PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Everett Cohen (ranked 24046 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marco Trotta (ranked 5378 p4p, 0 weight class). Everett Cohen has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Cohen
vs
Trotta

198 cm
19
177 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

167 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Everett Cohen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marco Trotta!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cohen misses with a few strikes there.
Cohen throws a sloppy head kick and Trotta moves out of range easily.
Trotta now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Cohen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Trotta moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Trotta is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Cohen tries a head kick but it misses.
Cohen misses with a head kick.
Trotta is looking for the big counter here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Cohen.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trotta avoids the head kick by Cohen.
As Cohen backs off Trotta throws a huge counter combo but Cohen manages to avoid it all.
Trotta avoids the head kick by Cohen.
Trotta follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Trotta blocks a head kick by Cohen.
Cohen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Trotta moves out of range of the body kick from Cohen.
Trotta raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Cohen throws a sloppy head kick and Trotta moves out of range easily.
A little jabbing left from Trotta on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A punch combination from Cohen misses.
Trotta looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cohen will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cohen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cohen shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Trotta pinned against the cage. Trotta gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Trotta let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Cohen tries to clinch up but Trotta circles away and keeps his distance.
Trotta unleashes a big counter combination but Cohen bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Nice takedown defense from Trotta. No joy for Cohen on that attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cohen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cohen misses with the combination.
Cohen is breathing heavily.
Trotta takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

Cohen shoots in and bounces Trotta off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Trotta wants to stand but Cohen is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Trotta can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cohen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cohen accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Cohen drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Trotta manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Cohen has Trotta in his guard.

And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Everett Cohen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Trotta dodges the punch combination from Cohen.
Trotta now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Cohen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cohen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trotta can do to turn this around?

Cohen has taken the fight to the clinch.

Cohen turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Cohen manages to end up in side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trotta is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Cohen thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cohen tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Cohen goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Trotta has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Cohen but great work by Trotta.
Trotta wants to control but Cohen is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cohen regains half guard there - taking advantage of Trotta's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Trotta seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cohen does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Trotta passes to full mount!
Trotta can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cohen is looking to escape.
Trotta working the ground and pound effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trotta can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cohen is looking to escape.
Trotta might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Cohen haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Trotta wants to control but instead Cohen manages to regain half guard.
Trotta moves into full mount! Cohen won't be happy about that!
Trotta looking to control but Cohen is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trotta content just to control the position here.
Trotta tries to control but Cohen wriggling away.
Trotta is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Trotta looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Cohen is rocked!
Trotta tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Oh Cohen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Trotta wants to control the pace but Cohen is squirming around nicely.
Trotta loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Cohen scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Trotta land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Trotta stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marco Trotta!