PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jerry Kokane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Raven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kokane comes to the cage accompanied by Escape From the Madness . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Kokane
vs
Raven

185 cm
33
192 lbs
32 - 10 - 0

188 cm
38
197 lbs
28 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter
Hellbent

Spartan Nutrition
Hellbent

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 32 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jerry Kokane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Thomas Raven!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kokane tries a head kick but it misses.
Kokane tries to clinch but Raven is having none of it.
Raven looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Raven lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kokane's sensitive parts.
Raven dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Raven misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kokane.
Raven lands with a nice combination. Kokane backs away looking to recover.
Raven's coach down at The Studio was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Raven's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Kokane dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Raven tries to work over Kokane's front leg with a kick but Kokane checks it.
Kokane seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kokane throws a hook but Raven avoids it easily.
Kokane closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kokane throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kokane misses with a body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Raven tries to bum rush Kokane with a series of wild strikes but Kokane uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raven stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kokane.
Raven tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kokane manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Raven lands with an uppercut that bounces Kokane off the cage and back into range.
Kokane misses with a combination
and Raven counters with an inside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Kokane throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Raven scores with a sloppy right hand. Kokane should have avoided that one.
Raven connects with a body shot.
Raven misses with a body kick.
Raven clobbers Kokane with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Raven cracks Kokane with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Raven bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kokane. Raven does a little dance to reset his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kokane misses with a left hand
and Raven counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Raven misses with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Raven. That's going to slow Kokane down.
No luck for Raven with that takedown attempt.
Kokane half committed to a counter leg kick.
Raven throws a lazy body kick
and Kokane counters with a stiff right hand.
Kokane looks for the body kick but Raven saw that one coming.
The crowd cheers as Kokane lands an impressive looking overhand right. Raven doesn't seem phased though.
Raven throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Kokane counters with a crisp one two that drops Raven! Kokane thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Raven to his feet! Raven is in big trouble!

Raven is rocked!
Kokane circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Raven to the canvas! Raven doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Kokane keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jerry Kokane!
During a confident post fight interview, Jerry Kokane thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.