PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Faolin (ranked 885 p4p, 577 weight class) and Paulo Kogos (ranked 137 p4p, 90 weight class). Faolin's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, It Ain’t a Crime by House of Pain. Paulo Kogos has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Faolin
vs
Kogos

185 cm
26
215
12 - 6 - 0

188 cm
30
222
17 - 11 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Fantasy Threads

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 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Faolin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Kogos!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kogos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Faolin moves out of range as Kogos strikes.
Joey Faolin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kogos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kogos throws a body shot but no joy.
Faolin moves in looking to clinch but Kogos pushes him off.
Kogos tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Faolin throws a solid leg kick but Kogos takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Faolin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kogos keeps the fight on the outside.
Faolin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kogos.
Kogos shoots in for a takedown but Faolin shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Faolin misses with a hook.
Kogos misses with a lunging right hand
and Faolin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kogos thinking.
Faolin lands a two punch combo.
Faolin tries to clinch but Kogos moves out of range.
Kogos walks into a straight right hand from Faolin.
Faolin misses with an uppercut. Kogos saw that one coming.
As Faolin backs off Kogos throws a huge counter combo but Faolin manages to avoid it all.
Joey Faolin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kogos defending well as Faolin loads up on a big left hand.
Kogos changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Faolin avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faolin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kogos on the side of the head.
A left and a right from Faolin both land. Nice combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch combination from Faolin misses.

Faolin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Faolin blocks an uppercut.
Faolin pushes Kogos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kogos has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Faolin after a bit of a struggle.
Faolin definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Kogos - that landed with a thud.
Kogos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Faolin struggles to land a body shot inside as Kogos controls his hands.
Kogos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Kogos.
Faolin tries to throw a body punch but Kogos avoids it by throwing Faolin back against the cage.
Faolin tries to work over Kogos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Faolin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Faolin being controlled against the cage.
Kogos stalling the fight.
Kogos lands a shoulder strike.
Faolin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kogos's face.

It looks like Paulo Kogos has been cut.
Faolin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kogos blocks a body shot from Faolin.
Faolin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kogos misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faolin lands a nice uppercut.
Kogos wants a takedown but no success here.
Joey Faolin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paulo Kogos.
Faolin scores with a shot to the side of Kogos's head.
Faolin blocks a body shot from Kogos.
Kogos looking to slow down the pace here.
Faolin misses with a knee to the head.
Faolin tries a body shot but Kogos blocks it.
Faolin tries to work over Kogos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kogos scores with a shot to the side of Faolin's head.
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!
A nice left hand lands by Faolin.
Faolin misses with a punch to the body.
Kogos misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Kogos - that landed with a thud.
Faolin looking to throw knees to the head but Kogos is blocking nicely.
Faolin being controlled against the cage.
Kogos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Faolin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paulo Kogos's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Kogos works the jab nicely.
Faolin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kogos can do to turn this around?
Faolin avoids the body shot from Kogos.
Nice straight punches there by Kogos. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kogos.
Faolin swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Kogos to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice shot lands for Kogos.

Faolin is rocked!
Kogos cracks Faolin with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Paulo Kogos!
A pretty intense looking Paulo Kogos took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.