PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Emmanuel Cotton (ranked 25011 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Wilson (ranked 6051 p4p, 0 weight class). Wilson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Blur - Song 2. Emmanuel Cotton has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Cotton
vs
Wilson

178 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
183 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Emmanuel Cotton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, James Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cotton gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Wilson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cotton tries to clinch
and Wilson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wilson fails to land with a series of punches.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Wilson.
Cotton is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cotton looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cotton looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wilson! But no joy.
Cotton fails with a takedown attempt.
Wilson feints a counter leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cotton lands with a kick to the ribs.

Cotton closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Wilson quickly recovers to half guard.

Cotton decides to return to a standing position.
A jab from Wilson does it's job there.
Cotton wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cotton gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cotton will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Emmanuel Cotton. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Cotton gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cotton is trying to break the clinch but Wilson is controlling him.
Cotton tries to pull guard but Wilson won't allow it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wilson.

It looks like Emmanuel Cotton has been cut.
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!

Wilson manages to break the clinch.

Cotton closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wilson lands a knee to the head.
Cotton wants a takedown but no success here.

Wilson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cotton is looking to clinch.
Wilson unleashes a big counter combination but Cotton bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Cotton looks for a takedown but Wilson sprawls well.
Cotton backing away here, and Wilson unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Cotton closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wilson wants to clinch.
It appears Cotton was looking to counter with a kick there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson swats away the attempt to clinch by Cotton.
Cotton misses with a left hand
and Wilson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cotton tries to clinch but Wilson moves away
and Wilson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cotton tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wilson counters with a straight right hand.
Cotton throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Wilson counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Wilson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Emmanuel Cotton's cut.
That's time! Cotton's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Wilson stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wilson wants it to stay on the feet.
Cotton tries to clinch but Wilson moves away
and Wilson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cotton tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wilson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wilson tries a quick counter leg kick but Cotton is wise to it.
Cotton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wilson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wilson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cotton looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Wilson is fending him off so far but Cotton persists. Nope, Wilson circles away and we're back to standing.
Wilson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cotton throws a leg kick that is checked
and Wilson counters with a low kick, right behind Cotton 's knee.

Cotton gets a double leg takedown into Wilson's guard.

Wilson has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Cotton off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cotton fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Emmanuel Cotton. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wilson scores with a punch to the head.
Nice shot lands for Wilson.
Wilson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cotton shoots and misses
enabling Wilson to counter with a crisp jab.

Cotton is rocked!
Cotton walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Cotton limp body while Wilson jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Wilson!
Our winner, James Wilson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.