PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Itchy Sinclair (ranked 1678 p4p, 2427 weight class) and Josh Koscheck Jr (ranked 247 p4p, 348 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Sinclair
vs
Koscheck Jr

179 cm
18
182
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
25
180
2 - 0 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Itchy Sinclair!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Josh Koscheck Jr!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koscheck Jr has a takedown stuffed.
Sinclair lands a jab to Koscheck Jr's midsection.
Koscheck Jr fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Sinclair. Those never looked like landing.
Koscheck Jr shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sinclair but Sinclair pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Itchy Sinclair has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Koscheck Jr.

Koscheck Jr shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Sinclair's guard.
Koscheck Jr must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sinclair avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koscheck Jr throwing strikes but missing.
Koscheck Jr throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sinclair is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sinclair looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Koscheck Jr is defending well. Sinclair quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Koscheck Jr has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Sinclair celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Itchy Sinclair!
Itchy Sinclair retains his welterweight title!
Our winner, Itchy Sinclair, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.