PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hifives Ghost (ranked 7618 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Cottero (ranked 4409 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ghost
vs
Cottero

168 cm
27
155 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

170 cm
48
149 lbs
43 - 24 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hifives Ghost!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 43 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tommy Cottero!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ghost finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cottero feints a counter leg kick.
Cottero throws a wild body kick that Ghost sees coming a mile off.
Ghost on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Cottero connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ghost connects with a single shot there.
Cottero throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ghost fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Cottero on the side of the head.
Ghost lands a right hook to the body.
Ghost keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cottero misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ghost moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cottero lands with a cross.
Ghost tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cottero was well out of range. Poor timing from Ghost.
A cross from Ghost lands.
Ghost cracks the inside of Cottero's front leg.
Ghost with a nice cross.
Cottero misses with a wild body shot.
Ghost defending well as Cottero loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghost jabs Cottero to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cottero blocks a jab.
Cottero throws a hook to the side of Ghost's head but Ghost sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ghost swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ghost swinging wildly here.
Cottero shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Ghost throws a lazy uppercut
and Cottero counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ghost changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Ghost looks to score with a jab to the body but Cottero is just out of range.
Cottero loads up on a big right hand but Ghost slips the punch.
Cottero doesn't manage to clinch there - Ghost circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Ghost on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cottero tries to clinch up.
Cottero lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ghost with a hook.
Cottero throws a jab when Ghost was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab from Ghost.
Ghost throws a body shot but no joy.
Ghost is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ghost throws a leg kick but Cottero checks it.
Nice straight punches there by Ghost. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ghost.
Ghost has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Outer Heaven Dojo in the buildup to the fight.
Cottero tries to score with a low kick but Ghost moves his leg out of the way.
Cottero connects with a solid leg kick.
Cottero misses with a wild combination.
Ghost appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Cottero slips under a jab.
Cottero tries a head kick but it misses.
Cottero lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ghost pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cottero is out of range and Ghost settles back down.
Cottero digs a good hook to Ghost's body.
Cottero swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ghost counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ghost is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Ghost misses the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghost scores with a body shot.
Cottero takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cottero stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ghost.
Jab, jab by Ghost - just one landing.
Cottero pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cottero takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cottero walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cottero misses with a body shot.
Cottero goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Cottero misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Cottero throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ghost scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ghost takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cottero throws an overhand right that lands on Ghost's shoulder, as Ghost tries to avoid the shot.
Cottero throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ghost.
It looked like Ghost was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Cottero.
Cottero rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Ghost counter with a right hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghost sizes up Cottero with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Cottero throws a jab but it's blocked by Ghost.
Ghost lands a head kick. Cottero smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Ghost misses with a straight right.
Cottero doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Cottero tries to clinch but Ghost moves out of range.
Ghost fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cottero.
Cottero looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ghost cracks Cottero with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cottero uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Ghost has time to react.
Cottero misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ghost counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Cottero is rocked!
Ghost steps in with a hook that catches Cottero right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Ghost follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Cottero looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hifives Ghost!