PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Matti Teitsi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Koch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Teitsi
vs
Koch

161 cm
34
140 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

170 cm
30
149 lbs
20 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matti Teitsi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Jacob Koch!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koch tries to clinch up.
Teitsi misses with a wild body shot.
Koch throws a leg kick that is checked
and Teitsi counters with a straight right hand.
Koch scores with a jab.
Koch throws out a loose jab but Teitsi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koch misses with a leg kick
and Teitsi counters with a stiff right hand.
Teitsi tries to land a leg kick but Koch saw it coming and moves away.
Koch slips a jab and a cross from Teitsi.

Teitsi darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Teitsi thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Teitsi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Teitsi trying to pass the guard but Koch defending well.
Koch keeping control of the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Teitsi wants to pass the guard but Koch is defending well.
Teitsi has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Teitsi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Koch defending well though.
Teitsi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Koch defending well though.
Teitsi missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Koch wants to control but Teitsi is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Teitsi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Teitsi thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Koch's head.

That's two 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.
Teitsi is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Teitsi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Teitsi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Koch defending well though.
Koch has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Teitsi is working away from the top position though.
Teitsi not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Teitsi sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Koch defending well though.
Teitsi throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Koch is looking for a sweep. Teitsi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Teitsi is predictable there
and Koch counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Teitsi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koch is trying to counter with his kicks.
Teitsi sizes up Koch with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Koch closes the distance and clinches.
Teitsi avoiding damage.
Teitsi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Koch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Koch lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Teitsi backwards.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Teitsi obliges.
Teitsi tries to land knees in the clinch but Koch avoids the damage to the body.
Koch swings wildly with an uppercut but Teitsi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koch doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Koch swings wildly with an uppercut but Teitsi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Teitsi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Koch lands a hook that snaps the head of Teitsi backwards.
Koch looking to slow down the pace here.
Koch swings wildly with an uppercut but Teitsi uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koch blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koch lands a body shot.
Koch scores with a shot to the side of Teitsi's head.
Teitsi goes for a takedown in the clinch but Koch prevents it.
Koch avoiding damage as Teitsi throws knees to the body.
Koch tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Teitsi missing with knees to the body.
Teitsi blocking some punches.
Koch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Teitsi throws a head punch that misses.
Teitsi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Koch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Koch misses with the head strike.
Koch swings wildly with an uppercut but Teitsi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koch misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Teitsi.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Teitsi fails to land.
A short left from Teitsi.
Koch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Teitsi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Teitsi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Koch blocks it with crossed arms.
Koch lands a body shot.
Koch misses with a punch to the body.
Koch gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Teitsi.
Koch tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Koch lands a hook to the side of the head.
Koch throws a head punch that misses.
Koch gets through Teitsi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Koch misses with a body punch.
Teitsi cracks Koch with a nice body shot.
Nice body punch from Koch - that landed with a thud.
Koch lands with a light punch inside.
Koch misses with some punches.
Koch lands with a light punch inside.
Teitsi landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
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!
Koch misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Teitsi unloads a knee to the mid-section. Koch lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Teitsi wants to stall.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

Koch manages to break the clinch.
Koch connects with a good right hand that stumbles Teitsi. Teitsi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Koch wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Teitsi walks into a left hand.
Teitsi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A jab from Koch finds it's way through Teitsi's defenses.
Teitsi takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Koch has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Koch scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Teitsi fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matti Teitsi. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Teitsi shoots in looking for a takedown but Koch manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Teitsi's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Teitsi tries to clinch there but Koch circles away.
Koch throws a leg kick but Teitsi sees it coming and moves out of range.
Teitsi throws a nice looking combination but Koch bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Koch swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Teitsi.
Matti Teitsi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Teitsi looks to clinch
and Koch counters with a nice uppercut.
Teitsi thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Koch if he has to take too many more of those.
Teitsi lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Teitsi tries to clinch but Koch moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Koch. Teitsi does a little dance to reset his feet.
Teitsi is looking to land body kicks.
Teitsi swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Teitsi looks to land a left hand but Koch moved out of range nicely.
Koch takes a swing at Teitsi's ribcage but misses.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Teitsi misses with a two punch combination.
Koch throws a good cross that connects.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Teitsi throws a leg kick but Koch moved away.
Koch appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Teitsi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Teitsi there as he acknowledges the shot.
Teitsi misses with a kick to the body.

Koch rushes Teitsi and presses him up against the cage.
Koch lands a hook to the side of the head.
Teitsi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Koch misses with some punches.
Koch managing to block the knees to the body from Teitsi.
Teitsi struggles to land a body shot inside as Koch controls his hands.
Teitsi is trying to break the clinch but Koch is controlling him.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Koch creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Koch.
Come on Teitsi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Koch lands with a left to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Koch.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Koch lands a nice uppercut.
Koch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Teitsi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Koch working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Teitsi prevents a body shot from Koch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Teitsi obliges.
Teitsi taking a breather.
Teitsi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koch.
Koch avoiding damage as Teitsi throws knees to the body.
Teitsi prevents a body shot from Koch.
Koch misses with a hook to the ribs.
Koch prevents the takedown attempt.
Koch works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Teitsi is breathing heavily.
Koch has a couple of punches blocked by Teitsi.
Koch has a couple of punches blocked by Teitsi.

Koch breaks from the clinch.
Teitsi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koch throws out a counter right but Teitsi avoids it with no problem.
Koch takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jacob Koch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Koch has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 9:10
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 9:10
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacob Koch!
After the fight, Jacob Koch was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.