PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Blair Howatt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diego Coghi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Howatt might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Boom - POD. Coghi has chosen Here comes the boom as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Howatt
vs
Coghi

180 cm
24
175 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

185 cm
23
180 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Blair Howatt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Coghi!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Alexandre Firmino and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howatt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Coghi.
Howatt dodges the punch combination from Coghi.
Diego Coghi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coghi goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Donk. Howatt catches Coghi right on the button with a cross.
Coghi throws a front kick aimed at Howatt's knee but Howatt avoids it well.
Coghi misses with a wild combination.
Coghi throws a right and a left that Howatt avoids nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Howatt misses the target.
Coghi misses with a wild combination.
Howatt looks to land a right hand but Coghi moved out of range.
Howatt swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Coghi shoots in and drives through. Howatt sprawls well.
Coghi misses with a looping left.
Coghi misses with a looping right.
A lazy left from Howatt finds it's target.
Coghi misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Howatt looks to land a right hand but Coghi moved out of range.
Coghi misses with the combination.
Howatt drops Coghi with a nice combination! Howatt dives into Coghi's guard, looking to finish!
Coghi looks gassed!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Howatt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Howatt has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Howatt missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Coghi can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Howatt controls the pace.
Howatt stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Coghi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Howatt controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Howatt throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

Howatt is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Howatt with a nice head shot there.

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.
Howatt is stalling in the full guard.
Howatt trying to control the position from guard on top but Coghi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Howatt has gone for a leg lock! Coghi slips out almost immediately though and dives into Howatt's guard.
Howatt manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howatt throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Howatt thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Howatt is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Coghi can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Howatt controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Howatt's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howatt with good strikes from the mount here!
Howatt controlling from mount.

Howatt goes for an armbar but Coghi turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Coghi.
Coghi must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Howatt trying to control the position here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Blair Howatt dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

A punch combination from Howatt misses.
Coghi drops his hands momentarily and Howatt takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Howatt throws a lazy right hand but Coghi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Coghi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Coghi throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Howatt counters with a left and a right... And another left! Coghi is down! He's done! The ref dives in to save him and that's the end of the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blair Howatt!