PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Giorgio Conte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Koch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Conte
vs
Koch

180 cm
25
179 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

170 cm
23
162 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

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World class boxer
Insanely flexible

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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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Giorgio Conte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jacob Koch!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conte fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koch manages to avoid it.
We've been informed that Koch has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.

Conte clinches with his opponent.
Koch misses with the head strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Conte is working Koch over against the cage.
Koch is trying to break the clinch but Conte has him pressed against the cage.
Conte tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Conte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Koch blocks it with crossed arms.
Still in the clinch, Conte scores with a nice short uppercut.
Conte softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Conte connects with a nasty looking knee right to Koch's face.
Conte struggles to land a body shot inside as Koch controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A body shot lands from Conte.
Conte tries a knee to the head but Koch blocks it.
Conte tries to land knees in the clinch but Koch avoids the damage to the body.
Conte wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Conte scores with a knee to the head.
Our sources have told us that Conte has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Conte tries to land knees in the clinch but Koch avoids the damage to the body.
Conte throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Kochs head.
Conte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Koch.
Conte misses with a hook from the clinch.
Koch misses with a body punch.
Good body shot from Conte.
Koch working aggressively here.
Koch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A right hook to the body lands for Koch.
Conte letting Koch take a breather here.
Conte pushes Koch back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Koch takes a knee right on the jaw!
A nice right hand lands inside from Koch.
Conte lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Koch can't find room to land a body shot as Conte controls the action.
Conte misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Koch fails to land.
Conte lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Koch's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Conte showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Koch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Koch.
Koch gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Conte.
Koch blocks a head kick by Conte.
Conte is looking to score with low kicks.
Conte takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Conte throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Koch tries to close the distance and clinch up but Conte swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Conte checks the leg kick nicely there.
Giorgio Conte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koch blocks a low kick nicely.
Koch throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conte loads up on a big right hand but Koch slips the punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Koch.
Koch looks to land a combination but Conte avoids it well.
Conte thows a leg kick but Koch checks it
and Koch counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Conte misses with the body kick
and Koch counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Conte checks the leg kick.
Koch bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Conte scores with a decent looking hook.
Koch lands a nice looking body kick.
A left lands for Koch.
Conte tries to clinch up
and Koch counters with a nice leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Koch misses the target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koch connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A clash of legs there as Koch blocks the low kick.

Conte gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Conte prevents a body shot from Koch.
Koch misses with a punch on the inside.
Koch pressing his opponent against the cage.
Koch lands an elbow inside that Conte shrugs off.
Conte lands a hook that snaps the head of Koch backwards.
Koch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Koch has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Koch tries to work over Conte's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, Conte scores with a nice short uppercut.
Conte lands a body punch.
Conte tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Koch checks a leg kick.
Koch swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Conte is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Koch can do to turn this around?
Conte walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Conte swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Koch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koch blocks a leg kick.
Conte throws the left hand but Koch avoids the punch easily.
Nice shot by Koch.
Conte misses with an uppercut
and Koch makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Conte is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Koch throws the left hand but Conte avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koch with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice uppercut lands for Conte. That snapped Koch's head back.
Conte lands a nice shot to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Conte scores with a four punch combination!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koch tries to land a leg kick but Conte saw it coming and moves away.
It appears Conte was looking to counter with a kick there.
Koch walks into a jab.
Conte tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Conte misses with a leg kick
and Koch counters with a thumping low kick.
Koch catches Conte with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Conte swings away with a body shot that misses
and Koch counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Conte thinking.
Conte misses with an uppercut.
Koch is looking to score with low kicks.
Conte swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Conte misses the body punch
and Koch counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Conte thinking.
Conte tries to clinch up but Koch circles away and keeps his distance.
Koch swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Koch moves out of range of the body kick from Conte.
Koch throws the left hand but Conte avoids the punch easily.
Koch misses with a leg kick
and Conte counters with a left and a right that stings Koch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koch throws a good cross that connects.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koch misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Koch connects with a solid leg kick.
Conte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koch moves away.
Conte bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A good leg kick by Koch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Koch.
A solid leg kick lands there for Conte.
Koch on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Koch walks into a straight right hand from Conte.
Koch keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Conte lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Conte scores with a jab. Koch acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Conte throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koch ducks right into an uppercut from Conte.

Koch is rocked!
Koch ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Conte moves away.
Koch is still on wobbly legs! Can Conte finish him?
Jacob Koch seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Conte drops Koch with a big left hand! Koch is injured, injured bad! Conte jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giorgio Conte!