PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Justin Cook (ranked 6481 p4p, 6070 weight class) and Toko Kiriko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cook
vs
Kiriko

174 cm
25
175
1 - 2 - 0

185 cm
25
185
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Justin Cook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Toko Kiriko!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kiriko closes the distance and clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kiriko obliges.
Kiriko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cook fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cook can't break the clinch.
Cook tries to stall but Kiriko uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cook tries to pull guard but Kiriko forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Cook takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Justin Cook has been cut.
Kiriko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cook's face.
Cook trying to control the position but instead, Kiriko has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cook into the cage.
Cook slows down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiriko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kiriko will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cook up against the cage.
Kiriko lands an elbow just above Cook 's eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook jumps guard but Kiriko stands there with Cook around his waist. Cook gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Kiriko drops Cook with a big knee straight up the middle! Cook is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Cook is rocked!

Kiriko darts in and clinches Cook up against the cage.
Oh Cook is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kiriko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kiriko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cook blocks an elbow strike.
Cook blocks the elbow strike.
Kiriko with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kiriko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kiriko manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kiriko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cook has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kiriko tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kiriko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cook blocks it with crossed arms.
Kiriko connects with a knee to the head.
Cook blocks the elbow strike.
Kiriko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kiriko with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kiriko looks winded!
Kiriko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kiriko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cook has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kiriko lands an elbow inside that Cook shrugs off.
Kiriko tries to land a knee to the head but Cook blocks with his arms.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kiriko - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Cook misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kiriko.
Cook avoids a wild elbow strike from Kiriko.
Cook tries to circle away but Kiriko has him pinned against the cage.
Cook jumps guard but Kiriko turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Cook. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kiriko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kiriko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kiriko tries to stall but Cook uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cook is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kiriko misses with a knee strike.
Kiriko misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiriko trying to control the position but instead, Cook has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kiriko into the cage.
Cook is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kiriko is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Kiriko throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cook seems to have got his legs back now.
Kiriko tries a body shot but Cook blocks it.
Cook can't break the clinch.
Cook wants to stall.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cook can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Cook tries to break the clinch but Kiriko is controlling the position.
Kiriko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cook blocks it with crossed arms.

Cook gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kiriko taking some punishment here, with Cook in his half guard.
Cook sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Kiriko is in trouble now - Cook has advanced to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiriko is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Cook looking to control and managing it successfully.
Kiriko tries to buck Cook off but Cook takes his back!
Cook is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Kiriko. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Kiriko is trying to stand back up.

Cook is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cook controlling from the back.
Cook cracks Kiriko with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Kiriko from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.

Cook working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Kiriko trying to get back to his feet but Cook is in full control for now.
Cook connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Kiriko to escape the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Toko Kiriko dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Justin Cook's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kiriko has closed the distance and engaged Cook in a clinch.
Kiriko has Cook pressed against the cage, preventing Cook from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kiriko tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kiriko tries to land a knee to the head but Cook blocks with his arms.
Toko Kiriko seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
With the fighters up against the cage, Kiriko throws an elbow but misses.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Kiriko.
Kiriko stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cook blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kiriko tries a knee to the head but Cook blocks it.
Kiriko controlling the action here for a moment.
Kiriko lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cook wants a takedown.
Cook avoids the elbow strike from Kiriko, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kiriko just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cook's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiriko misses with a knee strike.
Cook is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Kiriko to keep the fight standing.
A frustrated look appears on Cook's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Kiriko is struggling to control the position.
Cook misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kiriko misses with a knee to the head.
Kiriko working Cook over with knees to the body.
Cook avoids a wild elbow strike from Kiriko.
Kiriko creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cook tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Justin Cook. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kiriko throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cook tries a knee to the head but Kiriko blocks it.
Kiriko misses with a knee to the head.
Kiriko misses with a knee to the head.
Cook tries to pull guard but Kiriko holds him up against the cage and eventually Cook drops back down to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kiriko has him pressed against the cage.
Kiriko on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kiriko landing knees to the head.
Kiriko has Cook pressed against the cage.
Cook letting Kiriko take a breather here.
Cook wants a takedown.
Kiriko dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Cook is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Kiriko keeps control of Cook as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kiriko landing knees to the body.
Cook trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiriko lands a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kiriko - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Cook jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kiriko walks away with a smile on his face. Cook gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Cook shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Kiriko napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Kiriko is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Cook landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Kiriko is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Cook has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Kiriko explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Kiriko has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Kiriko closes the distance and pushes Cook back into the cage.
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!
Kiriko tries a knee to the head but Cook blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiriko throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cook avoids the elbow strike from Kiriko, against the cage.
Cook fails to pull guard.
Kiriko misses with a knee to the head.
Cook is looking to break free of the clinch but Kiriko has double underhooks.
Cook drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kiriko using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cook has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kiriko missing with knees to the body.
Cook is trying to pull guard but Kiriko has him pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Kiriko.
Kiriko throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cook blocks it with crossed arms.
Kiriko looking to throw knees to the head but Cook is blocking nicely.
Kiriko is breathing heavily.
Cook fails to pull guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Toko Kiriko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Justin Cook's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Kiriko tries to close the distance and clinch but Cook swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kiriko tries to clinch but Cook moves out of range.
Cook shoots in but no luck this time.
Kiriko tries to close the distance and clinch but Cook swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cook misses the shot to the body.
Cook shoots in for a takedown but Kiriko shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Kiriko rushes Cook and presses him up against the cage.
Kiriko landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Kiriko.
Cook is stalling here.
Cook blocks the elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kiriko landing knees to the head.

Justin Cook's cut is getting worse.
Cook takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kiriko throws an elbow that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiriko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kiriko has Cook pushed against the cage.
Kiriko landing knees to the head.
Kiriko working the clinch nicely. Cook is working for position but Kiriko cracks him with a big knee to the head! Cook crumples up against the cage and Kiriko lands two more shots before the ref can save Cook! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee & Punches). Toko Kiriko!