PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tsoko Chikatchawan (ranked 46 p4p, 8 weight class) and Joey Kocur (ranked 121 p4p, 22 weight class). Chikatchawan comes to the cage accompanied by Animal. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Chikatchawan
vs
Kocur

192 cm
28
209 lbs
20 - 5 - 0

183 cm
38
220 lbs
35 - 15 - 1

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tsoko Chikatchawan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joey Kocur!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chikatchawan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Chikatchawan scores with a nice body kick.
Kocur has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Chikatchawan fails to land with a series of punches.
Kocur has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Chikatchawan finds it's way round the side to connect with Kocur's head.
A big left from Chikatchawan misses.
Chikatchawan throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chikatchawan keeps Kocur at a distance using the push kick.
Nice defenses there by Chikatchawan.
Chikatchawan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kocur manages to avoid it.
Kocur takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A big right from Kocur misses.

Chikatchawan darts in and clinches Kocur up against the cage.
Kocur misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chikatchawan.
A short right from Chikatchawan.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kocur misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chikatchawan.
Kocur throws a punch but it's blocked by Chikatchawan.
Kocur misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kocur fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kocur.
Kocur misses with a body punch.

Chikatchawan manages to break the clinch.
Chikatchawan misses with a body kick.
A good leg kick by Chikatchawan.
Chikatchawan throws a front kick aimed at Kocur's knee but Kocur avoids it well.
Chikatchawan looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Chikatchawan misses with a straight left.
Chikatchawan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kocur blocks a low kick nicely.
Chikatchawan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kocur slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kocur.
Chikatchawan throws the kick towards the body but Kocur avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kocur! But no joy.
Chikatchawan moves away from the strike by Kocur.
Nice body kick there by Chikatchawan.
Chikatchawan lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chikatchawan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kocur. Kocur circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kocur misses with a low kick.
Kocur throws a wild body kick that Chikatchawan sees coming a mile off.
Chikatchawan throws a counter high kick but Kocur was just alert enough to avoid it.
Chikatchawan blocks a jab.
A combination from Kocur does no damage.
Chikatchawan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Kocur scores with a one two! Chikatchawan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Chikatchawan connects with an inside leg kick.
Kocur scoring well with a low kick there.
Kocur throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chikatchawan checks a leg kick.
Chikatchawan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kocur under the eye.
Kocur stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Chikatchawan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Chikatchawan cracks Kocur with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A low kick from Chikatchawan is predictable there
and Kocur counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kocur takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kocur staying out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chikatchawan finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Chikatchawan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kocur.
Kocur lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Chikatchawan misses with an attempted mid kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kocur! But no joy.
Chikatchawan thuds his shin into the meat of Kocur's side.
Kocur takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kocur blocks a head kick by Chikatchawan.
Kocur lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chikatchawan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A nice inside leg kick there by Kocur. That's going to slow Chikatchawan down.
Kocur connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Chikatchawan chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Kocur can pounce on him.
Chikatchawan scores with a body shot.
Chikatchawan lands a glancing blow to the side of Kocur's head.
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!
Kocur bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kocur throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kocur has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Chikatchawan.
Chikatchawan is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Chikatchawan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kocur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tsoko Chikatchawan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chikatchawan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Kocur wants to counter with a clinch but Chikatchawan pushes him away.
Chikatchawan feints and then cracks Kocur's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kocur down.
Chikatchawan scores with a shot to the body.
Kocur misses with a two punch combination.
Chikatchawan missing with a left hand there. Kocur was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Good shot there by Kocur.
Chikatchawan motions for Kocur to come forward. Chikatchawan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Chikatchawan checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Chikatchawan feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Chikatchawan blocks the low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chikatchawan lands a nice hook to Kocur's body. Kocur takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kocur.
Kocur avoids the body shot from Chikatchawan.
Kocur throws a body kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tsoko Chikatchawan dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Kocur swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kocur takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Chikatchawan throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Kocur fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Chikatchawan checks it well.
Chikatchawan misses with the body kick
and Kocur counters with a stiff right hand.
A big right from Kocur misses.
Chikatchawan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kocur.
Chikatchawan cracks Kocur with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kocur misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Chikatchawan. That snapped Kocur's head back.
Kocur throws a body punch but Chikatchawan moves out of range.
Chikatchawan throws a counter high kick but Kocur was just alert enough to avoid it.
Chikatchawan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kocur moves away.
Kocur jabs at Chikatchawan's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chikatchawan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kocur.
Kocur lands a glancing blow to the side of Chikatchawan's head.
Chikatchawan loads up on a big right hand but Kocur slips the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Kocur as he checks the leg kick.
Chikatchawan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chikatchawan swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kocur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chikatchawan.
A slow jab from Kocur misses its intended target.
Chikatchawan scores with a punch to the head.
Kocur with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kocur takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Chikatchawan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Chikatchawan fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kocur checks it well.
Chikatchawan throws a jab but it's blocked by Kocur.
Kocur attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Chikatchawan's corner calls for a 1-2. Chikatchawan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kocur tries to clinch but Chikatchawan moves out of range.
Chikatchawan looks to throw the jab but Kocur is out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chikatchawan scores with a jab.
Kocur throws a low kick but Chikatchawan moves out of range easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chikatchawan loads up on a big right hand but Kocur slips the punch.
Chikatchawan throws a body shot but no joy.
Kocur was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chikatchawan. Kocur does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chikatchawan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Chikatchawan slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kocur throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Chikatchawan on the side of the head.
Chikatchawan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tsoko Chikatchawan is winning the standup battle so far.
Chikatchawan throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chikatchawan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Kocur misses with a looping right.
And Chikatchawan counters with a quick kick to the body but Kocur blocks it.
Chikatchawan lunges at Kocur with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kocur's hand.
Kocur tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kocur moves out of range as Chikatchawan throws a body kick.
Kocur lands a glancing blow to the side of Chikatchawan's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kocur is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Chikatchawan.
Kocur looks to score with a jab to the body but Chikatchawan is just out of range.
Kocur moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Kocur shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Chikatchawan looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Chikatchawan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kocur takes a jab right on the kisser.
Kocur walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Chikatchawan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kocur stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Chikatchawan keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Kocur throws a body shot but no joy.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kocur has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Chikatchawan misses with a looping right.
Kocur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chikatchawan.
An attempted straight right counter from Chikatchawan misses the target.
Kocur misses with a low kick.
Chikatchawan misses with a body kick.
Chikatchawan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chikatchawan connects with the punch.
Kocur walks into a jab.
Kocur is looking to slow Chikatchawan down with leg kicks.
Chikatchawan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kocur throws a leg kick but Chikatchawan sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kocur connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Chikatchawan works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Chikatchawan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chikatchawan lands a jab to the nose.
Chikatchawan with a jab.
Kocur takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chikatchawan takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Kocur goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Chikatchawan appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Kocur tries to move into range but Chikatchawan moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tsoko Chikatchawan dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Chikatchawan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kocur moves away.
Chikatchawan fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kocur has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kocur takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Chikatchawan slips under a jab.
Kocur chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Chikatchawan can pounce on him.
Chikatchawan misses with a hook
and Kocur counters with a straight right hand.
Nice jab there from Chikatchawan.
Chikatchawan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kocur.
Chikatchawan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Kocur looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kocur moves out of range of the strikes.
Chikatchawan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kocur.
Chikatchawan looks to score with a jab to the body but Kocur is just out of range.
Kocur misses with an uppercut.
Chikatchawan tried to counter with a leg kick but Kocur avoided it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kocur lunges at Chikatchawan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Chikatchawan's hand.
Kocur misses with a left hand
and Chikatchawan counters with a nice uppercut.
Chikatchawan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kocur.
Chikatchawan throws a looping overhand right but Kocur ducks down to avoid it.
Kocur jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kocur lands with a straight right. Chikatchawan didn't see that one coming.
Chikatchawan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kocur is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chikatchawan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kocur on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Kocur misses with a low kick as Chikatchawan jumps back.
Chikatchawan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kocur.
Chikatchawan is looking to counter punch.
Kocur scores with a nice strike.
Joey Kocur has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chikatchawan blocks a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kocur throws a hook but Chikatchawan avoids it easily.
Chikatchawan looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Kocur misses with a hook. Chikatchawan ducked under it nicely.
Chikatchawan looks to score with a jab to the body but Kocur is just out of range.
Chikatchawan fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Chikatchawan keeps the fight on the outside.
Chikatchawan dips to his left and cracks Kocur with an uppercut!
Kocur takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Kocur throws a hook to the side of Chikatchawan's head but Chikatchawan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kocur throws a big shot that misses.
Kocur wants to land a leg kick but Chikatchawan is out of range.
Chikatchawan looks to throw the jab but Kocur is out of range.
Chikatchawan tries to clinch but Kocur moves out of range.
A bone on bone clash there as Chikatchawan blocks the leg kick.
Chikatchawan looks to land a body kick but Kocur moved away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kocur's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Chikatchawan connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kocur scrambles back to his feet.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kocur.
Chikatchawan misses with a hook.
Kocur fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Chikatchawan's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kocur under the eye.
Nice uppercut there from Chikatchawan.
Chikatchawan scores with a leg kick.
Chikatchawan misses with a body kick.
Kocur throws out a counter right but Chikatchawan avoids it with no problem.
Chikatchawan staying out of range there.
Chikatchawan thuds his shin into the meat of Kocur's side.
Chikatchawan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Chikatchawan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kocur scores with a nice right hand.
Chikatchawan throws out a loose jab but Kocur uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Chikatchawan.
Kocur is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chikatchawan.
Kocur takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kocur chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Chikatchawan can pounce on him.
Chikatchawan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kocur throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chikatchawan looks for the body kick but Kocur saw that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Chikatchawan. Kocur does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kocur tries a quick counter leg kick but Chikatchawan is wise to it.
Kocur will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kocur has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Chikatchawan.
Kocur lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chikatchawan's sensitive parts.
Kocur tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Kocur motions for Chikatchawan to come forward. Kocur throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Good leg kick by Chikatchawan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tsoko Chikatchawan is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kocur is looking to clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tsoko Chikatchawan showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Chikatchawan, 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tsoko Chikatchawan!
Tsoko Chikatchawan tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.