PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harry Potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ok Ko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ok Ko was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Potter
vs
Ko

186 cm
19
174 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
28
180 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Harry Potter!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ok Ko!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potter has his takedown stuffed
and Ko counters with a solid body kick.
Potter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Potter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Potter with a jab.
Potter throws a right hand that Ko ducks under and follows up with a left that Ko also avoids with ease.

Ko clinches up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ko.
Potter wants a takedown.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ko.
Potter being controlled against the cage.
Potter working aggressively here.
Potter is working for takedown but Ko is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Potter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ko working Potter over with knees to the body.
Potter is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ko is pushing Potter up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ko gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Potter.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ko lands a knee to the body.
Ko connects with a knee to the head.
Ko stalls.
Ko landing knees to the body.
Ko working Potter over with knees to the body.
Ko landing knees to the body.
Ko utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ko utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ko leaning against his opponent.
Potter trying to stall but Ko improves his position.
Ko scores with a knee to the head.

Ko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ok Ko is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Ko closes the distance and clinches.
Ko working Potter over with knees to the body.
Ko is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ko utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ko crunches a lovely knee into Potter's ribcage.
Ko lands a nice knee to the body.
Potter takes a knee to the side of the body.
Potter takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ko lands a good knee to the midsection. Potter won't want to take too many of those.
Ko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ko with a knee to the head.
Potter being controlled against the cage.
Potter taking a breather.
Ko content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ko lands a nice knee to the body.
Ko stalling.
Nice body punch from Potter.
Ko connects with a knee to the head.
Ko lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Potter or not.
Potter goes for a takedown attempt but Ko pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Potter misses.
Potter has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ko.
Ko looks to clinch

and Potter counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ko gets back to full guard.
Ko wants to sweep but no luck.
Ko is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Potter is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ko utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ko 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.
Ko managing to control the position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Ok Ko was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Potter throws a lazy uppercut

and Ko counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ko.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Potter has a couple of punches blocked by Ko.
Ko just leaning against Potter, taking a breather.
Potter tries to break the clinch but Ko is controlling the position.
Ko controlling the action here for a moment.
Potter misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ok Ko dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Potter throws a combination that misses
and Ko makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ko connects with a solid leg kick.
Ko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Potter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Potter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Potter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Potter.
Ko plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Ko darts in and clinches Potter up against the cage.
Ko landing knees to the head.
Potter pushes Ko back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Potter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Ko.
Ko is stalling here.
Potter scores with a hook to the body.
Potter stalling in the clinch but Ko improves position.
Ko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ko obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ko lands a knee to the body.
Ko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ko lands a good knee to the midsection. Potter won't want to take too many of those.
Potter letting Ko take a breather here.
Ko lands a good knee to the midsection. Potter won't want to take too many of those.

Ko breaks from the clinch.
Ko tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ko has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Ko slips a jab and a cross from Potter.
Ko tries to clinch there but Potter circles away.
A head kick misses from Ko.
Ko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Potter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick from Ko lands but Potter takes it in his stride.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ko.
Potter circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Potter fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ko tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Potter counters with a straight right hand.
Ko throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ko keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Potter throws a hook but Ko avoids it easily.
Potter misses with a double jab
and Ko counters with a nice leg kick.

Ko closes the distance and clinches.
Ko lands a nice knee to the body.
Ko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ko lands a knee to the head.
Ko stalling in the clinch.
Potter misses with a body punch.
Ko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ko digs a right hand into Potter's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Potter's gas tank.
Nice body punch from Ko - that landed with a thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ko scores a nice knee to the body.
Ko with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Ko.
Ko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Potter misses with the head strike.
Ko lands a knee to the head.
Potter is trying to break the clinch but Ko is controlling him.
Ok Ko seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Potter is looking to break free of the clinch but Ko has double underhooks.
Ko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ko stalls.
Ko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ko scores with a knee to the head.
Potter takes a knee right on the jaw!
Potter drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ko gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Potter takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ko scores a nice knee to the body.
Potter wants to get back to striking at distance but Ko won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ko has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ko breaks from the clinch.
Potter lands an overhand right.

Ko pushes Potter up against the cage in a clinch.
Potter wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Potter breaks the clinch.

Ko clinches up against the cage.
Potter tries to score a body lock takedown but Ko shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Potter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Potter misses with a hook from the clinch.
A knee to the head by Ko.
Ko controlling the action here for a moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Potter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ko working Potter over with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Ko as the two fighters clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ok Ko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ko thumps Potter with a low kick.
Ko throws a nice outside leg kick.
A big left from Potter misses.
Potter keeps the fight on the outside.
Potter falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ko counters with a thumping low kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ko.
Ko wants to clinch up but Potter keeps it at a distance.
Potter swinging wildly here.
Ko throws a head kick that misses.
Ko tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Potter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ko misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ko pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Potter.
Ko takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

Ko closes the distance and pushes Potter back into the cage.
Ko has Potter pressed against the cage.
Ko presses Potter against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Potter tries to work over Ko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Ko breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Potter moves out of range of the leg kick from Ko.
Potter throws out a loose jab but Ko uses good head movement to avoid it.

Ko moves into the clinch successfully.
Ko leaning against his opponent.
Ko lands a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Potter wants to break free but Ko has control.
Ko is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Potter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ko's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Potter's face.
Potter swings wildly with an uppercut but Ko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ko obliges.
Ko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Potter's face.
Potter is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ko misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Potter.
Ko scores with a knee to the head.
Potter lands a nice uppercut.
Potter avoiding damage as Ko throws knees to the body.
Potter can't get the takedown.
A knee to the head by Ko.
Ko using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Potter throws a punch but it's blocked by Ko.
Ko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Potter in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Potter is trying to force a seperation but Ko has the dominant position.
Ko landing knees to the head.
Ko missing with knees to the body.
Potter goes for a takedown attempt but Ko pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ko tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter misses with a looping right.
Nice body kick there by Ko.
Ko throws a head kick that Potter semi-blocks.
Ko misses with a low kick.
Potter throws the left hand but Ko avoids the punch easily.
Potter shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Ko sprawls well. Ko wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Potter gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Potter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ko dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Potter. That did some damage!
Ko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Potter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Potter tries to bum rush Ko with a series of wild strikes but Ko uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Potter circles away from the clinch attempt.

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.

Ko gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ko connects with a knee to the head.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ko looking to slow down the pace here.
Potter wants a takedown.
Ko landing knees to the body.
Potter misses with the head strike.
Potter takes a knee to the side of the body.
Potter misses with a punch to the body.
Potter cracks Ko with a nice body shot.
Ko holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Ko connects with a knee to the head.
Ko has Potter pressed against the cage, preventing Potter from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ko holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Potter working aggressively here.

Potter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Ko. Potter shrugs it off though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ok Ko really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Ko throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Potter ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Potter throws a series of punches but Ko avoids them all with ease.
Potter looks to land a left hand but Ko moved out of range nicely.
Potter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ko can pounce on him.
Nice shot by Potter.
Potter shoots in for a takedown but Ko shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Ko forces Potter back against the cage and clinches.

Ko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Potter takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Potter rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ko moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Potter throws a right hand that misses
and Ko counters with a nice low kick that buckles Potter's knee momentarily.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Ko connects with a high kick.
Ok Ko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Potter takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ko cracks the inside of Potter's front leg.
Ko turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Potter misses the jab.
Potter tries for a takedown but Ko sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ko chopping away at his opponent's legs.

Ko clinches up against the cage.
Ko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Potter's face.
Ko lands a nice knee to the body.
Come on Ko - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Potter is trying to stall.
Knees to the body from Ko.
Ko lands a knee to the body.
Potter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ko is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Ko content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Potters head.
Ko with a knee to the head.
Potter swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ko will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Potter up against the cage.
Ko lands a knee to the head.
Potter looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Potter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Potter can't get the takedown.
Ko stalling in the clinch.
Ko connects with a nasty looking knee right to Potter's face.
Potter has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Potter throws a punch but it's blocked by Ko.
Potter can't find room to land a body shot as Ko controls the action.
Ko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ko manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Potter lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ko backwards.
Potter wants a takedown.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potter takes a knee to the side of the body.
Potter drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ko pulls his leg out and moves away.

Ko closes the distance and pushes Potter back into the cage.

Ko breaks the clinch.
Ko looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ko tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Potter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Potter misses with a wild body shot.
Ko avoids the body shot from Potter.
Ko throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Ko connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Potter throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ko counters with a leg kick.
Ko throws a head kick but Potter moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ko avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Potter swings widly with a right hand

and Ko moves into the clinch.
Ko tries a knee to the head but Potter blocks it.
Ko missing with knees to the body.
Potter managing to block the knees to the body from Ko.
Potter tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ko's elbow.
Ko tries to land a knee to the head but Potter blocks with his arms.
Potter goes for a takedown attempt but Ko pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Potter will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ok Ko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Potter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Potter throws a right hand that misses

and Ko counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ko.

Ko breaks the clinch.

Ko closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ko utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ok Ko dominated that fourth round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Potter scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ko doesn't seem bothered though.
Potter shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ko ducks under a wild hook from Potter.
Potter throws a lazy right hand but Ko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A head kick misses from Ko.
Potter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ko.
Ko throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Potter.
Ko throws a nice head kick!
A solid leg kick lands there for Ko.

Ko rushes Potter and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Potter tries to break free but Ko pushes him back against the cage.
Potter tries to break free but Ko pushes him back against the cage.
Ko is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ko lands a nice knee to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potter lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Knees to the body from Ko.
Potter being controlled against the cage.
Ko landing knees to the body.
Ko scores with a knee to the head.
Ko scores with a knee to the head.
Potter is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Potter throws a head punch that misses.
Ko content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Potter misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ko tries to land knees in the clinch but Potter avoids the damage to the body.
Potter trying to control the position but instead, Ko has worked for underhooks and has pushed Potter into the cage.
Potter seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Ko is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Potter throws a head punch that misses.
Potter working hard to break the clinch.
Ko will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Potter up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Ko.
Good body shot from Potter.
Potter goes for a takedown attempt but Ko pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ko goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ko, right into the meat.
Potter takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Ko fails in his attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Potter. Ko does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ko tries to clinch but Potter moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Potter. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Potter.
Potter misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ko.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ko throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Potter.
Ko is looking to clinch.
Potter has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ko.
Ko tries to close the distance and clinch up but Potter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Potter takes a swing at Ko's ribcage but misses.
Ko lands a high kick!
Potter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ko lands a nice leg kick that just misses Potter's sensitive parts.
Ko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Potter swings widly with a right hand

and Ko moves into the clinch.
Potter is working for takedown but Ko is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Harry Potter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Potter working aggressively here.
Ko is looking to control Potter's arms but Potter gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ko has his back to the cage.
Ko displaying some good clinch control by pressing Potter up against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Potter is leaning against Ko and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ko with a knee to the head.
Ko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Ko avoiding damage.
Potter tries to throw a body punch but Ko avoids it by throwing Potter back against the cage.
Potter tries to circle away but Ko has him pinned against the cage.
Ko stalling in the clinch.
Ko crunches a lovely knee into Potter's ribcage.
Potter lands a hook to the side of the head.
Potter lands a body punch.
Potter content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ko blocking some punches.
Ok Ko is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Potter can't get the takedown.
Ko landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Potter drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ok Ko comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Ko winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 45:50
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 45:50
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 45:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ok Ko!
Ok Ko is the new welterweight champion!

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