PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jackie Treehorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yuri CoxX (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jackie Treehorn had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 207.4lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Treehorn
vs
CoxX

195 cm
31
222 lbs
18 - 8 - 0

193 cm
25
210 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Tab laundry WEEK

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 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jackie Treehorn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Yuri CoxX!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Treehorn throws a right and a left that CoxX avoids nicely.
CoxX rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Treehorn moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
CoxX looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Treehorn has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from CoxX.
CoxX checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Treehorn tries to close the distance and clinch but CoxX swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
CoxX scores with a hook to the body. Treehorn takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
CoxX throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Treehorn.
Treehorn showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from CoxX.
CoxX throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Treehorn counters with a one-two to the body.
CoxX takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
CoxX swinging wildly here.
Treehorn fails to land with a series of punches.
CoxX throws a right and a left that both miss.
A right-left combo lands from CoxX.

That's one minute gone in the round.
CoxX moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Nice shot by CoxX.
The fight stays on the outside here - Treehorn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
CoxX throws a leg kick which misses Treehorn's front leg but catches the back leg as Treehorn tries to avoid it.
Treehorn scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
CoxX circles away from the clinch attempt
and CoxX counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
CoxX throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
CoxX cracks a nice hook into Treehorn's ribs.
Left hook, right uppercut from Treehorn.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
CoxX throws a series of punches but Treehorn moves out of range.
CoxX lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Treehorn circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
CoxX throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
CoxX tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Treehorn paws at him with a jab and circles away.

CoxX gets a takedown into half guard.

Treehorn pushes CoxX off and gets back to his feet.
CoxX fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Treehorn lands a nice shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Treehorn looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
CoxX dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Treehorn. That did some damage!
Treehorn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but CoxX paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Treehorn dodges the punch combination from CoxX.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
CoxX looks to land a right hand but Treehorn moved out of range.
CoxX tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Treehorn tries to clinch but CoxX moves away
and CoxX counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Treehorn thinking.
Treehorn tries to clinch up but CoxX circles away and keeps his distance.
CoxX misses with a wild combination.
CoxX throws a nice looking combination but Treehorn bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Treehorn throws a combination that misses
and CoxX counters with a head kick. That will keep Treehorn thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Nice uppercut lands for CoxX. That snapped Treehorn's head back.
CoxX misses with a few strikes there.
CoxX throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
CoxX throws a series of punches but Treehorn avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from CoxX.
CoxX looks winded!
CoxX scores with a leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Treehorn.
Treehorn tries to clinch there but CoxX circles away.
CoxX ducks right into an uppercut from Treehorn.
CoxX dodges the punch combination from Treehorn.
CoxX misses with a jab, cross combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Treehorn scores with a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Treehorn throws a combination but it was largely blocked by CoxX.
CoxX misses with a few strikes there.
CoxX misses with a two punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Yuri CoxX will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

CoxX dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Treehorn. That snapped CoxX's head back.
Treehorn is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Treehorn stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from CoxX.
Treehorn swinging wildly here.
Treehorn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Treehorn keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
CoxX sizes up Treehorn with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Treehorn misses with a few strikes there.
CoxX throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Treehorn tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
CoxX swats away the attempt to clinch by Treehorn.
CoxX scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Treehorn misses with a looping left.
CoxX lands a high kick!
CoxX swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Treehorn fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Treehorn pushes CoxX up against the cage in a clinch.

CoxX ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. CoxX no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Treehorn controls from within his opponent's guard.

CoxX is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as CoxX holds on and takes a little breather.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Treehorn slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Treehorn stopping the sweep attempt from CoxX.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.

CoxX is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Treehorn defends well.
CoxX looking to control but Treehorn passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
CoxX is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

CoxX pushes Treehorn off and gets back to his feet.
Treehorn tries to clinch up.
CoxX swats away the attempt to clinch by Treehorn.

CoxX moves into the clinch successfully.
CoxX wants a takedown.

CoxX's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
CoxX throws a series of strikes that have Treehorn backpedaling.
CoxX is breathing heavily.
CoxX throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Treehorn looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good work by Treehorn as he checks the leg kick.
CoxX will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
CoxX tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Treehorn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Treehorn does no damage.
Treehorn paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
CoxX circles away from the clinch attempt.
Treehorn lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
CoxX throws a series of punches but Treehorn avoids them all with ease.
CoxX looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Yuri CoxX seems to be getting the better of the standup.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
CoxX tries a low kick but Treehorn avoids it.
CoxX throws a right hand that Treehorn ducks under and follows up with a left that Treehorn also avoids with ease.
CoxX seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Treehorn shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! CoxX is backing up but Treehorn catches him with a final right hook that drops him! CoxX covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Treehorn Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jackie Treehorn!
After winning the bout, Jackie Treehorn thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.