PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Newton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Konan Kosta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kosta has chosen Zorba The Greek as his entrance music. The key to victory for Chris Newton has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Newton
vs
Kosta

182 cm
25
262 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

194 cm
20
276 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Ganja's Warehouse

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Newton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Konan Kosta!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, William Gold and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Newton dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kosta. That did some damage!
Newton scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kosta in his tracks.
Newton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Newton looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Newton lands with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kosta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Newton lands a big right hand that sends Kosta crashing to the mat! Newton stays standing though and waves Kosta back to his feet!

It looks like Konan Kosta has been cut.
Chris Newton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Newton scoring well with a low kick there.
Newton stuns Kosta with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kosta looks winded!
Newton explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Newton jabs Kosta to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Newton.
Newton tries to clinch up.
Newton closes the distance looking to clinch

and Kosta counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Newton's guard now.
Newton might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
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!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Newton manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kosta manages to get himself to full guard.
Newton wants to stand but Kosta has a closed guard, so he can't escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newton wants to pass the guard but Kosta is keeping the position.
Newton would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Newton pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kosta is keeping the position for now.
Kosta tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Newton trying to control the position from guard on top but Kosta is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

We're going to have a standup here because Chris Newton wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Kosta avoids a punch combination nicely.
Newton wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Newton misses with a leg kick

and Kosta counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Kosta missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Kosta is trying to control. Newton wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Newton trying to hold on to Kosta's head to control him but Kosta postures up.

Kosta is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Newton doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Kosta.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kosta not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kosta with the ground and pound but Newton uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Kosta makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Kosta postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Newton is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Kosta, into his guard.
Kosta throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Newton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Konan Kosta's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Newton throws a nice inside leg kick.
Newton lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kosta throws a lazy head kick
and Newton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kosta swats away the attempt to clinch by Newton.
Kosta swats away the attempt to clinch by Newton.
Newton connects with a body shot.
Kosta checks the leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Newton connects with a nice looking jab.
Kosta motions for Newton to come forward. Kosta throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Newton thumps Kosta with a low kick.
Kosta is breathing heavily.
Newton throws a series of punches but Kosta avoids them all with ease.
Newton misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kosta on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Newton scores with a kick to the midsection.
A punch combination from Newton misses.
Newton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kosta can do to turn this around?
Newton lands a nice looking body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newton lands with a shot to the body.
Kosta steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Newton. That one must have hurt.
Kosta gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Newton scores with a leg kick.

Newton rushes Kosta and presses him up against the cage.
Newton trying to stall but Kosta improves his position.

Kosta lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Newton wants to improve his position but Kosta is controlling well.
Newton is trying to maintain the position but Kosta is very close to passing his half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kosta wants to work for an arm triangle but Newton is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Newton looking for submissions off his back.
Kosta has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Newton trying to control but Kosta postures up.
Kosta is looking to stall here but Newton recovers full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Kosta sitting in guard doing not very much at all here. Newton doesn't need a second invitation though! He's locked up a guillotine and he's squeezing tight! That is tiiiiiiiiight! Kosta paying the price for stalling here - he's pushing hard on the arm trying to free himself but it's no use! He's tapped! WOW, quick submission from Newton - great work!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Chris Newton!
An out of breath Chris Newton thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.