PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Urijah Cote (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trond Haraldsson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Haraldsson's choice of entrance music: Warriors of the world. Trond Haraldsson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cote
vs
Haraldsson

178 cm
19
155 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

181 cm
19
145 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Urijah Cote!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Trond Haraldsson!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, John Mangel and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Cote.
Haraldsson looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Cote fails to land with a series of punches.
Cote misses with a double jab.
Haraldsson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cote manages to avoid it.
Cote lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Haraldsson circles away quickly and effectively.
Haraldsson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cote scores with a jab.
Cote tries to close the distance and clinch but Haraldsson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cote tries to bum rush Haraldsson with a series of wild strikes but Haraldsson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Haraldsson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cote circles away.
Cote moves in looking to clinch but Haraldsson pushes him off.
Haraldsson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cote rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Haraldsson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Haraldsson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Haraldsson keeps the fight on the outside.
Cote throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Haraldsson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cote stalks Haraldsson and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Haraldsson's face. Haraldsson staggers backwards, shaken.
Cote jabs at Haraldsson's body.
Haraldsson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cote jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cote lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Haraldsson circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Cote there.

Haraldsson is rocked!
Cote misses with a jab, cross combination.
Haraldsson is still on wobbly legs! Can Cote finish him?
A swing and a miss from Cote.
Cote walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Haraldsson drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Cote swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Haraldsson's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Urijah Cote!