PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phillip Koscheck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dino Cazares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phillip Koscheck has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Koscheck
vs
Cazares

190 cm
20
280 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
23
277 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good gas tank

TechNutri - Ensuring the quality
Mundo Green - World Verde

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Phillip Koscheck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dino Cazares!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cazares moves into the clinch successfully.
Koscheck fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Cazares lands a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Koscheck can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Koscheck wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Koscheck manages to break the clinch.
Koscheck fails to land the takedown.

Koscheck fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cazares, pushing him back against the cage.

Cazares manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Koscheck looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Cazares decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Cazares throwing shots but Koscheck is blocking nicely.
Cazares passes to side control.

Cazares looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
A lull in the action here as Cazares stalls from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Koscheck's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cazares taking a breather here.
Cazares scores with a couple of short elbows.
Koscheck is not content to let Cazares control the position.

Cazares stands up.
A head kick misses from Koscheck.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cazares gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cazares throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Koscheck blocks it with crossed arms.

Cazares gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cazares lands a nice short elbow.
Koscheck knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cazares on the ground.
Cazares throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cazares thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Koscheck's head.
Koscheck is breathing heavily.
Cazares with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Cazares thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cazares works his way into full mount!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Cazares lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cazares unloading with bombs!
Cazares landing strikes, looking to finish!
Cazares with a couple of short strikes.
Cazares landing strikes from the mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cazares working Koscheck over with strikes here.
Cazares looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cazares with a couple of short strikes.
Cazares lands with some strikes.
The referee warns Koscheck that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Cazares in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cazares tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Cazares in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Cazares lands a big shot there that rocks Koscheck but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
BOOM! Cazares connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Cazares working for a submission but Koscheck is keeping him at bay.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cazares controlling from mount.
A nice elbow there by Cazares.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cazares tries to control but Koscheck wriggling away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dino Cazares dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Cazares misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cazares throws a right hand that Koscheck ducks under and follows up with a left that Koscheck also avoids with ease.

Cazares clinches with his opponent.
Koscheck wants to get back to striking at distance but Cazares won't allow it.
Koscheck drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Cazares gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Cazares breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Koscheck shoots in for a takedown but Cazares shows good takedown defense.

Cazares closes the distance and clinches.
Cazares with a knee to the head.

It looks like Phillip Koscheck has been cut.
A short uppercut from Cazares.

Cazares gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Cazares is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Dino Cazares has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cazares is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Well, if Cazares is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cazares takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cazares working over Koscheck with some ground and pound. Koscheck looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Cazares not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cazares not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cazares working the head and body with strikes.
Cazares winds up and cracks Koscheck with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Cazares not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Cazares sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Cazares wants to control but Koscheck is keeping him busy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cazares decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Cazares throws a series of punches but Koscheck moves out of range.
Phillip Koscheck is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cazares doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Koscheck counter with a right hand.

Cazares has closed the distance and engaged Koscheck in a clinch.

Cazares has clasped his hands together around Koscheck's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Koscheck takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Koscheck tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cazares wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The strikes coming from Cazares are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Koscheck taking a bit of punishment here - Cazares scoring with strikes.
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!
A lull in the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Cazares's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Cazares is putting a hurting on Koscheck here, landing some big shots from side control.
Cazares wants to lay and pray for a moment but Koscheck keeps working.
Koscheck takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Koscheck taking a bit of punishment here - Cazares scoring with strikes.
Cazares lands a decent elbow from side control.
Koscheck is letting Cazares control him for a moment.

Cazares stands up and we're back to a striking position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cazares bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Cazares gets the takedown into side control.

Cazares is trying to get an arm triangle but Koscheck is defending well.
Koscheck can't do much from the bottom here.
Koscheck takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Cazares is trying to get an arm triangle but Koscheck is defending well.
Check out the look on Cazares's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dino Cazares showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Phillip Koscheck's cut.
That's time! Koscheck's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!

Cazares darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Cazares controlling the action here.
Cazares looks to land a strike but Koscheck avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Cazares scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cazares distracts Koscheck with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Cazares thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cazares forces his way into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cazares is taking a breather. Koscheck says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Cazares missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Koscheck avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cazares.
Cazares works his way into full mount!
Cazares is landing with some decent strikes but Koscheck is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Cazares with good strikes from the mount here!

Cazares is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Koscheck can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Cazares landing shots from mount.
Dino Cazares is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cazares takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Cazares jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Koscheck manages to avoid the submission attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Cazares looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Cazares wants to lay and pray for a moment but Koscheck keeps working.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Cazares stalls from top position.

Cazares is trying to get an arm triangle but Koscheck is defending well.
Koscheck is looking to regain half guard here but Cazares keeps moving and retains side control.
Cazares has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cazares scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Koscheck to see if he's OK.
Cazares happy to just control the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillip Koscheck has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cazares creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cazares is chipping away with strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dino Cazares comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cazares has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 24:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 24:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 24:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dino Cazares!