PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Caleb Cohen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sami Tetri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tetri has a pretty significant injury - he really shouldn't be fighting right now but he's a warrior and he's here none the less! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cohen
vs
Tetri

185 cm
20
180 lbs
3 - 5 - 0

168 cm
25
179 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Caleb Cohen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sami Tetri!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cohen scores with a three punch combo!
Tetri looks gassed!
Tetri defending well as Cohen loads up on a big left hand.
Cohen moves away from the strike by Tetri.
Tetri fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cohen manages to avoid it.
Cohen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tetri.
Cohen scores with a body shot.
Cohen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tetri circles away quickly and effectively.
Cohen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cohen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tetri.
Tetri slips a jab and a cross from Cohen.
Sami Tetri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cohen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cohen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cohen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cohen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tetri swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cohen counters with a two punch combo.
Cohen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cohen looks to land a combination. Tetri sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Some wild striking there from Cohen.
Cohen looks to land a combination but Tetri avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cohen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A combination from Cohen does no damage.
Cohen jabs at Tetri's body.
Cohen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Cohen misses with a few strikes there.
Cohen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tetri was well out of range. Poor timing from Cohen.
Cohen swinging wildly here.
Cohen jabs at Tetri's body.
Cohen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cohen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cohen throws a series of punches but Tetri avoids them all with ease.
A punch combination from Cohen misses.
No joy there for Cohen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A combination from Cohen does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cohen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cohen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cohen throws a series of punches but Tetri moves out of range.
Cohen misses with the combination.
Tetri dodges the punch combination from Cohen.
Cohen looks to land a combination. Tetri sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sloppy strikes from Cohen. Those never looked like landing.
Cohen tries to bum rush Tetri with a series of wild strikes but Tetri uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cohen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cohen moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
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!
Cohen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tetri moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cohen throws a nice looking combination but Tetri bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cohen throws a right and a left that Tetri avoids nicely.
Cohen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cohen is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tetri slips a jab and a cross from Cohen.
Cohen misses with a few strikes there.
Cohen misses with a few strikes there.
Tetri uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cohen.
Cohen misses with the combination.
Cohen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
No joy there for Cohen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cohen throws a right and a left that Tetri avoids nicely.
Cohen misses with a double jab.
Cohen looks to land a combination but Tetri avoids it well.
Cohen misses with a few strikes there.
Sloppy strikes from Cohen. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Cohen. Those never looked like landing.
A combination from Cohen does no damage.
Cohen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Cohen misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Cohen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cohen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tetri looks to score with a jab to the body but Cohen is just out of range.
Cohen throws a right and a left that Tetri avoids nicely.
Cohen throws a right hand that Tetri ducks under and follows up with a left that Tetri also avoids with ease.
Tetri keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cohen is looking to wear down Tetri with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cohen tries to bum rush Tetri with a series of wild strikes but Tetri uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Left hook, right uppercut from Cohen.
A combination from Cohen does no damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cohen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tetri.
Cohen fails to land with a series of punches.
Cohen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tetri circles away quickly and effectively.
Cohen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tetri circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caleb Cohen dominated that round.
That's time! Cohen's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Some wild striking there from Cohen.
Cohen moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tetri goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cohen scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cohen throws a nice looking combination but Tetri bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cohen throws a right and a left that Tetri avoids nicely.
Tetri on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cohen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tetri was well out of range. Poor timing from Cohen.
Cohen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Caleb Cohen is winning the standup battle so far.
Cohen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tetri circles away quickly and effectively.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cohen!
Tetri is breathing heavily.
Cohen swinging wildly here.
Cohen misses with the combination.
Tetri slips a jab and a cross from Cohen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cohen lands with a good body shot.
Tetri showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cohen.
Tetri takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tetri throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cohen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cohen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cohen misses with a few strikes there.
Cohen displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cohen misses with a double jab.
Cohen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Caleb Cohen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tetri takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
No joy there for Cohen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tetri showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cohen.
Cohen works Tetri's body with a nice hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cohen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cohen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cohen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cohen swings for the body but Tetri moves out of range.
Tetri slips a jab and a cross from Cohen.
Cohen misses with a few strikes there.
Cohen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tetri slips a jab and a cross from Cohen.
Cohen throws a one two combo.
Cohen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tetri looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cohen looks to land a combination. Tetri sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Cohen lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cohen.
Cohen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tetri avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cohen throws a nice looking combination but Tetri bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cohen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tetri slips a jab and a cross from Cohen.
Cohen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cohen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tetri manages to avoid it.
Cohen misses with a few strikes there.
Cohen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Cohen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cohen swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tetri slips a jab and a cross from Cohen.
Cohen throws a one two combo.
Cohen scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cohen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Cohen lands a two punch combo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Cohen. Those never looked like landing.
Cohen lands a two punch combo.
Cohen misses with a two punch combination.
Cohen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Cohen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cohen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cohen throws a right and a left that both miss.
A left and a right from Cohen both land. Nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
No joy there for Cohen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cohen fails to land with a series of punches.
Tetri on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Some wild striking there from Cohen.
Cohen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tetri circles away quickly and effectively.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Caleb Cohen dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Cohen throws a nice looking combination but Tetri bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cohen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No joy there for Cohen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cohen misses with a two punch combination.
Tetri showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cohen.
Tetri has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tetri swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cohen looks to land a combination but Tetri avoids it well.
Cohen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tetri can do to turn this around?
Cohen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cohen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cohen throws a right hand that Tetri ducks under and follows up with a left that Tetri also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cohen ducks under a wild hook from Tetri.
A punch combination from Cohen misses.
Cohen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cohen jabs Tetri to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tetri takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cohen misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cohen moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tetri showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cohen.
Cohen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cohen lands a two punch combo.
Tetri throws a hook but Cohen blocks it.
Tetri slips a jab and a cross from Cohen.
Cohen jabs Tetri to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cohen lands a nice hook to Tetri's body. Tetri takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tetri dodges the punch combination from Cohen.
Cohen misses with a wild combination.
Cohen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tetri stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cohen misses with the combination.
Cohen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tetri moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cohen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cohen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tetri.
Cohen throws a nice looking combination but Tetri bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cohen stuns Tetri with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cohen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cohen misses with a double jab.
Cohen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cohen lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Cohen cracks a nice hook into Tetri's ribs.
Cohen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tetri dodges the punch combination from Cohen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cohen lands with a nice body punch.
Cohen misses with a few strikes there.
Cohen scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Cohen throws a right hand that Tetri ducks under and follows up with a left that Tetri also avoids with ease.
Cohen misses with a series of wild punches.
Cohen misses with the combination.
Cohen scores with a jab to the body.
Cohen scores with a three punch combo!
Sloppy strikes from Cohen. Those never looked like landing.
Cohen throws a right hand that Tetri ducks under and follows up with a left that Tetri also avoids with ease.
Tetri waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cohen.
Cohen lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cohen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cohen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cohen tries to bum rush Tetri with a series of wild strikes but Tetri uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cohen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cohen misses with the combination.
Cohen misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Cohen misses.
Cohen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cohen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cohen scores with a one two! Tetri had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Cohen fails to land with a series of punches.
Cohen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tetri moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sami Tetri has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Caleb Cohen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cohen misses with a jab, cross combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Caleb Cohen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cohen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:25
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:25
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Caleb Cohen!