PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Solomon Cook (ranked 8313 p4p, 640 weight class) and OJ Pines (ranked 4570 p4p, 464 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Cook
vs
Pines

175 cm
20
190 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
194 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Self confident

Good wrestler
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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Solomon Cook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, OJ Pines!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cook scores with a jab to the body.
Pines takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cook throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

so Pines counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Pines trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Pines working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.

Cook throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Pines distracts Cook with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Cook is looking for a triangle but Pines pushes his legs off easily.
Pines is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cook has momentary wrist control but Pines slips an elbow through the middle.
Pines scoring with punches to the head and body.
Pines postures up and lands a big shot to Cook's brow.
Cook is breathing heavily.
Pines working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cook's head.

Cook is rocked!
Pines not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Oh Cook is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pines arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Cook's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). OJ Pines!