PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zander Thorvaldsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Kooch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kooch's choice of entrance music: Rusko - Tru Powwa. Zander Thorvaldsson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mike Kooch's chin.

Thorvaldsson
vs
Kooch

208 cm
23
245 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

194 cm
30
255 lbs
19 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Big right hand

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zander Thorvaldsson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Kooch!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thorvaldsson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kooch drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Thorvaldsson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Thorvaldsson cracks a nice hook into Kooch's ribs.
Thorvaldsson connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thorvaldsson misses with a head kick.

Thorvaldsson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.

Kooch actively working from the bottom here.

Kooch looking for submissions off his back.

Kooch looking for submissions off his back.
Thorvaldsson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorvaldsson is keen to just control but Kooch is a slippery customer.
Thorvaldsson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Thorvaldsson trying to control from half guard but Kooch is working away.
Thorvaldsson working over Kooch with some ground and pound. Kooch looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nice strikes from Thorvaldsson there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Kooch looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Thorvaldsson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Thorvaldsson with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thorvaldsson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorvaldsson lands with a punch from half guard.
Thorvaldsson not doing much here.
Kooch gets full guard.
Thorvaldsson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Thorvaldsson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Thorvaldsson is in close to Kooch's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Thorvaldsson tries to free his leg and advance position but Kooch is retaining full guard.
Thorvaldsson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Thorvaldsson has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Kooch to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Thorvaldsson is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Kooch pulls down on the head and he's put Thorvaldsson to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Mike Kooch!