PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Koa Bouddi (ranked 842 p4p, 936 weight class) and Derrick Idowu (ranked 95 p4p, 109 weight class). Idowu comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rough And Rugged - Asher D and Daddy Freddy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Bouddi
vs
Idowu

175 cm
21
145
10 - 3 - 0

183 cm
22
159
3 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Koa Bouddi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Derrick Idowu!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Steve Erwin and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bouddi moves out of range of the strikes.
Bouddi has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Brooklyn Mixed Martial Arts in the buildup to the fight.
A shot to the body from Idowu misses
and Bouddi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Idowu takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Bouddi slips under a jab.
Idowu catches Bouddi with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Idowu misses with a straight left.
Derrick Idowu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bouddi looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Idowu has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Bouddi slips a jab from Idowu.

Idowu drives through and clinches with Bouddi against the cage.
Idowu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bouddi lands a hook that snaps the head of Idowu backwards.
Bouddi blocks a body shot from Idowu.
Idowu lands a shot to the body.
Bouddi cracks Idowu with a nice body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bouddi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bouddi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bouddi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bouddi tries a body shot but Idowu blocks it.
Bouddi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Idowu blocks an elbow strike from Bouddi.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Idowu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bouddi.
Nice elbow from Bouddi.

Bouddi breaks the clinch.

Idowu rushes Bouddi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Idowu lands a body shot.
Bouddi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Idowu's elbow.
Bouddi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bouddi creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Idowu's defenses.
Idowu working aggressively here.
Bouddi pushes Idowu back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bouddi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bouddi.
Bouddi misses with the head strike.
Bouddi misses with an elbow over the top.
Bouddi misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Idowu breaks from the clinch.
Bouddi throws a lazy right hand but Idowu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Idowu lands with a straight right. Bouddi didn't see that one coming.
Idowu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bouddi lands a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Idowu looks to land a right hand but Bouddi moved out of range.
Bouddi scores with a body shot.
Idowu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bouddi.
Bouddi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bouddi explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Bouddi looks for the body kick but Idowu saw that one coming.
Idowu misses with a lunging right hand
and Bouddi counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Bouddi moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Idowu throws a jab when Bouddi was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bouddi. Idowu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bouddi throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Idowu has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Bouddi.
Idowu scores with a nice right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Idowu. Bouddi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bouddi is looking to counter punch.
Idowu lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Bouddi at a distance.
Bouddi throws a head kick that Idowu semi-blocks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Idowu dodges the punch combination from Bouddi.
Idowu throws out a counter right but Bouddi avoids it with no problem.
Bouddi ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Donk. Idowu catches Bouddi right on the button with a cross.
Idowu looks to land a right hand but Bouddi moved out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Idowu, as that shot connected.
Idowu lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Idowu misses with a looping right.
Bouddi thuds his right hand into Idowu's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bouddi misses with a body kick.
Idowu takes one to the chin there.
Idowu misses with a right hand
and Bouddi cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bouddi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bouddi takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Idowu throws out a loose jab but Bouddi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bouddi swings away with a leg kick that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bouddi misses with a body shot.
Idowu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Idowu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bouddi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Idowu looks to land a right hand but Bouddi moved out of range.
A nice leg kick from Bouddi, right into the meat of the thigh.
Idowu misses with an uppercut
letting Bouddi counter with a right hand.
Idowu misses with a hook. Bouddi ducked under it nicely.
Bouddi appears to be looking for a big counter.
Bouddi fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bouddi misses with an attempted mid kick.
Idowu blocks a head kick by Bouddi.
Idowu looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bouddi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bouddi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Idowu.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Bouddi finds it's way through Idowu's defenses.
Bouddi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Idowu scores with a nice strike.
Idowu might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Idowu misses the jab.
Bouddi is looking to counter punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

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

Bouddi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bouddi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bouddi throws an elbow but it misses.
Idowu has a couple of punches blocked by Bouddi.
Idowu lands with a short shot to the head.
Bouddi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Idowu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A slapping body kick lands there for Bouddi.
Bouddi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bouddi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Idowu scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bouddi throws a hook but Idowu avoids it easily.
Idowu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bouddi.
Bouddi throws a lazy right hand but Idowu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Idowu! But no joy.
Idowu looks to land a right hand but Bouddi moved out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Idowu looks to land a left hand but Bouddi moved out of range nicely.
Idowu missing with a left hand there. Bouddi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Bouddi pushes Idowu up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bouddi blocks an uppercut.
Bouddi stalling against the cage.
Idowu blocks the elbow strike.
Idowu takes an elbow to the forehead.
Idowu lands a shoulder strike.
Bouddi pushes Idowu back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bouddi blocks an uppercut.
Idowu misses with some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Idowu.
Idowu's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Idowu misses with the head strike.
Bouddi lands an elbow that stopped Idowu in his tracks for a moment.
Idowu wants to get back to striking at distance but Bouddi won't allow it.
Nice elbow from Bouddi.

It looks like Derrick Idowu has been cut.
Bouddi tries to throw a body punch but Idowu avoids it by throwing Bouddi back against the cage.
Idowu lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Idowu misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Idowu fails to land.
Bouddi lands a shoulder strike.
Bouddi gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bouddi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Koa Bouddi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bouddi lands an elbow inside.

Idowu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Idowu throws a leg kick but Bouddi moved away.
Koa Bouddi is winning the standup battle so far.
Bouddi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bouddi scores with a punch to the head.
Idowu's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bouddi connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Idowu scrambles back to his feet.

Idowu moves into range and clinches up with Bouddi.
Idowu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Idowu in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Bouddi throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Idowu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bouddi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bouddi works on Idowu's body with a couple of short punches.
Bouddi misses with an elbow strike.
Bouddi prevents a body shot from Idowu.
Idowu working aggressively here.
Idowu misses with the head strike.
Idowu is trying to stall.
Bouddi misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Idowu has a couple of punches blocked by Bouddi.
Bouddi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Idowu is working Bouddi over against the cage.
Idowu misses with the head strike.
Bouddi lands an elbow that stopped Idowu in his tracks for a moment.
Bouddi blocking some punches.
Idowu swings wildly with an uppercut but Bouddi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bouddi throws a head punch that misses.
Idowu pushes Bouddi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Idowu throws a punch but it's blocked by Bouddi.
Idowu tries to work over Bouddi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bouddi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Idowu has a couple of punches blocked by Bouddi.
Bouddi lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Idowu fails to land.
Idowu prevents a body shot from Bouddi.
Idowu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bouddi has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Idowu fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bouddi lands a hook to the side of the head.
Idowu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bouddi lands a hook that snaps the head of Idowu backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bouddi tries a body shot but Idowu blocks it.
Idowu lands a nice shot to the body.
Bouddi lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bouddi is trying to push Idowu away but Idowu has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bouddi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Idowu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bouddi lands a shot to the body.
Idowu throws a head punch that misses.
A shot in the inside from Bouddi.
Bouddi tries to work over Idowu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bouddi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Idowu can do to turn this around?
Idowu tries to work over Bouddi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bouddi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Bouddi.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bouddi blocks an uppercut.
Idowu swings wildly with an uppercut but Bouddi uses good head movement to avoid it.

Idowu manages to break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Koa Bouddi dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Derrick Idowu's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Idowu misses with a straight left.
Idowu checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Idowu throws an overhand right that lands on Bouddi's shoulder, as Bouddi tries to avoid the shot.
Idowu throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bouddi on the side of the head.
A jab from Bouddi does it's job there.
Bouddi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nice uppercut lands for Bouddi. That snapped Idowu's head back.
Bouddi moves away from the strike by Idowu.
Idowu checks the leg kick nicely there.
Derrick Idowu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A lazy left from Idowu finds it's target.
Bouddi throws a sloppy head kick and Idowu moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bouddi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Idowu takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Idowu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bouddi.
Bouddi appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
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!
Bouddi blocks a jab.
Bouddi blocks a jab.
Bouddi throws a shot from downtown. Idowu moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
That kick from Bouddi tenderised Idowu's leg. Idowu is trying to keep his angry face on.
Idowu throws a one two combo.
Bouddi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Idowu misses with a looping right.
Bouddi throws a head kick but Idowu moves out of range.
Idowu is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bouddi with a body shot.
Bouddi needs to keep his hands up - Idowu had a free shot at his head there.
Idowu misses with a lunging right hand
and Bouddi counters with a straight right hand.
Idowu misses with a looping left.
Idowu misses with a left hand
and Bouddi counters with a slapping leg kick.
Idowu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Idowu misses with a jab to the body
and Bouddi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bouddi throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Idowu to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bouddi takes one to the chin there.
Idowu with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Bouddi to score with a decent uppercut.
Idowu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Idowu connects with a right hand. Bouddi shakes it off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bouddi. Idowu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Idowu misses with a left hand
and Bouddi counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Bouddi misses with a looping left.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bouddi.
Bouddi waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Idowu.
A low kick from Bouddi misses
letting Idowu counter with a right hand.
Bouddi misses with a low kick.
Idowu swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Idowu scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bouddi in his tracks.
Bouddi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Idowu misses with an uppercut
and Bouddi counters with an inside leg kick.
Idowu throws a hook but Bouddi blocks it.
Bouddi just misses with a punch to the body.
Idowu throws a lazy uppercut
and Bouddi counters with a nice low kick that buckles Idowu's knee momentarily.
Bouddi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Idowu.
Idowu missing with a left hand there. Bouddi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bouddi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Idowu.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bouddi throws a low kick but Idowu avoids it.
Bouddi throws a front kick that sends Idowu stumbling back into the cage.
Idowu gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Idowu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bouddi moves away.
Idowu misses with a lunging right hand
and Bouddi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Idowu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Idowu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Idowu misses with a shot to the body
and Bouddi counters with a low kick, right behind Idowu 's knee.
Idowu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bouddi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Koa Bouddi is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Bouddi takes the fight into the clinch.
Bouddi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice elbow from Bouddi.
Idowu is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Bouddi is keeping busy.
Bouddi works on Idowu's body with a couple of short punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Idowu.
Idowu scores with a hook to the body.
Idowu misses with the head strike.
Bouddi throws an elbow but it misses.
Idowu is trying to push Bouddi away but Bouddi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Idowu throws a head punch that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bouddi blocking some punches.
Idowu throws a punch but it's blocked by Bouddi.
Idowu has a couple of punches blocked by Bouddi.
Bouddi looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Idowu misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Idowu fails to land.
Bouddi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Idowu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Koa Bouddi.
Well Bouddi has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Koa Bouddi!
A victorious Koa Bouddi thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.