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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kosh Joscheck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JD Mckenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). JD Mckenzie will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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175 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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171 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kosh Joscheck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, JD Mckenzie!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mckenzie throws a head kick but Joscheck moves out of range.
Mckenzie looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Joscheck dodges the punch combination from Mckenzie.
Mckenzie has closed the distance and engaged Joscheck in a clinch.
Joscheck can't get the takedown.
Joscheck goes for a takedown attempt but Mckenzie pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Mckenzie shoots for a double leg takedown but Joscheck sprawls well. He's pushed Mckenzie's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Mckenzie tries to clinch up.
Joscheck bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Joscheck grinds an elbow into Mckenzie's temple.
Mckenzie prevents Joscheck from moving into mount.
Joscheck lands a few punches from side control.
Joscheck scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Mckenzie to see if he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joscheck lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mckenzie down.
Mckenzie takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Mckenzie takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Joscheck scoring with punches and elbows.
Joscheck creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Joscheck lands a few punches from side control.
Joscheck scores with a couple of short elbows.
Mckenzie taking punishment in the form of punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
You can see the frustration on Mckenzie's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mckenzie is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Mckenzie is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Joscheck scoring with punches and elbows.
Joscheck in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joscheck working the head with strikes.
Joscheck scoring with punches from side control.
Mckenzie is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Joscheck scoring with punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Joscheck lands some shots froms side control.
Mckenzie on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Mckenzie on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Joscheck lands some shots froms side control.
Joscheck working the head with strikes.
Joscheck in side control lands a decent elbow.
Mckenzie is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Joscheck off and has taken his back!
Mckenzie is persistently looking for the submission but Joscheck is defending it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joscheck manages to reverse the position and now he's in Mckenzie's guard. Nice work there by Joscheck.
Mckenzie controls Joscheck momentarily but Joscheck frees himself.
Joscheck landing with the ground and pound.
Joscheck postures up in Mckenzie's guard and throws a big left but Mckenzie blocks it.
Joscheck is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Joscheck in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Joscheck trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mckenzie is trying to keep Joscheck in close.
Joscheck content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mckenzie tries to bum rush Joscheck with a series of wild strikes but Joscheck uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mckenzie with a lazy takedown attempt
and Joscheck counters with a single leg into guard. Mckenzie didn't expect that.
Joscheck cracks Mckenzie with a solid left hand.
Joscheck might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Joscheck working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Mckenzie's head.
Mckenzie is trying to control the position but Joscheck postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mckenzie is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Joscheck landing some decent shots from guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kosh Joscheck dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Joscheck circles away from the clinch attempt
and Joscheck counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Mckenzie is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Joscheck scores with a couple of nice shots.
Joscheck is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Joscheck 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.
Joscheck lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Joscheck prevents Mckenzie from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joscheck looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Joscheck lands a nice short elbow.
Mckenzie on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Kosh Joscheck overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Joscheck is pressing down on Mckenzie's thigh, looking to free his foot. Mckenzie is holding on for now.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Joscheck lands a nice short elbow.
Mckenzie wants to get back to full guard.
Joscheck lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Mckenzie wants to control but Joscheck is keeping busy.
Mckenzie avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Joscheck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Joscheck trying to advance position but Mckenzie counters by regaining guard.
Mckenzie manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Joscheck manages to get himself to full guard.
Mckenzie wanted to stand there but Joscheck had control of the position.
Joscheck pushes Mckenzie off and gets back to his feet.
Mckenzie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joscheck looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Mckenzie!
Mckenzie is wriggling around trying to escape.
Joscheck cracks Mckenzie with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Mckenzie really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Joscheck in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
BOOM! Joscheck connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Joscheck landing strikes, looking to finish!
Joscheck looking to finish Mckenzie with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mckenzie!
Joscheck punishing his opponent with strikes.
Mckenzie is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joscheck is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Mckenzie wants to control but Joscheck is having none of it.
Joscheck lands a nice shot to the head.
Joscheck goes for an armbar but Mckenzie turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Mckenzie.
Mckenzie preventing the sweep.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Joscheck is on top in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kosh Joscheck dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Mckenzie tries to land a front kick but Joscheck steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Horrible takedown by Joscheck or perhaps it was just good defense by Mckenzie which made him look bad.
Joscheck scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Joscheck slips a nice elbow through Mckenzie's hands, connecting with Mckenzie's forehead.
Joscheck working Mckenzie over with strikes.
Joscheck looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mckenzie with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Joscheck sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mckenzie defending well though.
Mckenzie has hold of Joscheck's hands but Joscheck slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Joscheck thows a huge punch but Mckenzie dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joscheck thows a huge punch but Mckenzie dodges it nicely.
Mckenzie gets back to full guard.
Mckenzie trying to control the position.
Joscheck is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Joscheck working some strikes from top position.
Joscheck is in close to Mckenzie's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Joscheck is working Mckenzie over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Joscheck avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Joscheck has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Joscheck postures up.
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.
Joscheck postures up and lands a big shot to Mckenzie's brow.
Joscheck throwing strikes but missing.
Mckenzie is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Mckenzie has momentary wrist control but Joscheck slips an elbow through the middle.
Mckenzie trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Mckenzie controls Joscheck momentarily but Joscheck frees himself.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mckenzie is looking to clinch but Joscheck is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Mckenzie.
Mckenzie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Joscheck.
Joscheck with a lazy takedown attempt
so Mckenzie counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Joscheck preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Joscheck pushes Mckenzie off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Mckenzie wants to clinch up but Joscheck keeps it at a distance.
Mckenzie with a poor takedown
and Joscheck counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Mckenzie trying to control here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joscheck is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mckenzie is looking to control Joscheck's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mckenzie avoid being mounted?
Joscheck lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mckenzie trying to control but Joscheck postures up.
JD Mckenzie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joscheck 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.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kosh Joscheck showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Joscheck, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kosh Joscheck!
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energy
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RATING
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