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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Kositzky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davis Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kositzky might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Schwarz zu Blau. Davis Black has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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140 lbs
18 - 14 - 0 |
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170 cm
27
146 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Kositzky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Davis Black!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kositzky tries to close the distance and clinch up but Black swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kositzky fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kositzky looks to land a combination but Black avoids it well.
Black swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Black ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kositzky moves away.
Black tries to clinch but Kositzky is having none of it.
Black stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Black wants it to stay on the feet.
Black throws a head kick that misses.
Black throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Kositzky was covering up waiting for the punch and Black finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Kositzky looking for a sweep. Not yet Kositzky, not yet.
Black wants to control from the top but Kositzky keeps moving.
Kositzky is trying to control the position but Black postures up.
Black lands a couple of digs.
Black has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kositzky avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kositzky wants to get back to his feet but Black is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kositzky looking for a sweep. Not yet Kositzky, not yet.
Kositzky is working hard here to advance position.
Black postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Kositzky is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Black, into his guard.
Black is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kositzky trying to control but Black is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Black is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Kositzky preventing the sweep.
Kositzky has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Black wants to hit a switch here but Kositzky passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Black there!
Black really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kositzky tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Black is trying desperately to improve position.
Kositzky looking to control but Black is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Black really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Black is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Black wants to hold on but Kositzky pushes him away.
Black keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kositzky looking to control but Black is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Black is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Davis Black will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jab by Black.
A swing and a miss from Black.
Kositzky tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Black swivels and escapes.
Black gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Kositzky counters by clinching up.
Black tries for a takedown but Kositzky manages to get underhooks.
Black misses with a short punch on the inside.
Black goes for a takedown in the clinch but Kositzky prevents it.
Paul Kositzky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davis Black.
Black fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kositzky taking a breather.
Black is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kositzky is keeping busy.
Kositzky tries to break the clinch but Black is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short body shot lands from Black as the two fighters clinch.
Black stops a takedown attempt from Kositzky.
Kositzky prevents the takedown attempt.
Kositzky trying to stall but Black improves his position.
Kositzky is trying to drag Black to the mat but Black just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
Black lands a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black being controlled against the ropes.
Kositzky wants to get back to striking at distance but Black won't allow it.
Black escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kositzky fails with the takedown.
A right-left combo lands from Black.
Kositzky shoots and misses
and Black counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Black cracks Kositzky with a right hand to the side of the head.
Black gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Black digs a right hand into Kositzky's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kositzky's gas tank.
Kositzky escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Black moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kositzky fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kositzky is looking to clinch.
Black uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Kositzky has time to react.
Black throws out a powerful jab.
Black circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kositzky moves in looking to clinch but Black pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Black throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kositzky.
Black avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kositzky moves out of range of the leg kick from Black.
Kositzky tries to close the distance and clinch but Black swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Black throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice sprawl there from Black as Kositzky shoots in.
Nice takedown defense from Black. No joy for Kositzky on that attempt.
Kositzky throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kositzky's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Kositzky duly obliges.
Black scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kositzky is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kositzky shoots for a takedown but Black saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kositzky shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Black defends it nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kositzky tries to clinch up but Black circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kositzky walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Black moves into the clinch.
Kositzky blocks a body shot from Black.
Kositzky is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Black trying to land knees to the body.
Black works on Kositzky's body with a couple of short punches.
Black lands a body shot.
Black tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Black lands a shot to the body.
Good body shot from Black.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Black scores with a nice hook to the head.
Black is working for takedown but Kositzky is calmly controlling the position for now.
Black lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A shot in the inside from Black.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Black.
Black stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Black throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Black throws a punch but it's blocked by Kositzky.
Kositzky dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Black is working Kositzky over against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Black is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kositzky is keeping busy.
Black lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kositzky or not.
Black wants a takedown but no success here.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kositzky stalling in the clinch but Black improves position.
Kositzky is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Black gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Kositzky slowing the pace effectively.
Kositzky managing to block the knees to the body from Black.
Black lands a right hand.
The referee is keeping an eye on Black - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Kositzky controlling the action here for a moment.
Black lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kositzky is working for takedown but Black is calmly controlling the position for now.
A bit of stalling here from Kositzky.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Kositzky can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Davis Black showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Nice body punch from Black.
Kositzky scores a takedown into full mount!
Kositzky looking to control but Black is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kositzky controlling from the full mount.
Kositzky trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Black is looking to get to half guard.
Black tries to hold on but Kositzky postures up.
Black is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kositzky controlling the pace for now.
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.
Black is desperately trying to improve his position but Kositzky has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Kositzky controlling his opponent.
Black tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Black is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Black can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Black takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kositzky wants to control the pace but Black is squirming around nicely.
Paul Kositzky has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Davis Black is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Black is in all sorts of trouble here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Black wants to control but Kositzky is having none of it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Kositzky showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Black 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Davis Black!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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