PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rosco P Coltrane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Atlas Kivi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coltrane's entrance music is Bleed. A fine choice. The key to victory for Rosco P Coltrane has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

P Coltrane
vs
Kivi

177 cm
26
168 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

175 cm
24
160 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Brute
Reaper Combatwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rosco P Coltrane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Atlas Kivi!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Valeri Chadov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coltrane jabs at Kivi's body.
Coltrane lands with an uppercut that bounces Kivi off the ropes and back into range.
Kivi misses with a wild body shot.
Coltrane scores with a leg kick.
Coltrane displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kivi.
Coltrane swings for the body but Kivi moves out of range.
Kivi throws a hook but Coltrane avoids it easily.
Coltrane misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kivi.
Coltrane comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kivi misses with a left hand
and Coltrane counters with a leg kick.
Coltrane looks to clinch

and Kivi counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Coltrane's guard now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Coltrane preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kivi postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coltrane preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Coltrane controls Kivi momentarily but Kivi frees himself.
Kivi passes Coltrane's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Coltrane trying to hold on to Kivi's head to control him but Kivi postures up.
Kivi trying to control from Coltrane's half guard. Coltrane has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Coltrane seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Kivi won't allow Coltrane to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coltrane working a defensive guard here.
Kivi lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kivi throwing strikes but missing.
Kivi advances to half guard.
Kivi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Coltrane keeps working.
Kivi trying to mount his opponent but Coltrane defends it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coltrane blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kivi.

Kivi is looking for a kimura but Coltrane is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kivi to get the leverage.
Coltrane wants to control but Kivi is keeping busy.

Kivi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Kivi seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kivi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Coltrane's head.
Kivi trying to control the action but Coltrane is working from the bottom.
Kivi looks to land a strike but Coltrane avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Kivi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Coltrane swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Coltrane is looking to stand back up but Kivi counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Coltrane.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Kivi is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Atlas Kivi dominated that round.
That's time! Coltrane's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Coltrane scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Kivi doesn't seem bothered though.
Coltrane throws a sloppy head kick and Kivi moves out of range easily.
Kivi has a takedown stuffed.
Coltrane with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kivi fails to land the takedown.
Kivi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Coltrane rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kivi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kivi fails with a takedown attempt.
Rosco P Coltrane has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Atlas Kivi.
Kivi misses with an uppercut
and Coltrane counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Coltrane slaps away a takedown attempt from Kivi, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Coltrane fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Kivi finds it's way through Coltrane's defenses.
Coltrane throws a low kick, looking for Kivi's leg but Kivi calmly moves out of range.
Coltrane uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kivi.

Coltrane has closed the distance and engaged Kivi in a clinch.
Coltrane missing with knees to the body.
Kivi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Coltrane backwards.
Coltrane lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Atlas Kivi has been cut.
Coltrane throws a head punch that misses.
Kivi tries to break free but Coltrane pushes him back against the ropes.
A head punch on the inside from Kivi fails to land.
Coltrane creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kivi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Coltrane lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Coltrane misses with a knee to the head.
Coltrane lands with a short shot to the head.
Kivi misses with some punches.
Kivi tries to break the clinch but Coltrane is controlling the position.
Kivi can't break the clinch.
Kivi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Coltrane lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Coltrane throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kivi blocks an elbow strike.

Kivi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Coltrane takes the fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coltrane misses with a knee strike.
Coltrane misses with an elbow strike.
Coltrane struggles to land a body shot inside as Kivi controls his hands.
Kivi is stalling here.
Kivi avoids the elbow strike from Coltrane, against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Coltrane just misses with a elbow thrown towards Kivi's brow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Coltrane.
Kivi can't break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Coltrane throws an elbow but misses.
Kivi just leaning against Coltrane, taking a breather.
Kivi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kivi blocks the elbow strike.
Kivi avoids a wild elbow strike from Coltrane.
Kivi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kivi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Coltrane misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Coltrane fails to land.
Kivi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kivi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Coltrane lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Coltrane blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Coltrane lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Coltrane creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rosco P Coltrane dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Atlas Kivi's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Coltrane misses with a wild body shot.
Kivi closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Coltrane displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kivi throws out the jab.
Kivi throws an overhand right that lands on Coltrane's shoulder, as Coltrane tries to avoid the shot.
Coltrane takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Kivi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Coltrane with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Coltrane throws a body punch but Kivi moves out of range.
Coltrane tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Kivi paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rosco P Coltrane is winning the standup battle so far.

Coltrane gets caught napping as Kivi dives in and scores a takedown. Coltrane manages to retain guard.
Kivi passes Coltrane's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Coltrane blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kivi.
Kivi has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

Kivi is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coltrane is not content to let Kivi control the position.
Coltrane keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Kivi is looking for a kimura but Coltrane is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kivi to get the leverage.
Coltrane is trying to stand back up but Kivi is controlling him

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kivi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Kivi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Kivi is looking for a kimura but Coltrane is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kivi to get the leverage.
Kivi seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Coltrane does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kivi has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Kivi there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coltrane tries to hold on but Kivi postures up.
Kivi controlling the pace for now.
Coltrane blocking the ground and pound.

Kivi goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Coltrane turns into him and now he's in Kivi's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kivi tries to strike from the bottom.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Kivi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Coltrane wants to control the action here but instead Kivi manages to pass to full mount!

And that's the end of the fight!
Atlas Kivi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kivi 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight for Atlas Kivi!
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight for Atlas Kivi!
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight for Atlas Kivi!

Atlas Kivi wins by unanimous decision!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Atlas Kivi made sure he mentioned SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI, along with how happy he was to win his fight.