PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Timo Bader (ranked 997 p4p, 253 weight class) and James Cole (ranked 139 p4p, 34 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Bader
vs
Cole

178 cm
30
160
20 - 20 - 0

178 cm
36
170
25 - 13 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 20 - 0, fighting out of London, Timo Bader!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 3, fighting out of New York, James Cole!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bader slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Bader swings for the body but Cole moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cole! But no joy.
Cole smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bader misses with a hook.
Bader throws a poor cross that misses
and Bader takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Some wild striking there from Bader.
Cole throws a head kick but Bader moves out of range.
Cole throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bader misses with a body shot
and Cole counters with a stiff right hand.
Cole loads up on a big right hand but Bader slips the punch.
Cole keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bader.
Cole slips under a jab.
Bader throws an off balance right hand
and Cole counters with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cole avoids the body shot from Bader.
Bader tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bader rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Cole counter with a right hand.

Bader is rocked!
We've been hearing reports that Bader has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bader throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bader throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bader misses with an uppercut. Cole saw that one coming.
Bader misses with a jab to the body
and Cole counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Oh Bader is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jab by Bader.
Cole scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bader swings away with a body shot that misses
and Cole counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Cole!
A very excited looking James Cole rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.