PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sam Witcher (ranked 1763 p4p, 206 weight class) and Chew Kok (ranked 1098 p4p, 135 weight class). Kok has chosen Back from the grave-by GRAVE as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Witcher
vs
Kok

186 cm
31
192 lbs
11 - 5 - 1

180 cm
25
197 lbs
10 - 3 - 2

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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 11 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Sam Witcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Chew Kok!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Witcher fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A bone on bone clash there as Witcher blocks the leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Witcher.
Witcher tries to counter by clinching up but Kok breaks away and moves out of range.
Kok misses with a low kick.
Witcher rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kok moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Witcher.
A looping hook to the body misses from Witcher. Kok does a little dance to reset his feet.
Witcher looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kok lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kok tries to bum rush Witcher with a series of wild strikes but Witcher uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kok misses with a low kick.
Kok throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kok ducks right into an uppercut from Witcher.
Kok tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Witcher darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kok connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

Kok gets tackled into the cage by Witcher. Witcher maintains the clinch.
Kok working hard to break the clinch.

Kok's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kok takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kok moves out of range of the strikes.
Kok throws a lazy right hand but Witcher sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Witcher moves into range and clinches up with Kok.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kok.
Witcher scores with a shot to the side of Kok's head.
Witcher misses with a hook from the clinch.
Witcher lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kok working hard to break the clinch.
Witcher cracks Kok with a nice body shot.
Witcher blocking some punches.

Kok's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kok smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Kok misses the jab.

Witcher takes the fight into the clinch.

Kok breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Witcher wants to clinch.
Kok steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Witcher misses with a wild body shot.
Kok looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Witcher instigates a clinch.
Witcher blocking some punches.
Witcher blocks a body shot from Kok.
Kok tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Witcher misses with some punches.
Witcher swings wildly with an uppercut but Kok uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kok is trying to break the clinch but Witcher is controlling him.
Kok can't break the clinch.
Kok wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Witcher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Witcher lands a right hand.
Witcher keeps control of Kok as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Kok pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kok uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Witcher.
Witcher slips under a jab.

Witcher closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Witcher has a couple of punches blocked by Kok.
Kok makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Kok breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Witcher scores with a nice strike.
Witcher tries to clinch up
and Kok counters with a stiff right hand.
Witcher ducks right into an uppercut from Kok.

Witcher moves into the clinch.

Kok breaks the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Witcher there.
Kok is looking to score with low kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Witcher. Kok does a little dance to reset his feet.
Witcher tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kok paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kok.
Kok has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kok swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big left from Kok misses.
Witcher cracks Kok with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Witcher misses the body punch
and Kok counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kok takes a jab right on the kisser.
Witcher lands with a hook. Kok tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Witcher lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kok bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Witcher keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kok.
Witcher connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Witcher checks the leg kick nicely there.
Witcher tries to clinch but Kok is having none of it.
Kok throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Witcher sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Witcher throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kok thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Witcher with a hook.
Kok throws a hook but Witcher blocks it.
Kok lands a really nice looking cross but Witcher seems unphased.
Kok takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Sam Witcher will probably get the nod.
That's time! Witcher's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Kok is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Witcher.
Witcher is looking to counter the offense by Kok and move into the clinch.
Kok avoids the body shot from Witcher.
Kok looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Witcher avoids the head kick by Kok.
Kok throws a front kick that sends Witcher stumbling back into the cage.
Kok throws a sloppy head kick

and Witcher counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Witcher.
Stalling in the clinch from Kok.
Kok lands a nice shot to the body.

Kok breaks from the clinch.
Kok throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Witcher stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Witcher looks to land a left hand but Kok moved out of range nicely.
Witcher tries to clinch but Kok moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kok throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Witcher tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Witcher listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Witcher misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Kok manages to break the clinch.
Kok lands a nice looking body shot.
Witcher takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kok throws a nice head kick!
Kok throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Witcher is looking to counter the offense by Kok and move into the clinch.
Kok ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kok lands the left hand.
Witcher tries to clinch there but Kok circles away.
Kok looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Kok slips a straight right by Witcher.
Kok throws a half hearted mid kick.
Witcher doesn't manage to clinch there - Kok circles away.
Witcher fails with an attempt to clinch.
A leg kick checked by Witcher.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kok thuds his shin into the meat of Witcher's side.
Kok is looking to land body kicks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kok connects with a jab.
Kok scores with a decent looking hook.
Nice body punch from Witcher.
Witcher fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kok manages to avoid it.
Witcher jabs at Kok's body.
Kok doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Witcher misses with a straight left.
Witcher moves in looking to clinch but Kok pushes him off.
Kok keeps the fight on the outside.
As Witcher backs off Kok throws a huge counter combo but Witcher manages to avoid it all.

Witcher moves into range and clinches up with Kok.

Kok breaks the clinch.
Chew Kok seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Witcher is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kok appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Witcher takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Witcher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kok takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Witcher misses with a right hand
letting Kok counter with a right hand.
A shot to the liver by Witcher. Beautiful body shot.

Witcher closes the distance and clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Witcher.
Witcher keeps control of Kok as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Kok breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Witcher clobbers Kok with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Witcher blocks a head kick by Kok.
Kok tries to move into range but Witcher moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Witcher tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kok cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Witcher.
Witcher takes a swing at Kok's ribcage but misses.
Kok throws a lazy right hand but Witcher sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kok misses with an uppercut.
Kok steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Witcher.
Kok on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Kok moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kok ducks under a wild hook from Witcher.
Witcher uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kok.
Kok cracks Witcher with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Witcher throws a lazy right hand but Kok sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kok throws out a counter right but Witcher avoids it with no problem.
Witcher throws out a loose jab but Kok uses good head movement to avoid it.
Witcher connects with a looping right hand.
Witcher checks a leg kick nicely.
Witcher is looking to counter the offense by Kok and move into the clinch.
Witcher keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kok.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Chew Kok will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Witcher throws a hook to the side of Kok's head but Kok sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Witcher tries to clinch up.
Witcher throws a lazy right hand but Kok sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Witcher moves in looking to clinch but Kok pushes him off.

Witcher moves into the clinch.
Kok is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kok scores with a shot to the side of Witcher's head.
Witcher scores with a shoulder strike.
A short body shot lands from Witcher as the two fighters clinch.
Kok blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Witcher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Witcher tries a body shot but Kok blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short uppercut from Witcher.
Kok blocks a body shot from Witcher.
Kok blocking some punches.
Witcher misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Witcher fails to land.
Witcher misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Witcher has Kok pressed against the cage, preventing Kok from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kok blocking some punches.
Witcher keeps control of Kok as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Witcher lands with a left to the head.
Sam Witcher has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Kok breaks from the clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kok.
Kok just misses with a punch to the body.
Witcher misses with a looping right.
Witcher fails in his attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Kok on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Witcher fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kok manages to avoid it.
Kok pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kok wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kok misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Witcher.
Kok scores with a three punch combo!
Witcher avoids the head kick by Kok.

Witcher pushes Kok up against the cage in a clinch.
Witcher scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Witcher lands a hook to the side of the head.
Witcher lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Witcher lands with a short shot to the head.
A short left from Kok.
Witcher tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Witcher lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kok backwards.
Kok tries to break free but Witcher pushes him back against the cage.
Witcher misses with a punch to the body.
Kok misses with a body punch.
Witcher working aggressively here.
Witcher lands a body shot.
Witcher doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kok throws a head punch that misses.
Kok lands a right hand that snaps the head of Witcher backwards.
Witcher lands a nice uppercut.

Kok breaks from the clinch.
Kok misses with a body shot.
Witcher wants to clinch up but Kok keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kok is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Witcher.
Witcher fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Witcher closes the distance and clinches.

Kok breaks the clinch.
Kok throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Witcher misses the shot to the body.
A head kick from Kok lands but Witcher takes it in his stride.
Witcher throws a nice looking combination but Kok bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kok swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Witcher is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Kok.
Kok throws a right hand that Witcher ducks under and follows up with a left that Witcher also avoids with ease.
Witcher is looking to clinch.
Kok walks into a jab.
Witcher doesn't manage to clinch there - Kok circles away.
Kok lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Witcher circles away quickly and effectively.
Kok fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Witcher manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Kok.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Witcher lands with a cross.
Witcher digs a good hook to Kok's body.

Witcher closes the distance and pushes Kok back into the cage.
Kok lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Witcher lands with a left to the head.
A shot in the inside from Witcher.
A head punch on the inside from Witcher fails to land.
Kok blocks an uppercut.
Witcher makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Witcher lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Witcher lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kok backwards.
Witcher digs a right hand into Kok's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kok's gas tank.
Kok takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Witcher swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Kok manages to break the clinch.
Kok looks to score with a jab to the body but Witcher is just out of range.
Witcher works the jab nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Witcher showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Witcher has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Witcher!
Sam Witcher thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Chew Kok spoke after the fight, saying 'He poked my brown eye what a cheater'.