PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Zurab Koshadze (ranked 4534 p4p, 232 weight class) and Nick Holey (ranked 4802 p4p, 245 weight class). Koshadze comes to the cage accompanied by Hungry Like The Wolf. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Koshadze
vs
Holey

168 cm
26
135 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

150 cm
26
130 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Big heart

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zurab Koshadze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nick Holey!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Ben Hemmingworth and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koshadze leaves Holey with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Koshadze is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Holey.
Koshadze shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Holey defends it nicely.

Koshadze scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Koshadze not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Koshadze looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Holey with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Koshadze takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Koshadze is thwarting Holey's attempts to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koshadze with the ground and pound but Holey uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Koshadze will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Holey is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koshadze with a nice head shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koshadze is working Holey over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Koshadze postures up and lands a big shot to Holey's brow.
Koshadze wants to control from the top but Holey keeps moving.
Holey will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Holey pulls Koshadze in to control the position.
Holey should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Koshadze wants to pass the guard but Holey is keeping the position.
Koshadze loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Koshadze throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Koshadze working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Holey's head.
Koshadze landing some decent shots from guard.
Holey is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koshadze is working Holey over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Koshadze lands a couple of elbows.
Koshadze content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Koshadze throws a big elbow that misses.
Koshadze works over Holey with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Holey throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Koshadze scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Koshadze missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Koshadze postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

Holey is rocked!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Koshadze accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Koshadze landing some decent shots from guard.
Koshadze postures up and lands a big shot to Holey's brow.
Holey is still in real trouble! Can Koshadze finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Holey is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Holey looks winded!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Koshadze's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holey looking to hit a scissor sweep but Koshadze is one step ahead there.
Koshadze scoring with some ground and pound.
Holey is trying to keep Koshadze in close.
Holey seems to have recovered his senses.
Koshadze postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Koshadze scoring with punches to the head and body.
Koshadze content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Koshadze scoring with punches to the head and body.
Holey wants to sweep but no luck.
Koshadze stands up over Holey, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Koshadze working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Koshadze loads up on a big left hand. Holey felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Koshadze looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Holey can't hide his disappointment, as Koshadze celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zurab Koshadze!
After winning the bout, Zurab Koshadze thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.