PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hardis Flo (ranked 6187 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ed Cohen (ranked 5692 p4p, 558 weight class). Hardis Flo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Flo
vs
Cohen

187 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

199 cm
24
192 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hardis Flo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ed Cohen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Flo lands a head kick. Cohen smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Cohen tries to clinch there but Flo circles away.
Cohen takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Cohen is looking to chop away at Flo's legs.
Cohen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cohen shoots in but Flo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Flo is looking to counter with head kicks.
Cohen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Flo rushes Cohen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cohen tries to land knees in the clinch but Flo avoids the damage to the body.
Flo blocks a body shot from Cohen.
Flo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Cohen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cohen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Hardis Flo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ed Cohen.
Cohen is looking to take this one to the mat.
Cohen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Cohen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Flo is defending well for now.
Cohen is trying to pull guard but Flo has him pressed against the cage.
Cohen is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Flo pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Flo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Flo gets underhooks to prevent Cohen's takedown attempt.
Cohen blocks an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

Cohen manages to break the clinch.

Cohen clinches with his opponent.

Cohen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Flo feints a jab promting Cohen to slip. Flo then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Cohen slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ed Cohen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cohen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Flo avoids the head kick by Cohen.
Nice uppercut lands for Flo. That snapped Cohen's head back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cohen fails to pull the fight into his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cohen can't get the takedown.
Flo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cohen's defenses.
Flo using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Cohen manages to break the clinch.
Cohen tries to close the distance and clinch but Flo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Flo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cohen's sensitive parts.
Cohen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Flo keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Cohen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Flo, pushing him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cohen fails to pull guard.
Flo stalling the fight.
Flo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Flo lands an elbow that stopped Cohen in his tracks for a moment.
Cohen tries to pull guard but Flo forces him back to his feet, against the cage.

Cohen breaks the clinch.
Flo throws a head kick but Cohen moves out of range.
Flo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cohen blocks a head kick by Flo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cohen is looking to slow Flo down with leg kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hardis Flo dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Flo throws a sloppy head kick
and Cohen counters with a nice leg kick.
Cohen tries to score a power double leg takedown but Flo sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cohen somewhat.
Cohen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cohen misses with a wild body shot.

Cohen bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Flo explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cohen can do to turn this around?
A kick lands to the mid section there for Flo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flo scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cohen misses with a body kick.
Flo lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cohen shoots in but Flo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Flo tries to bum rush Cohen with a series of wild strikes but Cohen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cohen shoots in looking for a takedown. Flo tries to sprawl out of it but Cohen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Flo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hardis Flo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ed Cohen.
Flo throws a head kick that misses.
Cohen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Flo feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Flo scores with a head kick.
Cohen misses the shot to the body.
Hardis Flo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cohen tries to clinch up.
Flo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cohen avoids a kick to the body.
Cohen tries to clinch up.
Flo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Flo misses with a head kick.
Despite the aggression on Cohen's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Cohen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Flo swivels and escapes.
Cohen tries to clinch up.
Cohen fails to land the takedown.
Cohen blocks a head kick by Flo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cohen dives in for a single leg takedown but Flo sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Cohen is breathing heavily.
Flo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cohen closes this distance looking for a takedown but Flo circles away.
Flo went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Cohen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Flo sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Flo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Flo scores with a head kick. Cohen tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

Cohen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Flo wants to get back to his feet.
Cohen is trying to control. Flo wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cohen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Flo's head.
Cohen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cohen looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Flo taking some punishment here, with Cohen in his half guard.

Cohen is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Flo is just riding it out for now. Cohen eventually gives up the hold.
Cohen wants to pass the guard but Flo is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hardis Flo dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Cohen shoots in for a double leg but Flo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
As Cohen looks to move away, Flo throws a big counter combo but Cohen just gets out of the way.
Cohen tries to clinch but Flo moves out of range.

Flo gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cohen to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Flo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cohen on the ground.
Cohen is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Cohen won't allow Flo to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cohen controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Flo keeping full guard, as Cohen tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Flo is working an open guard so Cohen takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Cohen gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Flo counters with a left and a right that stings Cohen.
Flo misses with a head kick.
Flo stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Flo wants it to stay on the feet.
Hardis Flo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ed Cohen.
Cohen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Flo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cohen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cohen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cohen shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Flo as he jumps to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Flo looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Hardis Flo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cohen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Flo.
Cohen shoots in but no luck this time.
Flo lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cohen avoids the head kick by Flo.
A punch combination from Flo misses.
Cohen throws a right hand that misses
and Flo counters with a head kick.
Flo lands a head kick. Cohen smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Cohen is rocked!
Flo lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Cohen goes down and covers up as Flo starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hardis Flo!