PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Kositzky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renan Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kositzky's entrance music is Schwarz zu Blau. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Silva's choice of entrance music: Guerreiro. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Kositzky
vs
Silva

173 cm
27
140 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

170 cm
20
145 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

Bushido Clothing
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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 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Kositzky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Renan Silva!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kositzky misses with a takedown attempt - Silva sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kositzky fails with a takedown attempt.
Kositzky fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Kositzky. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Kositzky darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Silva wants to improve his position but Kositzky is controlling well.
Silva wants to get back to full guard but Kositzky has passed into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kositzky prevents Silva from getting the reversal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kositzky controlling his opponent.
Silva is working to get back to half guard.
Kositzky content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kositzky takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Kositzky dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Kositzky throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Silva was covering up waiting for the punch and Kositzky finishes the takedown easily into guard.

Silva looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Kositzky passes into half guard.
Silva tries to roll over but Kositzky keeps him under control.
The fighters are battling for position here. Silva manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Kositzky is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Kositzky is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Silva.
Silva is looking to reverse the position.
Silva is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Kositzky's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Silva wants to get back to full guard but Kositzky has passed into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Silva is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Kositzky takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Silva sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Kositzky has control of the leg.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Silva with the active half guard here but Kositzky passes nicely into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Kositzky dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Kositzky circles away.

Kositzky scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kositzky pulls his head out easily.
Kositzky keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.

Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kositzky frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Silva is looking to get to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Kositzky looking to control and managing it successfully.
Silva regains half guard.
Kositzky trying to pass the guard but Silva defending well.
Silva tries to roll over but Kositzky keeps him under control.

Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva actively working from the bottom here.
Kositzky content to control rather than advance.

Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Silva looking for a kimura from the bottom but Kositzky passes into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Kositzky controlling from side mount.
Kositzky seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Silva for as long as he can get away with.
Renan Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silva is trying to improve his position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Kositzky showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kositzky, 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Kositzky!