.
Luu prevents Cockx from breaking the clinch.
Luu blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cockx is trying to break free.
Luu is pushing Cockx up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Cockx comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cockx comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cockx throws a knee to the head but misses.
Luu on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Cockx just misses with a elbow thrown towards Luu's brow.

Cockx pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Luu moves into the clinch.
Luu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cockxs head.
Cockx is trying to stall.
Cockx tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Scott Cockx showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Scott Cockx's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Luu lands a right hook to the body.
Cockx closes the distance looking to clinch

and Luu counters by clinching up.
Cockx tries to land knees in the clinch but Luu avoids the damage to the body.
Cockx trying to land knees to the body.
Cockx throws an elbow but it misses.
Luu is looking to control Cockx's arms but Cockx gets an underhook and turns him. Now Luu has his back to the ropes.
Luu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Luu managing to block the knees to the body from Cockx.
Luu landing knees to the head.
Cockx using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Luu has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cockx is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Cockx tries to land a knee to the head but Luu blocks with his arms.
Luu works on Cockx's body with a couple of short punches.
Luu stalls.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cockx pushes off an fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Luu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Cockx avoids a wild elbow strike from Luu.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cockx lands a shoulder strike.
Cockx misses with a knee to the head.
Luu lands a damaging elbow.
Cockx dodges an elbow strike from Luu.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cockx scores with a shoulder strike.
Cockx blocks the elbow strike.
Luu throws an elbow but it misses.
Luu tries to land knees in the clinch but Cockx avoids the damage to the body.
Luu misses with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Luu.
Cockx lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cockx tries to stall but Luu uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cockx wants to break free but Luu has control.
Cockx lands a nice elbow.
Luu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Luu gets through Cockx's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Luu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cockx working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knees to the body from Cockx.
Luu dodges an elbow strike from Cockx.
Cockx throws an elbow but it misses.
Cockx lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Luu backwards.
Cockx blocking some punches.
Cockx unloads a knee to the mid-section. Luu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Luu connects with a knee to the head.
Cockx wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Luu has him pressed against the ropes.
Cockx with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Luu blocks the elbow strike.
Luu swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Nice elbow from Cockx.
Luu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Luu misses with some punches.
Cockx misses with an elbow strike.
Luu lands a knee to the head.
Luu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cockx misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Luu.
Luu lands with a left to the head.
Luu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cockx blocks it with crossed arms.
Luu tries a knee to the head but Cockx blocks it.
Luu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cockx softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Luu tries to land a knee to the head but Cockx blocks with his arms.
Nice elbow from Cockx.
Cockx trying to stall but Luu improves his position.
Nice elbow from Luu.
Luu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cockx blocks it with crossed arms.
Cockx wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Luu throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Luu missing with knees to the body.
Luu throws an elbow that misses.
Cockx can't break the clinch.
Luu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cockx tries to break the clinch but Luu is controlling the position.
Scott Cockx is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cockx gets through Luu's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cockx has had enough of the clinch but Luu keeps him there for the moment.
Cockx on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Luu throws an elbow but it misses.

Cockx's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cockx stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Luu tries to close the distance and clinch but Cockx swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cockx checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Cockx throws a nice head kick!

Cockx moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cockx.
Cockx scores with a knee to the head.
Luu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Luu has a couple of punches blocked by Cockx.
Luu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cockx's elbow.
Luu takes a shot to the head.

That's four 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.
Cockx lands a hook that snaps the head of Luu backwards.
Cockx gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Cockx pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Luu closes the distance but Cockx moves to the side
and Cockx counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cockx fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cockx wants to clinch up but Luu keeps it at a distance.

Cockx takes the fight into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Cockx just misses with a elbow thrown towards Luu's brow.
Leka Luu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cockx lands a nice knee to the body.
Cockx blocks an elbow strike.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cockx is trying to stall.
Cockx with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Luu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cockx has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

And that's the end of the fight!
Scott Cockx comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cockx has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scott Cockx!