PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bam Bam Joshy (ranked 542 p4p, 915 weight class) and Xylon Kofel (ranked 49 p4p, 80 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Joshy
vs
Kofel

150 cm
26
152
13 - 8 - 0

173 cm
28
150
13 - 8 - 1

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Very quick

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Fast

Hoarse Pills
Bondi MMA 🏝️

Bondi MMA 🏝️

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bam Bam Joshy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Xylon Kofel!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kofel slips under a jab.
Joshy takes a swing at Kofel's ribcage but misses.
Kofel misses with a low kick as Joshy jumps back.
Kofel misses with a low kick.
Kofel has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Kofel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Joshy throws a jab but it's blocked by Kofel.
Joshy looks to score with a jab to the body but Kofel is just out of range.
Kofel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joshy was well out of range. Poor timing from Kofel.
An attempted straight right counter from Joshy misses the target.
Joshy throws a body punch but Kofel moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kofel! But no joy.
Joshy blocks a low kick nicely.
A jab from Kofel finds it's way through Joshy's defenses.
Joshy throws a poor cross that misses
and Kofel counters with a thumping low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joshy misses with a body shot.
Joshy throws a right hand that misses
and Joshy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Joshy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kofel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joshy throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kofel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kofel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joshy throwing a counter right hand but Kofel manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Joshy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joshy looks to land a right hand but Kofel moved out of range.
Joshy misses with an uppercut.
Joshy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Joshy throws a lazy uppercut
and Kofel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Joshy lands a nice looking body shot.
Kofel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joshy misses with a series of wild punches.
A looping hook to the body misses from Joshy. Kofel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Joshy moves out of range of the leg kick from Kofel.
Joshy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kofel throws a front kick aimed at Joshy's knee but Joshy avoids it well.
It looked like Joshy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Joshy swings for the body but Kofel moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Kofel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A nice combination there by Joshy.
Joshy looks to land a right hand but Kofel moved out of range.
Joshy is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Kofel's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Joshy moves out of range as Kofel strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joshy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Joshy checks a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joshy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kofel misses with a hook
and Joshy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kofel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kofel lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kofel takes a swing at Joshy's ribcage but misses.
A big left from Joshy misses.
Kofel on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kofel takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A big right from Joshy misses.
Kofel misses with an uppercut. Joshy saw that one coming.
Kofel misses with a looping left.
Joshy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Joshy there as he acknowledges the shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Kofel.
Joshy connects with a nice looking jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kofel moves out of range as Joshy strikes.
Joshy takes a swing at Kofel's ribcage but misses.
Joshy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kofel flicks out a counter leg kick but Joshy steps away.
Kofel's corner calls for a 1-2. Kofel obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Joshy swings for the body but Kofel moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Joshy misses the target.
Joshy backing away here, and Kofel unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Kofel ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kofel is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Kofel scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kofel bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Joshy's head.
Joshy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Joshy misses with a wild body shot.
Joshy connects with the punch.
Joshy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Joshy swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Joshy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kofel.
Kofel misses with a hook
and Joshy counters with a straight right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Joshy. Kofel does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Kofel does it's job there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kofel misses with a lunging right hand
letting Joshy counter with a right hand.
Joshy throws a hook to the side of Kofel's head but Kofel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kofel swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Joshy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kofel.
Joshy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Joshy misses with a hook
and Kofel counters with a leg kick.
Kofel throws a good cross that connects.
Joshy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kofel counters with a stiff right hand.
Joshy misses the shot to the body.
A big right from Kofel misses.
Joshy lands the left hand.
Joshy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Joshy throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joshy throws a lazy right hand but Kofel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Joshy misses with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Xylon Kofel will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Good work by Joshy as he checks the leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kofel. Joshy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jab by Kofel.
Joshy throws a hook but Kofel blocks it.
A big right from Kofel misses.
Nice body punch from Joshy.
Kofel throws a jab but it's blocked by Joshy.
Kofel looks to score with a jab to the body but Joshy is just out of range.
Joshy throws a lazy right hand but Kofel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Xylon Kofel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Joshy misses with a hook.
Joshy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kofel.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kofel tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Joshy is able to avoid easily.
Kofel throws a wild body kick that Joshy sees coming a mile off.
Kofel thuds his right hand into Joshy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kofel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Joshy manages to avoid it.
Joshy misses with a hook to the body
and Kofel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Joshy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kofel finds it's way round the side to connect with Joshy's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joshy looks to score with a jab to the body but Kofel is just out of range.
Joshy slips under a jab.
Nice straight punches there by Joshy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Joshy.
A jab from Joshy finds it's way through Kofel's defenses.
Kofel tries to score with a low kick but Joshy moves his leg out of the way.
Joshy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kofel dodges the punch combination from Joshy.
Kofel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kofel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joshy misses with a combination
and Kofel counters with an outside leg kick.
Joshy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kofel is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kofel lands a nice looking body shot.
Kofel misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joshy throws a body shot but no joy.
Good leg kick by Kofel.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kofel finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nice jab there from Joshy.
Kofel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kofel connects with a looping right hand.
Kofel throws a jab when Joshy was well out of range.
Kofel on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Joshy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kofel thumps Joshy with a low kick.
Joshy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kofel manages to avoid it.
Kofel shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A jab lands there for Kofel.
A slow jab from Joshy misses its intended target.
Joshy missing with a left hand there. Kofel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Joshy checks a leg kick.
Joshy went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joshy throws out a loose jab but Kofel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joshy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A cross from Joshy lands.
Joshy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kofel fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Joshy takes a swing at Kofel's ribcage but misses.
Kofel flicks out a counter leg kick but Joshy steps away.
Joshy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kofel scoring well with a low kick there.
Joshy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kofel looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Joshy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Joshy throws a lazy right hand but Kofel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kofel turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Joshy checks a leg kick nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kofel missing with a left hand there. Joshy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Joshy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kofel throws out the jab.
Kofel throws a hook but Joshy avoids it easily.
Joshy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kofel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kofel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kofel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Joshy.
Kofel bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kofel finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Joshy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kofel.
Joshy throws a lazy uppercut
and Kofel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Joshy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joshy checks a low kick from Kofel.
Kofel connects with an inside leg kick.
Joshy throws a body shot but no joy.
Joshy takes one to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Xylon Kofel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Joshy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Joshy lands a nice looking body shot.
Kofel looks to land a left hand but Joshy moved out of range nicely.
Joshy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kofel manages to avoid it.
Kofel looks to land a right hand but Joshy moved out of range.
Joshy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kofel avoids the body shot from Joshy.
Kofel missing with a left hand there. Joshy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Joshy throws a jab when Kofel was well out of range.
Joshy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Joshy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Joshy throws a lazy right hand but Kofel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kofel scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joshy throws a hook to the side of Kofel's head but Kofel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kofel with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Joshy misses with an uppercut.
Joshy throws a body shot but no joy.
Joshy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kofel lunges at Joshy with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Joshy's hand.
Kofel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kofel fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Joshy drops his hands momentarily and Kofel takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kofel slips under a jab from Joshy.
Joshy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice defenses there by Joshy.
Joshy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kofel.
Kofel tries a quick counter leg kick but Joshy is wise to it.
Kofel fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Joshy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Joshy with a jab.
Kofel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
No joy there for Joshy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kofel moves out of range as Joshy strikes.
Kofel only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Joshy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Kofel with a nice cross.
Kofel misses with a low kick as Joshy jumps back.
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!
Joshy throws a right hand that misses
and Kofel counters with a low kick, right behind Joshy 's knee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joshy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kofel throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kofel misses with an uppercut.
A quick step to the side and Joshy tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kofel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joshy was well out of range. Poor timing from Kofel.
Joshy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kofel's head backwards.
Kofel staying out of range there.
Joshy connects with a single shot there.
A big left from Joshy misses.
Joshy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Kofel. Kofel obviously looking to wear him down.
That kick from Kofel tenderised Joshy's leg. Joshy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Joshy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kofel.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kofel. Joshy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Joshy swings for the body but Kofel moves out of range.
Kofel throws out a counter right but Joshy avoids it with no problem.
Kofel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kofel with a nice calf kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joshy throws a body punch but Kofel moves out of range.
Kofel's jab looks to have found its range, popping Joshy under the eye.
Kofel misses with an uppercut. Joshy saw that one coming.
A quick step to the side and Joshy tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kofel getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Joshy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kofel circles away quickly and effectively.
Kofel misses with a low kick.
Joshy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joshy ducks under a wild hook from Kofel.
An attempted straight right counter from Joshy misses the target.
Joshy lands with a straight right. Kofel didn't see that one coming.
A jab from Kofel misses.
Joshy looks to land a right hand but Kofel moved out of range.
Joshy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Joshy moves out of range of the leg kick from Kofel.
Joshy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kofel counters with a stiff right hand.
Joshy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kofel sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kofel throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kofel missing with a left hand there. Joshy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joshy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Joshy misses with an uppercut. Kofel saw that one coming.
Joshy throws out a loose jab but Kofel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kofel avoids the body shot from Joshy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kofel. Joshy does a little dance to reset his feet.
A nice combination there by Joshy.
A swing and a miss from Joshy.
Kofel lands a nice looking body shot.
Joshy misses with a series of wild punches.
Kofel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kofel comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bam Bam Joshy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kofel throws a good cross that connects.

And that's the end of the fight!
Xylon Kofel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kofel has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Xylon Kofel!
Our winner, Xylon Kofel, 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.