PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kalib Koscheck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lion Bear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Koscheck
vs
Bear

187 cm
22
195 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
22
197 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

[JMFC] 160!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kalib Koscheck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lion Bear!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Koscheck drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Bear tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Koscheck lands a couple of digs.
Bear wants to get back to his feet but Koscheck is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bear looking to hit a scissor sweep but Koscheck is one step ahead there.
Bear has control of Koscheck's left arm, preventing Koscheck from doing any damage.
Koscheck distracts Bear with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Bear wants to stand but Koscheck is controlling the position.
Koscheck tries to free his leg and advance position but Bear is retaining full guard.
Bear seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Bear is looking to stand up but Koscheck isn't so interested in that idea.
Bear is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Koscheck trying to control the position from guard on top but Bear is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bear wants to stand and escape but Koscheck is having none of it.
Koscheck thows a big elbow that misses.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Koscheck tries for a takedown but Bear sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bear slaps away a takedown attempt from Koscheck, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bear. That's going to slow Koscheck down.
Lion Bear is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice sprawl there from Bear as Koscheck shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kalib Koscheck. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Koscheck scores a takedown into full mount!
Bear's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Koscheck lands with some strikes.
Koscheck looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Koscheck fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Bear is looking to improve his position but Koscheck isn't that keen on the idea.
Koscheck cracks Bear with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Koscheck has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koscheck prevents Bear from getting the reversal.
Bear tries to hold on but Koscheck pushes him away.
Bear reaches up and holds on to Koscheck to control the position.
Koscheck landing punches.
BOOM! Koscheck connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bear is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Koscheck lands a big shot there that rocks Bear but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Bear is rocked!
Koscheck lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bear hang on?
Bear is still in real trouble! Can Koscheck finish him?
Bear is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Koscheck looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Bear covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kalib Koscheck!