PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Loco Coco (ranked 2403 p4p, 3353 weight class) and Drew Peacock (ranked 311 p4p, 404 weight class). Coco kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is KORDHELL - MURDER PLOT. Peacock is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: John Williamson - True Blue. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Coco
vs
Peacock

180 cm
19
170
2 - 3 - 0

177 cm
19
170
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

NARCOS

Conviction
© Trap House

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Loco Coco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Drew Peacock!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Franklyn Lucas and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coco throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Peacock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Coco swings away with a body shot that misses
and Peacock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Peacock closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Peacock throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Coco.
A shot in the inside from Coco.
Peacock looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Coco blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Peacock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Peacock struggles to land a body shot inside as Coco controls his hands.
Peacock lands a body punch.
Coco throws a head punch that misses.
Coco tries to throw a body punch but Peacock avoids it by throwing Coco back against the cage.
Peacock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Peacock lands a body punch in the clinch.
Coco works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A short left from Peacock.
Peacock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Peacock misses with some punches.
Coco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Coco working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Coco lands a right hand that snaps the head of Peacock backwards.
Coco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Coco lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Peacock misses with the head strike.
Peacock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Coco swings wildly with an uppercut but Peacock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Coco can't find room to land a body shot as Peacock controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Coco creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Peacock pushes Coco back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Coco.
Coco lands a left hand.
Coco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Coco digs a right hand into Peacock's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Peacock's gas tank.
Peacock tries a body shot but Coco blocks it.
Peacock throws a punch but it's blocked by Coco.
Coco misses with a body punch.
Peacock throws a head punch that misses.
Peacock's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Peacock lands a body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Coco.
Coco works on Peacock's body with a couple of short punches.
Peacock misses with a punch on the inside.
Peacock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Peacock tries to work over Coco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coco scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coco prevents a body shot from Peacock.
Coco lands a body punch.
Peacock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Still in the clinch, Coco scores with a nice short uppercut.
Peacock blocks an uppercut.
Coco misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Coco.
Coco digs a right hand underneath Peacock's ribcage. Peacock let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Nice body punch from Coco.
Coco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Peacock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Peacock lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Peacock fails to land.
Peacock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Coco misses with a punch to the body.
Peacock prevents a body shot from Coco.
Coco lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Peacock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Peacock lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Coco.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Coco.
Coco tries to throw a body punch but Peacock avoids it by throwing Coco back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Peacock.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peacock struggles to land a body shot inside as Coco controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Peacock.
Coco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Coco lands a hook that snaps the head of Peacock backwards.
Coco gets through Peacock's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Coco lands a left hand that snaps the head of Peacock backwards.
Peacock can't find room to land a body shot as Coco controls the action.
Peacock blocks a body shot from Coco.
A short right from Coco on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Peacock fails to land.
Coco lands a shot to the body.
Peacock works on Coco's body with a couple of short punches.
Coco misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Peacock.
Peacock tries to work over Coco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A right hook to the body lands for Coco.
Peacock throws a punch but it's blocked by Coco.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Coco.
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!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Peacock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Coco.
Coco lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Peacock backwards.
Coco throws a punch but it's blocked by Peacock.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Peacock misses with the head strike.
Peacock struggles to land a body shot inside as Coco controls his hands.
Good body shot from Peacock.
Peacock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Coco misses with a body punch.
Coco works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Peacock.
Peacock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Peacock.
Coco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Peacock's elbow.
Coco lands with a light punch inside.
Coco lands with a left to the head.
Peacock tries to work over Coco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coco tries to work over Peacock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
I was talking to Coco's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Peacock slows down the pace here.
Coco misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Coco - that landed with a thud.
Coco lands a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Loco Coco dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Peacock tries to clinch but Coco moves out of range.
Coco throws a shot from downtown. Peacock moves away and avoids it.
Peacock slips under a jab.
Peacock doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Peacock avoids the body shot from Coco.

Peacock has closed the distance and engaged Coco in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Coco.
Coco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Peacock's elbow.
Coco fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Peacock.

Coco breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Peacock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Peacock missing with a left hand there. Coco was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Coco falls off balance throwing a combination
and Coco takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Peacock 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Peacock.
Peacock looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Peacock has closed the distance and engaged Coco in a clinch.
Peacock presses Coco against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Coco misses with some punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Coco fails to land.
Coco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Peacock's elbow.
Coco tries to work over Peacock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Peacock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Peacock fails to land.
Coco struggles to land a body shot inside as Peacock controls his hands.
Peacock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Coco backwards.
Peacock tries to throw a body punch but Coco avoids it by throwing Peacock back against the cage.
Peacock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Coco lands a body punch in the clinch.
Coco scores with a shot to the side of Peacock's head.
Peacock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Peacock pushes Coco back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Coco tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Peacock's elbow.
Peacock misses with a punch to the body.
Peacock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cocos head.
Peacock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Peacock misses with a body punch.
Peacock is looking to control Coco's arms but Coco gets an underhook and turns him. Now Peacock has his back to the cage.
Peacock blocks a body shot from Coco.
Peacock can't find room to land a body shot as Coco controls the action.

Coco breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coco misses with a hook. Peacock ducked under it nicely.
Peacock uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Coco.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Peacock rushes Coco and presses him up against the cage.
Coco lands a right hand.
Loco Coco has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Coco can't find room to land a body shot as Peacock controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Coco.
Coco tries to throw a body punch but Peacock avoids it by throwing Coco back against the cage.
Peacock lands with a right to the head.
Peacock lands with a right to the head.
Coco gets through Peacock's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Coco throws a punch but it's blocked by Peacock.
A head punch on the inside from Coco fails to land.
Peacock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Coco lands with a left to the head.
Coco tries a body shot but Peacock blocks it.
A short right from Coco.
Peacock scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Coco lands a right hand that snaps the head of Peacock backwards.
A short left from Peacock.
Peacock is working Coco over against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Coco.
Coco misses with the head strike.
Coco blocks an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Peacock.
Coco lands an uppercut.
Peacock throws a punch but it's blocked by Coco.
Coco lands a shoulder strike.
Coco blocks an uppercut.
Peacock lands with a light punch inside.
Coco lands a nice shot to the body.
Peacock lands a shot to the body.
Coco wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Peacock.
Peacock lands a body punch in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Peacock.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Peacock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Peacock tries to throw a body punch but Coco avoids it by throwing Peacock back against the cage.
Peacock tries to work over Coco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Peacock prevents Coco from breaking the clinch.
Coco lands a hook that snaps the head of Peacock backwards.
Peacock misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Coco blocks a body shot from Peacock.
Coco blocks a body shot from Peacock.
Coco can't find room to land a body shot as Peacock controls the action.
Peacock misses with a punch to the body.
Peacock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Peacock lands with a short shot to the head.
Peacock lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Coco misses with the head strike.
Coco throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Peacocks head.
A short right from Peacock.
Coco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Peacock lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Coco misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Coco.
A short left from Peacock.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Coco lands a body punch in the clinch.
Peacock working aggressively here.
Coco lands a left hand that snaps the head of Peacock backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Peacock fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Drew Peacock will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Coco lands a really nice looking cross but Peacock seems unphased.
Peacock dodges the punch combination from Coco.
Peacock throws a shot from downtown. Coco moves away and avoids it.
Coco misses with a body shot
letting Peacock counter with a right hand.
Peacock takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Coco uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Peacock has time to react.
Coco lands a lovely overhand right.
Coco swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Peacock counters with a straight right hand.
Peacock on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Coco misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Coco misses the target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coco catches Peacock with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Peacock on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A big left from Coco misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coco misses the jab.
Peacock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Coco connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Coco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Peacock was well out of range. Poor timing from Coco.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Peacock! But no joy.
Peacock avoids the body shot from Coco.
Coco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Peacock moves away from the strike by Coco.

Peacock closes the distance and clinches.
Coco misses with a hook from the clinch.
Peacock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Coco lands a right hand.
Peacock lands a nice shot to the body.
Peacock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Coco backwards.
Peacock digs a right hand underneath Coco's ribcage. Coco let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Coco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coco lands a shot to the body.
Peacock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Peacock makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peacock swings wildly with an uppercut but Coco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Coco lands a body shot in the clinch.
Peacock misses with a punch to the body.
Peacock lands a hook that snaps the head of Coco backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Coco.
A short right from Peacock on the inside.
Coco can't break the clinch.
Peacock blocks a body shot from Coco.

Coco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Coco throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Peacock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Coco dodges the punch combination from Peacock.
Coco throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Coco changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peacock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Coco misses with a shot to the body
and Peacock counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Loco Coco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coco takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Peacock lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Loco Coco is winning the standup battle so far.
Coco scores with a hook.
Peacock bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab lands there for Coco.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Coco lands with a left to the head.
Peacock lands with a light punch inside.
Peacock prevents Coco from breaking the clinch.
Coco misses with a body punch.
Coco swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Coco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Peacock pushes Coco back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Coco tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Peacock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cocos head.
Coco misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Coco fails to land.
Peacock tries to work over Coco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Peacock lands an uppercut.
Coco misses with a short punch on the inside.
Coco throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Peacocks head.
Peacock struggles to land a body shot inside as Coco controls his hands.
Coco misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Peacock.
Coco goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Peacock struggles to land a body shot inside as Coco controls his hands.
Coco throws a punch but it's blocked by Peacock.
Peacock lands a right hand that snaps the head of Coco backwards.
Peacock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Peacock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Coco.
Peacock misses with a punch to the body.
Peacock lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Coco misses with a body punch.

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 Loco Coco.
I think Coco has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Loco Coco!
An out of breath Loco Coco thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.