PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dredrik Cobra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinicius Motta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cobra comes to the cage accompanied by (Hed) P.E- 4smokazonly. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Cobra
vs
Motta

210 cm
23
285 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
18
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dredrik Cobra!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vinicius Motta!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cobra closes this distance looking for a takedown but Motta circles away.
Cobra looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Motta is fending him off so far but Cobra persists. Nope, Motta circles away and we're back to standing.

Cobra shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Motta moves into full guard.
Motta looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cobra is one step ahead there.
Motta controls Cobra momentarily but Cobra frees himself.
Cobra trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cobra knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Motta on the ground.
Cobra throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Motta is trying to control the position but Cobra postures up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobra postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Motta shoots in and drives through. Cobra sprawls well.
Cobra slips a jab and a cross from Motta.
Cobra shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dredrik Cobra. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Motta gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cobra to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Cobra is breathing heavily.
Cobra trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Motta is trying to keep Cobra in close.
Motta wants to sweep but no luck.
Cobra missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Motta scrambles and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Motta, right into the meat.

Cobra drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Cobra in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Cobra throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Motta works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Motta is trying to stand up here but Cobra is controlling him well.

Cobra is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Motta moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Cobra looking to pass the guard.
Cobra keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Motta's head.
Cobra postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Motta is trying to control the position but Cobra postures up.
Cobra makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobra landing some decent shots from guard.
Motta has momentary wrist control but Cobra slips an elbow through the middle.
Cobra wants to pass the guard but Motta is keeping the position.
Cobra scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cobra with a nice head shot there.
Cobra postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cobra's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cobra scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Motta striking off his back but it's not causing Cobra any problems.
Cobra distracts Motta with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dredrik Cobra dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Motta fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Motta tries to clinch but Cobra moves out of range.

Cobra shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Motta napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cobra is chipping away with strikes.
Motta taking punishment in the form of punches.
Motta tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cobra wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Cobra works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Cobra working the head and body with strikes.

Cobra goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Motta rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Cobra's guard! Nice work there by Motta!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Motta being controlled here momentarily.
Cobra keeping moving, preventing Motta from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Motta preventing the sweep.
Cobra is pulling down on Motta's head to control his posture.
Cobra looking for a sweep. Not yet Cobra, not yet.
Cobra controlling the position.
Motta stops Cobra from standing up.
Cobra wants to sweep here but Motta controlling him for the moment.

Motta stands up from guard. Let's bang!

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.
Cobra misses with a wild combination.
Nice takedown defense from Cobra. No joy for Motta on that attempt.
Cobra tries for a takedown but Motta circles away easily

so Motta counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Motta won't allow Cobra to sweep him here.
Motta missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cobra lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Motta!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cobra cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Cobra will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Cobra breaks from Motta's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobra has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Motta's face.
Motta is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Cobra in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

Cobra jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Motta is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Motta and Cobra has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cobra throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Motta works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Dredrik Cobra overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Motta moves into full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cobra cracks Motta with a solid left hand.

Motta has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Cobra can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Cobra is in close to Motta's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Motta working a defensive guard here.
Cobra chips away with some ground and pound.
Cobra lands a couple of digs.
Cobra pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Motta is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dredrik Cobra dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!

Motta avoids the head kick by Cobra.
Dredrik Cobra is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Cobra scores a takedown into full mount!
Cobra working Motta over with strikes here.
Motta really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Motta sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Cobra scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Cobra lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Motta throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Motta is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cobra scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cobra working over Motta with some ground and pound. Motta looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Motta is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Cobra scores with a couple of nice shots.
Cobra missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cobra winds up and cracks Motta with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Cobra is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Motta has hold of Cobra's hands but Cobra slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Motta avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cobra.
Motta gets full guard.
Motta looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Motta trying to keep a closed guard but Cobra is proving a slippery customer.
Cobra tries to free his leg and advance position but Motta is retaining full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cobra is working Motta over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Cobra works over Motta with some ground and pound from guard.
Motta trying to control the position here.
Motta is looking to stand up but Cobra isn't so interested in that idea.
Motta looking to control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Cobra has his takedown stuffed

and Motta counters with a takedown into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cobra is looking for a sweep.
Cobra is not content to let Motta control the position.
Cobra is looking for a sweep.
Motta wants to control but Cobra is keeping him busy.
Cobra stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Cobra on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cobra tries to get out of the position.
Cobra pushes Motta away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Motta gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cobra is looking to reverse the position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Motta tries to score a power double leg takedown but Cobra sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Motta somewhat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cobra looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cobra misses with a takedown

and Motta counters with a nice double leg into side control. Cobra won't be happy with that.
Motta trying to control the action but Cobra is working from the bottom.

Motta tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Motta has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Who's going to make the next move?

And that's the end of the fight!
Vinicius Motta comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cobra 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dredrik Cobra!