PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marlon Kooch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Faure (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kooch comes to the cage accompanied by Rise Against - The strenght to go on. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Kooch
vs
Faure

189 cm
22
215 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

192 cm
21
204 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
KO power

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marlon Kooch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Travis Faure!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faure misses the shot to the body.
Faure takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

It looks like Marlon Kooch has been cut.
Faure throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kooch slips a straight right by Faure.
Faure looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Faure drops his shoulder and cracks Kooch with a huge uppercut! Kooch goes down! Can Faure finish him?

Kooch is rocked!

Faure has gone for a leg lock! Kooch slips out almost immediately though and dives into Faure's guard.
Oh Kooch is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kooch postures up in Faure's guard and throws a big left but Faure blocks it.
Kooch lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kooch seems to have got his legs back now.
Faure looking for a sweep. Not yet Faure, not yet.
Faure is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Faure is looking for a kimura but Kooch is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Faure to get the leverage.

Faure is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

Faure wants to work for an arm triangle but Kooch is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Faure looks gassed!
Kooch is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Faure is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Kooch doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Faure.

Faure seems to be working for a kimura but Kooch defends the submission attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kooch regains full guard. Nicely done.
Kooch is trying to keep Faure in close.
Kooch 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kooch trying to control the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Kooch is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kooch fails in his attempt to clinch.
A big right from Faure misses.
Faure misses with a jab, cross combination.
Faure throws a series of punches but Kooch avoids them all with ease.
Faure misses with a wild combination.
Faure throws a jab but it's blocked by Kooch.
Faure looks to score with a jab to the body but Kooch is just out of range.
A big right from Faure misses.
Faure will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kooch tries to clinch there but Faure circles away.
A slow jab from Faure misses its intended target.
Kooch fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Faure.
Faure just misses with a punch to the body.
Faure swats away the attempt to clinch by Kooch.

Kooch has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kooch looking to throw knees to the head but Faure is blocking nicely.
Kooch can't get the takedown.
Kooch tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Faure changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kooch fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kooch tries to clinch up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Faure misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jab from Faure.
Kooch moves away from the strike by Faure.
Faure throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice cross by Faure.

Faure closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Kooch to the mat! Kooch manages to get full guard.

Faure is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Faure is sitting in close to Kooch's body. Kooch has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Faure is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Faure is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Kooch.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Marlon Kooch!