PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Glad Tihata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Cook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Tihata
vs
Cook

180 cm
20
208 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
20
201 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers ground

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Bushido Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Glad Tihata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Stephen Cook!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Chris Edwards and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cook throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cook rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tihata moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cook comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Tihata takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cook fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tihata will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Tihata decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Tihata landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Cook tries to roll over but Tihata keeps him under control.
Cook manages to get to full guard.
Cook wants to get back to his feet but Tihata is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

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

Tihata looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tihata is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cook controlling from the top position.
Tihata is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cook controls from within his opponent's guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Tihata looking to control.
Cook must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Cook has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Tihata is proving hard to escape from.
Tihata could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.

Cook stands and steps away. Tihata gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Cook misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tihata has a takedown stuffed.
Cook throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cook lands with a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cook misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tihata throws a sloppy head kick and Cook moves out of range easily.
Tihata fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Glad Tihata. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tihata doesn't manage to clinch there - Cook circles away.
Cook loads up on a big right hand but Tihata slips the punch.

Tihata scores a takedown into full mount!
Cook tries to hold on but Tihata pushes him away.
Cook is squirming around, avoiding Tihata's attempts to control the action.
Tihata is landing with some decent strikes but Cook is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Cook is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Tihata.
Tihata with the ground and pound from mount.
Cook is squirming around, avoiding Tihata's attempts to control the action.
Tihata lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Cook hang on?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tihata working Cook over with strikes here.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
BOOM! Tihata connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cook taking shots to the head.
Tihata looking to finish Cook with some ground and pound. This is bad for Cook!
Tihata scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cook?
Tihata has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tihata scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cook?
Cook tries to hold on but Tihata pushes him away.
Cook is squirming around, avoiding Tihata's attempts to control the action.
Tihata lands with some strikes.
Tihata looking to finish Cook with some ground and pound. This is bad for Cook!
Cook manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Cook is trying is best to control the position here.
Cook has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tihata is working away from the top position though.
Tihata wants to take a breather but Cook is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cook wants to get back to his feet.
Tihata thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Cook's head.
Cook keeping control of the position.
Cook's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Cook wants to improve his position but Tihata is controlling well.
Cook slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Tihata throws a strike but Cook rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cook showing good wrestling skills to control the position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Cook tries to free his leg and advance position but Tihata is retaining full guard.

Tihata throws his legs up looking for a submission but Cook uses it to pass to side control.

Cook decides to stand up, so the ref orders Tihata to his feet.

Tihata drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Tihata has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Cook swats away the attempt to clinch by Tihata.
Tihata avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tihata shoots in and drives through. Cook sprawls well.
Nice sprawl there from Cook as Tihata shoots in.
Tihata fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tihata takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Cook looks to land a combination but Tihata avoids it well.
Tihata misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tihata fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Cook swats away the attempt to clinch by Tihata.
Cook keeps the fight on the outside.
Cook keeps the fight on the outside.
Cook throws a nice looking combination but Tihata bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cook stuffs the takedown.
Tihata fails with the takedown.
Tihata closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cook circles away.
Cook looks to land a left hand but Tihata moved out of range nicely.
Cook fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Cook gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tihata postures up.
Cook wants to get back to his feet but Tihata passes into half guard.
Tihata is looking to stall here but Cook recovers full guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tihata postures up in Cook's guard and throws a big left but Cook blocks it.
Tihata wants to control from the top but Cook keeps moving.
Cook wants to get back to his feet but Tihata is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Tihata trying to control the position from guard on top but Cook is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tihata won't allow Cook to get back to his feet.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cook throws a leg kick but Tihata moved away.
Tihata throws a head kick that misses.

Tihata rushes Cook and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Tihata tries to pull guard but Cook holds him up against the ropes and eventually Tihata drops back down to his feet.
Cook has had enough of the clinch but Tihata keeps him there for the moment.
Cook wants to get back to striking at distance but Tihata won't allow it.
Tihata crunches a lovely knee into Cook's ribcage.

Cook breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tihata scores with a head kick.
Tihata tries to clinch there but Cook circles away.
Cook misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tihata.
Tihata tries to clinch there but Cook circles away.
Tihata pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tihata shoots in but no luck this time.
Tihata shoots in but no luck this time.
Cook throws the left hand but Tihata avoids the punch easily.
Tihata takes a jab right on the kisser.

Tihata is rocked!
Tihata keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oh Tihata is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cook lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Tihata is looking to close the distance but Cook sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Tihata crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Tihata is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Stephen Cook!