PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hamza Kosen (ranked 3111 p4p, 2493 weight class) and Lil Jon Yeah (ranked 160 p4p, 120 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Kosen
vs
Yeah

225 cm
19
300
3 - 2 - 0

194 cm
20
198
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Good gas tank

Senshi Fight Gear

Senshi Fight Gear
Un-Kaged Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hamza Kosen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Lil Jon Yeah!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut lands for Kosen. That snapped Yeah's head back.
Hamza Kosen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kosen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yeah tries to clinch up but Kosen circles away and keeps his distance.
Kosen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Yeah appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Kosen blocks the leg kick.
Kosen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kosen misses with an uppercut. Yeah saw that one coming.
Kosen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yeah manages to avoid it.
Yeah checks the leg kick nicely there.
Yeah with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kosen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Yeah tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kosen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kosen tries for a takedown but Yeah sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yeah swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Kosen counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Kosen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yeah trying to control the position.
Kosen throws a strike but Yeah rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Yeah throws a big elbow that misses.
Kosen wants to sweep but no luck.
Kosen on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Kosen tries to get out of the position.

Kosen is looking for a triangle but Yeah pushes his legs off easily.
Yeah working some strikes from top position.
Yeah trying to control the position from guard on top but Kosen is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kosen has Yeah pulled in close to control his posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yeah stops Kosen from standing up.
Kosen wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Kosen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Yeah controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Yeah content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Yeah throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Kosen will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Kosen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Yeah throws an elbow that misses. Kosen uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Yeah's guard. Nice move by Kosen!

Yeah had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kosen defends it easily.
We've been hearing that Kosen has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Yeah looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kosen is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kosen throws a big elbow that misses.

Kosen avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Yeah escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Kosen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Kosen scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kosen throws a big right hand that misses.
Yeah avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kosen with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kosen connects with a couple of short punches.
Kosen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Yeah looking for a guillotine here but Kosen defends easily.
Kosen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kosen is looking to work some ground and pound but Yeah has wrist control.
Yeah has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kosen postures up in Yeah's guard and throws a big left but Yeah blocks it.
Kosen with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yeah looking for a sweep. Not yet Yeah, not yet.
Kosen is in close to Yeah's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kosen postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kosen stopping the sweep attempt from Yeah.
Kosen wants to control from the top but Yeah keeps moving.
Kosen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Yeah is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kosen throws a big elbow that misses.
Yeah is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We've been informed that Yeah has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.

Yeah is looking for a triangle but Kosen pushes his legs off easily.
Kosen trying to control the position from guard on top but Yeah is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kosen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Yeah is rocked!
Kosen landing some decent shots from guard.
Yeah is still in real trouble! Can Kosen finish him?
Kosen arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Yeah's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Hamza Kosen!