PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Otso Koski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Selfie Lord (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Selfie Lord is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Koski
vs
Lord

172 cm
29
155 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

171 cm
22
143 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed

Museum of Monsters & Madmen

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Otso Koski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Selfie Lord!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koski catches Lord with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lord checks a leg kick nicely.

Koski rushes Lord and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Lord blocks an elbow strike.
Koski throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A left hand lands to the body for Koski.
Koski taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Koski creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lord's defenses.

It looks like Selfie Lord has been cut.
We've been informed that Lord 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.
A bit of stalling here from Koski.

Lord breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Lord.
Jab from Lord.

Koski closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lord tries to break the clinch but Koski is controlling the position.
Koski is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Lord is looking to break free of the clinch but Koski has double underhooks.
Lord tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Koski comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A battle for position here, against the cage.

Lord escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Koski misses with a leg kick
and Lord counters with a good low kick that Koski was not able to check.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lord throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Koski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Lord dodges an elbow strike from Koski.

Lord breaks from the clinch.

Koski closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

Lord escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Koski looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Koski gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lord blocks a body shot from Koski.
Koski lands an elbow just above Lord 's eye.

Lord pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Koski misses with a hook.
Lord throws a half hearted mid kick.
Koski misses with a two punch combination.
Koski lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Koski has closed the distance and engaged Lord in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koski is pushing Lord up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Koski pushes off an throws an elbow but Lord leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koski keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lord's efforts to push away.
Lord is trying to break free.

Lord breaks from the clinch.
Jab by Koski.
Lord throws a lazy right hand but Koski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lord misses with a straight left.
Lord swats away the attempt to clinch by Koski.
Lord circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lord fails to land with a series of punches.
Lord tries to land a front kick but Koski steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Koski gets a clinch.
Koski lands an elbow inside that Lord shrugs off.
Lord blocks an elbow strike from Koski.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Lord has had enough of the clinch but Koski keeps him there for the moment.
Koski lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lord wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lord looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lord has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Koski prevents Lord from breaking the clinch.
Koski lands an elbow inside.
Koski throws an elbow but it misses.
Lord wants to break the clinch but can't.
Koski tries to work over Lord's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Koski tries to work over Lord's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lord tries to break the clinch but Koski is controlling the position.
Koski lands with a light punch inside.
Koski pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Koski lands an elbow inside that Lord shrugs off.
Koski lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Lord's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lord scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Koski fails to land with a series of punches.
A little jabbing left from Lord on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Koski tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lord misses with a body kick.
Lord circles away from the clinch attempt.
Koski tests Lord's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koski tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lord swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lord appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Lord scores with a three punch combo!
Koski tries to close the distance and clinch but Lord swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Koski tries to clinch but Lord moves out of range.
Lord throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Koski.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Koski takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lord misses the shot to the body.
Koski wants to clinch.
Lord lands a slapping body shot.
Koski tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lord manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lord fails to land with a series of punches.
Lord has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Koski.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lord ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koski moves away.
Koski throws a leg kick but Lord moved away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Otso Koski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Selfie Lord's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Lord lands an overhand right.
A jab from Koski misses.
Lord takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Lord chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Koski can pounce on him.
Lord takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Selfie Lord seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lord throws a body punch but Koski moves out of range.
Koski displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lord throws out the jab.
Koski fires out a quick counter leg kick but Lord just manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Lord misses the target.
Koski throws a low kick, looking for Lord's leg but Lord calmly moves out of range.
Koski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lord.
Koski keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lord missing with a left hand there. Koski was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slapping leg kick lands for Koski.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koski is looking to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Lord.
The fighters circling - Koski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lord misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Koski.
Koski misses with a kick to the body
and Lord counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lord walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Koski checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lord scores with a kick to the body.
Some wild striking there from Lord.
Koski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Koski looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lord throws out a counter right but Koski avoids it with no problem.
Koski getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Koski swinging wildly here.
Koski throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Koski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lord paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lord works the jab nicely.
Lord motions for Koski to come forward. Lord throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lord.
Lord dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lord lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Koski backs up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lord throws a chopping leg kick but Koski manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lord walks forward, straight into a front kick from Koski.
Lord throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Koski.
Koski is looking to clinch but Lord is avoiding it.
Lord checks a low kick from Koski.
Koski avoids the body shot from Lord.
Koski scores with a decent looking hook.
Koski buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Koski takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lord keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick misses from Lord.
Koski uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Koski chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Koski moves in looking to clinch but Lord pushes him off.
Lord takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Lord takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Koski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lord manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lord keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lord fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Koski scores with a head kick. Lord tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Lord misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lord lands a leg kick that knocks Koski off balance momentarily.
Lord misses with a body kick.
A solid body kick from Lord.
Koski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Some bone on bone action there as Lord checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Koski throws a body shot but no joy.
It seemed like Lord was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A big left from Koski misses.
Koski takes a swing at Lord's ribcage but misses.
Good leg kick by Koski there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lord just misses with a punch to the body.
It looked like Koski wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Lord tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Koski is able to avoid easily.
Koski uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lord.
Good shot there by Koski.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Koski gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koski throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Lord manages to break the clinch.
Koski throws a combination that misses
and Koski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Koski tries to clinch up.
Lord tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Koski was well out of range. Poor timing from Lord.
An attempted straight right counter from Koski misses the target.

Koski clinches up with Lord and pushes him back against the cage.
Lord wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lord's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lord wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lord blocks the elbow strike.

Lord pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Koski throws a lazy right hand but Lord sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Koski takes one to the chin there.
Lord throws a lazy right hand but Koski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lord scoring well with a low kick there.
Koski uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lord.

Koski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lord, pushing him back against the cage.
Koski throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Lord avoids a wild elbow strike from Koski.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Otso Koski will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Selfie Lord's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Koski has Lord up against the cage in a clinch.

Lord pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lord.
Koski throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lord looks to land a body kick but Koski moved away.
Lord misses with a kick to the body.
Koski tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lord is able to avoid easily.
Koski tries to clinch up.
Lord misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lord. Koski does a little dance to reset his feet.
Koski connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lord circles away from the clinch attempt.
Koski ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lord moves away.
Koski lands a head kick. Lord smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A telegraphed right hand from Lord misses the target.
Nice shot by Lord.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Koski tries to land a front kick but Lord steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koski takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lord checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Koski, right into the meat.
Koski wants to clinch.

Koski clinches.
Koski prevents Lord from breaking the clinch.
Lord wants to get back to striking at distance but Koski won't allow it.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Lord breaks from the clinch.
That kick from Koski tenderised Lord's leg. Lord is trying to keep his angry face on.
Koski tries to clinch but Lord moves out of range.
Koski misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lord.
Selfie Lord has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Koski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lord, pushing him back against the cage.

Lord escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lord lands a nice leg kick that just misses Koski's sensitive parts.
Lord scores with a head kick. Koski tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Koski throws a series of strikes that have Lord backpedaling.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lord tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Koski forces Lord back against the cage and clinches.
Koski taking a breather.
Koski stalls.
Koski lands an elbow that stopped Lord in his tracks for a moment.
Lord tries to break free but Koski pushes him back against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Koski.
A short left from Koski.
Koski slowing the pace effectively.
Lord blocks an elbow strike from Koski.
Koski misses with a hook to the ribs.
Koski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lord's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lord dodges an elbow strike from Koski.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Koski prevents Lord from breaking the clinch.
Lord wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lord misses with a punch on the inside.

Lord breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lord does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Koski half committed to a counter leg kick.
Lord cracks Koski with an open hand slap.
Lord misses with a wild body shot.
Lord throws a solid leg kick but Koski takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lord.
Lord lands a jab to Koski's midsection.
Koski throws a quick inside leg kick.

Koski has closed the distance and engaged Lord in a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lord.
Lord working hard to break the clinch.
Koski comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Koski creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lord's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lord is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lord takes an elbow to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koski holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Koski throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Koski lands a nice elbow.
Koski lands an elbow that stopped Lord in his tracks for a moment.
Koski lands an elbow inside that Lord shrugs off.
Lord is trying to break the clinch but Koski has him pressed against the cage.
Koski misses with an elbow over the top.
Otso Koski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lord avoids the elbow strike from Koski, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Koski just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lord's brow.
Lord tries to break the clinch but Koski is controlling the position.
Koski pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lord takes an elbow to the temple.
Lord is trying to push Koski away but Koski has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lord misses with a punch on the inside.
Lord throws a head punch that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Otso Koski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Koski, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:28
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Otso Koski!