PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Antunes Coimbra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yokozuma The Giant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Antunes Coimbra
vs
The Giant

179 cm
22
275 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

225 cm
18
300 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Dangerous knees
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Arthur Antunes Coimbra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Yokozuma The Giant!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Giant shoots in for a double leg but Coimbra sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Coimbra tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Giant shoots in for a double leg but Coimbra sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Coimbra rushes The Giant and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Coimbra with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

It looks like Yokozuma The Giant has been cut.
Coimbra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Coimbra landing knees to the head.
Coimbra lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Giant looks gassed!
The Giant takes a knee to the side of the body.
Coimbra connects with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coimbra connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Giant's face.
Coimbra lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Coimbra lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Coimbra working The Giant over with knees to the body.
Coimbra working The Giant over with knees to the body.
Coimbra lands a knee to the body.
The Giant takes a knee to the side of the body.
Coimbra crunches a lovely knee into The Giant's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Coimbra obliges.
Coimbra lands an elbow that stopped The Giant in his tracks for a moment.
Coimbra with a knee to the head.
Coimbra crunches a lovely knee into The Giant's ribcage.
Coimbra using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Coimbra working The Giant over with knees to the body.
Coimbra unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Coimbra working The Giant over with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coimbra crunches a lovely knee into The Giant's ribcage.
The Giant tries to score a body lock takedown but Coimbra shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Arthur Antunes Coimbra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yokozuma The Giant.
Coimbra lands a good knee to the midsection. The Giant won't want to take too many of those.
The Giant takes an elbow to the forehead.
Coimbra is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. The Giant is defending well for now.
Knees to the body from Coimbra.
The Giant is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Coimbra pulls him back up using the underhooks.
The Giant is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Coimbra landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Coimbra using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Giant has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Giant is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Coimbra pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Coimbra tries a knee to the head but The Giant blocks it.
Coimbra lands a damaging elbow.
Coimbra tries to land a knee to the head but The Giant blocks with his arms.
The Giant tries for a takedown. No joy.
Coimbra putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has The Giant in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Coimbra.
Coimbra creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Giant's defenses.
The Giant drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Coimbra gets the underhooks and prevents it.
The Giant tries to score a body lock takedown but Coimbra shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The Giant looking for a takedown.
Knees to the body from Coimbra.
The Giant goes for a takedown in the clinch but Coimbra prevents it.
Coimbra unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Giant lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Giant looking for a takedown.
Coimbra utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Coimbra.
The Giant is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Coimbra pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Knees to the body from Coimbra.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Coimbra obliges.
The Giant wants a takedown.
Coimbra lands an elbow just above The Giant 's eye.
The Giant wants a takedown.
The Giant wants a takedown.
Coimbra gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The Giant changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Coimbra fights it off and pushes away nicely.
The Giant shoots in for a takedown but Coimbra shows good takedown defense.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coimbra tries to clinch there but The Giant circles away.
The Giant circles away from the clinch attempt.

The Giant is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Coimbra's half guard.
The Giant takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Coimbra looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Coimbra wants to improve his position but The Giant is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Giant is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Giant winds up and cracks Coimbra with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Coimbra taking some punishment here, with The Giant in his half guard.
Coimbra is trying to defend against the ground and pound but The Giant scores with a couple of nice shots.
Nice strikes from The Giant there.
Coimbra is trying to defend against the ground and pound but The Giant scores with a couple of nice shots.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Giant lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The Giant working over Coimbra with some ground and pound. Coimbra looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The Giant is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The Giant looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
The Giant looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Coimbra with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Coimbra could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. The Giant connects with a nice short shot to Coimbra's temple.
Coimbra is trying to defend against the ground and pound but The Giant scores with a couple of nice shots.
Coimbra is trying to defend against the ground and pound but The Giant scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ground and pound from The Giant.
The Giant scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Coimbra has hold of The Giant's hands but The Giant slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The Giant winds up and cracks Coimbra with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Coimbra taking some punishment here, with The Giant in his half guard.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
The Giant lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The Giant seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Coimbra has hold of The Giant's hands but The Giant slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Coimbra on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The Giant looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The Giant working the head and body with strikes.
Coimbra taking some punishment here, with The Giant in his half guard.
The Giant has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Coimbra has hold of The Giant's hands but The Giant slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Coimbra might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Coimbra on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Coimbra on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The Giant throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Coimbra is looking to improve his position.
The Giant is nestled in close to Coimbra, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The Giant winds up and cracks Coimbra with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The Giant landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The Giant working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The Giant scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Coimbra knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for The Giant on the ground.
The Giant winds up and cracks Coimbra with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The Giant sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Coimbra defending well though.
The Giant working Coimbra over with strikes.
The Giant not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. The Giant lands a nice short elbow.
The Giant drops an elbow to the side of Coimbra's head.
Coimbra tries to kick The Giant off but The Giant keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. The Giant lands a nice short elbow.
The Giant landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The Giant takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The Giant looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Coimbra with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The Giant lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The Giant lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The Giant lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Giant thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Coimbra's head.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Yokozuma The Giant.
I think The Giant has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 9:10
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 9:10
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yokozuma The Giant!