PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ernest Dorsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malachai Cohen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Malachai Cohen acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Dorsey
vs
Cohen

183 cm
24
279 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

190 cm
25
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ernest Dorsey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malachai Cohen!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Alyssa Summers and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cohen ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cohen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dorsey.
Cohen swings for the body but Dorsey moves out of range.
Cohen cracks Dorsey with an open hand slap.

It looks like Ernest Dorsey has been cut.
Dorsey keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cohen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dorsey circles away quickly and effectively.
Cohen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dorsey looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dorsey looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Cohen lands a slapping body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dorsey avoids the body shot from Cohen.
Cohen cracks Dorsey with a good jab.

Dorsey shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Cohen's guard.
Cohen wants to get back to his feet but Dorsey passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dorsey could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cohen is positioning himself well to prevent Dorsey advancing to mount.
Let's hope that Cohen 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.
Dorsey is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Dorsey prevents Cohen from improving his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dorsey wants to take a breather but Cohen is having none of it.
Dorsey looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Cohen is not content to let Dorsey control the position.
Cohen wants to improve his position but Dorsey is controlling well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cohen is holding on to half guard well.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Dorsey moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cohen takes a swing at Dorsey's ribcage but misses.
Dorsey's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cohen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Dorsey scrambles back to his feet.
Cohen cracks Dorsey with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Dorsey falls to his knees and Cohen doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Malachai Cohen!