PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Elbert Cohen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shakil Wind (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shakil Wind has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Elbert Cohen's chin.

Cohen
vs
Wind

165 cm
24
215 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

190 cm
25
259 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Can Moonwalk

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 0 - 5 - 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, Shakil Wind!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wind gets a double leg takedown into Cohen's guard.
Wind passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Wind happy to just control the position for now.
The ground and pound from Wind seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Wind creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
You can see the frustration on Cohen's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cohen wants to get back to his feet.
Wind has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wind tries to stand but Cohen is controlling his head.
Cohen is looking to get back to his feet here but Wind is keeping cool and he's managed to take Cohen's back.
Wind controls the position.
It looks like Wind might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Wind is cranking Cohen's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Cohen! He's tightened the choke and Cohen is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Shakil Wind!