PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Demian Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and duece delta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying delta's choice of entrance music: the tough guy song. This should be a great matchup!

Rocha
vs
delta

183 cm
23
196 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

167 cm
25
194 lbs
6 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Demian Rocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, duece delta!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocha dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on delta. That did some damage!
Rocha cracks delta with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rocha throws a head kick that delta semi-blocks.
duece delta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
delta fails with the takedown.

delta shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

delta seems to be looking for submissions.

Rocha looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rocha wants to get back to his feet.

delta is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Rocha has managed to free his arm - good work.
Rocha is trying to control but can't.
Rocha is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

delta is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
delta seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

delta is trying to work for a kimura but Rocha is defending well.
Rocha trying to control from the bottom.

delta is working for a kimura but Rocha is defending it quite comfortably.
Rocha gets full guard.

Rocha working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. delta doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. delta manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rocha manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocha fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
delta is bucking up trying to escape but Rocha cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Rocha is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, delta has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Rocha landing punches.
Rocha trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rocha with good strikes from the mount here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
delta tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rocha landing strikes from the mount and delta is in trouble!
delta takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Rocha putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
delta is working to get back to half guard.
delta gets back to half guard.

delta looking for submissions off his back.
delta is staying active underneath Rocha, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
delta is pressing down on Rocha's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Rocha postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Rocha avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
delta looks gassed!
Rocha is looking to work some ground and pound but delta has wrist control.

delta is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Rocha postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

delta working for submissions but it's allowed Rocha to get to half guard.

Rocha is working for a kimura but delta is defending it quite comfortably.
Rocha sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. delta defending well though.
delta manages to get to full guard.
Rocha is working delta over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rocha content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Rocha won't allow delta to sweep him here.
delta can't keep his opponent in guard - Rocha advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Demian Rocha dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

delta chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rocha can pounce on him.
delta shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rocha pinned against the cage. Rocha gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
delta tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rocha swivels and escapes.
delta avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice uppercut there from Rocha.
Rocha defends well against a solid takedown attempt from delta.
Demian Rocha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of duece delta.
delta fails to land the takedown.
Nice takedown defense from Rocha. No joy for delta on that attempt.
Rocha pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rocha lands a leg kick that knocks delta off balance momentarily.
delta changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rocha tries to avoid it but delta manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rocha to the ground. Rocha escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Rocha clobbers delta with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

Rocha gets a clinch.
Rocha landing knees to the head.

Rocha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
delta is breathing heavily.
delta on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rocha. Rocha obviously looking to wear him down.
delta moves forwards but Rocha connects with a nice, crisp jab.
delta steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rocha. That one must have hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocha throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Rocha is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.

Rocha drives through and clinches with delta against the cage.

Rocha has picked delta up - he's going for a ride! Rocha dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Ground and pound from Rocha.
delta is trying to get back to full guard.
Rocha is nestled in close to delta, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Demian Rocha overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rocha drops an elbow to the side of delta's head.
Rocha landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Rocha working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Rocha missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Rocha seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

delta is defending against the submission attempts here by Rocha.

Rocha looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
delta moves into full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

delta is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Rocha defends well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rocha postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rocha with a flurry of punches that miss.

delta throws his legs up looking for a submission but Rocha uses it to pass to side control.
Rocha landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
delta is trying to improve his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rocha has an Americana. delta didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Rocha is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Rocha hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Demian Rocha!