PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Duncan Selmy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Coshak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coshak has chosen Razormind Remix as his entrance music. Duncan Selmy could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Josh Coshak's chin.

Selmy
vs
Coshak

183 cm
19
172 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
180 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Duncan Selmy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Josh Coshak!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Paul Aken and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Selmy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Coshak avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Coshak closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Selmy quickly recovers to half guard.
Coshak is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Selmy has a hand on Coshak's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Coshak takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Selmy working to try and regain half guard.
Coshak avoids the attempt from Selmy to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coshak wants to control the pace but Selmy is squirming around nicely.
Selmy is trying to escape the mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coshak breaks from Selmy's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Selmy taking shots to the head.
Coshak lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Selmy hang on?
Coshak controlling the position easily from mount.
Selmy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Coshak lands with some strikes.
Coshak is landing with some decent strikes but Selmy is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Selmy is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coshak has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Selmy's face.
Coshak looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Coshak with the ground and pound from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coshak landing punches.

Selmy is rocked!
Coshak scoring with strikes but Selmy is staying in there.
Oh Selmy is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Coshak working Selmy over with strikes here.
Coshak controlling the pace for now.
Selmy wants to control but Coshak is having none of it.
Coshak with the ground and pound from mount.
Coshak tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Selmy seems to have got his legs back now.
Selmy is desperately trying to improve his position but Coshak has a good base and remains in mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coshak tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Coshak with good strikes from the mount here!
Coshak lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Coshak landing strikes from the mount and Selmy is in trouble!
Selmy is trying desperately to improve position.
Selmy is breathing heavily.
Coshak raining down hammerfists from mount.
Coshak lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Coshak controlling the position easily from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Selmy really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Coshak can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Selmy is looking to escape.
Coshak lands a heavy elbow.
Coshak lands a nice shot to the head.
Coshak lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Coshak trying to control but he's not successful this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice elbow there by Coshak.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Coshak dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Selmy tries to clinch but Coshak is having none of it.
Coshak wants to counter with a clinch but Selmy pushes him away.
Selmy moves forwards but Coshak connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Coshak takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Coshak drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Coshak is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Coshak pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Selmy is keeping the position for now.
Coshak distracts Selmy with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coshak throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Selmy looking for a guillotine here but Coshak defends easily.
Selmy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coshak forces his way into half guard.
Selmy wants to control but Coshak is keeping busy.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Coshak connects with a nice short shot to Selmy's temple.
Coshak is nestled in close to Selmy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Selmy is trying to control but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Coshak lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Coshak decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Duncan Selmy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Coshak shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Selmy wants to get back to full guard.
Coshak is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Coshak looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Selmy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Coshak has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coshak seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Coshak wants to take a breather but Selmy is having none of it.
Selmy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Coshak.
Selmy trying to control here.
Coshak looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Coshak is looking for submissions but instead, Selmy has regained full guard.

Selmy throws his legs up looking for a submission but Coshak uses it to pass to side control.
Josh Coshak has got the better of the ground game so far.
Coshak passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Selmy!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coshak looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Coshak controlling from the full mount.

Coshak working for a submission but Selmy is keeping him at bay.
Coshak fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Coshak tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Selmy takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Coshak showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Good shot there by Coshak.

Coshak moves into the clinch.
Selmy is trying to pull guard but Coshak has him pressed against the cage.

Coshak has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Selmy uses from the top position.
Coshak is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Coshak winds up and cracks Selmy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Selmy tries to get to full guard but Coshak has control of the leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coshak takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.

Coshak has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Selmy defend it? Coshak steps over the head and cranks it - Selmy is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Coshak!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Josh Coshak!
A very excited looking Josh Coshak rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.