PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Charalabos Koukodimos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romeo Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koukodimos comes into the arena with Astarte - Mutter Astarte blaring out of the sound system. Da Silva has chosen A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It? as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Koukodimos
vs
Da Silva

185 cm
29
198 lbs
12 - 4 - 0

187 cm
21
195 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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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 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charalabos Koukodimos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Romeo Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Anthony Taglia and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koukodimos throws a jab when Da Silva was well out of range.

Da Silva clinches up against the cage.
Koukodimos can't get the takedown.
A short body shot lands from Koukodimos as the two fighters clinch.
Koukodimos trying to stall but Da Silva improves his position.
Koukodimos drops down looking for an ankle pick but Da Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Da Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot lands for Koukodimos.
Koukodimos shoots in but Da Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Charalabos Koukodimos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Koukodimos waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Da Silva.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Da Silva instigates a clinch.
Da Silva scores with a shoulder strike.
Da Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Da Silva misses with a knee to the head.
Da Silva avoiding damage.
Koukodimos takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Charalabos Koukodimos has been cut.
Da Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Koukodimos avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koukodimos.
Da Silva looking to throw knees to the head but Koukodimos is blocking nicely.
Da Silva trying to stall but Koukodimos improves his position.
Da Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Koukodimos won't want to take too many of those.
Koukodimos goes for a takedown attempt but Da Silva pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Koukodimos misses with an uppercut
and Da Silva finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Koukodimos closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Da Silva quickly recovers to half guard.
Koukodimos looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Koukodimos throwing shots but Da Silva is blocking nicely.
Koukodimos throwing shots but Da Silva is blocking nicely.
Da Silva looks like he's trying to stand up.
Da Silva has his hands clasped together around Koukodimos's back. He's all about the action.
Da Silva keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva gets full guard.
Koukodimos throwing strikes but missing.
Koukodimos has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Da Silva keeping moving, preventing Koukodimos from controlling successfully.
Koukodimos postures up in Da Silva's guard and throws a big left but Da Silva blocks it.
Koukodimos throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Da Silva works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Koukodimos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Koukodimos trying to control the position from guard on top but Da Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Koukodimos is looking to work some ground and pound but Da Silva has wrist control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Da Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koukodimos preventing the sweep.
Da Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Koukodimos thows a big elbow that misses.
Koukodimos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Koukodimos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Koukodimos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Koukodimos passes Da Silva's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Da Silva won't allow Koukodimos to pass to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Romeo Da Silva will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Charalabos Koukodimos's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Koukodimos throws the left hand but Da Silva avoids the punch easily.
Koukodimos looks to land a left hand but Da Silva moved out of range nicely.
Da Silva tries a head kick but it misses.

Koukodimos looking to score a takedown here. Da Silva is defending well but Koukodimos drives through and ends up in Da Silva's guard.
Koukodimos throwing strikes but missing.

Koukodimos drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Da Silva dives on top into guard.
Da Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Koukodimos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva is fighting to break Koukodimos's control of his arms but Koukodimos is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Da Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Koukodimos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Da Silva has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Koukodimos is proving hard to escape from.
Da Silva stopping the sweep attempt from Koukodimos.
Da Silva trying to stand up but can't free himself from Koukodimos's guard.

That's two 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.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Romeo Da Silva hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
A looping hook to the body misses from Da Silva. Koukodimos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Koukodimos throws a jab but it's blocked by Da Silva.
Koukodimos scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Koukodimos looking to score a takedown here. Da Silva is defending well but Koukodimos drives through and ends up in Da Silva's guard.
Koukodimos with a flurry of punches that miss.
Koukodimos postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koukodimos throws a big right hand that misses.
Da Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Koukodimos lands a couple of digs.
Koukodimos throws a strike but Da Silva rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Koukodimos looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Da Silva is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koukodimos has control of Da Silva's left arm, preventing Da Silva from doing any damage.
Da Silva looking to pass the guard.
Da Silva engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Da Silva darts in and clinches Koukodimos up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Charalabos Koukodimos dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Charalabos Koukodimos's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Koukodimos throws a right hand that misses
and Da Silva counters with a nice leg kick.
Da Silva throws a hook but Koukodimos blocks it.
Da Silva is looking to clinch but Koukodimos is avoiding it.
Koukodimos misses with a hook.
Da Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters circling a little - Da Silva finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Koukodimos misses with a left hand
and Da Silva counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Koukodimos is lucky that one didn't land flush.
No luck for Koukodimos with that takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koukodimos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Koukodimos misses with a hook
and Da Silva makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Charalabos Koukodimos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Koukodimos fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Da Silva sprawls well initially but Koukodimos persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Koukodimos thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Da Silva to regain full guard.
Da Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Da Silva trying to keep a closed guard but Koukodimos is proving a slippery customer.
Koukodimos is looking to work some ground and pound but Da Silva has wrist control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koukodimos working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Koukodimos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Da Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Koukodimos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Da Silva is keeping the position for now.
Koukodimos scoring with some ground and pound.
Koukodimos throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Koukodimos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Da Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Koukodimos lands a couple of digs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Koukodimos thows a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Da Silva working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Koukodimos.
Da Silva keeping full guard, as Koukodimos tries to pass.
Koukodimos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Koukodimos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Da Silva controls Koukodimos momentarily but Koukodimos frees himself.
Da Silva is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Koukodimos is not content to let Da Silva control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Koukodimos tries to get to full guard but Da Silva has control of the leg.
Da Silva trying to control from half guard but Koukodimos is working away.
Da Silva with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Romeo Da Silva comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Da Silva has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Romeo Da Silva!