Play by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary

Event: EPL 11 Playoffs Round 2
Date: Feb 08, 2017

#R1#
That kick from Koch tenderised Lopez's leg. Lopez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Koch lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Koch throws a leg kick
and Lopez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Koch throws a low kick but Lopez avoids it.
Lopez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Koch feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Lopez is looking to clinch but Koch is avoiding it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Koch lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lopez has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lopez and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lopez tries to clinch up but Koch circles away and keeps his distance.
Koch attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Koch has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Koch looks to throw the jab but Lopez is out of range.
Koch looks to land a right hand but Lopez moved out of range.#CL2#
Lopez closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Koch is looking to break free of the clinch but Lopez has double underhooks.
Koch working aggressively here.
Lopez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Koch avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Koch misses with a shot to the kidneys. #T1#
Lopez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Koch has him pressed against the cage.
Lopez is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Koch gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Lopez jumps guard but Koch stands there with Lopez around his waist. Lopez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Jacob Koch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Lopez.
Koch prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lopez blocking some punches. #BC#
Koch escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lopez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Koch.
Koch looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lopez staying out of range there.
Lopez throws a counter combo.
Lopez checks a leg kick.
Pedro Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#CL2#
Lopez clinches up against the cage.
Lopez prevents a body shot from Koch. #T2#
A head punch on the inside from Koch fails to land.
Koch has a couple of punches blocked by Lopez.
Koch works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lopez can't break the clinch.
Lopez blocks a body shot from Koch. #TD2#
Lopez pulls guard.
Koch trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Lopez manages to land a sweep and now he's on top! #REVB#
Koch wants to sweep here but Lopez controlling him for the moment.
Lopez tries to free his leg and advance position but Koch is retaining full guard.
Lopez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. #T3#
Koch not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lopez won't allow Koch to sweep him here. #SUB#
Lopez got a little sloppy there for a moment and Koch has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Lopez has managed to get both his arms back between Koch's legs - danger averted.
Lopez is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koch wants to control but Lopez passes easily into half guard. #T4#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Koch is looking for a sweep. Lopez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lopez trying to control from half guard but Koch is working away.
Still in half guard, Lopez seems content to control.
Koch is staying active underneath Lopez, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Koch is looking to control Lopez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Koch avoid being mounted?#REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Lopez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Koch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.#TD2#
A momentary lapse in concentration from Koch enables Lopez to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Koch manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Koch keeping moving, preventing Lopez from controlling successfully.
Koch has Lopez pulled in close to control his posture.
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 Jacob Koch will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Lopez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Koch manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Koch throws a sloppy head kick and Lopez moves out of range easily.
Koch misses with a straight left.
A good leg kick by Koch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Koch.
Koch leaves Lopez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lopez defending well as Koch loads up on a big left hand. #CL2#
Lopez drives through and clinches with Koch against the cage.
Lopez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Koch avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Koch throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koch lands a right hand.
Lopez can't break the clinch.
Koch is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lopez can do to turn this around?
Koch tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lopez wants a takedown but no success here.
Jacob Koch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Lopez.#T1#
Lopez blocks an uppercut.
Lopez tries for a takedown. No joy.
Koch tries to throw a body punch but Lopez avoids it by throwing Koch back against the cage.
Koch gets through Lopez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Koch content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lopez blocks a body shot from Koch. #BC#
Koch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lopez fails with a takedown attempt.
Koch throws a quick counter kick to the body but Lopez avoids it.
Lopez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Koch sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Koch appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.#CL2#
Lopez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Koch, pushing him back against the cage.
Koch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Koch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lopez drops down looking for an ankle pick but Koch pulls his leg out and moves away. #T2#
Lopez misses with a takedown
and Koch counters with a nice uppercut.
Lopez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Koch can pounce on him.
Lopez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Koch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lopez closes the distance and clinches up with Koch, looking for a takedown. Lopez pushes Koch against the cage but Koch circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Koch pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Koch uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koch misses with a hook.
Koch wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A jab from Koch misses.
Lopez avoids the head kick by Koch.
Koch misses with a straight right. #CL2#
Lopez has Koch up against the cage in a clinch.
Koch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #T3##BC#
Koch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lopez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lopez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Koch throws a leg kick but Lopez sees it coming and checks it nicely. #CL2#
Lopez pushes Koch up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Koch.
Koch gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lopez.
A right handed body shot lands from Koch.
Lopez blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #TD2#
Lopez pulls Koch into guard. #T4#
Lopez is pulling down on Koch's head to control his posture.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lopez is on top in guard. #REVB#
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Lopez working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Lopez forces his way into half guard.
Lopez prevents Koch from improving his position.
Lopez is looking to advance position but Koch won't allow it.
Lopez wants to take a breather but Koch is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob Koch dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
#R3##CL2#
Lopez clinches up with Koch and pushes him back against the cage.
Koch can't find room to land a body shot as Lopez controls the action.
Koch throws a head punch that misses.
Koch stops a takedown attempt from Lopez.
A bit of stalling here from Koch.
Lopez wants a takedown.
A short uppercut from Koch.
Koch misses with the head strike.
Koch tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lopez's elbow. #BC#
Koch breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lopez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Koch gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.#CL2#
Lopez pushes Koch up against the cage in a clinch.
Koch working some nice short punches in the clinch.#T1#
Lopez tries to score a body lock takedown but Koch shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jacob Koch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Lopez.
Koch cracks Lopez with a nice body shot.
Koch tries to throw a body punch but Lopez avoids it by throwing Koch back against the cage.
Koch lands a body punch in the clinch.
Koch swings wildly with an uppercut but Lopez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lopez wants to get back to striking at distance but Koch won't allow it.
Lopez is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Koch is defending well.#TD2#
Lopez has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Koch is trying to keep an underhook but Lopez manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Lopez wants to lay and pray for a moment but Koch keeps working.
Pedro Lopez has got the better of the ground game so far.
The fighters are battling for position here. Koch manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Koch tries to land a sweep but no joy. #T2#
Koch pulls Lopez in close to his closed guard and prevents Lopez from doing any damage or advancing position.
Lopez trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lopez trying to control but Koch is working from the bottom.
Lopez sitting in guard here, content to control.
Koch wants to hit a switch here but Lopez passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Koch there!
Koch is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage. #T3#
Lopez controlling the pace for now.
Lopez's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Lopez wants to control the pace but Koch is squirming around nicely.
Lopez content just to control the position here.
Koch is squirming around, avoiding Lopez's attempts to control the action.
Lopez controlling from the full mount. #T4#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Koch wants to control but Lopez is having none of it.
Pedro Lopez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lopez trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Koch tries to hold on but Lopez pushes him away.
Koch keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard. #SUB2#
Lopez goes for an armbar but Koch turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Koch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.#SUB2#
Lopez has his foot on Koch's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Koch works his way back into a safe position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Pedro Lopez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Koch has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Jacob Koch!
Jacob Koch bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.

Event: EPL11.7
Date: Jan 11, 2017

#R1#
Koch takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Koch throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Sotto Jr. Koch shrugs it off though.
Nice cross by Koch.
Koch throws a body kick that misses.
Koch lands with a slapping head kick.
Sotto Jr lands a nice leg kick that just misses Koch's sensitive parts.
Sotto Jr moves out of range of the leg kick from Koch.
Koch lands with a hook. Sotto Jr tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Sotto Jr ducks under a wild hook from Koch.
Sotto Jr throws a right hand that Koch ducks under and follows up with a left that Koch also avoids with ease.
Koch slips under a jab from Sotto Jr.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sotto Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Koch tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Sotto Jr manages to circle out of the way.
Koch throws a solid leg kick but Sotto Jr takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Koch.
Koch avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Koch fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.#T1#
Koch takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sotto Jr is looking to chop away at Koch's legs.
Koch on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sotto Jr. Sotto Jr obviously looking to wear him down.
Koch definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Crunch! Koch slams his shin into Sotto Jr's torso.
Sotto Jr attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Koch throws a head kick but Sotto Jr moves out of range.
Sotto Jr misses with a series of wild punches.
Koch looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sotto Jr swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Koch appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Koch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from Koch misses.
Sotto Jr throws a body kick that misses
and Koch counters with a left and a right that stings Sotto Jr.
Sotto Jr takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.#T2#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koch lands with an overhand left.#ROC#
Sotto Jr is rocked!
Koch flashes Sotto Jr a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Sotto Jr's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Sotto Jr crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Koch punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jacob Koch!
Jacob Koch bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.

Event: Ascension 1217
Date: Dec 17, 2016

#R1#
Takano does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Koch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Koch with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Takano lands a glancing blow to the side of Koch's head.
Takano throws a body kick that misses.
Takano defending well as Koch loads up on a big left hand.
Koch's coach down at ~T~ Troid - Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Koch's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Takano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Koch.
Takano swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Koch.
Koch walks into a left hand.
Koch throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Takano will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A head kick by Koch misses
and Takano cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Koch throws a lazy right hand but Takano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Koch misses with a low kick as Takano jumps back.
Takano gets cracked there but stands up to it. #T1#
Koch pushes Takano away with a front kick.
Takano throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Koch let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Takano checks the leg kick nicely there.
Takano lands a nice leg kick that just misses Koch's sensitive parts.
Koch throws a jab but it's blocked by Takano.
Takano chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Takano uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Koch has time to react.
Takano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koch.
Koch checks the leg kick.
Takano throws a lazy uppercut #CL2#
and Koch counters by moving into the clinch.
Koch letting Takano take a breather here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Takano.
A short right from Takano. #T2#
Koch pushes Takano back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. #TD2#
Koch gets control of Takano's arms and successfully pulls guard. Koch will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
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!
Takano pushing down on Koch's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Koch slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Takano has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.#SUB2#
Koch had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Takano defends it easily.#SUB2#
Koch had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Takano defends it easily.
Takano is stalling in the full guard.
Takano stopping the sweep attempt from Koch.
Takano works a leg free and moves into half guard. #T3##SUB2#
Koch looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Takano is pressing down on Koch's thigh, looking to free his foot. Koch is holding on for now.
Koch is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Takano takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Takano's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Koch wants to control but Takano is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Takano sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Koch moves into full guard. #T4#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Takano trying to control but Koch is working from the bottom. #SUB2#
Koch is looking for a triangle but Takano pushes his legs off easily.
Takano controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Koch is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Takano is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.#REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Takano blocks a jab.
Takano throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Koch counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.#CL#
Takano clinches with his opponent.
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 Yuki Takano will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Takano looks to clinch
and Koch counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Takano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Koch was well out of range. Poor timing from Takano.
Koch throws a head kick but Takano moves out of range.
Takano blocks a head kick by Koch.
Yuki Takano is winning the standup battle so far.
Takano thows a leg kick but Koch checks it
and Koch counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That kick from Koch tenderised Takano's leg. Takano is trying to keep his angry face on.
Takano misses with a leg kick
and Koch connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Koch connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Koch is looking to land body kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koch changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Koch misses with a head kick.
Takano connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Takano has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Takano there as he acknowledges the shot.
Takano moves out of range of the strikes.
Yuki Takano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#T1#
Koch takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Takano takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Koch tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Takano lands a nice shot to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Koch.
Takano clobbers Koch with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Takano dips to his left and cracks Koch with an uppercut!
Takano connects with a single shot there.
Takano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Koch! But no joy.
Koch takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Takano buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Takano takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Takano throws an overhand right that lands on Koch's shoulder, as Koch tries to avoid the shot. #T2#
Takano feints and then cracks Koch's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Koch down.
Koch misses with a body kick.
Koch throws a front kick aimed at Takano's knee but Takano avoids it well.
Takano misses with a wild body shot.
Takano throws the left hand but Koch avoids the punch easily.
Koch throws out a counter right but Takano avoids it with no problem.
A head kick misses from Takano.
Takano scores with a jab. Koch acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Koch misses with a hook.
Takano fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Takano lands a nice leg kick that just misses Koch's sensitive parts.
Takano will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Koch uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Takano.
Takano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.#T3#
Koch moves out of range as Takano strikes.
Koch's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Takano is looking to slow Koch down with leg kicks.
Koch throws a hook but Takano avoids it easily.
Takano fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Koch is out of range.
Koch throws a body punch but Takano moves out of range.
Takano tries to work over Koch's front leg with a kick but Koch checks it.
A little jabbing left from Koch on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Takano.
Koch showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Takano.
Takano throws a poor cross that misses
letting Koch counter with a right hand.
Koch is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Takano connects with an inside leg kick.
Takano misses with a kick to the body. #T4#
Koch on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Takano. Takano obviously looking to wear him down.
Takano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Koch manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Takano takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koch on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Takano. Takano obviously looking to wear him down.
A chopping leg kick lands by Takano.
A chopping leg kick lands by Koch.
Takano gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Koch counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Koch throws out a loose jab but Takano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koch throws a front kick aimed at Takano's knee but Takano avoids it well.
Koch throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Koch misses with an uppercut.
Koch punishes Takano's body with a nice straight punch.
Takano misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Yuki Takano will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Takano lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Koch uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Takano.
It seemed like Koch was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Takano fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Koch checks it well.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Takano lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Koch has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Koch and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Koch tries to counter with a clinch but Takano shakes him off and moves away.
Takano misses with an uppercut
and Koch connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Koch is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Takano.
It looked like Takano wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Koch lands a slapping body shot.
Takano ducks under a wild hook from Koch.
Takano looks to land a left hand but Koch moved out of range nicely.
Koch tries to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL#
Takano gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Takano working aggressively here.
Koch stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A shot in the inside from Koch. #T1#
Takano misses with a punch to the body.
Koch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Takano scores with a nice short uppercut.
Koch tries to pull guard but Takano won't allow it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Takano.
Koch tries to pull guard but Takano holds him up against the cage and eventually Koch drops back down to his feet.
Takano tries a body shot but Koch blocks it.
Koch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Takano misses with a punch to the body. #TD2#
Koch has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Takano uses from the top position.
Koch keeping moving, preventing Takano from controlling successfully.
Takano stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Koch swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Takano showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Jacob Koch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Koch is adopting a defensive guard.
Koch looking to hit a scissor sweep but Takano is one step ahead there. #SUB2#
Takano avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Takano stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Koch swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Takano won't allow Koch to sweep him here. #T3#
Takano sitting in guard here, content to control.
Koch looking to hit a scissor sweep but Takano is one step ahead there. #SUB2#
Koch working for a triangle but Takano defends it easily.
Takano is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A jab from Takano misses. #T4#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Koch wants to land a leg kick but Takano is out of range.
Takano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koch manages to avoid it.
A nice side step and Koch releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Koch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Takano was well out of range. Poor timing from Koch.
Takano scores with the left hand. Koch knows he should have avoided that one.
An inside leg kick lands from Takano.
Takano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Koch wants to clinch up but Takano keeps it at a distance.
Takano appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Takano misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Takano tries to work over Koch's front leg with a kick but Koch checks it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A nice inside leg kick there by Takano. That's going to slow Koch down.
Koch connects with a good right hand that stumbles Takano. Takano circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Takano with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Takano misses with a lunging right hand
and Koch counters with a nice body kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Yuki Takano showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Takano, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Yuki Takano!
In his post fight interview, Yuki Takano started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.

Event: Ascension 1119
Date: Nov 19, 2016

#R1#
Koch throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hao will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hao looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hao moves out of range of the body kick.
Koch thows a left - swing and a miss! #CL2#
Koch gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hao is trying to force a seperation but Koch has the dominant position.
Koch tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Hao's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hao.
Koch has Hao pressed against the cage, preventing Hao from circling away and getting back to striking at range.#BC#
Hao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Koch lands a lovely overhand right.
Jacob Koch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hao takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice straight punches there by Koch. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Koch.
Koch dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hao. That did some damage!
Hao changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Koch thumps Hao with a low kick.
Koch looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.#T1#
Hao throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hao throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Hao connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Koch momentarily.
Koch getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Koch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hao takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koch cracks Hao with an open hand slap.
Koch walks into a jab.
Jacob Koch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Some bone on bone action there as Hao checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Koch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Koch tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hao looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Koch throws a poor cross that misses
and Hao counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. #T2#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slow jab from Hao misses its intended target.
Koch tries to counter with a clinch but Hao shakes him off and moves away.
Koch with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Koch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Hao misses the target.
Hao misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A thudding body kick lands there by Koch!
Hao sizes up Koch with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Koch is looking to clinch.
Koch connects with a single shot there.#CL2#
Koch clinches up with Hao and pushes him back against the cage.
Koch lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Hao's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Koch keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hao's efforts to push away.#T3#
Koch scores with a shoulder strike.
Hao has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Koch misses with a punch to the body.
Hao tries to circle away but Koch has him pinned against the cage.
Koch tries to throw a body punch but Hao avoids it by throwing Koch back against the cage.
Koch effectively controlling the action here.#BC#
Hao manages to break the clinch.
Koch keeps Hao at a distance using the push kick.
Koch leaves Hao with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A low kick from Koch misses
and Hao counters with a nice uppercut.
Koch scores with a nice strike.
Koch throws a leg kick but Hao checks it.
Hao moves out of range of the body kick.#T4#
Good exchange - Koch coming out on top.
Hao takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Jab by Hao.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hao with a lazy takedown attempt
and Koch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lu Hao. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Koch throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Koch fails to land with a series of punches.
Koch throws an overhand right that lands on Hao's shoulder, as Hao tries to avoid the shot.
Hao feinted with a counter takedown.
Koch wants to clinch.
Hao lands a leg kick that knocks Koch off balance momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob Koch dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2##TD#
Hao scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hao is trying to ground and pound but Koch uses the momentary lack of control by Hao to regain half guard.
Hao not doing much here.
Koch wants to improve his position but Hao is controlling well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koch is controlling Hao's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Hao looks to score some points with some ground and pound.#T1#
Hao wants to lay and pray for a moment but Koch keeps working.
Koch has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Koch trying to control but Hao postures up.
Hao trying to advance position but Koch counters by regaining guard.
Hao throws an elbow that misses. Koch uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hao's guard. Nice move by Koch!#REVB#
Koch trying to control the position from guard on top but Hao is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T2##SUB#
Koch avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hao is on top in guard. #REVR#
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hao accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hao looking to sit in guard and control but Koch gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVB#
Koch controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Hao keeping moving, preventing Koch from controlling successfully. #T3#
Koch tries to free his leg and advance position but Hao is retaining full guard. #SUB#
Koch has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Hao to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Koch is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Hao pulls down on the head and he's put Koch to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Lu Hao!
A victorious Lu Hao thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

Event: Syn 470 - Turpin vs Rasputin
Date: Sep 12, 2016

#R1#
Koch connects with a single shot there.
A telegraphed right hand from Koch misses the target.
Both fighters circling a little - McBain finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Koch takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
No joy there for McBain, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Koch walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Koch scores with a crisp jab that stopped McBain in his tracks.
McBain throws a good cross that connects.
Koch looks to score with a jab to the body but McBain is just out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from McBain.
McBain scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McBain looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
McBain with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Koch to score with a decent uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Koch.
An inside leg kick from McBain misses.
McBain on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Koch has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
McBain connects with a leg kick. Koch looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
McBain looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Koch connects with a good right hand that stumbles McBain. McBain circles away out of range and recomposes himself.#T1#
McBain misses with a body punch
and Koch counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
McBain pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McBain lands a front kick.
McBain fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Koch.
McBain lands a nice hook to Koch's body. Koch takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Koch swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Koch bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
McBain digs a good hook to Koch's body.
McBain throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Koch takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Peter McBain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koch takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koch cracks McBain with a good jab.
Koch shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Koch checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Koch checks a leg kick.
That kick from Koch tenderised McBain's leg. McBain is trying to keep his angry face on.#T2#
McBain goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Koch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koch connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
McBain with a nice cross.
Koch is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Koch takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Koch needs to keep his hands up - McBain had a free shot at his head there.
Koch staying out of range there.
McBain has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
McBain throws an off balance right hand
and Koch counters with an outside leg kick.
McBain scores with a jab.
McBain avoids the body shot from Koch.
McBain lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McBain misses with the combination.
Koch misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Koch moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Koch lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
McBain misses with a body kick. #T3#
McBain throws a solid leg kick but Koch takes the impact on his shin and smiles at McBain.
Koch uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McBain.
McBain steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Koch.
McBain misses with a straight left.
McBain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Koch sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McBain scores with a nice strike.
Koch throws a leg kick but McBain checks it.
Koch misses with a double jab.
Koch has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from McBain.
McBain dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McBain misses with a lunging right hand
and Koch makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice shot lands for McBain.
McBain misses the jab.
Koch with a nice cross.
Koch with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McBain misses with a low kick. #T4#
McBain gets off balance looking for a body kick
enabling Koch to counter with a crisp jab.
Koch throws a hook but McBain avoids it easily.
McBain throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Koch looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Koch throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Koch tries to close the distance and clinch up but McBain swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McBain throws a chopping leg kick but Koch manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
McBain chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Koch avoids the body shot from McBain.
A counter left hand to the body from Koch misses its target.
Koch misses with an uppercut.
McBain steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Koch jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McBain tries to land a leg kick but Koch saw it coming and moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McBain misses with a body kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Koch misses its target.
McBain takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
McBain misses with a looping left.
McBain throws a leg kick but Koch checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Peter McBain will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Koch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McBain fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Koch is out of range.
McBain looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
McBain fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Koch checks it well.
McBain throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A head kick from Koch lands but McBain takes it in his stride.
McBain tries a head kick but it misses.
Koch waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McBain.
Koch is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Koch walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A decent looking cross lands there for McBain.
McBain scores with a jab. Koch acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Koch misses the target.
Koch moves out of range of the strikes.
Koch is looking to counter punch.
McBain thuds his right hand into Koch's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
McBain changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Koch might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as McBain checks a leg kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McBain! But no joy.
McBain slips a jab and a cross from Koch. #T1#
McBain bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Koch's head backwards.
McBain misses with a body shot.
McBain chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Koch can pounce on him.
McBain misses with a body shot.
It looked like Koch wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
McBain lands a nice leg kick that just misses Koch's sensitive parts.
Koch uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McBain has time to react.
Koch throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
McBain 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.
Koch lands with a thumping leg kick.
McBain's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Koch connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McBain scrambles back to his feet.
McBain throws a lazy body kick
and Koch counters with a stiff right hand.
Koch tries a low kick but McBain avoids it.
Koch avoids the body shot from McBain.
Koch moves out of range as McBain throws a body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koch catches McBain with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!#T2#
McBain drops his hands momentarily and Koch takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice body kick there by McBain.
Koch swings away with a leg kick that misses.
McBain steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Koch's corner calls for a 1-2. Koch obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
McBain misses with a leg kick.
McBain throws the left hand but Koch avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Koch wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
McBain lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Koch checks a leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Koch. That's going to slow McBain down.
A swing and a miss from McBain.
Koch appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
McBain has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Peter McBain seems to be getting the better of the standup.
McBain throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Koch tried to counter with a leg kick but McBain avoided it.
Koch misses with a looping left.
McBain ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Koch lands the left hand.
McBain fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Koch has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Donk. McBain catches Koch right on the button with a cross.#T3#
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Koch, right into the meat.
Koch fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Koch takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Koch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McBain sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McBain lands with a right hand.
McBain throws a right hand that misses
letting Koch counter with a right hand.
Koch cracks the inside of McBain's front leg.
McBain misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Koch connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Koch fails with an attempt to clinch.
McBain misses with a leg kick.
McBain throws a big shot that misses.
A lazy left from Koch finds it's target.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
McBain's jab looks to have found its range, popping Koch under the eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koch avoids the body shot from McBain.
McBain throws out a loose jab but Koch uses good head movement to avoid it. #T4#
Koch dodges the punch combination from McBain.
McBain moves out of range as Koch strikes.
Koch on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Koch uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McBain has time to react.
McBain with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Koch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McBain fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Koch.
Koch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McBain misses with a double jab.
Koch connects with a solid leg kick.
Koch takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McBain feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kochs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That kick from McBain tenderised Koch's leg. Koch is trying to keep his angry face on.
McBain tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McBain thuds his right hand into Koch's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Peter McBain will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Koch's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
#R3#
Koch keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
McBain misses with an attempted mid kick.
Koch tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and McBain is able to avoid easily.
A big right from McBain misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from McBain. Koch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Koch avoids a kick to the body.
Koch tries to clinch there but McBain circles away.
Koch uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McBain has time to react.
McBain throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
McBain displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Koch throws out the jab.
McBain moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koch looks to score with a jab to the body but McBain is just out of range.
Koch showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from McBain.
McBain avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The fight stays on the outside here - Koch looks like he's thinking about clinching though.#T1#
McBain connects with a good right hand that stumbles Koch. Koch circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McBain takes a swing at Koch's ribcage but misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Koch.
McBain tries to land a front kick but Koch steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
McBain has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Koch lands with a hook. McBain tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
McBain takes a jab right on the kisser.
McBain tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Koch takes a swing at McBain's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - McBain throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Koch looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Koch fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but McBain is out of range.
Koch steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McBain.
McBain lands with a cross.
Jacob Koch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Peter McBain is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.#T2#
McBain lands a nice leg kick that just misses Koch's sensitive parts.
McBain scores with a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McBain scoring well with a low kick there.
McBain lands a jab-cross combination.
Good leg kick by McBain there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Koch misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McBain only half commits to the counter leg kick.
McBain misses with a body shot
and McBain takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice defenses there by Koch.
McBain lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
McBain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koch fails in his attempt to clinch.
McBain throws a leg kick but Koch moved away.
Koch throws a lazy right hand but McBain sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Koch connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McBain throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as McBain checks a leg kick. #T3#
Koch throws a head kick that misses.
Koch tries to score with a low kick but McBain moves his leg out of the way.
McBain fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Koch.
Koch throws a head kick but McBain moves out of range.
McBain scoring well with a low kick there.
McBain feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Koch's calf.
McBain swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Koch.
Koch throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
McBain connects with a nice looking jab.
Koch blocks a head kick by McBain.
McBain staying out of range there.
McBain cracks Koch with a right hand to the side of the head.
That kick from McBain tenderised Koch's leg. Koch is trying to keep his angry face on.
This has been an exciting period of action!#CL#
Koch clinches up with McBain and pushes him back against the cage.#T4#
McBain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Koch working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Koch fails to land.
Koch lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McBain backwards.
Koch throws a punch but it's blocked by McBain. #BC#
Koch breaks the clinch.
Koch dodges the punch combination from McBain.
Nice cross by Koch.
Koch cracks McBain with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Koch fails in his attempt to clinch.
A left lands for McBain.
Koch takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McBain scores with a jab. Koch acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Koch pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Peter McBain.
I've got McBain winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Peter McBain!
Peter McBain decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

Event: Syn 464 - Wayne vs. Donowitz
Date: Aug 17, 2016

#R1#
Beckett misses with a lunging right hand
and Koch counters with a straight right hand.
Koch tries to clinch up.
Beckett scores with a jab.
Jab, jab by Beckett - just one landing.
Beckett misses with an uppercut.
Koch now looks to counter with a shot at the body.#TD#
Beckett feints and as Koch raises his hands in defense, Beckett changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Koch preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Koch wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Beckett working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Koch has Beckett pulled in close to control his posture.
Beckett wants to control from the top but Koch keeps moving. #T1#
Beckett throws a big elbow that misses.
Beckett wants to control from the top but Koch keeps moving.
Koch lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVB#
Beckett is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Beckett tries to land a sweep but no joy. #T2#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Beckett is trying to control the position but Koch postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beckett wants to improve his position but instead Koch has moved into half guard.
Koch slows the pace down in half guard.
Let's hope that Koch has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Beckett has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.#REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.#T3#
Koch throws a head kick but Beckett moves out of range.
Koch throws a chopping leg kick but Beckett manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Koch is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Beckett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koch moves away.
Koch on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Beckett. Beckett obviously looking to wear him down.
Beckett lands with a hook. Koch tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Beckett pushes Koch away with a front kick.
Koch will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Beckett tries to counter with a takedown but Koch is quick to defend against it.
Good work by Koch as he checks the leg kick.
Beckett 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. #T4#
Beckett avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beckett slips a jab and a cross from Koch.
Beckett feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Koch's calf.
Koch steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beckett.
Koch throws a leg kick but Beckett sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beckett tries a head kick but it misses.
Beckett stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Beckett scores with a nice strike.
Koch uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Beckett.
Beckett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beckett motions for Koch to come forward. Beckett throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Koch defending well as Beckett loads up on a big left hand.
Beckett misses with a two punch combination.
Beckett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Koch was well out of range. Poor timing from Beckett.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jim Beckett dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
#R2#
Beckett feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kochs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A right-left combo lands from Beckett.
Koch throws a big shot that misses.
Beckett throws a sloppy head kick and Koch moves out of range easily.
Koch slips under a jab from Beckett.
Beckett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Beckett lands a nice leg kick that just misses Koch's sensitive parts.
Beckett thuds his shin into the meat of Koch's side.
Beckett lands an overhand right.
That kick from Koch tenderised Beckett's leg. Beckett is trying to keep his angry face on.
Beckett throws a sloppy head kick and Koch moves out of range easily.
Koch avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A good leg kick by Koch.
Beckett checks a leg kick. #T1#
Koch scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Koch waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Beckett.
The fighters circling - Koch throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Koch throws out a loose jab but Beckett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beckett fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Beckett dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Koch. That did some damage!
Beckett misses with an uppercut
and Koch counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Beckett misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Koch counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Koch throws out a powerful jab.
A swing and a miss from Koch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Koch avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Beckett misses with a looping right.
Crunch! Beckett slams his shin into Koch's torso.#T2#
Beckett 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.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beckett checks a low kick from Koch.
Beckett just misses with a punch to the body.
Koch only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Beckett checks a leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Koch.
Beckett misses with a left hand
and Koch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Beckett is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Koch can do to turn this around?
Koch darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Beckett lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Koch slips a jab from Beckett.
Beckett swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Koch counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jacob Koch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Beckett lands with a hook. Koch tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Beckett looks to land a left hand but Koch moved out of range nicely.
Koch throws out a counter right but Beckett avoids it with no problem.
Jim Beckett is winning the standup battle so far.#T3#
Beckett lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Beckett throws a shot to the body.
Beckett gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Koch.
Beckett throws an off balance right hand
and Koch counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Beckett takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Beckett tries to land a leg kick but Koch saw it coming and moves away.
Beckett misses with a wild body shot.
Beckett works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Beckett ducks under a wild hook from Koch.
Beckett half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Koch throws a leg kick but Beckett checks it.
Beckett appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Good leg kick by Beckett there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Beckett connects with a body shot that sends Koch's belly button to the back.
A chopping leg kick lands by Koch. #T4#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beckett throws a leg kick which misses Koch's front leg but catches the back leg as Koch tries to avoid it.
Beckett lands with a good body shot.
Beckett slips a straight right by Koch.
Koch tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Beckett throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Koch uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Beckett takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Koch checks a leg kick.
Jab by Koch.
Koch takes a swing at Beckett's ribcage but misses.
Beckett checks a low kick from Koch.
Beckett appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Beckett pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Koch takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Jim Beckett will probably get the nod.
That's time! Beckett's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
#R3#
Beckett misses with a series of wild punches.
A jab lands there for Beckett.
Koch throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Beckett's head.
Koch looks to throw the jab but Beckett is out of range.
Beckett misses with a wild body shot.
Koch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beckett moves away.
Beckett appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Koch checks the leg kick nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koch ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Beckett lands a really nice looking cross but Koch seems unphased.
Koch scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A low kick from Beckett misses
and Koch counters with a lovely straight right hand!#T1#
Beckett listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Beckett getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Beckett gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Koch makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Koch throws a head kick that misses.
Koch connects with a solid leg kick.
Beckett lands with a straight right. Koch didn't see that one coming.
Beckett looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Koch takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Beckett lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Beckett thumps Koch with a low kick.
Koch shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Koch misses its intended target.
Beckett appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Jacob Koch has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T2#
Koch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Beckett changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Beckett checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Koch thows a left - swing and a miss!
Beckett checks the leg kick.
Koch on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Beckett fails with the takedown.
Koch has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Beckett misses with a shot to the body
and Koch counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Koch misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beckett.
Beckett attempts a counter takedown but Koch avoids it well and moves away.
Koch wants to clinch.#T3#
Koch throws a combination that misses #TD#
and Beckett counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Beckett.
Koch trying to control the position.
Beckett throws a strike but Koch rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVB##SUB#
Beckett looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening. #SUB#
Beckett has an active guard here but Koch has managed to pass into half guard. #SUB#
Beckett looking for a kimura from the bottom but Koch passes into side control!#T4#
Beckett gets back to half guard.#SUB#
Beckett looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Koch throws a strike but Beckett avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jim Beckett.
Well Beckett 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jim Beckett!
Our winner, Jim Beckett, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

Event: EPL Semi Final
Date: Jul 20, 2016

#R1#
Donowitz lands a right hook to the body.
Donowitz lands with a hook. Koch tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Donowitz thumps Koch with a low kick.
Donk. Donowitz catches Koch right on the button with a cross.
Donowitz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Donowitz ducks under a wild hook from Koch.
Koch connects with an inside leg kick.
Nice shot by Koch.
Koch lands a nice shot to the body.
Koch connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
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!
Koch lands a head kick!
Donowitz tries a head kick but it misses.
Koch cracks the inside of Donowitz's front leg.
Koch cracks Donowitz with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Donowitz lands a nice hook to Koch's body. Koch takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. #T1#
Koch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Koch is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Koch has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Donowitz.
Donowitz lands a nice looking kick to the body. Koch takes a step back to recover.
Koch throws a lazy right hand but Donowitz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Koch's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Donowitz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Koch scrambles back to his feet.
Donowitz scores with a decent looking hook.
Donowitz lands a leg kick that knocks Koch off balance momentarily.
Donowitz misses the shot to the body.
Koch tries a quick counter leg kick but Donowitz is wise to it.
Koch staying out of range there.
Donowitz misses with a straight left.
Koch takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Koch takes one on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Donowitz with a jab.
Jacob Koch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Koch throws a low kick but it's checked well by Donowitz.#T2#
Koch swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Donowitz counters with a stiff right hand.
Koch slaps away a takedown attempt from Donowitz, before circling back to the center of the mat.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Koch! But no joy.
Koch takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Koch moves out of range of the body kick.
Donowitz backing away here, and Koch unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Koch lands a body shot.
Donowitz misses with a hook
and Koch counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A big right from Donowitz misses.
Koch moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Donowitz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Koch counters with a nice leg kick. #CL#
Donowitz moves into the clinch.
Donowitz lands with a right to the head. #T3#
Donowitz swings wildly with an uppercut but Koch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koch lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Donowitz backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Koch.
Donowitz tries to throw a body punch but Koch avoids it by throwing Donowitz back against the cage.
Donowitz misses with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Donowitz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Donowitz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Donowitz lands a right hand.
Koch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koch.
Donowitz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Donowitz swings wildly with an uppercut but Koch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Donowitz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Koch scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Donowitz fails to land.
Donowitz blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #BC2#
Koch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#T4#
Koch fails with an attempt to clinch.
Koch is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Koch lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Donowitz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Koch's calf.#TD#
Donowitz closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Koch quickly recovers to half guard.
Donowitz is thwarting Koch's attempts to control the position.
Koch is concentrating on defense, preventing Donowitz from advancing position. #SUB#
Donowitz seems to be working for a kimura but Koch defends the submission attempt.
Donowitz wants to advance to full mount but Koch doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead. #T5#
Koch has Donowitz pulled in close to control his posture.
Donowitz looking to pass the guard. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.#T6#
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Koch jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Donowitz tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Koch feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Donowitz's calf.
Donowitz shoots in looking for a takedown. Koch tries to sprawl out of it but Donowitz keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Koch manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Koch with a hook.
Koch takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Abraham Donowitz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koch throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Donowitz is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Donowitz misses with a lunging right hand
and Koch counters with a nice leg kick. #T7#
Donowitz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Koch sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Donowitz misses the jab.
Donowitz throws a right hand that misses
and Koch counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Donowitz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Koch stuns Donowitz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Donowitz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Donowitz fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Koch checks it well.
Donowitz checks a low kick from Koch.
Donowitz loads up on a big right hand but Koch slips the punch.
Koch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donowitz lands a jab.
Koch gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Donowitz.
A slow jab from Donowitz misses its intended target. #T8#
Koch keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
It seemed like Koch was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abraham Donowitz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Donowitz takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!#CL2#
Donowitz gets tackled into the cage by Koch. Koch maintains the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Donowitz.
Donowitz tries a body shot but Koch blocks it. #BC2#
Koch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A shot to the body from Donowitz misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Koch throws a quick inside leg kick.
Donowitz works Koch's body with a nice hook.
A big right from Donowitz misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Donowitz.
Donowitz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt. #T9#
Koch ducks under a wild hook from Donowitz.
Donowitz lands with a right hand.
Donowitz throws a jab but it's blocked by Koch.
Donowitz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Donowitz throws the left hand but Koch avoids the punch easily.
Donowitz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Koch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Donowitz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Koch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Donowitz uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Koch has time to react.
Koch thumps Donowitz with a low kick.
Donowitz throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Koch on the side of the head.
Good leg kick by Koch there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Donowitz throws a right and a left that Koch avoids nicely.
Koch looks like he wants to counter punch here.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Abraham Donowitz.
I think Donowitz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 10:9
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 10:9
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abraham Donowitz!
Our winner, Abraham Donowitz, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

Event: EPL Quarter Final
Date: Jul 13, 2016

#R1#
De Santo Cristo misses with a left hand
and Koch counters with a leg kick.
Koch lands a nice leg kick that just misses De Santo Cristo's sensitive parts.
De Santo Cristo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De Santo Cristo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
De Santo Cristo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Santo Cristo backing away here, and Koch unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
De Santo Cristo works over Koch's head and body with a nice combination.
De Santo Cristo throws a head kick but Koch moves out of range.
De Santo Cristo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Koch throws out the jab.
Koch connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Joao De Santo Cristo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as De Santo Cristo checks a leg kick.
Koch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Santo Cristo manages to avoid it.
De Santo Cristo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Koch is fending him off so far but De Santo Cristo persists. Nope, Koch circles away and we're back to standing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left lands for Koch.
De Santo Cristo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
De Santo Cristo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Koch doesn't seem bothered though.
Koch misses with a right hand #CL#
and De Santo Cristo counters by clinching up.
A head punch on the inside from Koch fails to land.
De Santo Cristo blocks a body shot from Koch.
Koch working aggressively here. #T1#
Koch misses with a punch on the inside.
De Santo Cristo presses Koch against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
De Santo Cristo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koch misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Santo Cristo can't find room to land a body shot as Koch controls the action.
Koch misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Santo Cristo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Koch misses with a short punch on the inside.
Koch swings wildly with an uppercut but De Santo Cristo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koch lands with a light punch inside.
De Santo Cristo lands a shoulder strike.
De Santo Cristo lands a hook that snaps the head of Koch backwards.
De Santo Cristo misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Koch fails to land.
De Santo Cristo lands with a short shot to the head.
De Santo Cristo blocking some punches.
De Santo Cristo takes a shot to the head.
De Santo Cristo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Koch softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.#T2#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Santo Cristo blocks an uppercut.
De Santo Cristo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Santo Cristo lands with a right to the head.
Koch working aggressively here.
De Santo Cristo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Koch's elbow.
De Santo Cristo misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Santo Cristo blocking some punches.
De Santo Cristo is looking to take this one to the mat.
Koch struggles to land a body shot inside as De Santo Cristo controls his hands.
De Santo Cristo throws a punch but it's blocked by Koch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Santo Cristo.
A head punch on the inside from Koch fails to land.
Koch has a couple of punches blocked by De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Santo Cristo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koch.
De Santo Cristo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Koch lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Santo Cristo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Koch swings away with an uppercut that misses. #T3#
Koch lands a shot to the body.
De Santo Cristo tries a body shot but Koch blocks it.
De Santo Cristo has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Koch avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joao De Santo Cristo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Koch misses with a punch on the inside.
Koch misses with the head strike.
Koch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Koch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Koch swings wildly with an uppercut but De Santo Cristo uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Santo Cristo misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Koch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Koch misses with some punches. #TD#
De Santo Cristo gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.#SUB#
De Santo Cristo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Koch keeping hold of De Santo Cristo's head, controlling as best he can. #T4#
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
De Santo Cristo with the ground and pound but Koch uses the opportunity to regain guard.
De Santo Cristo preventing the sweep.
De Santo Cristo throws a strike but Koch rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVB#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Santo Cristo trying to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T5#
De Santo Cristo's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
De Santo Cristo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Koch's guard. #REVR#
Koch is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVB#
Koch with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
De Santo Cristo is refusing to be controlled, as Koch sits in half guard.
De Santo Cristo is looking to get back to full guard here but Koch has managed to pass to side control instead.#T6#
De Santo Cristo can't do much from the bottom here.
De Santo Cristo gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
De Santo Cristo is controlling Koch's trapped leg to prevent Koch from advancing to side control.
Koch prevents De Santo Cristo from improving his position.#T7#
De Santo Cristo is holding on to half guard well.
De Santo Cristo is looking to get back to full guard here but Koch has managed to pass to side control instead.
De Santo Cristo gets back to half guard.
De Santo Cristo wants to get back to full guard.
De Santo Cristo wants to sweep but Koch has passed to side control!
De Santo Cristo is trying to get back to half guard.#T8#
A lull in the action here as Koch stalls from top position.
De Santo Cristo is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
You can see the frustration on De Santo Cristo's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
De Santo Cristo looks to move to half guard but instead Koch has passed into mount! Damn!
Koch looking to control but De Santo Cristo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
De Santo Cristo can't escape the position. #T9#
Koch content just to control the position here.
De Santo Cristo can't escape the position.
De Santo Cristo looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
De Santo Cristo wants to escape the position.
Koch avoiding De Santo Cristo 's attempts to control his hands.
De Santo Cristo is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Koch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jacob Koch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Koch has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 9:10
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 9:10
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacob Koch!
In his post fight interview, Jacob Koch started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.

Event: EPL 10 - Week 10
Date: Jul 06, 2016

#R1#
Koch dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lopez. That did some damage!
Koch lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lopez's sensitive parts.
Lopez misses the body punch
and Lopez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Koch tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lopez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lopez throws a lazy right hand but Koch sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Koch doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lopez blocks a low kick nicely.
Lopez takes a swing at Koch's ribcage but misses.
Lopez avoids the head kick by Koch.
Lopez throws a body shot but no joy.
Lopez staying out of range there.
Lopez throws a lazy right hand but Koch sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Koch looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Lopez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Koch avoids the body shot from Lopez.
Lopez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lopez scores with a shot to the body.
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!
Lopez will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A jab lands there for Koch.
A punch combination from Lopez misses. #T1#
Lopez thuds a left hand into Koch's body.
Lopez with a jab.
Jacob Koch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lopez shoots for a takedown but Koch saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Lopez throws a lazy right hand but Koch sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lopez looks to score with a jab to the body but Koch is just out of range.
Koch throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lopez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lopez looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Lopez shoots in but Koch avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jacob Koch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Lopez.
Koch tries to bum rush Lopez with a series of wild strikes but Lopez uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pedro Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lopez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koch.
Lopez lands a slapping body shot.
Koch lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lopez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Koch was well out of range. Poor timing from Lopez.
Danga de danga de dang - Lopez scores with a four punch combination!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koch ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Koch scores with a leg kick. #T2#
Lopez misses with a wild body shot.
Koch slips a jab and a cross from Lopez. #CL#
Koch darts in and clinches Lopez up against the cage.
Koch throws a punch but it's blocked by Lopez.
A head punch on the inside from Koch fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koch.
A short left from Koch.
Koch scores with a nice hook to the head.
Koch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Koch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Koch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lopez works on Koch's body with a couple of short punches.#BC#
Koch breaks from the clinch.
Lopez throws a combination that misses
and Koch counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Koch throws a nice inside leg kick.
Koch tries to score with a low kick but Lopez moves his leg out of the way.
Horrible takedown attempt by Lopez or perhaps it was just good defense by Koch, which made it look bad.
Lopez avoids a kick to the body.
Lopez misses with a left hand
and Koch counters with a lovely shot to the body.#T3#
Koch connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Koch takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lopez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Koch rather than just go for the knockout.
Koch misses with a wild combination.
A swing and a miss from Lopez.
Koch is looking to slow Lopez down with leg kicks.
A punch lands to the side of Koch 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Koch motions for Lopez to come forward. Koch throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Koch avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Koch avoids the body shot from Lopez.
Koch takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Koch cracks the inside of Lopez's front leg.
Koch dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lopez. That did some damage!
Koch takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lopez loads up on a big right hand but Koch slips the punch.
Lopez sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.#T4#
Lopez tests Koch's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lopez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lopez misses with the combination.
Lopez misses with a hook
and Koch counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Lopez is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Lopez moves out of range as Koch strikes.
Lopez moves out of range of the strikes.
Lopez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Koch scores with a leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Koch.
Koch lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lopez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Koch takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Koch takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Koch tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Koch throws a leg kick but Lopez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Koch lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.#T5#
Koch throws a body punch but Lopez moves out of range.
Lopez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Koch bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lopez's head backwards.
Koch keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Lopez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Koch.
Lopez lands with a shot to the body.
Lopez cracks a nice hook into Koch's ribs.
Koch throws the left hand but Lopez avoids the punch easily.
Koch dodges the punch combination from Lopez.
Koch throws a front kick aimed at Lopez's knee but Lopez avoids it well.
Lopez lands with a good body shot.
Lopez lunges at Koch with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Koch's hand.
Lopez loads up on a big right hand but Koch slips the punch.
Koch moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lopez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Koch looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.#T6#
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!
Lopez with a hook.
Koch lands a nice looking body kick.
Lopez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A nice inside leg kick there by Koch. That's going to slow Lopez down.
Koch shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Lopez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Koch seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Koch takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Koch throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Lopez looks for a takedown but Koch sprawls well.
Lopez looks winded!
Lopez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Koch fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Koch paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A left and a right from Koch both land. Nice combination.
Lopez misses with a hook. Koch ducked under it nicely.
A punch lands to the side of Lopez 's head but he takes it in his stride.#T7##TD2#
Lopez fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Koch to the ground. Lopez is now in Koch's guard.
Lopez stopping the sweep attempt from Koch.
Koch trying to control the position here.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Koch controls Lopez momentarily but Lopez frees himself. #SUB2#
Lopez has gone for a leg lock! Koch slips out almost immediately though and dives into Lopez's guard.#REVR#
Lopez working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T8#
Lopez looking to control but Koch passes into half guard.
Lopez is looking for a sweep. Koch is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Koch not doing much here. #SUB2#
Lopez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#SUB2#
Lopez has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Koch. Oh but Lopez has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Koch goes limp - he's gone! Lopez jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Pedro Lopez!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Pedro Lopez made sure he mentioned Perkele!, along with how happy he was to win his fight.

Event: EPL 10 - Week 9
Date: Jun 29, 2016

#R1#
Bronson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Koch.
Bronson seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Koch takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Koch rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bronson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bronson throws a leg kick which misses Koch's front leg but catches the back leg as Koch tries to avoid it.
Bronson scores with a head kick. Koch tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Bronson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Koch checks it well.
Koch scores with a nice head shot.
A cross from Koch lands.
Bronson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Koch in his tracks.
Koch connects with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koch works the jab nicely.
A big left from Koch misses.
A left and a right from Bronson both land. Nice combination.
Bronson drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Koch right on the button. Koch goes down! Bronson follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Bronson gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charles Bronson!
Post fight, an emotional Charles Bronson said 'GBK is my bitch. Go make dinner!'.

Event: EPL 10 - Week 8
Date: Jun 22, 2016

#R1#
Koch misses with a hook.
Koch is breathing heavily.
A punch lands to the side of Smoochie Wallace 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Koch moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Smoochie Wallace comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Smoochie Wallace has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Koch on the wrong end of a nice hook.#KD2#
Smoochie Wallace drops Koch with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Koch looks back up at him and smiles so Smoochie Wallace waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed. #ROC2#
Koch is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smoochie Wallace lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Koch up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Smoochie Wallace from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Koch's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tyroil Smoochie Wallace!
A very excited looking Tyroil Smoochie Wallace made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.

Event: EPL 10 - Week 7
Date: Jun 15, 2016

#R1#
De Santo Cristo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Koch was well out of range. Poor timing from De Santo Cristo.
Nice defenses there by De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo misses with a jab to the body
and Koch connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De Santo Cristo misses with a double jab
and Koch counters with a one-two to the body.
De Santo Cristo misses with the body kick
letting Koch counter with a right hand. #CL2#
Koch has managed to clinch.
De Santo Cristo can't find room to land a body shot as Koch controls the action.
Koch working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Still in the clinch, Koch scores with a nice short uppercut.
De Santo Cristo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Santo Cristo misses with the head strike.
Koch tries to throw a body punch but De Santo Cristo avoids it by throwing Koch back against the cage.
Koch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Santo Cristo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Koch lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Koch throws a head punch that misses.
Still in the clinch, De Santo Cristo scores with a nice short uppercut.#T1#
De Santo Cristo misses with a punch to the body.
Koch misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, De Santo Cristo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Koch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Koch throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from De Santo Cristo.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo blocks an uppercut.
Koch throws a punch but it's blocked by De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Santo Cristo can't find room to land a body shot as Koch controls the action.
Koch misses with the head strike.
Koch tried to land a shot to the body but connects with De Santo Cristo's elbow.
De Santo Cristo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koch blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Koch blocking some punches.
Koch lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt De Santo Cristo or not.
De Santo Cristo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koch throws a head punch that misses.
Koch goes for a body shot but it's blocked. #T2#
De Santo Cristo can't find room to land a body shot as Koch controls the action.
Koch blocking some punches.
Koch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Santo Cristo misses with the head strike.
Koch tries a body shot but De Santo Cristo blocks it.
De Santo Cristo misses with some punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koch lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Koch lands a hook to the side of the head.#TD#
De Santo Cristo works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
De Santo Cristo throws a strike but Koch rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVB#
Koch won't allow De Santo Cristo to sweep him here.
Koch slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Koch must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Koch trying to control but De Santo Cristo is working from the bottom. #T3#
De Santo Cristo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Koch is one step ahead there. #SUB#
De Santo Cristo is looking for a triangle but Koch pushes his legs off easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koch won't allow De Santo Cristo to sweep him here.
Koch being controlled here momentarily.
De Santo Cristo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Koch being controlled here momentarily. #T4#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Koch sitting in guard, not really doing much.
De Santo Cristo is pulling down on Koch's head to control his posture. #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
De Santo Cristo misses with a low kick as Koch jumps back.
Koch connects with a single shot there.#T5#
De Santo Cristo misses with a body punch
and Koch counters with a lovely shot to the body.
De Santo Cristo scores with a shot to the body.
De Santo Cristo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koch throws a counter combo.
De Santo Cristo misses with a low kick.
Koch throws a lazy right hand but De Santo Cristo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
De Santo Cristo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Koch throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Koch counter with a right hand.
De Santo Cristo tests Koch's chin there with a solid looking shot.
De Santo Cristo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koch.
De Santo Cristo ducks right into an uppercut from Koch.
De Santo Cristo just misses with a punch to the body.
De Santo Cristo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Koch.
Koch scores with a nice right hand. #T6#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koch misses with a left hand
and De Santo Cristo counters with a right hand to the body.
Koch swings for the body but De Santo Cristo moves out of range.
De Santo Cristo looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
De Santo Cristo takes a swing at Koch's ribcage but misses.
Koch doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Koch jabbing away but nothing is landing. #CL2#
Koch has closed the distance and engaged De Santo Cristo in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Santo Cristo.
Koch blocking some punches.
De Santo Cristo lands a left hand.
De Santo Cristo has a couple of punches blocked by Koch.
Koch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Koch.
De Santo Cristo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice left hand lands by De Santo Cristo.
Koch misses with a punch on the inside.
De Santo Cristo has a couple of punches blocked by Koch.
De Santo Cristo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Koch.#T7#
Koch lands a shot to the body.
De Santo Cristo lands a body shot in the clinch.
Koch throws a head punch that misses.
Koch blocks a body shot from De Santo Cristo.
Koch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short uppercut from Koch.
Koch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Koch.
De Santo Cristo misses with a body punch.
Koch blocks a body shot from De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Koch is defending well.
Koch has a couple of punches blocked by De Santo Cristo.
Koch throws a punch but it's blocked by De Santo Cristo.
A nice left hand lands by Koch.
Koch misses with some punches.
A short right from Koch.
Koch lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Koch throws a punch but it's blocked by De Santo Cristo. #T8#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De Santo Cristo working aggressively here.
De Santo Cristo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Koch lands on the inside with an uppercut.
De Santo Cristo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Koch's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Koch creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Koch throws a head punch that misses.
De Santo Cristo tries to throw a body punch but Koch avoids it by throwing De Santo Cristo back against the cage.
Koch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Koch misses with the head strike.
De Santo Cristo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Koch backwards.
A shot in the inside from Koch.
Koch lands a body shot.
De Santo Cristo can't find room to land a body shot as Koch controls the action.
De Santo Cristo misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Santo Cristo misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Santo Cristo blocks an uppercut.
Koch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Koch tries a body shot but De Santo Cristo blocks it.
Koch misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Koch. #T9#
A head punch on the inside from Koch fails to land.
De Santo Cristo scores with a shot to the side of Koch's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koch.
Koch presses De Santo Cristo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Koch lands with a light punch inside.
Koch throws a head punch that misses.
De Santo Cristo wants a takedown.
Koch presses De Santo Cristo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Koch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Santo Cristo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Koch fails to land.
De Santo Cristo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
De Santo Cristo misses with the head strike.
Koch lands a nice uppercut.
De Santo Cristo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koch lands a nice uppercut.
Koch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Koch tries to throw a body punch but De Santo Cristo avoids it by throwing Koch back against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jacob Koch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Koch has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 9:10
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 9:10
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacob Koch!
Jacob Koch bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.

Event: EPL 10 - Week 6
Date: Jun 08, 2016

#R1#
Koch lands a nice looking body shot.
Dekkers misses with a wild body shot.
Dekkers ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dekkers swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Koch swings for the body but Dekkers moves out of range.
Koch throws a hook but Dekkers blocks it.
Nice defenses there by Dekkers.
Dekkers is looking to counter with a body kick.
Koch thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dekkers swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Koch on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice uppercut there from Koch.
Koch lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Good leg kick by Koch there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Koch scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dekkers in his tracks. #T1#
Koch throws a low kick, looking for Dekkers's leg but Dekkers calmly moves out of range.
Koch is looking to chop away at Dekkers's legs.
Dekkers feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Koch keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Dekkers jabs at Koch's body.
Koch 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.
Donk. Koch catches Dekkers right on the button with a cross.
Koch lands a body shot.
Dekkers tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dekkers slips a jab from Koch.
Dekkers appears to be looking for a big counter.
Koch moves out of range as Dekkers throws a body kick.
Dekkers keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick. #T2##CL#
Dekkers closes the distance and pushes Koch back into the cage.
Koch blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.#BC2#
Koch breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dekkers shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Koch lands with a hook. Dekkers tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Koch throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dekkers sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dekkers tries to clinch there but Koch circles away.
Koch misses with a hook. Dekkers ducked under it nicely.
Koch fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dekkers is out of range.
Koch misses with an uppercut. Dekkers saw that one coming.
Dekkers on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Koch tests Dekkers's chin there with a solid looking shot.#T3#
Koch tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Koch buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Koch loads up on a big right hand but Dekkers slips the punch.
Dekkers walks into a jab.
Dekkers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koch throws the left hand but Dekkers avoids the punch easily.#CL#
Dekkers closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Koch misses with some punches.
Koch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Dekkers.
Koch lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dekkers.
Dekkers lands a good knee to the midsection. Koch won't want to take too many of those.
Dekkers putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Koch in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.#T4#
Koch has had enough of the clinch but Dekkers keeps him there for the moment.
Koch takes an elbow to the forehead.
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!
A head punch on the inside from Koch fails to land.
Koch avoiding damage as Dekkers throws knees to the body.
Dekkers trying to land knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Koch.
Koch scores with a shot to the side of Dekkers's head.
Koch working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Koch.
Koch scores with a shoulder strike.
Koch swings wildly with an uppercut but Dekkers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koch swings wildly with an uppercut but Dekkers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dekkers prevents a body shot from Koch.
Koch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Koch misses with a punch on the inside.
Koch is trying to break free.#T5#
Dekkers tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dekkers tries to land a knee to the head but Koch blocks with his arms.
Koch lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dekkers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Koch avoids it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dekkers.
Dekkers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Koch struggles to land a body shot inside as Dekkers controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koch.
Dekkers swings wildly with an uppercut but Koch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koch tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dekkers's elbow.
Koch misses with the head strike.
Koch blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.#BC2#
Koch breaks the clinch.
Koch throws a body shot but no joy.
Dekkers slips under a jab.
Dekkers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. #T6#
A decent looking cross lands there for Koch.
Dekkers is looking to clinch.
Koch throws a lazy uppercut
and Dekkers counters with a nice leg kick.
Koch cracks Dekkers with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koch throws a jab when Dekkers was well out of range.
Koch paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Koch digs a good hook to Dekkers's body.
Jacob Koch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koch lands a jab to the nose.
Dekkers wants to clinch up but Koch keeps it at a distance.
A shot to the body from Koch misses
and Dekkers counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Koch lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dekkers circles away quickly and effectively.#T7#
Dekkers is looking to clinch but Koch is avoiding it.
Koch looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Koch circles away from the clinch attempt
and Koch counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Koch throws a poor cross that misses
and Dekkers counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Koch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dekkers is looking to clinch but Koch is avoiding it.
Dekkers tries to clinch there but Koch circles away.
Koch keeps the fight on the outside.
Koch lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt! #T8#
Koch lands with an overhand left.
Koch jabs Dekkers right on the nose. Dekkers blinks but takes it well.
Koch wants to slow Dekkers down by chopping away at his legs.
Koch chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Koch lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koch throws a body shot but no joy.
Dekkers is looking to clinch.
Dekkers is looking to clinch. #CL#
Dekkers clinches with his opponent.
Koch avoids the elbow strike from Dekkers, against the cage.
Koch avoiding damage as Dekkers throws knees to the body.
Koch is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.#T9#
Dekkers lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Koch as the two fighters clinch.
Dekkers tries to stall but Koch uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Koch misses with a body punch.
Dekkers dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Koch softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dekkers with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Dekkers manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Good body shot from Koch. #BC2#
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Koch escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Koch throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dekkers.
Koch scores with a nice head shot.
Koch misses with a low kick as Dekkers jumps back.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jacob Koch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Koch has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 9:10
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 9:10
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacob Koch!
Jacob Koch spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.

Event: EPL 10 - Week 5
Date: Jun 01, 2016

#R1#
Koch lands a nice looking kick to the body. Del Toro takes a step back to recover.
Del Toro misses with a leg kick. #CL2#
Koch gets a clinch.
Koch throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Del Toros head.
A short right from Koch.
Koch goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Koch tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Koch lands a body punch in the clinch.
Koch stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koch.
Koch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Del Toro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Del Toro tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Koch goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Koch swings away with an uppercut that misses. #TD#
Del Toro has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Koch clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koch really must keep his cool here. He's controlling one of Del Toro's hands and whilst he does that, he's got a chance of escaping the position.
Del Toro wants to control the position but Koch frees himself and scrambles - Del Toro manages to regain control in side control. #T1#
Del Toro working the ground and pound but Koch is defending the strikes.
Koch defending against the ground and pound.
Del Toro remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Del Toro wants to lay and pray for a moment but Koch keeps working.
Koch can't do much from the bottom here.
Del Toro throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.#T2#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Del Toro creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Koch sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike. #SUB#
Del Toro is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Koch is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Koch is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Koch is working to avoid the ground and pound but Del Toro connects with a decent elbow.
Del Toro tries to move to mount but Koch blocks the move with his legs.
Del Toro scoring with punches from side control. #T3#
Del Toro throwing shots but missing, from side control. #SUB#
Del Toro is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Koch knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Del Toro looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Koch is avoiding damage well.
Del Toro advances to full mount.
Del Toro misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Koch is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Koch is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Del Toro is staying active.#T4#
Koch wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Del Toro.
Del Toro throws some wild stikes that Koch manages to avoid easily.
Del Toro sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Del Toro thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Koch wants to hold on but Del Toro pushes him away.
Koch holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Del Toro tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Del Toro in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas. #T5#
Del Toro controlling the pace for now.
Del Toro connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Del Toro with the ground and pound from mount.
Koch is in all sorts of trouble here.
Koch is still trying to improve position.
Koch takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Del Toro tries to control but Koch wriggling away.
Del Toro scoring with strikes but Koch is staying in there. #T6#
Koch is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Del Toro with the ground and pound from mount.
Del Toro sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Del Toro lands a big elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koch is bucking up trying to escape but Del Toro cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Del Toro working Koch over with strikes here.
Del Toro controlling the position easily from mount.
Del Toro dominating with strikes here.#SUB#
Del Toro goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Koch is on top in guard.
Del Toro tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Koch must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.#T7##SUB#
Del Toro working for submissions but it's allowed Koch to get to half guard.
Del Toro trying to control but Koch postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Del Toro is looking to improve his position.
Koch wants to free his trapped foot but Del Toro is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Del Toro keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T8#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Del Toro moves into full guard.
Del Toro looking to sweep here. No luck so far. #SUB#
Del Toro throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Koch escapes and throws Del Toro's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Del Toro tries to bench press Koch off him but Koch keeps the position.
Koch advances nicely into full mount. #T9#
Del Toro regains half guard.
Del Toro is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Del Toro moves into full guard. #SUB#
Koch got a little sloppy there for a moment and Del Toro has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Koch has managed to get both his arms back between Del Toro's legs - danger averted.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ernesto Del Toro showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Del Toro has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 10:9
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 10:9
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernesto Del Toro!
As Ernesto Del Toro got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: you want me to beat the crap out of you?'.

Event: EPL 10 - Week 4
Date: May 25, 2016

#R1#
A slow jab from Zsasz misses its intended target.
Victor Zsasz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koch tries to land a leg kick but Zsasz saw it coming and moves away.
Zsasz clobbers Koch with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Zsasz throws a solid leg kick but Koch takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Zsasz.
Zsasz scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Zsasz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Zsasz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Zsasz misses with a wild body shot.
Zsasz looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Koch with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Zsasz. Koch does a little dance to reset his feet.
Zsasz misses with a straight right.
A chopping leg kick lands by Koch.
Koch lands a leg kick that knocks Zsasz off balance momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koch scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Koch bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.#CL#
Koch clinches up against the cage.
Koch softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zsasz blocks a body shot from Koch. #T1#
Koch blocks an uppercut.
Zsasz scores with a shoulder strike.
Koch tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Koch.
A head punch on the inside from Koch fails to land. #BC2#
Zsasz manages to break the clinch.
Zsasz throws a low kick but Koch moves out of range easily.
A big left from Koch misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Zsasz! But no joy.
Zsasz with a jab.
Zsasz checks a leg kick.
Zsasz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zsasz lands a slapping body shot.
Zsasz misses with a hook
and Koch counters with a straight right hand.
Koch slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zsasz blocks the body kick.
Koch goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Zsasz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.#T2#
Zsasz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Koch scores with a leg kick.
Zsasz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Koch circles away quickly and effectively.
A swing and a miss from Zsasz.
Zsasz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Koch counters with a thumping low kick.
Zsasz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Koch.
Koch lands a nice shot that snaps Zsasz's head back.
Zsasz tries to land a leg kick but Koch saw it coming and moves away.
A clash of legs there as Koch blocks the low kick.
Zsasz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Koch chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Zsasz throws a looping overhand right but Koch ducks down to avoid it.
Zsasz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Koch dips to his left and cracks Zsasz with an uppercut!
Koch throws a leg kick but Zsasz checks it. #T3#
Koch tests Zsasz's chin there with a solid looking shot.#CUT#
It looks like Victor Zsasz has been cut.
Zsasz looks to land a left hand but Koch moved out of range nicely.
Zsasz throws a chopping leg kick but Koch manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Zsasz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Zsasz throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Koch to counter with a crisp jab. #ROC#
Zsasz is rocked!
Koch tests Zsasz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Zsasz is still on wobbly legs! Can Koch finish him?#KD#
Koch lands a big uppercut and Zsasz crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Zsasz looks OK. Koch waves Zsasz back to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koch will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Zsasz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Koch! Zsasz is out on his feet! Koch rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Zsasz is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Zsasz is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacob Koch!
After the fight, Jacob Koch was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
In defeat, Victor Zsasz stepped up to the mic, saying 'Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to getting pussy so mothafucka!! i fucking demand a rematch or else get me some pussy to fuck hard.'.

Event: EPL 10 - Week 3
Date: May 18, 2016

#R1#
Jokinen throws a leg kick
and Koch counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Koch tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jokinen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jokinen 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.
We've been informed that Koch 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.
Nice shot by Jokinen.
Koch misses with a body punch
and Koch takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Jokinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jokinen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jokinen throws a leg kick but Koch moved away.#TD#
Jokinen shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Koch's guard.
Jokinen stopping the sweep attempt from Koch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koch avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Koch has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Jokinen loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. #T1#
Jokinen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jokinen throws a strike but Koch rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVB#
Koch postures up.
Jokinen wants to hit a switch here but Koch passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Jokinen there!
Jokinen is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Koch trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Koch sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jokinen really trying hard to get back to half guard here. #T2#
Jokinen is squirming around, avoiding Koch's attempts to control the action.
Jokinen regains half guard.
Jokinen wants to control but Koch is keeping busy.
Jokinen makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jokinen.
Jokinen wants to sweep but no luck. #T3#
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jokinen is on top in guard. #REVR#
Koch is controlling Jokinen's posture.
Koch preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Koch preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Koch manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jokinen manages to get himself to full guard. #REVB#
Jokinen looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Koch puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Koch takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Koch prevents Jokinen from improving his position.#T4#
Koch trying to control the pace.
Jokinen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jokinen wants to get back to full guard.
Jokinen trying to control but Koch postures up.
Jokinen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Koch is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.#T5#
Jokinen wants to improve his position but Koch is controlling well.
Jokinen regains full guard. Nicely done.
Jokinen wants to sweep here but Koch controlling him for the moment. #SUB#
Jokinen looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Koch passes into side control.
Koch trying to control the position but Jokinen is working away. #T6#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jokinen is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Koch working away.
Koch trying to control the action but Jokinen is working from the bottom.
Koch moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.#T7#
Jokinen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Koch connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Koch avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jokinen lands a two punch combo.
Jokinen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Koch throws a jab when Jokinen was well out of range.
Jokinen throws a head kick but Koch moves out of range.
Jacob Koch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Koch tries to land a leg kick but Jokinen saw it coming and moves away.
Jokinen throws a hook but Koch avoids it easily.
Jokinen 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.
Koch misses with a hook.
Jokinen appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Koch walks into a jab.
Koch motions for Jokinen to come forward. Koch throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Koch checks a low kick from Jokinen.#TD#
Jokinen looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.#T8#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jokinen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jokinen is thwarting Koch's attempts to control the position.
Koch avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jokinen.
Jokinen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jokinen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jokinen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Jokinen is thwarting Koch's attempts to control the position.
Jokinen looks to land a strike but Koch avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Jokinen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. #T9##SUB2#
Koch is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jokinen wants to control from the top but Koch keeps moving.
Koch is controlling Jokinen's posture.
Jokinen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jokinen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Koch preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Jokinen distracts Koch with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jokinen working some strikes from top position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ode Jokinen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jokinen 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 10:9
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 10:9
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 10:9

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ode Jokinen!
Our winner, Ode Jokinen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

Event: EPL 10 - Week 2
Date: May 11, 2016

#R1#
Koch tries to clinch up.
Teitsi misses with a wild body shot.
Koch throws a leg kick that is checked
and Teitsi counters with a straight right hand.
Koch scores with a jab.
Koch throws out a loose jab but Teitsi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koch misses with a leg kick
and Teitsi counters with a stiff right hand.
Teitsi tries to land a leg kick but Koch saw it coming and moves away.
Koch slips a jab and a cross from Teitsi. #TD#
Teitsi darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Teitsi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Teitsi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Teitsi trying to pass the guard but Koch defending well.
Koch keeping control of the position. #T1#
Teitsi wants to pass the guard but Koch is defending well.
Teitsi has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Teitsi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Koch defending well though.
Teitsi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Koch defending well though.
Teitsi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Koch wants to control but Teitsi is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Teitsi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Teitsi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Koch's head. #T2#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Teitsi is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Teitsi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Teitsi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Koch defending well though.
Koch has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Teitsi is working away from the top position though.
Teitsi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Teitsi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Koch defending well though.
Teitsi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Koch is looking for a sweep. Teitsi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.#REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.#T3#
A low kick from Teitsi is predictable there
and Koch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Teitsi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koch is trying to counter with his kicks.
Teitsi sizes up Koch with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. #CL2#
Koch closes the distance and clinches.
Teitsi avoiding damage.
Teitsi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Koch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Koch lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Teitsi backwards.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Teitsi obliges.
Teitsi tries to land knees in the clinch but Koch avoids the damage to the body.
Koch swings wildly with an uppercut but Teitsi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koch doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Koch swings wildly with an uppercut but Teitsi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Teitsi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Koch lands a hook that snaps the head of Teitsi backwards.
Koch looking to slow down the pace here.
Koch swings wildly with an uppercut but Teitsi uses good head movement to avoid it. #T4#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koch lands a body shot.
Koch scores with a shot to the side of Teitsi's head.
Teitsi goes for a takedown in the clinch but Koch prevents it.
Koch avoiding damage as Teitsi throws knees to the body.
Koch tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Teitsi missing with knees to the body.
Teitsi blocking some punches.
Koch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Teitsi throws a head punch that misses.
Teitsi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Koch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Koch misses with the head strike.
Koch swings wildly with an uppercut but Teitsi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koch misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Teitsi. #T5#
A head punch on the inside from Teitsi fails to land.
A short left from Teitsi.
Koch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Teitsi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Teitsi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Koch blocks it with crossed arms.
Koch lands a body shot.
Koch misses with a punch to the body.
Koch gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Teitsi.
Koch tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Koch lands a hook to the side of the head.
Koch throws a head punch that misses.
Koch gets through Teitsi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Koch misses with a body punch.
Teitsi cracks Koch with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Koch - that landed with a thud.
Koch lands with a light punch inside.
Koch misses with some punches.
Koch lands with a light punch inside.
Teitsi landing some nice looking knees to the body. #T6#
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!
Koch misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Teitsi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Koch lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Teitsi wants to stall.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows. #BC2#
Koch manages to break the clinch.
Koch connects with a good right hand that stumbles Teitsi. Teitsi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Koch wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Teitsi walks into a left hand.
Teitsi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A jab from Koch finds it's way through Teitsi's defenses.
Teitsi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Koch has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Koch scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Teitsi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matti Teitsi. That's going to take a lot out of him.#T7#
Teitsi shoots in looking for a takedown but Koch manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Teitsi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Teitsi tries to clinch there but Koch circles away.
Koch throws a leg kick but Teitsi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Teitsi throws a nice looking combination but Koch bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Koch swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Teitsi.
Matti Teitsi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Teitsi looks to clinch
and Koch counters with a nice uppercut.
Teitsi thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Koch if he has to take too many more of those.
Teitsi 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.
Teitsi tries to clinch but Koch moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Koch. Teitsi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Teitsi is looking to land body kicks.
Teitsi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Teitsi looks to land a left hand but Koch moved out of range nicely.
Koch takes a swing at Teitsi's ribcage but misses. #T8#
Teitsi misses with a two punch combination.
Koch throws a good cross that connects.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Teitsi throws a leg kick but Koch moved away.
Koch appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Teitsi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Teitsi there as he acknowledges the shot.
Teitsi misses with a kick to the body. #CL2#
Koch rushes Teitsi and presses him up against the cage.
Koch lands a hook to the side of the head.
Teitsi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Koch misses with some punches.
Koch managing to block the knees to the body from Teitsi.
Teitsi struggles to land a body shot inside as Koch controls his hands.
Teitsi is trying to break the clinch but Koch is controlling him.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Koch creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Koch.
Come on Teitsi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Koch lands with a left to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Koch. #T9#
Koch lands a nice uppercut.
Koch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Teitsi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Koch working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Teitsi prevents a body shot from Koch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Teitsi obliges.
Teitsi taking a breather.
Teitsi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koch.
Koch avoiding damage as Teitsi throws knees to the body.
Teitsi prevents a body shot from Koch.
Koch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Koch prevents the takedown attempt.
Koch works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Teitsi is breathing heavily.
Koch has a couple of punches blocked by Teitsi.
Koch has a couple of punches blocked by Teitsi. #BC2#
Koch breaks from the clinch.
Teitsi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koch throws out a counter right but Teitsi avoids it with no problem.
Koch takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jacob Koch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Koch has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 9:10
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 9:10
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacob Koch!
After the fight, Jacob Koch was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.

Event: EPL 10 - Week 1
Date: May 04, 2016

#R1#
A swing and a miss from Centino.
Centino ducks under a wild hook from Koch.
Centino has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Mary Gracies Jiu Jitsu in the buildup to the fight.
Koch shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Centino eats them both and turns towards Koch to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.#CUT2#
It looks like Arthur Centino has been cut.
Centino moves out of range of the strikes.
Koch connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Centino momentarily.
Koch cracks Centino with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Centino misses with a head kick.
Centino connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Koch momentarily.
Koch just misses with a punch to the body.
Centino appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Centino clobbers Koch with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koch throws a leg kick which misses Centino's front leg but catches the back leg as Centino tries to avoid it.
Koch takes a swing at Centino's ribcage but misses.
Centino dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Koch. That did some damage!
Koch takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. #T1#
Koch on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Centino. Centino obviously looking to wear him down.
Koch turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Koch misses with a double jab.
Centino moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Centino shoots in for a takedown but Koch shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
We've been informed that Koch 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.
Koch misses the shot to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Centino blocks the leg kick.
Centino throws a low kick, looking for Koch's leg but Koch calmly moves out of range.
Centino changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Koch tries to avoid it but Centino manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Koch to the ground. Koch escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Centino motions for Koch to come forward. Centino throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Centino throws a body shot but no joy.
Koch uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Centino.
A nice leg kick lands there from Centino.
Koch lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.#T2#
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!
Centino avoids the head kick by Koch.
Centino takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Centino ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koch moves away.
Koch looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Koch connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Centino throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koch swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd cheers as Koch lands an impressive looking overhand right. Centino doesn't seem phased though.
Centino misses with a kick to the body.
A jab from Koch misses.
Centino gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Koch counters with a straight right hand.
Koch cracks Centino with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Koch works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Koch misses with a hook. Centino ducked under it nicely. #T3#
Centino works Koch's body with a nice hook.
Koch jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Jacob Koch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Koch throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koch looks to throw the jab but Centino is out of range.
Centino staying out of range there.
Centino with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Koch cracks the inside of Centino's front leg.
Centino is trying hard to land a takedown here. Koch sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arthur Centino. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Centino is defended easily by Koch.
Koch is looking to slow Centino down with leg kicks. #T4#
Centino misses with a left hand
and Koch counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Centino uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Centino uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Koch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slapping leg kick lands for Centino.
Centino lands with a good body shot.
Koch throws out a loose jab but Centino uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koch missing with a left hand there. Centino was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. #CL2#
Koch moves into the clinch successfully. #TD#
Centino pulls guard successfully.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Koch tries to free his leg and advance position but Centino is retaining full guard.
Centino wants to hit a switch here but Koch passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Centino there!
Koch content just to control the position here. #T5#
Centino looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
You can see the frustration on Centino's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Koch is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Centino tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Centino tries to improve his position but instead Koch has taken his back! #T6#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Centino rolls, trying to escape but Koch keeps control of the position.
Koch is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Centino can't escape the position.
Koch is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Koch not allowing Centino to control his hands.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Koch is trying to stick to Centino's back but Centino is turning into Koch. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Koch's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Centino.#T7#
Centino throws an elbow that misses. Koch uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Centino's guard. Nice move by Koch!#REVB#
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koch trying to control the position from guard on top but Centino is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Centino is trying to keep Koch in close. #SUB#
Centino throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Centino is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Centino trying to control the position. #T8#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Koch showing good wrestling skills to control the position. #SUB#
Centino is active off his back here, looking for submissions. #SUB#
Centino looking for subs off his back but Koch has passed one foot through into half guard.
Koch not doing much here. #T9#
Centino is trying to get back to full guard.
Koch content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Centino makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Centino.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jacob Koch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Koch 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 9:10
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 9:10
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacob Koch!
A less than humble Jacob Koch misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.

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