PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Millard Cohen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noctis Tenebrae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cohen
vs
Tenebrae

181 cm
25
178 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

188 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Millard Cohen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Noctis Tenebrae!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shigeki Sano and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Tenebrae closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Cohen's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

Cohen working for a triangle but Tenebrae defends it easily.
Tenebrae controlling from the top position.
Let's hope that Tenebrae has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Tenebrae working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cohen's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tenebrae sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Noctis Tenebrae was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Tenebrae feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Tenebrae seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Cohen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Tenebrae gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Cohen goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Tenebrae closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cohen tries to bench press Tenebrae off him but Tenebrae keeps the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cohen takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.

Cohen is rocked!
Cohen knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Tenebrae on the ground.
Tenebrae scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Cohen is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Tenebrae can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Noctis Tenebrae!
Noctis Tenebrae spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.