PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Kewell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Norris Cole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cole is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Offspring - Why Don't You Get A Job. Sonny Kewell has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Kewell
vs
Cole

183 cm
26
205 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

191 cm
22
205 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sonny Kewell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Norris Cole!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Donatello Bradman and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kewell bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Kewell looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kewell creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Cole sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Cole struggling a bit here.

Kewell is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Cole is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Kewell wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Cole, who protects the arm well.
Cole is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Kewell off and has taken his back!
Kewell manages to reverse the position and now he's in Cole's guard. Nice work there by Kewell.

Cole is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Kewell defends well.
Kewell slips nicely into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cole is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kewell is taking a breather. Cole says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Kewell passes to side control.
You can see the frustration on Cole's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cole tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Kewell is working to tighten is grip on Cole's neck. He's isolated an arm and is working for an arm triangle. Cole has recognised the danger and is trying to turn with the submission but Kewell is really squeezing tight and eventually Cole passes out! Kewell breaks the hold and jumps onto the cage to celebrate! Submission of the night, I'd say!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Sonny Kewell!
Sonny Kewell decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.