PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elbert Cohen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Orlando Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Orlando Love is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Cohen
vs
Love

165 cm
24
215 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

186 cm
20
207 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elbert Cohen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Orlando Love!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cohen clinches.

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

Love rushes Cohen and presses him up against the cage.
Cohen wants to get back to striking at distance but Love won't allow it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cohen as Love tries to tie him up.
Cohen has had enough of the clinch but Love keeps him there for the moment.
Love drops down looking for an ankle pick but Cohen pulls his leg out and moves away.
Orlando Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Love shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cohen but Cohen pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cohen wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

Cohen shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Love napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Love sneaks out the side door and pushes Cohen away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love shoots for a double leg takedown but Cohen sprawls well. He's pushed Love's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Elbert Cohen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Orlando Love.
Cohen throws a combination. Love tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Love darts in looking for a takedown but Cohen gets double underhooks and turns Love into the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cohen leaves Love with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Cohen moves into the clinch.
Love is looking to take this one to the mat.

Love breaks the clinch.
Love fails with a takedown attempt.
Cohen shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Love defends it nicely.
Love fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cohen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Love circles away.
Love wants to counter with a clinch but Cohen pushes him away.
Cohen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Love circles away.
Nice takedown defense from Love. No joy for Cohen on that attempt.

Love gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Cohen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cohen is looking to clinch but Love is avoiding it.

Cohen has managed to clinch.

Cohen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Love darts in looking for a takedown but Cohen gets double underhooks and turns Love into the cage.
Love displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cohen.
Love appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cohen moves out of range of the leg kick from Love.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cohen closes the distance and clinches up with Love, looking for a takedown. Cohen pushes Love against the cage but Love circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cohen doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Love counters by moving into the clinch.
Cohen is breathing heavily.
Love has Cohen pressed against the cage, preventing Cohen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cohen wants to get back to striking at distance but Love won't allow it.
Love tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Love escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Love feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Love postures up.

Love decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Cohen shoots in for a double leg but Love sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cohen tried to score with a low kick but Love checks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Love.

Love shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Cohen napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cohen takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Cohen takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Cohen bucks up and tries to throw Love off but instead Love has got his back!

Love tightening his grip on Cohen, looking for the choke.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Love landing with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Orlando Love dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Love lands with a good body shot.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cohen really is a fat lump.
Love prevents Cohen from breaking the clinch.

Cohen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Love shoots in but Cohen avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cohen feinted with a counter takedown.
A combination from Love does no damage.

Cohen gets a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cohen wants to break free but Love has control.

Cohen pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Elbert Cohen is winning the standup battle so far.

Love shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Cohen manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

Cohen manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cohen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cohen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Cohen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Cohen darts in and clinches Love up against the cage.

Love manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Love bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cohen's guard.

Love trying to control the position from guard on top but Cohen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Love is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Cohen wants to stand but Love is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love trying to control but Cohen is working from the bottom.
Love is pushing down on Cohen's leg trying to pass to half guard. Cohen is fighting to maintain full guard but Love has managed to sneak the leg through.
Love tries to pass to full mount but Cohen defends it.

Cohen makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Cohen shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Love defends it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love avoids a kick to the body.
Cohen tries to clinch up.

Love clinches with his opponent.

Love lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Cohen manages to escape and get back to his feet!

Love has managed to clinch.
Love has Cohen pressed against the cage, preventing Cohen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Cohen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Cohen gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Love to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Love trying to control but Cohen is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love working some strikes from top position.
Love chips away with some ground and pound.
Love slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Cohen is trying to control the position but Love postures up.

Cohen working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Love has passed into half guard!
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 Elbert Cohen will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Cohen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Love steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Cohen.
Cohen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Love's waist but Love gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cohen off to one side.

Love has Cohen up against the cage in a clinch.

Love pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Love has his takedown stuffed

and Cohen counters by moving into the clinch.
Elbert Cohen has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Love lands a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cohen wants to get back to striking at distance but Love won't allow it.

Love manages to break the clinch.
Love throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

It looks like Elbert Cohen has been cut.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cohen looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Love is fending him off so far but Cohen persists. Nope, Love circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Elbert Cohen. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Love scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Love closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cohen is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Love asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Love working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.

Love is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Cohen knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Love has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love happy to just control the position for now.
Cohen is pushing Love's head away, looking to escape. Love manages to hold on to the position though.
Love wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cohen keeps working.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Love prevents Cohen from escaping the position.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Love.
Cohen tries to clinch but Love moves out of range.
Love tries to clinch up.

Love rushes Cohen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Cohen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cohen tries to clinch but Love moves out of range.
Love misses with a takedown attempt - Cohen sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Cohen.
Love is looking to get back to his feet here but Cohen is keeping cool and he's managed to take Love's back.
Love trying to control but not successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Can Love hold on?! Cohen is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love trying to control but not successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Orlando Love comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Love has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Orlando Love!