PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ignacio Kocherlakota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Jellyroll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jellyroll has chosen The Ecstasy of Gold as his entrance music. Ignacio Kocherlakota has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kocherlakota
vs
Jellyroll

200 cm
22
210 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

182 cm
24
205 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ignacio Kocherlakota!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Simon Jellyroll!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Dean Styles and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jellyroll misses with a lunging right hand
and Kocherlakota counters with a two punch combo.
Jellyroll waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kocherlakota.
Kocherlakota throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fighters circle momentarily. Kocherlakota darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jellyroll misses with a looping right.
Kocherlakota swinging wildly here.
Kocherlakota swinging wildly here.
Kocherlakota fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jellyroll takes a swing at Kocherlakota's ribcage but misses.
Kocherlakota uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jellyroll.
Jellyroll misses with a left hand
and Kocherlakota counters with a one-two to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jellyroll slips a jab and a cross from Kocherlakota.
Kocherlakota keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jellyroll jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jellyroll. Kocherlakota does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ignacio Kocherlakota is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jellyroll slips a jab and a cross from Kocherlakota.
Jellyroll shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kocherlakota as he jumps to the side.
Jellyroll misses with a left hand
and Kocherlakota counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jellyroll thinking.
Kocherlakota throws a series of punches but Jellyroll moves out of range.
Jellyroll misses with a right hand
and Kocherlakota counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kocherlakota shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jellyroll eats them both and turns towards Kocherlakota to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Simon Jellyroll has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jellyroll throws a looping overhand right but Kocherlakota ducks down to avoid it.
Jellyroll swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kocherlakota connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jellyroll dodges the punch combination from Kocherlakota.
Nice jab there from Kocherlakota.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jellyroll throws a jab when Kocherlakota was well out of range.
A shot to the body from Jellyroll misses
and Kocherlakota counters with a nice body shot.
Jellyroll throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kocherlakota counters with a left to the body.
Kocherlakota throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kocherlakota throws a series of punches but Jellyroll avoids them all with ease.
Jellyroll misses with an uppercut
and Kocherlakota counters with a one-two to the body.
Jellyroll scores with a body shot.
Jellyroll misses with an uppercut
and Kocherlakota counters with a nice uppercut.
Jellyroll swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jellyroll throws a hook but Kocherlakota avoids it easily.
Kocherlakota keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kocherlakota goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Jellyroll misses the target.
Kocherlakota steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jellyroll.
Jellyroll misses with a straight right.
Kocherlakota with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jellyroll to score with a decent uppercut.
Jellyroll misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kocherlakota.
Jellyroll throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jellyroll misses with a left hand
and Kocherlakota counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Kocherlakota lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Decent striking displayed by Kocherlakota there.

Jellyroll is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jellyroll throws an off balance right hand
and Kocherlakota counters with a straight that turns Jellyroll's legs to rubber! Kocherlakota pushes forward with more strikes and Jellyroll goes down, battered and bloody! That's a wrap folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ignacio Kocherlakota!
A relieved looking Ignacio Kocherlakota thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.