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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Glen Gorman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Kocur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Gorman might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pinned Down. Kocur has chosen Head Crusher - Megadeth as his entrance music. Joey Kocur has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Glen Gorman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joey Kocur!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kocur misses with a low kick.
Gorman ducks under a wild hook from Kocur.
Gorman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gorman dips to his left and cracks Kocur with an uppercut!
Kocur missing with a left hand there. Gorman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gorman is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Kocur.
Gorman scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kocur in his tracks.
We've been informed that Kocur has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Gorman takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kocur uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gorman.
Gorman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kocur appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Kocur throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gorman lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gorman misses with an uppercut.
Kocur only half commits to the counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gorman shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Kocur throws a leg kick but Gorman sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kocur feints and then cracks Gorman's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gorman down.
Kocur misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gorman misses with a head kick.
Kocur appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Gorman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorman blocks the body kick.
Gorman feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kocur's calf.
Kocur wants to land a leg kick but Gorman is out of range.
Kocur throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice body punch from Kocur.
Gorman throws a body shot but no joy.
Kocur looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gorman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gorman thuds a left hand into Kocur's body.
Gorman checks a leg kick nicely.
Gorman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Glen Gorman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gorman. Kocur does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kocur flicks out a counter leg kick but Gorman steps away.
Kocur looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kocur with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gorman to score with a decent uppercut.
Gorman lands a body shot.
Gorman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kocur misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kocur scores with a sloppy right hand. Gorman should have avoided that one.
Gorman connects with a crisp jab.
Gorman changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gorman moves out of range as Kocur strikes.
Gorman seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Gorman throws a body shot but no joy.
Kocur takes a swing at Gorman's ribcage but misses.
Gorman seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Gorman looks to score with a jab to the body but Kocur is just out of range.
Kocur swinging wildly here.
It looked like Gorman was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kocur.
Gorman comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gorman moves into range and connects with a jab.
Kocur throws a jab when Gorman was well out of range.
Gorman has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kocur.
A nice combination there by Gorman.
Kocur throws a body shot but no joy.
A head kick from Gorman lands but Kocur takes it in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kocur swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kocur misses with a body kick.
Kocur with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gorman misses with a two punch combination.
Kocur goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gorman tries to counter by clinching up but Kocur breaks away and moves out of range.
Gorman lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Kocur throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gorman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kocur checks it well.
Kocur misses with a wild body shot.
Kocur walks into a left hand.
Kocur is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gorman.
Kocur misses with an uppercut.
Kocur checks a leg kick.
Gorman sets himself, and Kocur steps forward looking for the clinch! Gorman avoids it this time.
Gorman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Kocur throws a push kick but Gorman slaps the foot to one side.
Kocur loads up on a big right hand but Gorman slips the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorman scores with a shot to the body.
Gorman cracks the inside of Kocur's front leg.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kocur fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kocur fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gorman looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Kocur scores with a kick to the body.
Kocur clobbers Gorman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
It looks like Glen Gorman has been cut.
Kocur connects with a leg kick. Gorman looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gorman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kocur.
Gorman closes the distance and clinches.
Kocur doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gorman has Kocur pressed against the cage.
Gorman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kocur creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kocur pushes Gorman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kocur misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Glen Gorman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Glen Gorman'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.
Kocur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gorman.
Gorman throws a body shot but no joy.
Kocur steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Gorman.
Kocur explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Gorman tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Glen Gorman is winning the standup battle so far.
Gorman connects with a looping right hand.
Gorman takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gorman scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kocur connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kocur lands a slapping body shot.
Kocur looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Kocur walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Gorman checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Gorman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gorman misses the shot to the body.
Gorman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kocur.
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!
Gorman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kocur swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gorman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gorman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kocur was well out of range. Poor timing from Gorman.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gorman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kocur throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kocur takes a swing at Gorman's ribcage but misses.
Kocur fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gorman.
Kocur on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gorman tries to bum rush Kocur with a series of wild strikes but Kocur uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kocur throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kocur tries to land a leg kick but Gorman saw it coming and moves away.
Gorman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kocur goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gorman tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Kocur manages to circle out of the way.
Gorman looks to throw the jab but Kocur is out of range.
Gorman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kocur misses with an uppercut.
Gorman throws a leg kick but Kocur sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorman scores with a nice right hand.
Kocur tries to clinch there but Gorman circles away.
Gorman tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Kocur manages to circle out of the way.
Gorman takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
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!
Gorman looks to land a left hand but Kocur moved out of range nicely.
Gorman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kocur.
Kocur ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kocur tries to move into range but Gorman moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kocur lands a nice looking body shot.
Gorman slips under a jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gorman darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gorman blocks a low kick nicely.
Gorman lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Gorman on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gorman scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kocur, right into the meat.
Gorman scores with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gorman tries a head kick but it misses.
Kocur avoids the head kick by Gorman.
Kocur will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kocur lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kocur throws a low kick, looking for Gorman's leg but Gorman calmly moves out of range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Kocur looks to score with a jab to the body but Gorman is just out of range.
Kocur lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kocur fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gorman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kocur stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A head kick misses from Gorman.
Gorman moves to clinch but Kocur breaks away
enabling Kocur to counter with a crisp jab.
Gorman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gorman misses with a body shot.
Kocur throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorman fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kocur checks it well.
Kocur steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Gorman.
Kocur throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gorman is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kocur getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gorman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kocur misses with a looping left.
A head kick misses from Gorman.
Kocur throws a body kick that misses.
A big right from Kocur misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Kocur, right into the meat.
Kocur uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gorman has time to react.
Gorman throws a lazy right hand but Kocur sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kocur blocks a jab.
Kocur avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gorman throws a body shot but no joy.
Kocur throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kocur.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Kocur showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Glen Gorman's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Gorman throws out a powerful jab.
Gorman connects with a solid leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Kocur.
Gorman lands with a straight right. Kocur didn't see that one coming.
Gorman throws a head kick that misses.
Kocur steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gorman.
Gorman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kocur swings away with a leg kick that misses.
As Kocur backs away, Gorman returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kocur.
Kocur uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gorman.
Gorman has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kocur.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Kocur misses the target.
Kocur swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gorman throws a looping overhand right but Kocur ducks down to avoid it.
Kocur scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gorman lands a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kocur tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gorman was well out of range. Poor timing from Kocur.
A jab lands there for Gorman.
Kocur keeps the fight on the outside.
Kocur moves out of range as Gorman strikes.
Gorman's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Gorman blocks the body kick.
Gorman slips a jab from Kocur.
Gorman sizes up Kocur with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gorman paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kocur turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Gorman lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kocur doesn't seem phased though.
Gorman wants to clinch.
Kocur steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Gorman.
Gorman moves out of range of the body kick from Kocur.
Kocur closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kocur tries a body shot but Gorman blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kocur avoiding damage as Gorman throws knees to the body.
Kocur lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gorman backwards.
Kocur misses with a hook to the ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gorman blocking some punches.
Gorman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kocur avoids it.
Gorman manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Kocur pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gorman is keeping the position for now.
Gorman wants to sweep here but Kocur controlling him for the moment.
Gorman is working hard here to advance position.
Kocur wants to pass the guard but Gorman is keeping the position.
Gorman wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gorman is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gorman keeping full guard, as Kocur tries to pass.
Kocur seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Gorman wants to sweep here but Kocur controlling him for the moment.
Kocur stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gorman swivels though and keeps the full guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Gorman is adopting a defensive guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Gorman lands with a nice body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Kocur checks a leg kick.
Gorman misses with a looping right.
Kocur misses the jab.
Gorman misses with a double jab.
Gorman misses with an uppercut. Kocur saw that one coming.
Gorman throws a body punch but Kocur moves out of range.
Kocur attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gorman is looking to clinch.
Gorman avoids a kick to the body.
Gorman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gorman lands a high kick!
Kocur moves away from the strike by Gorman.
Gorman takes one to the side of the head.
Kocur throws a leg kick but Gorman moved away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Glen Gorman clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Glen Gorman's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Gorman throws a series of punches but Kocur moves out of range.
Kocur throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gorman attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Gorman.
Gorman checks the leg kick.
Gorman tries to counter by clinching up but Kocur breaks away and moves out of range.
Kocur has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kocur throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gorman comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kocur listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kocur misses with a low kick as Gorman jumps back.
Gorman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gorman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kocur sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gorman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kocur jabs Gorman right on the nose. Gorman blinks but takes it well.
A clash of legs there as Gorman blocks the low kick.
Kocur throws a hook but Gorman blocks it.
Gorman throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Kocur there.
Gorman avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A head kick misses from Kocur.
A leg kick checked by Kocur.
Kocur throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Kocur tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gorman pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gorman lands with a nice body punch.
Kocur dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gorman. That did some damage!
Gorman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gorman throws a sloppy head kick and Kocur moves out of range easily.
Gorman will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kocur is looking for the big counter here.
A jab from Gorman misses.
Kocur tries to counter with a clinch but Gorman shakes him off and moves away.
Kocur throws a big shot that misses.
Kocur avoids the head kick by Gorman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kocur throws a wild body kick that Gorman sees coming a mile off.
Gorman avoids the head kick by Kocur.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kocur.
Kocur jabs Gorman right on the nose. Gorman blinks but takes it well.
Gorman is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kocur throws an overhand right that drops Gorman like a sack of potatoes! Kocur dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joey Kocur! Joey Kocur retains his light heavyweight title!
A victorious Joey Kocur thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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