PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mason Coffey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Power (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas Power has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Coffey
vs
Power

159 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

168 cm
18
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mason Coffey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Power!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coffey avoids the body shot from Power.

Coffey shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Power is trying to escape back to his feet but Coffey uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Coffey scores with a couple of short elbows.
Coffey lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Coffey is putting a hurting on Power here, landing some big shots from side control.
Power wants to get back to his feet but Coffey is dominant here and he's now got Power's back!
Coffey could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Coffey is working the ground and pound. Can Power escape?
Coffey is punishing Power with some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coffey lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Coffey cracks Power with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Power from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Power covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Coffey 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.
Coffey scores with strikes from the back.
Coffey lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Coffey.
Coffey lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Power is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Coffey. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Power is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Coffey connects with a big shot to the side of Power's head.
Power is trying to remain composed but Coffey is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Power covers up after that shot from Coffey.
Power trying to get back to his feet but Coffey is in full control for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coffey lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coffey lands a shot to the body.
Power is trying to stand back up.
Power looks winded!
Power is taking damage to the body and head.
Power is taking damage to the body and head.
Coffey has Power flattened out and is raining down punches.
Coffey is landing with strikes. Power can't take much more of this.
Power is trying to remain composed but Coffey is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Coffey is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Power. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coffey lands with a hammerfist to the side of Power's head.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Power is trying to get back to his feet but Coffey has full control of the position and if anything, Power has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Coffey is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Coffey connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Power to escape the position.
Coffey has Power flattened out and is raining down punches.
Coffey connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Power to escape the position.
Coffey scores with punches from the back.
Can Power hold on?! Coffey is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coffey throwing damaging strikes from the back! Power could be in trouble here!
Coffey slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Coffey lands a shot to the body.
Power is trapped and Coffey is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Coffey trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Power doesn't escape.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Can Power hold on?! Coffey is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Coffey. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Coffey landing with strikes.
Power wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mason Coffey dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Coffey shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Power manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Power has momentary wrist control but Coffey slips an elbow through the middle.
Coffey is in close to Power's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Coffey postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Power is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Coffey dives into side control.
Coffey looks up at the clock and then as Power takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Coffey smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Coffey landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coffey landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Power is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Power tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Power is breathing heavily.
The referee warns Power that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coffey landing shots from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Coffey cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
A nice elbow there by Coffey.
Coffey looking to finish Power with some ground and pound. This is bad for Power!
Power is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Coffey landing strikes from the mount.
Coffey cracks Power with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Coffey lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Power hang on?
Coffey fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Coffey in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coffey pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Power takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coffey looking to finish Power with some ground and pound. This is bad for Power!
Coffey tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Coffey raining down shots from the mount!
Coffey lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Coffey raining down hammerfists from mount.
BOOM! Coffey connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Coffey with the ground and pound from mount.
Coffey lands a big elbow.
Coffey looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Coffey lands a big elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coffey breaks from Power's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Power in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Coffey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Power can do to turn this around?
Power is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Coffey fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Coffey lands a nice shot to the head.
Mason Coffey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Coffey lands a heavy elbow.
Coffey looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Coffey landing shots from mount.
Power has given up his back.
Coffey lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
Coffey just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coffey cracks Power with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Power from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Coffey is punishing Power with strikes - can he finish him?!
The referee is taking a good look at Power as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Coffey!
Coffey really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Power.
Coffey lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Coffey.
Coffey lands a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mason Coffey dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Coffey fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Power avoids it really well and circles away.
Coffey moves away from the strike by Power.
Power works the jab nicely.

Power gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Coffey distracts Power with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Coffey landing some decent shots from guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coffey not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Coffey is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Coffey cracks Power with a solid left hand.
Coffey postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Power is looking to stand back up but Coffey counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Power.
Power really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Coffey. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Power takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Coffey seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Coffey is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Coffey is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Power has hold of Coffey's hands but Coffey slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Coffey winds up and cracks Power with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Coffey winds up and cracks Power with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Coffey is nestled in close to Power, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Ground and pound from Coffey.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coffey working over Power with some ground and pound. Power looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Coffey working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Coffey scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Coffey is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Power pushes Coffey off but Coffey dives into side control.
Coffey cracks Power with a big right hand but Power just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coffey lands a nice forearm strike.
Coffey controlling from side mount.
Coffey works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coffey working the ground and pound from side control.
Coffey scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Power to see if he's OK.
Coffey landing a few strikes.
Thomas Power has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Coffey scoring with punches and elbows.
Power on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Power takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Coffey grinds an elbow into Power's temple.
Coffey lands some shots froms side control.
Coffey in side control lands a decent elbow.
Coffey working the body and head with strikes.
Coffey is chipping away with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coffey cracks Power with a big right hand but Power just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Coffey happy to just control the position for now.
Power is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Power taking punishment in the form of punches.
Power takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coffey lands a nice forearm strike.
Coffey in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Coffey is putting a hurting on Power here, landing some big shots from side control.
Power taking a bit of punishment here - Coffey scoring with strikes.
Mason Coffey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Coffey lands a few punches from side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Mason Coffey showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Coffey, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:24
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:25
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mason Coffey!