PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt Serra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Caleb Cohen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Serra
vs
Cohen

177 cm
19
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matt Serra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Caleb Cohen!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cohen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Serra pinned against the cage. Serra gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Cohen shoots in but no luck this time.
Caleb Cohen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cohen has a takedown stuffed.
Matt Serra has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Caleb Cohen.
Cohen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Serra with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cohen misses with a takedown attempt - Serra sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Serra gets a takedown into half guard.
Serra looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cohen with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Serra not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Serra not doing much here.
Serra sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cohen defending well though.
Serra 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.
Serra scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cohen looking for submissions off his back.
Serra keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Serra wants to take a breather but Cohen is having none of it.

Cohen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Cohen is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Serra pulls his head out easily.
Serra is trying to control. Cohen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Cohen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Serra counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Cohen!
Serra lands a heavy elbow.
Cohen looks gassed!
Serra is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Cohen is rocked!
Serra working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Cohen is still in real trouble! Can Serra finish him?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cohen taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Serra controlling from mount.
Serra lands a big elbow.
Serra cracks Cohen with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Serra!