PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Henrique Goz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andersen Koscheck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Goz
vs
Koscheck

180 cm
24
155 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

192 cm
22
162 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henrique Goz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andersen Koscheck!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Goz does no damage.
Koscheck stuffs the takedown attempt from Goz. Goz gets slowly back to his feet.
Goz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Koscheck at a distance.
Goz throws a jab when Koscheck was well out of range.
Goz throws a big shot that misses.
Goz just misses with a punch to the body.
Koscheck tries to clinch there but Goz circles away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Koscheck.
Koscheck throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Goz's waist but Goz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Koscheck off to one side.
Goz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Koscheck circles away quickly and effectively.
Goz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Koscheck.
Koscheck wants to clinch up but Goz keeps it at a distance.
Koscheck lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.

Goz closes the distance and clinches.
Goz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Koscheck has him pressed against the cage.

Koscheck breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Koscheck is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Goz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Koscheck.
Koscheck showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Goz.

Goz darts in and clinches Koscheck up against the cage.
Goz stalling.
Goz blocks a body shot from Koscheck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koscheck prevents Goz from breaking the clinch.
Goz tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Koscheck just stands there and leans against the cage.
Koscheck wants to stall.
Koscheck wants to break free but Goz has control.
Goz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Goz jumps guard but Koscheck stands there with Goz around his waist. Goz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henrique Goz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Goz working aggressively here.

Koscheck breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Koscheck closes the distance but Goz moves to the side
letting Goz counter with a right hand.

It looks like Andersen Koscheck has been cut.
A combination from Koscheck does no damage.
Koscheck lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Koscheck throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Koscheck shoots in for a takedown but Goz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Koscheck wants to clinch but Goz slips to the side

and Goz holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Goz is trying to break the clinch but Koscheck is controlling him.
Goz blocking some punches.
Goz tries to pull guard but Koscheck won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koscheck stalling in the clinch but Goz improves position.
A nice left hand lands by Goz.
Goz is trying to break free.
Goz jumps guard but Koscheck stands there with Goz around his waist. Goz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Goz tries to pull guard but Koscheck won't allow it.
Goz swings wildly with an uppercut but Koscheck uses good head movement to avoid it.

Koscheck manages to break the clinch.
Koscheck throws a right and a left that both miss.
Koscheck lands with a straight right. Goz didn't see that one coming.
Koscheck wants to clinch

and Goz counters by clinching up.
Goz pressing his opponent against the cage.
Goz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Koscheck backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Goz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Koscheck swinging wildly here.
Andersen Koscheck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koscheck uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Goz.
Koscheck fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Goz fails to land the takedown.
Koscheck misses with the combination.
Koscheck looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Goz is fending him off so far but Koscheck persists. Nope, Goz circles away and we're back to standing.

Koscheck forces Goz back against the cage and clinches.
Goz stalling in the clinch.
Goz tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Koscheck just stands there and leans against the cage.
Goz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Koscheck lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Goz tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Koscheck just stands there and leans against the cage.
Goz pressing his opponent against the cage.
Koscheck is trying to break the clinch but Goz is controlling him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goz misses with a punch to the body.
Goz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Goz tries to pull guard but Koscheck won't allow it.
Koscheck has Goz pressed against the cage, preventing Goz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Goz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Goz has had enough of the clinch but Koscheck keeps him there for the moment.
Goz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Goz wants to get back to striking at distance but Koscheck won't allow it.
Goz jumps guard but Koscheck stands there with Goz around his waist. Goz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Koscheck wants to stall.
Koscheck keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Goz's efforts to push away.
Goz is stalling here.
Goz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Koscheck smiles and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Henrique Goz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Andersen Koscheck's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

A looping hook to the body misses from Goz. Koscheck does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Goz misses.
Goz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Goz misses with a wild body shot.
Goz is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Koscheck's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Goz throws the left hand but Koscheck avoids the punch easily.

Koscheck closes the distance and clinches.

Koscheck pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Koscheck throws a right hand that Goz ducks under and follows up with a left that Goz also avoids with ease.

Goz clinches up with Koscheck and pushes him back against the cage.
Goz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Koscheck throws a head punch that misses.

Koscheck escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Goz takes one on the button.

Koscheck has closed the distance and engaged Goz in a clinch.
Goz content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Goz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Koscheck has him pressed against the cage.
Goz prevents Koscheck from breaking the clinch.
Koscheck wants to get back to striking at distance but Goz won't allow it.
Goz throws a punch but it's blocked by Koscheck.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koscheck looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Goz leaning his opponent against the cage.
Goz tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Koscheck just stands there and leans against the cage.
Koscheck is trying to break the clinch but Goz has him pressed against the cage.
Goz tries to pull guard but Koscheck won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henrique Goz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Goz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Goz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Koscheck's efforts to push away.
Goz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Koscheck prevents a body shot from Goz.
Koscheck scores with a shot to the side of Goz's head.
Goz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Goz breaks the clinch.
Koscheck tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Goz moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Koscheck scores with a nice hook to the head.
Goz holding his opponent close, against the cage.

Koscheck breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Goz misses with a body shot.
Koscheck misses with the combination.
Koscheck tries to clinch up.
Koscheck's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Koscheck duly obliges.
Koscheck will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Koscheck digs a good body shot into Goz's ribs.
Goz shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Koscheck as he avoids it easily.
Koscheck scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A solid leg kick lands there for Koscheck.
Koscheck wants to clinch

and Goz moves into the clinch.
Koscheck lands a hook that snaps the head of Goz backwards.
Koscheck blocks an uppercut.
Koscheck has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Goz.
Goz has a couple of punches blocked by Koscheck.
Goz is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Koscheck gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Goz drops down looking for an ankle pick but Koscheck pulls his leg out and moves away.
A jab from Koscheck does it's job there.
Koscheck scores with a three punch combo!
Koscheck scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Koscheck is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Goz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Goz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Koscheck tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Goz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Koscheck displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Goz looks to score with a jab to the body but Koscheck is just out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Koscheck!
Goz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Goz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Goz lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Goz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koscheck darts in trying to clinch
and Goz counters with a left to the body.
Goz lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Koscheck backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Goz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Goz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Goz misses with a wild body shot.
No luck for Koscheck with that takedown attempt.
Henrique Goz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Koscheck is looking to clinch.
Koscheck circles away from the clinch attempt.

Koscheck rushes Goz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Koscheck lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Goz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Goz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Koscheck walks away with a smile on his face. Goz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A shot to the body from Goz misses
and Koscheck counters with a two punch combo.
Goz tries to clinch but Koscheck moves away
enabling Koscheck to counter with a crisp jab.
Goz dodges the punch combination from Koscheck.
A head kick misses from Koscheck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andersen Koscheck showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Andersen Koscheck's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Koscheck takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Goz throws a series of punches but Koscheck moves out of range.
Koscheck has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Goz dodges the punch combination from Koscheck.
Goz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Koscheck.
Koscheck wants to clinch

and Goz holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Goz stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A hook to the body from Goz.
Koscheck looking to stall.
Goz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Koscheck blocks a body shot from Goz.
Koscheck scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Koscheck keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Goz's efforts to push away.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koscheck.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Goz pulls guard successfully.
Koscheck trying to control the position from guard on top but Goz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Goz is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Koscheck is controlling him.
Koscheck trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Koscheck in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Koscheck stands up over Goz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Koscheck in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Koscheck throws a big right hand that misses.
Koscheck throws and elbow that misses. Goz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Koscheck's guard. Nice move by Goz!
Koscheck tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Koscheck is trying to keep Goz in close.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Koscheck throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Koscheck thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Goz controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Goz might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Goz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koscheck fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Goz lands a jab-cross combination.

Goz clinches up with Koscheck and pushes him back against the cage.
Goz controlling the action here for a moment.
Koscheck lands a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goz changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Koscheck fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Goz is looking to wear down Koscheck with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Koscheck fails to land with a series of punches.
Koscheck's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Koscheck duly obliges.

Goz clinches up against the cage.

Goz breaks from the clinch.
Koscheck catches Goz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A left and a right from Koscheck both land. Nice combination.
Goz shoots in for a takedown but Koscheck shows good takedown defense.
Goz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Andersen Koscheck seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Koscheck changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Goz tries to avoid it but Koscheck manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Goz to the ground. Goz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Koscheck tries to clinch
enabling Goz to counter with a crisp jab.
Goz tries to clinch up but Koscheck circles away and keeps his distance.

Koscheck moves into the clinch successfully.
Goz throws a punch but it's blocked by Koscheck.
Koscheck has a couple of punches blocked by Goz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koscheck is trying to force a seperation but Goz has the dominant position.
A body shot lands from Goz.
Goz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Goz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Koscheck backwards.
Goz is struggling to control the position.
Goz wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henrique Goz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Goz tries to circle away but Koscheck has him pinned against the cage.
Koscheck tries to circle away but Goz has him pinned against the cage.
Goz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Koscheck's efforts to push away.
Goz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Koscheck walks away with a smile on his face. Goz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Goz circles away from the clinch attempt.
Koscheck moves forwards but Goz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Koscheck is defended easily by Goz.
Goz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koscheck manages to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Henrique Goz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Goz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight for Andersen Koscheck!
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight for Andersen Koscheck!
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight for Andersen Koscheck!

Andersen Koscheck wins by unanimous decision!