PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ken Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Coyote Cojo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Black
vs
Cojo

179 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
21
175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ken Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Coyote Cojo!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Valeri Chadov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cojo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cojo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cojo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cojo misses with a wild combination.

Black scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Cojo takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cojo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Black throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Black wants to control for a moment but Cojo uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Black misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Black has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Black misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Black lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cojo is thwarting Black's attempts to control the position.
Black wants to get back to his feet.

Black pushes Cojo off and gets back to his feet.
Cojo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cojo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Black circles away quickly and effectively.
Cojo looks gassed!
Black shoots in but Cojo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Black shoots in but no luck this time.
Coyote Cojo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cojo misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Black shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cojo as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ken Black. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cojo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Black.

Black shoots in and bounces Cojo off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Black stands up from Cojo's guard - Black perhaps looking for a knockout.
Cojo is looking to clinch.
Cojo stuffs the takedown.
Cojo misses with the combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Cojo.
Cojo fails to land with a series of punches.
Cojo swinging wilding here.
Black fails with a takedown attempt.
Black takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A jab lands there for Cojo.
Black keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cojo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cojo misses with a straight left.

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.
Black shoots in for a takedown but Cojo shows good takedown defense.
No luck for Black with that takedown attempt.
Black showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cojo.
Cojo misses with a wild combination.

Black scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Cojo parries the strikes from Black easily there. Black is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Cojo to escape.
Black misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Black throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Cojo bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Black's head backwards.
Black shoots in and drives through. Cojo sprawls well.
Cojo stuffs the takedown.
Black slips a jab and a cross from Cojo.
Cojo throws a hook to the side of Black's head but Black sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Black avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cojo lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Cojo misses with a double jab.

Black shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Black was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Black wants to control the pace but Cojo is squirming around nicely.
Black is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Cojo can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black with shots to the head and body - Cojo looks very uncomfortable down there.
Black throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Cojo is squirming around, avoiding Black's attempts to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Black throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Black punching from mount but Cojo doing a good job of avoiding damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cojo is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

Cojo somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!

Black looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Black is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Black stops Cojo from standing up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Black wants to control from the top but Cojo keeps moving.
Black would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Black thows a big elbow that misses.
Black postures up in Cojo's guard and throws a big left but Cojo blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Black looking to sit in guard and control but Cojo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Black tries to land a sweep but no joy.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Cojo throws a right hand that Black ducks under and follows up with a left that Black also avoids with ease.
Black shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ken Black. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cojo throws a right hand that Black ducks under and follows up with a left that Black also avoids with ease.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cojo displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cojo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cojo misses with a jab, cross combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ken Black dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

A combination from Cojo does no damage.
Cojo misses with a two punch combination.

Black shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Black was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Black lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cojo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Black. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Black lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Cojo hang on?
Black lands a big elbow.
Black lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Black fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Black lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ken Black overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Black working the ground and pound effectively.
Cojo is squirming around, avoiding Black's attempts to control the action.
Black with shots to the head and body - Cojo looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cojo wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Black.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Black throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Cojo is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Black with shots to the head and body - Cojo looks very uncomfortable down there.
Black lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Black dominating with strikes here.
Black unloads with some shots from mount but Cojo bucks and avoids them well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Black lands a nice shot to the head.
Black lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The referee warns Cojo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Cojo is bucking up trying to escape but Black cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Black postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Cojo looks a forlorn figure.
Cojo tries to hold on but Black postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Black cracks Cojo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Black won't let Cojo get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Black avoids the attempt from Cojo to control.
Black unloading with bombs!
Coyote Cojo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ken Black is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Black raining down shots from the mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
Ken Black showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Black, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ken Black!