PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ross Koscheck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lionel Cascara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koscheck's entrance music is Til I Collapse By Eminem ft Nate Dog. A fine choice. On his way into the cage it seems that Ross Koscheck has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ross Koscheck seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Koscheck
vs
Cascara

184 cm
22
186 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

182 cm
29
177 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Determined

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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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ross Koscheck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lionel Cascara!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cascara is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cascara misses with a head kick.
Cascara wants to clinch up but Koscheck keeps it at a distance.
Koscheck throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cascara sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Koscheck connects with the punch.
Cascara uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Koscheck.
Cascara doesn't manage to clinch there - Koscheck circles away.
Some wild striking there from Cascara.
Koscheck takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nice jab there from Koscheck.

Cascara moves into the clinch successfully.
Cascara slows down the pace here.
The crowd are getting on Cascara's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Koscheck has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cascara avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Cascara on the inside.
Cascara landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cascara tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Koscheck avoids it.
Koscheck jumps guard but Cascara stands there with Koscheck around his waist. Koscheck gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Cascara missing with knees to the body.
Cascara trying to land knees to the body.
Cascara working aggressively here.
Koscheck can't find room to land a body shot as Cascara controls the action.
Cascara keeps control of Koscheck as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Koscheck tries to score a body lock takedown but Cascara shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ross Koscheck. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cascara tries a knee to the head but Koscheck blocks it.
Koscheck fails to pull guard.
Cascara looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cascara looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Koscheck on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cascara stalls.
Cascara looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Koscheck blocks an elbow strike.

Cascara gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Well, if Cascara is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Koscheck has his hands clasped together around Cascara's back. He's all about the action.
Cascara prevents Koscheck from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Koscheck is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cascara pulls his head out easily.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Cascara is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Cascara uses his free foot to push down on Koscheck's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Koscheck.
Koscheck keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Cascara working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Koscheck wants to hold on but Cascara pushes him away.
Cascara sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Cascara working Koscheck over with strikes here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cascara scoring with strikes but Koscheck is staying in there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cascara connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Koscheck manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Koscheck is looking for a sweep. Cascara is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Cascara is thwarting Koscheck's attempts to control the position.

Koscheck has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Cascara escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Cascara!
Koscheck manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cascara is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Koscheck!
Cascara wants to control the pace but Koscheck is squirming around nicely.
Cascara wants to control but Koscheck has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lionel Cascara dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Cascara changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Koscheck tries to avoid it but Cascara manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Koscheck to the ground. Koscheck escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Koscheck's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cascara under the eye.
Koscheck scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Koscheck fails to land with a series of punches.
Koscheck pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Koscheck avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cascara tries to clinch up but Koscheck circles away and keeps his distance.
Cascara steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Koscheck.
Koscheck lands a glancing blow to the side of Cascara's head.
Lionel Cascara is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Koscheck cracks a nice hook into Cascara's ribs.
Donk. Cascara catches Koscheck right on the button with a cross.
Koscheck scores with a nice strike.
Cascara is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Koscheck fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cascara misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cascara tries to close the distance and clinch but Koscheck swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Koscheck tries to keep at a distance but Cascara has taken the fight into the clinch.
Koscheck jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Cascara walks away with a smile on his face. Koscheck gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Koscheck slaps away a takedown attempt from Cascara, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Cascara tries to clinch but Koscheck is having none of it.
Cascara just misses with a punch to the body.
Cascara connects with a body shot.
A combination from Cascara does no damage.
Koscheck lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cascara circles away quickly and effectively.
Cascara uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Koscheck.
Koscheck moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cascara throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cascara tries to clinch there but Koscheck circles away.
Cascara wants to clinch.
Koscheck walks into a straight right hand from Cascara.
Koscheck lands a nice hook to Cascara's body. Cascara takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cascara changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cascara looks to throw the jab but Koscheck is out of range.
Koscheck looks to land a left hand but Cascara moved out of range nicely.
Koscheck lands a jab.
Koscheck lands with a nice body punch.
Cascara connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Koscheck scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cascara keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Koscheck.
Cascara falls off balance throwing a combination
and Koscheck counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cascara thinking.
Cascara throws a head kick but Koscheck moves out of range.
Cascara tries to close the distance and clinch but Koscheck swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cascara misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lionel Cascara seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A right-left combo lands from Koscheck.
Cascara's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Cascara duly obliges.
Koscheck shoots for a takedown but Cascara saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ross Koscheck. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cascara wants to clinch.
Cascara misses with a wild body shot.
Koscheck fails with a takedown attempt.
Ross Koscheck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cascara scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koscheck keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koscheck tries to bum rush Cascara with a series of wild strikes but Cascara uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Koscheck tries to pull guard but Cascara won't allow it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koscheck avoids the elbow strike from Cascara, against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Cascara throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Koscheck avoids a wild elbow strike from Cascara.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cascara.
Cascara stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lionel Cascara showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Cascara tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Koscheck paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Cascara gets a clinch.
Cascara lands with a short shot to the head.
Cascara lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cascara.
Koscheck fails to pull guard.
Cascara tries to land knees in the clinch but Koscheck avoids the damage to the body.
Cascara dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Cascara tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cascara throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cascara lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cascara misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Koscheck.
Koscheck jumps guard but Cascara turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Cascara gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Koscheck can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ross Koscheck. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Cascara's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cascara lands a nice shot to the body.
Koscheck staying out of range there.
Cascara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koscheck scores with a nice head shot.
Koscheck rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cascara moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Koscheck looks to land a right hand but Cascara moved out of range.
Cascara smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cascara blocks a jab.
Koscheck ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cascara fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cascara displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Koscheck.
Koscheck misses the jab.
Koscheck will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Koscheck ducks under a wild hook from Cascara.
Koscheck has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cascara.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cascara lands with a right hand.
Cascara tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Koscheck paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Koscheck, as that shot connected.
Cascara is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Koscheck.
Cascara throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cascara throws a head kick that half lands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Koscheck. Cascara does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cascara scores with a jab. Koscheck acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Koscheck keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cascara defending well as Koscheck loads up on a big left hand.
Koscheck fails to land with a series of punches.
Koscheck scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cascara keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.

Cascara instigates a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cascara.
Cascara missing with knees to the body.
Cascara with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cascara effectively controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cascara misses with a body punch.
Cascara crunches a lovely knee into Koscheck's ribcage.
Cascara gets through Koscheck's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lionel Cascara is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cascara is pushing Koscheck up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Cascara lands with a right to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cascara stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ross Koscheck has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cascara with an attempt at a knee that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lionel Cascara comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cascara has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lionel Cascara!
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