PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nils Kositzky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Raiden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Kositzky
vs
Raiden

179 cm
18
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
22
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Prime Time Fighting Clothing

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 Hilo, Nils Kositzky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jack Raiden!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raiden scores with a nice strike.
Raiden steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Kositzky.
Raiden moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Raiden swings for the body but Kositzky moves out of range.
Kositzky throws a jab when Raiden was well out of range.
Raiden showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kositzky.
Some wild striking there from Kositzky.
Kositzky throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Raiden ducks under a wild hook from Kositzky.
Kositzky with a hook.
Some wild striking there from Kositzky.
Kositzky takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A choreographed right hand from Kositzky misses the target.
Raiden tries to clinch but Kositzky is having none of it.
A jab from Kositzky finds it's way through Raiden's defenses.
Kositzky throws a hook to the side of Raiden's head but Raiden sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Raiden slips a jab from Kositzky.
Nils Kositzky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raiden tries to clinch there but Kositzky circles away.
Kositzky looks to land a left hand but Raiden moved out of range nicely.
Kositzky lands a with a good body shot.
Raiden moves away from the strike by Kositzky.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kositzky lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A combination from Kositzky does no damage.
Raiden scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kositzky lands a two punch combo.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kositzky.
Kositzky throws a nice looking combination but Raiden bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Raiden bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kositzky throws a combination that misses
and Raiden counters with an outside leg kick.
Kositzky lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kositzky.
Raiden tries to close the distance and clinch but Kositzky swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kositzky throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Raiden.
Kositzky swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kositzky jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kositzky misses with a hook. Raiden ducked under it nicely.
Kositzky dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kositzky fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kositzky slow jab from Raiden misses its intended target.
Kositzky throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kositzky falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Raiden to counter with a crisp jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raiden avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kositzky misses the shot to the body.
Raiden tests Kositzky's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kositzky jabbing away but nothing is landing.

Raiden takes the fight into the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kositzky wants to get back to striking at distance but Raiden won't allow it.
Raiden tries to break the clinch but Kositzky is controlling the position.
Raiden connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kositzky's face.

Kositzky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kositzky throws a series of punches but Raiden avoids them all with ease.
Raiden dodges the punch combination from Kositzky.
Raiden avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kositzky doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kositzky looks to land a right hand but Raiden moved out of range.
Raiden is looking to clinch but Kositzky is avoiding it.
Kositzky throws a hook but Raiden avoids it easily.
Kositzky swings for the body but Raiden moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kositzky misses with a hook.
A combination from Kositzky does no damage.
Kositzky avoids the body shot from Raiden.
Kositzky connects with a crisp jab.
Kositzky just misses with a punch to the body.
A cross from Raiden lands.
Kositzky misses with a double jab
and Raiden counters with a straight right hand.
Kositzky misses with a hook. Raiden ducked under it nicely.
Kositzky swats away the attempt to clinch by Raiden.
Kositzky works the jab nicely.
Raiden slips a jab and a cross from Kositzky.
Raiden throws a sloppy head kick and Kositzky moves out of range easily.
Good exchange - Kositzky coming out on top.
Kositzky misses with a jab to the body
and Raiden counters with a two punch combo.
Kositzky rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Raiden moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kositzky looks to land a combination but Raiden avoids it well.
Kositzky misses with the combination.
Kositzky swinging wilding here.
Kositzky is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Raiden!
Raiden misses with a head kick.

Raiden moves into the clinch.
Kositzky holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Kositzky wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Raiden misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kositzky.
Raiden keeps control of Kositzky as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Raiden wants to stall.

Raiden manages to break the clinch.
Kositzky throws a shot from downtown. Raiden moves away and avoids it.
Kositzky misses with a double jab.
Kositzky throws a nice looking combination but Raiden bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kositzky throws a lazy right hand but Raiden sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kositzky slow jab from Raiden misses its intended target.
Raiden slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kositzky swats away the attempt to clinch by Raiden.
Raiden avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nils Kositzky dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Kositzky fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kositzky just misses with a punch to the body.
Raiden staying out of range there.
Raiden fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kositzky avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kositzky misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kositzky throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Raiden throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kositzky misses with a looping right.
Kositzky throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Raiden counters with an inside leg kick.
Kositzky lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kositzky's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Kositzky duly obliges.
Kositzky misses with a two punch combination.
Kositzky will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Raiden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kositzky swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A slapping leg kick lands for Raiden.
No joy there for Kositzky, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Raiden clinches up with Kositzky and pushes him back against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raiden misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kositzky.
Raiden is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Raiden is looking to break free of the clinch but Kositzky has double underhooks.
Raiden unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kositzky lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Raiden tries a knee to the head but Kositzky blocks it.
Kositzky is trying to break the clinch but Raiden has him pressed against the cage.
Raiden misses with a knee to the head.
Raiden is looking to control Kositzky's arms but Kositzky gets an underhook and turns him. Now Raiden has his back to the cage.
Raiden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kositzky blocks it with crossed arms.
Raiden stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Raiden is breathing heavily.
Kositzky has had enough of the clinch but Raiden keeps him there for the moment.
Kositzky wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Raiden as the two fighters clinch.
Raiden connects with a knee to the head.
Raiden landing some nice looking knees to the body.

Kositzky escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Raiden throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kositzky takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Raiden slips a jab and a cross from Kositzky.
Kositzky lands an overhand right.

Raiden rushes Kositzky and presses him up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raiden fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Kositzky breaks from the clinch.
Raiden tries to clinch but Kositzky is having none of it.
Both fighters circling a little - Raiden finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Kositzky throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Raiden.
Kositzky with a hook.
Nils Kositzky is winning the standup battle so far.
Kositzky throws out a loose jab but Raiden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kositzky connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kositzky steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Raiden.
Raiden throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kositzky lands a body shot.
Kositzky keeps the fight on the outside.
Raiden moves out of range of the strikes.
Kositzky throws a combination that misses
and Raiden makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Kositzky really felt that one!
Nils Kositzky is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Raiden ducks under a wild hook from Kositzky.
Raiden moves out of range as Kositzky strikes.
Kositzky misses with a series of wild punches.
Kositzky slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raiden gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kositzky.
Kositzky sizes up Raiden with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kositzky throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kositzky throws a series of punches but Raiden avoids them all with ease.
Raiden slips under a jab from Kositzky.
Kositzky falls off balance throwing a combination
and Raiden counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kositzky is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Raiden avoids a punch combination nicely.
Raiden tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kositzky throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
No joy there for Kositzky, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Raiden fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Kositzky is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Raiden.
Kositzky scores with a hook.
Kositzky looks to land a right hand but Raiden moved out of range.

Raiden clinches up with Kositzky and pushes him back against the cage.
Kositzky has had enough of the clinch but Raiden keeps him there for the moment.
Kositzky is trying to break the clinch but Raiden has him pressed against the cage.

Kositzky breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kositzky takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A jab from Raiden finds it's way through Kositzky's defenses.
A big left from Kositzky misses.
Kositzky swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Raiden counters with a good low kick that Kositzky was not able to check.
Kositzky fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Both fighters circling a little - Raiden finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Raiden tries to clinch there but Kositzky circles away.
Kositzky misses with a hook. Raiden ducked under it nicely.

Raiden drives through and clinches with Kositzky against the cage.
Raiden slows down the pace here.
Raiden tries to land knees in the clinch but Kositzky avoids the damage to the body.
Kositzky blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Raiden breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Raiden doesn't manage to clinch there - Kositzky circles away.
Kositzky lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kositzky throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Raiden counters with a nice leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Kositzky.
Raiden blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Nils Kositzky will probably get the nod.
That's time! Kositzky's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Kositzky throws a series of strikes that have Raiden backpedaling.
Kositzky misses with a double jab
and Raiden counters with a body kick that stops Kositzky in his tracks momentarily.
Kositzky misses with a double jab
and Raiden counters with a nice kick to the body.
Kositzky scores with a one two! Raiden had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kositzky doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kositzky keeps the fight on the outside.
Good shot there by Kositzky.
Raiden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kositzky swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kositzky misses with a few strikes there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Raiden, as that shot connected.
Raiden tries to clinch up.
Kositzky throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Raiden tries to clinch up but Kositzky circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A choreographed right hand from Kositzky misses the target.
Kositzky lands with a nice combination. Raiden backs away looking to recover.
Raiden's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Raiden duly obliges.
Kositzky swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Raiden counters with a left to the body.
Raiden tries to close the distance and clinch but Kositzky swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Raiden blocks a jab.
Kositzky misses with a few strikes there.
Kositzky throws out a loose jab but Raiden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kositzky will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Kositzky on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Raiden. Raiden obviously looking to wear him down.
Kositzky throws a combination that misses
and Raiden counters with a one-two to the body.
Raiden uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kositzky.
Raiden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kositzky swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Raiden throws a series of punches but Kositzky avoids them all with ease.
Raiden clobbers Kositzky with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kositzky throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Raiden makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Raiden has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Raiden listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kositzky throws a jab but it's blocked by Raiden.
Raiden staying out of range there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Raiden.
Kositzky misses with a wild combination.
Kositzky rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Raiden moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Raiden is looking to clinch but Kositzky is avoiding it.

Raiden clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Kositzky manages to break the clinch.
Kositzky dodges the punch combination from Raiden.
Raiden throws a one two combo.
Kositzky throws a lazy right hand but Raiden sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kositzky throws a nice looking combination but Raiden bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kositzky throws a series of punches but Raiden moves out of range.
Raiden tries to clinch up.
Nice defenses there by Raiden.
Kositzky throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Raiden rushes Kositzky and presses him up against the cage.

Raiden breaks from the clinch.
Raiden connects with a high kick.
A punch combination from Kositzky misses.
Raiden wants to clinch.
Kositzky swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Raiden counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kositzky's knee momentarily.
Kositzky swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kositzky loads up on a big right hand but Raiden slips the punch.
Kositzky is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Kositzky takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raiden misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fighters circling - Kositzky throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice shot by Kositzky.
Kositzky misses with a few strikes there.
Raiden scores with a nice right hand.
Nice shot by Raiden.
Raiden tries to clinch up.
Raiden works Kositzky's body with a nice hook.
Kositzky ducks under a wild hook from Raiden.
Kositzky pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Raiden looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Raiden slips a straight right by Kositzky.
Kositzky swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kositzky avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Raiden lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kositzky backs up against the cage.
Raiden slips a jab from Kositzky.
Raiden lands with a nice combination. Kositzky backs away looking to recover.
Kositzky misses with a two punch combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kositzky missing with a left hand there. Raiden was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kositzky throws a series of punches but Raiden moves out of range.
Jack Raiden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kositzky thows a left - swing and a miss!
Raiden throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kositzky slips a jab and a cross from Raiden.
Kositzky throws a lazy right hand but Raiden sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kositzky wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kositzky uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Raiden.
Kositzky misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Kositzky misses.
A big right from Raiden misses.
Kositzky throws a hook but Raiden blocks it.
Kositzky throws out a loose jab but Raiden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raiden thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice defenses there by Raiden.
Raiden scoring well with a low kick there.

Raiden has managed to clinch.
Kositzky is trying to stall.
Kositzky tries to break the clinch but Raiden is controlling the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Raiden comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Kositzky has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nils Kositzky!