PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Cohen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raymond Reddington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cohen
vs
Reddington

187 cm
21
195 lbs
1 - 3 - 1

189 cm
18
183 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Daniel Cohen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Raymond Reddington!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Eliza Hachem and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cohen tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Reddington defends well and Cohen ends up having to push Reddington into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Reddington keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cohen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Reddington finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Reddington lands with an uppercut that bounces Cohen off the cage and back into range.
Cohen has been working on his balance at Sydney Fight Team, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Reddington.
Reddington lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Reddington connects with a looping right hand.
Reddington lands with a good body shot.
Cohen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A left lands for Reddington.
Reddington throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reddington moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Raymond Reddington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cohen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Reddington.
Jab from Reddington.
Reddington with a nice cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cohen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cohen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Reddington lands with a cross.
Cohen takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Reddington slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A decent looking cross lands there for Reddington.
Reddington uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cohen has time to react.
Cohen walks into a jab.
Cohen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Reddington moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cohen shoots for a double leg takedown but Reddington sprawls well. He's pushed Cohen's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
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!
Reddington tests Cohen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Reddington throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cohen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Reddington stuns Cohen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reddington swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cohen tries to clinch but Reddington moves out of range.
Reddington scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cohen tries to clinch up but Reddington circles away and keeps his distance.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cohen is defended easily by Reddington.
Reddington looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Cohen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheers as Reddington lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cohen doesn't seem phased though.

Cohen is rocked!
Reddington dances in with a quick combination. Cohen is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Reddington snaps Cohen's head back. Cohen stumbles backwards against the cage. Reddington steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Cohen's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Cohen just didn't come prepared.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Raymond Reddington!
Raymond Reddington decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.