PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dave Kopp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Peter James was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Kopp
vs
James

170 cm
27
130 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

179 cm
20
153 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Namunamu Clothing
Urban Fighter

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dave Kopp!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Peter James!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kopp avoids the head kick by James.
James misses the shot to the body.

Kopp shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
James looks like he's trying to stand up.
Kopp scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kopp looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Kopp winds up and cracks James with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kopp working James over with strikes.
Kopp landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Kopp working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
James has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Kopp lands strikes from half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kopp thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kopp looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
James is trying to get back to full guard.
Kopp looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks James with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nice strikes from Kopp there.
James is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kopp takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
James has hold of Kopp's hands but Kopp slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kopp is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Kopp working James over with strikes.
Kopp works his foot free and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kopp lands a nice shot to the head.
Kopp raining down hammerfists from mount.
Kopp punishing his opponent with strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kopp with the ground and pound from mount.
Kopp is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. James can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Kopp punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kopp with good strikes from the mount here!
Kopp landing strikes from the mount.
Kopp dominating with strikes here.
Kopp lands with some vicious ground and pound - can James hang on?
Kopp in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

James is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns James that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
James is still in real trouble! Can Kopp finish him?
James taking shots to the head.
James seems to have recovered his senses.
James really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kopp. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kopp lands with some vicious ground and pound - can James hang on?
James is bucking up trying to escape but Kopp cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kopp landing strikes from the mount.
Kopp unloading with bombs!
A nice elbow there by Kopp.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kopp dominating with strikes here.
Kopp pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kopp scoring with strikes but James is staying in there.
Kopp loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have James scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Kopp land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Kopp stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Kopp!
Dave Kopp retains his featherweight title!
After winning the bout, Dave Kopp thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.