PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Josh Cogliano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marco Santos will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Cogliano
vs
Santos

187 cm
21
170 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

190 cm
18
169 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

Team S.W.A.T.

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Josh Cogliano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marco Santos!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos tries to clinch but Cogliano moves out of range.

Santos pushes Cogliano up against the cage in a clinch.

Cogliano lands a takedown into guard.
Santos is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Santos working for a triangle but Cogliano defends it easily.
Santos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cogliano is one step ahead there.
Santos is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Santos strikes from his own guard.
Santos is trying to keep Cogliano in close.
Santos wants to stand up but Cogliano is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Santos controls Cogliano momentarily but Cogliano frees himself.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Cogliano keeps the fight on the outside.
Santos tries to clinch up.

Cogliano darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Cogliano wants to stand but Santos has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Cogliano is breathing heavily.

Cogliano is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Santos tries to kick Cogliano off but Cogliano keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos wants to improve his position but Cogliano is controlling well.
Santos is looking to escape.
Santos flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Santos misses with some strikes from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch but Cogliano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Cogliano counters with a single leg into guard. Santos didn't expect that.
Santos controls Cogliano momentarily but Cogliano frees himself.
Santos is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cogliano postures up.
Cogliano passes into half guard.

Santos is defending against the submission attempts here by Cogliano.
Santos wants to control but Cogliano is keeping busy.
The fighters are battling for position here. Santos manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

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.

Santos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Cogliano postures up.

Cogliano decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Cogliano will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cogliano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Santos.
Santos tries to clinch but Cogliano moves away

and Cogliano counters by moving into the clinch.
Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Cogliano manages to break the clinch.
Santos tries to clinch up but Cogliano circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Cogliano 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.

Santos wants to clinch but Cogliano slips to the side

and Cogliano counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Cogliano.
Santos lands a knee to the head.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Santos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cogliano lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Santos with a knee to the head.
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cogliano blocks it with crossed arms.

Cogliano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Santos tries to clinch
and Cogliano counters with a head kick.
Santos wants to clinch

so Cogliano counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Santos doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Cogliano wants to stand but Santos has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Santos working a defensive guard here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cogliano passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos is trying to get back to his feet.

Cogliano is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Santos has escaped the position, nice work there.
Cogliano trying to control the action but Santos is working from the bottom.

Cogliano tries for a kimura but Santos is defending well.
Santos is trying to control Cogliano's posture but Cogliano avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Santos manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Santos is looking to take a break and control but Cogliano is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Santos drops an elbow to the side of Cogliano's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Santos is working for a submission of some sort.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Santos changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cogliano looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cogliano manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Santos is looking to improve his position.
Santos scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Cogliano manages to mount him!
Cogliano looking to control but Santos is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Cogliano goes for an armbar but Santos turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Santos.

Santos stands up and waves to Cogliano to follow him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cogliano plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Santos closes the distance but Cogliano moves to the side

and Cogliano counters with a single leg into guard. Santos didn't expect that.
Santos wants to stand but Cogliano is controlling the position.

Cogliano gets to his feet - Santos follows without any prompting.
Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cogliano avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Cogliano shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
You get the feeling that Santos really doesn't like being in this position too much.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Cogliano dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Santos tries to clinch

and Cogliano counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Santos's guard now.
Santos is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cogliano wanted to stand there but Santos had control of the position.
Cogliano wants to control from the top but Santos keeps moving.
Santos trying to control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cogliano tries to stand but Santos is controlling from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cogliano postures up.
Santos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cogliano is controlling him.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.

Cogliano instigates a clinch.
Santos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Santos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Santos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Santos landing knees to the head.
Cogliano tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Santos just stands there and leans against the cage.
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cogliano blocks it with crossed arms.
Santos tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Santos lands a nice uppercut.
Santos scores with a knee to the head.
Santos connects with a knee to the head.
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cogliano blocks it with crossed arms.
Santos tries to stall but Cogliano uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cogliano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Santos blocks it with crossed arms.
Cogliano tries to pull guard but Santos won't allow it.

Santos pulls guard effortlessly.

Cogliano gets to his feet. Santos looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Santos swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Cogliano counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Santos's guard now.
Cogliano trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Cogliano works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Josh Cogliano overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cogliano is thwarting Santos's attempts to control the position.
Cogliano moves nicely into side control.
You can see the frustration on Santos's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos is trying to get back to half guard.

Cogliano decides to stand back up. Cogliano steps back and let's Santos get back to his feet.
Santos with a poor takedown

so Cogliano counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Cogliano trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cogliano won't allow Santos to sweep him here.
Cogliano controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Cogliano looking to sit in guard and control but Santos gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Cogliano wants to get back to his feet but Santos is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cogliano tries to strike from the bottom.
Santos working some strikes from top position.
Santos postures up.
Cogliano is really struggling to control Santos but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Cogliano looking to hit a scissor sweep but Santos is one step ahead there.
Cogliano is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Josh Cogliano showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cogliano 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Josh Cogliano!