PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John McCoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Louis Kali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

McCoy
vs
Kali

180 cm
25
157 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
18
156 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Sully's Bar & Grill
Aspire Nutrition

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John McCoy !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Louis Kali!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Lou da Vinci and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kali throws a leg kick

and McCoy counters with a shoot takedown. Kali fights it but they end up in guard.
McCoy lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kali is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

McCoy is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
McCoy is in close to Kali's body, working some short punches and elbows.
McCoy controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCoy 's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McCoy has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
McCoy working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kali's head.
Kali looking for a sweep. Not yet Kali, not yet.
McCoy slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Kali avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Kali looking to control.
McCoy cracks Kali with a solid left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
McCoy passes Kali's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Kali is looking to improve his position.
McCoy passes to side control.
McCoy looks up at the clock and then as Kali takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, McCoy smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

McCoy has hold of Kali's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Kali seems comfortable defending it but McCoy has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Kali is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Kali is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but McCoy couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). John McCoy !