PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Mcgrath (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trewor Kosznik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Mcgrath
vs
Kosznik

200 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 7 - 0

190 cm
26
185 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Mcgrath!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Trewor Kosznik!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kosznik shoots in for a takedown but Mcgrath shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Mcgrath looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Kosznik fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mcgrath, pushing him back against the cage.
Kosznik digs a right hand into Mcgrath's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mcgrath's gas tank.
Kosznik pushes Mcgrath back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kosznik is leaning against Mcgrath and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A hook to the body from Kosznik.
Kosznik throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kosznik gets through Mcgrath's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kosznik scores with a hook to the body.
Kosznik scores with a nice hook to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kosznik.
Kosznik lands a shoulder strike.
Kosznik lands a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hook to the body lands for Kosznik.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kosznik lands a nice shot to the body.
Mcgrath takes a shot to the head.
We've been hearing reports that Mcgrath has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Kosznik scores with a shot to the side of Mcgrath's head.
Kosznik lands an uppercut.
Kosznik pushes Mcgrath back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kosznik.
Nice body punch from Kosznik - that landed with a thud.
Kosznik lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kosznik lands with a left to the head.
Kosznik digs a right hand underneath Mcgrath's ribcage. Mcgrath let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kosznik looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A right hand to the body from Kosznik.
Kosznik is working Mcgrath over against the cage.
Kosznik lands a body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kosznik.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Kosznik.
Kosznik lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Kosznik lands with a light punch inside.
Kosznik lands a right hand.
Kosznik lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Mcgrath backwards.

Mcgrath is rocked!
Kosznik works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Oh Mcgrath is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kosznik lands a right hand.
A short right from Kosznik on the inside.
Kosznik lands a body punch.
Kosznik digs a right hand underneath Mcgrath's ribcage. Mcgrath let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Kosznik lands a right hand.
Kosznik creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Mcgrath's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Mcgrath drops to his knees and Kosznik pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trewor Kosznik!
After the fight, Trewor Kosznik was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
The defeated James Mcgrath had this to say: 'fuck you bitch'.