PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Lemieux (ranked 1315 p4p, 164 weight class) and Fanta Coco (ranked 1421 p4p, 181 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Lemieux
vs
Coco

193 cm
30
270 lbs
15 - 14 - 0

195 cm
31
230 lbs
13 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Freebok (85% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vincent Lemieux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fanta Coco!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Anthony Taglia and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coco moves in looking to clinch but Lemieux pushes him off.
Lemieux misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lemieux tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A shot to the liver by Coco. Beautiful body shot.
Lemieux lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Coco circles away quickly and effectively.
Lemieux connects with a nice looking jab.

It looks like Fanta Coco has been cut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Coco.
Coco looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Coco lands a jab to Lemieux's midsection.
Nice jab there from Lemieux.
Coco throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coco ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Coco lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lemieux closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lemieux takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Coco throws a head kick but Lemieux moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lemieux closes the distance but Coco moves to the side
and Coco counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Lemieux misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lemieux takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Coco moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Coco slips a jab and a cross from Lemieux.
Nice jab there from Lemieux.
Lemieux takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Coco moves out of range as Lemieux strikes.
Coco avoids the body shot from Lemieux.
Lemieux tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
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!
Coco fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lemieux manages to avoid it.
Coco moves out of range of the strikes.
Lemieux throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Lemieux darts in and clinches Coco up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux misses with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Lemieux's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Lemieux working aggressively here.
Lemieux throws a head punch that misses.
Coco struggles to land a body shot inside as Lemieux controls his hands.
Lemieux working aggressively here.
Coco misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lemieux has a couple of punches blocked by Coco.
Coco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Coco breaks from the clinch.
Coco takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Coco walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

That has opened up Fanta Coco's cut even more.
Coco looks to throw the jab but Lemieux is out of range.
Lemieux scores with a jab.
and Lemieux counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Coco! He's just covering up as Lemieux starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vincent Lemieux!