PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mario Farina (ranked 1230 p4p, 138 weight class) and Franck Kodjia (ranked 3628 p4p, 357 weight class). Farina's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Combichrist - Today I Woke to the Rain of Blood. Franck Kodjia has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mario Farina's chin.

Farina
vs
Kodjia

204 cm
22
265 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

195 cm
21
275 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Groove Gear
Urban Fighter

Groove Gear

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 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mario Farina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Franck Kodjia!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jorge Garcia and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farina misses with a double jab.
Farina misses with a body shot.
Kodjia swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Farina takes a swing at Kodjia's ribcage but misses.
Farina swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kodjia has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kodjia on the wrong end of a nice jab.

It looks like Franck Kodjia has been cut.
Farina lands a jab to the nose.
Farina tries to clinch up.
Kodjia swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Farina scores with a jab to the jaw.
Farina fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Farina closes the distance looking to clinch
and Kodjia counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Kodjia misses.
Farina throws a lazy uppercut
and Kodjia counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Farina changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Farina feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kodjias jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Farina lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Farina clinches up against the cage.
Farina doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Farina lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Farina prevents Kodjia from breaking the clinch.
Farina lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kodjia backwards.
Farina swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kodjia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kodjia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kodjia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Farina backwards.
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!
Farina prevents a body shot from Kodjia.
Kodjia tries a body shot but Farina blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farina throws a head punch that misses.
Kodjia tries to throw a body punch but Farina avoids it by throwing Kodjia back against the cage.
Farina makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kodjia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Farina looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
A short right from Kodjia.
Farina tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Kodjia manages to break the clinch.
Farina is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Kodjia cracks Farina with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Kodjia feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Farina sprawling to the canvas! Farina rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Kodjia finish him?!
Farina lands a right hook to the body.
Kodjia bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Farina swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kodjia swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Some wild striking there from Farina.
Farina tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farina throws the left hand but Kodjia avoids the punch easily.
A little jabbing left from Kodjia on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kodjia swings widly with a right hand
and Farina counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice straight punches there by Farina. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Farina.
Farina swings widly with a right hand
and Kodjia counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Farina fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kodjia, pushing him back against the cage.
Farina scores with a shoulder strike.
Farina tries a body shot but Kodjia blocks it.
Farina blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kodjia swings wildly with an uppercut but Farina uses good head movement to avoid it.
Farina throws a head punch that misses.
Kodjia has a couple of punches blocked by Farina.
Farina throws a head punch that misses.
Kodjia can't find room to land a body shot as Farina controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Farina.
Farina fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kodjia lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Farina lands a nice shot to the body.
Kodjia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kodjia lands a right hand that snaps the head of Farina backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Farina.

Kodjia pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kodjia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Farina tries to work over Kodjia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kodjia throws a head punch that misses.
Farina lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Farina throws a punch but it's blocked by Kodjia.
Farina tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Farina.
Farina blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kodjia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Farina creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Farina.
Kodjia swings wildly with an uppercut but Farina uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Farina.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mario Farina dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Franck Kodjia's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Farina lands a slapping body shot.
Farina connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kodjia's hands.
Kodjia misses the body punch

and Farina counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Farina scores with a hook to the body.
Farina lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kodjia blocks an uppercut.
Kodjia wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Farina lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kodjia backwards.
Farina swings wildly with an uppercut but Kodjia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kodjia has a couple of punches blocked by Farina.
Farina tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Farina throws a head punch that misses.
Kodjia has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Farina seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kodjia can turn it around.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kodjia misses with a punch to the body.
Farina tries to work over Kodjia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mario Farina has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kodjia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Farina prevents a body shot from Kodjia.
Farina makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Farina misses with the head strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Farina throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kodjia is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Farina lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Farina scores with a hook to the body.
A body shot lands from Farina.
Farina is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kodjia can do to turn this around?
A nice left hand lands by Farina.
Good body shot from Farina.
Farina has a couple of punches blocked by Kodjia.
Farina blocking some punches.
Kodjia misses with some punches.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Kodjia in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Farina tries to work over Kodjia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Farina lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kodjia backwards.
Farina lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kodjia backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kodjia.
Farina scores with a shoulder strike.
Farina misses with a short punch on the inside.
Farina presses Kodjia against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Farina lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Farina.
Kodjia tries a body shot but Farina blocks it.
Farina working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kodjia blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Farina.
Farina lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kodjia backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Farina scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from Farina.

Kodjia is rocked!
Farina throws a big uppercut that drops Kodjia! More strikes from Farina and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Kodjia lies dazed against the cage as Farina celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mario Farina!
Mario Farina really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Urban Fighter logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.