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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Kocur (ranked 430 p4p, 68 weight class) and Ja Wuan Robinson (ranked 212 p4p, 26 weight class). Robinson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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220 lbs
35 - 17 - 1 |
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208 lbs
23 - 8 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joey Kocur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Ja Wuan Robinson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kocur circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kocur counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Robinson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kocur throws a chopping leg kick but Robinson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kocur scoring well with a low kick there.
Robinson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kocur moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kocur. Robinson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Robinson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Robinson swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robinson keeps the fight on the outside.
Robinson looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Robinson throws a body kick that misses
and Kocur counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Robinson tries to clinch there but Kocur circles away.
Kocur was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A combination from Robinson does no damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson tries to close the distance and clinch but Kocur swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Robinson ducks under a wild hook from Kocur.
Kocur walks into a left hand.
Ja Wuan Robinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robinson lands with a kick to the temple. Kocur shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Kocur has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Guerrilla MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Nice straight punches there by Robinson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Robinson.
Robinson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Robinson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kocur manages to avoid it.
Kocur ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Robinson moves away.
Robinson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Robinson closes the distance and clinches.
Kocur tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Robinson's elbow.
Kocur goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Robinson tries to throw a body punch but Kocur avoids it by throwing Robinson back against the cage.
Robinson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kocur prevents a body shot from Robinson.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kocur.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson tries to throw a body punch but Kocur avoids it by throwing Robinson back against the cage.
Kocur looking to throw knees to the head but Robinson is blocking nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kocur tries to throw a body punch but Robinson avoids it by throwing Kocur back against the cage.
Robinson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kocur lands a hook to the side of the head.
Robinson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kocur's elbow.
Robinson blocks an uppercut.
Kocur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kocur is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Robinson.
Robinson prevents a body shot from Kocur.
A right hook to the body lands for Kocur.
Kocur scores with a shot to the side of Robinson's head.
Kocur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Robinson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Robinson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Robinson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Robinson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kocur lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kocur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kocur prevents a body shot from Robinson.
Kocur misses with a body punch.
Robinson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kocur misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kocur misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Kocur.
Robinson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kocur trying to land knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Robinson.
Kocur prevents a body shot from Robinson.
Kocur misses with a body punch.
Robinson prevents a body shot from Kocur.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kocur.
Kocur working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Robinson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kocur throws a punch but it's blocked by Robinson.
Robinson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kocur or not.
Robinson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kocur throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Robinsons head.
Kocur digs a right hand into Robinson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Robinson's gas tank.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Robinson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knees to the body from Kocur.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kocur lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Robinson looks winded!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kocur.
Still in the clinch, Kocur scores with a nice short uppercut.
Robinson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kocur's elbow.
Kocur tries to land a knee to the head but Robinson blocks with his arms.
Robinson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Robinson lands a right hand.
Robinson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Robinson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Robinson misses with a punch to the body.
Robinson is working Kocur over against the cage.
Kocur scores with a shoulder strike.
Kocur throws a knee to the head but misses.
Robinson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kocur struggles to land a body shot inside as Robinson controls his hands.
Robinson misses with a punch on the inside.
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 Joey Kocur will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Robinson scores with a hook to the body. Kocur takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Robinson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Robinson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kocur manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Robinson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Robinson connects with a body shot.
Robinson has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Robinson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kocur was well out of range. Poor timing from Robinson.
Kocur throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Kocur tests Robinson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robinson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kocur avoids the head kick by Robinson.
Robinson cracks Kocur with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Robinson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kocur paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson lands a nice shot to the body.
Robinson tries a head kick but it misses.
Kocur throws out a leg kick but Robinson moves out of range and Kocur only half commits.
Kocur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Robinson misses with a body shot.
As Robinson backs away, Kocur returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kocur tries to work over Robinson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kocur lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Robinson swings wildly with an uppercut but Kocur uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kocur lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Robinson misses with a punch to the body.
Kocur lands a nice knee to the body.
Robinson is breathing heavily.
Robinson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knees to the body from Kocur.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kocur using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kocur lands with a left to the head.
Kocur lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kocur lands with a light punch inside.
Kocur working Robinson over with knees to the body.
Kocur throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Robinson misses with a punch to the body.
Robinson avoiding damage as Kocur throws knees to the body.
Robinson has a couple of punches blocked by Kocur.
Kocur stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kocur lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kocur is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Robinson can do to turn this around?
Kocur lands with a right to the head.
Kocur lands a right hand that snaps the head of Robinson backwards.
Kocur tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kocur goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Robinson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Kocur.
Kocur working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kocur lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Joey Kocur has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kocur is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kocur with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kocur lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kocur trying to land knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Kocur.
Kocur working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Kocur.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kocur.
Kocur softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kocur can't find room to land a body shot as Robinson controls the action.
Kocur tries to throw a body punch but Robinson avoids it by throwing Kocur back against the cage.
Kocur misses with the head strike.
Robinson misses with a punch to the body.
Kocur tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Robinson's elbow.
A knee to the head by Kocur.
Kocur working aggressively here.
Robinson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kocur.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Robinson.
Robinson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kocur lands a knee to the body.
Kocur lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kocur looking to throw knees to the head but Robinson is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Kocur fails to land.
Kocur lands a good knee to the midsection. Robinson won't want to take too many of those.
Kocur lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Robinson backwards.
Kocur misses with a body punch.
Robinson throws a punch but it's blocked by Kocur.
Kocur landing knees to the head.
Kocur lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kocur tries to work over Robinson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kocur tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kocur lands with a right to the head.
Kocur tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Robinson avoids it.
Robinson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kocur tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Kocur dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Kocur blocks a head kick by Robinson.
Kocur misses with a body shot.
Robinson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Robinson instigates a clinch.
Kocur can't find room to land a body shot as Robinson controls the action.
Robinson managing to block the knees to the body from Kocur.
Robinson can't find room to land a body shot as Kocur controls the action.
Robinson prevents a body shot from Kocur.
Kocur blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kocur prevents a body shot from Robinson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kocur using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kocur tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Robinson avoids it.
Kocur crunches a lovely knee into Robinson's ribcage.
Kocur tries to work over Robinson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kocur gets through Robinson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Robinson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kocur throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Robinsons head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kocur misses with a body punch.
Kocur scores with a hook to the body.
Kocur misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Robinson.
Kocur trying to land knees to the body.
Robinson misses with a punch on the inside.
Kocur blocking some punches.
Robinson lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Robinson.
Kocur misses with a knee to the head.
Kocur prevents a body shot from Robinson.
Robinson can't find room to land a body shot as Kocur controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Robinson.
Kocur stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kocur tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Robinson avoids it.
Robinson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kocur misses with a punch on the inside.
Kocur struggles to land a body shot inside as Robinson controls his hands.
Kocur scores with a shot to the side of Robinson's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kocur tries to throw a body punch but Robinson avoids it by throwing Kocur back against the cage.
Kocur tries to work over Robinson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kocur lands an uppercut.
Robinson misses with the head strike.
Robinson can't find room to land a body shot as Kocur controls the action.
Robinson tries a body shot but Kocur blocks it.
Kocur lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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!
Robinson misses with a punch on the inside.
Kocur missing with knees to the body.
Robinson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Robinson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kocurs head.
Kocur blocks a body shot from Robinson.
Robinson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Robinson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kocur misses with a body punch.
Kocur throws a punch but it's blocked by Robinson.
Robinson avoiding damage as Kocur throws knees to the body.
Kocur misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson misses with a punch to the body.
A hook to the body from Robinson.
Kocur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Robinson lands a left hand.
Kocur trying to land knees to the body.
Kocur working aggressively here.
Robinson managing to block the knees to the body from Kocur.
Robinson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kocur tries to land knees in the clinch but Robinson avoids the damage to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Robinson.
Kocur with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Robinson lands with a light punch inside.
Robinson blocks a body shot from Kocur.
Robinson misses with some punches.
Robinson misses with a body punch.
Kocur is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Robinson is defending well for now.
Robinson struggles to land a body shot inside as Kocur controls his hands.
Robinson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson pushes Kocur back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kocur tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Robinson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kocur's elbow.
Robinson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Robinson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kocur's elbow.
Robinson misses with a body punch.
Robinson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Robinson can't find room to land a body shot as Kocur controls the action.
Kocur lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kocur.
Robinson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kocur backwards.
Kocur swings wildly with an uppercut but Robinson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Robinson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kocur's elbow.
Robinson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kocur digs a right hand into Robinson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Robinson's gas tank.
Robinson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ja Wuan Robinson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Robinson throws a head punch that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Joey Kocur.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kocur, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Kocur!
An out of breath Joey Kocur thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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