PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Reis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rocha comes to the cage accompanied by Refuse/Resist by Sepultura. Reis has chosen Blood Brothers as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rocha
vs
Reis

180 cm
22
180 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
180 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Rocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Reis!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocha tries to clinch but Reis is having none of it.
Reis avoids the body shot from Rocha.

Rocha gets a clinch.

Rocha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rocha is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Reis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rocha tries to clinch up.
Reis misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Rocha instigates a clinch.
Reis takes a knee right on the jaw!

Rocha manages to break the clinch.

Reis gets caught flat footed, as Rocha shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.

Reis throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Rocha won't allow Reis to sweep him here.

Reis looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reis trying to keep a closed guard but Rocha is proving a slippery customer.

Reis has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rocha can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Rocha has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Reis working for a triangle but Rocha defends it easily.

Reis is working an open guard so Rocha takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

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.
Reis keeps the fight on the outside.
Antonio Rocha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rocha throws a nice head kick!
An inside leg kick lands from Rocha.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Reis.
Reis is looking to take a break and control but Rocha is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Rocha bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Rocha doesn't manage to clinch there - Reis circles away.

Rocha closes the distance and clinches.
Rocha looking to throw knees to the head but Reis is blocking nicely.

Rocha breaks from the clinch.

Rocha fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Reis, pushing him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocha lands a nice elbow.

Rocha breaks the clinch.
Rocha doesn't manage to clinch there - Reis circles away.
Rocha fails to land with a series of punches.
Antonio Rocha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rocha is looking to clinch but Reis is avoiding it.
Rocha throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rocha tries to close the distance and clinch but Reis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rocha tries to clinch up but Reis circles away and keeps his distance.
Rocha lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Rocha throws a right and a left that Reis avoids nicely.
Reis tries to close the distance and clinch but Rocha swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rocha scores with a three punch combo!
Rocha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rocha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rocha tries to clinch but Reis moves out of range.
Rocha wants to clinch up but Reis keeps it at a distance.
Reis takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

Rocha moves into the clinch.
Rocha landing knees to the body.
Reis looks gassed!
Reis is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Rocha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reis tries to clinch but Rocha is having none of it.

Rocha clinches up with Reis and pushes him back against the cage.
Reis throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rocha landing knees to the head.
Rocha misses with a knee strike.
Rocha connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rocha.
Reis has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rocha is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Reis wants to break free but Rocha has control.
Reis letting Rocha take a breather here.

Rocha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Reis throws a sloppy head kick and Rocha moves out of range easily.
Reis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rocha swinging wilding here.

Rocha moves into the clinch.
Reis wants to get back to striking at distance but Rocha won't allow it.
Reis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rocha with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Reis tries to break the clinch but Rocha is controlling the position.

Rocha breaks from the clinch.
Rocha tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Rocha rushes Reis and presses him up against the cage.
The referee calls for Rocha to work.

Rocha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Rocha rushes Reis and presses him up against the cage.

Rocha manages to break the clinch.
Rocha tries to clinch up but Reis circles away and keeps his distance.
Rocha throws a nice inside leg kick.
Reis throws a shot from downtown. Rocha moves away and avoids it.
Rocha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rocha throws a head kick that half lands.
Rocha looks to clinch
and Reis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Reis closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rocha circles away.
Rocha looks to clinch
and Reis counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rocha wants to clinch.

Rocha has closed the distance and engaged Reis in a clinch.

Rocha breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reis throws a head kick but Rocha moves out of range.

Rocha gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rocha missing with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reis fails to pull guard.

Rocha manages to break the clinch.
Rocha tries to clinch but Reis moves away
and Reis counters with a solid body kick.

Rocha has managed to clinch.
Rocha tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reis looking for a takedown.
Antonio Rocha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodrigo Reis.

Rocha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Rocha has taken the fight to the clinch.
Reis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rocha misses with a knee strike.
Rocha wants to get back to striking at distance but Reis won't allow it.
Reis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reis tries for a takedown. No joy.
Reis wants to stall.
Reis tries to pull guard but Rocha won't allow it.

Rocha breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Rocha as he avoids it easily.
Rocha misses with a head kick.
Reis throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Reis throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rocha takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocha tries to clinch but Reis moves out of range.
Rocha is looking to clinch but Reis is avoiding it.
Antonio Rocha is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reis cracks the inside of Rocha's front leg.

Reis shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Reis showed some decent athleticism there.
Reis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rocha keeps working.

Reis is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Reis wants to advance to full mount but Rocha doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Reis looking to sit in guard and control but Rocha gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocha would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reis has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Rocha has passed into side control.
Reis struggling a bit here.

Rocha stands up.

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.
Rocha tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Reis finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Rocha tries to clinch but Reis is having none of it.
Reis tries for a takedown but Rocha sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Reis closes the distance and clinches up with Rocha, looking for a takedown. Reis pushes Rocha against the cage but Rocha circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Reis circles away from the clinch attempt

and Reis counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Rocha manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Rocha lands a nice leg kick that just misses Reis's sensitive parts.
Rocha wants to clinch

and Reis counters with a nice double leg into guard.

Rocha is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Rocha breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rocha pushes Reis away with a front kick.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rodrigo Reis will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Rocha wants to clinch up but Reis keeps it at a distance.
Reis shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rocha but Rocha pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rocha tries to bum rush Reis with a series of wild strikes but Reis uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rocha is looking to clinch but Reis is avoiding it.
Rocha throws a combination that misses
and Reis counters with a good, hard body kick but Rocha shrugs it off.
Reis shoots in but no luck this time.
Reis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Rocha darts in and clinches Reis up against the cage.
Rocha tries a knee to the head but Reis blocks it.

Rocha breaks the clinch.
Rocha tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Reis counters with a left to the body.

Rocha clinches with his opponent.
Rocha with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.

Rocha manages to break the clinch.
Rocha moves in looking to clinch but Reis pushes him off.
Rocha throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Reis's head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Reis doesn't manage to clinch there - Rocha circles away.

Rocha gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rocha landing knees to the body.
Rocha unloads a knee to the mid-section. Reis lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rocha breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Rocha closes the distance and clinches.
Rocha lands a knee to the head.
Reis misses with a knee to the head.

Rocha breaks from the clinch.

Rocha pushes Reis up against the cage in a clinch.

Rocha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rocha fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rocha lands a head kick. Reis smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Rocha looks to clinch

and Reis counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Rocha's guard now.

Rocha manages to escape and get back to his feet.

Rocha closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rocha looking to throw knees to the head but Reis is blocking nicely.
Rocha lands a knee to the head.
Reis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Antonio Rocha has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Rocha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Reis throws a sloppy head kick and Rocha moves out of range easily.
Rocha tries to clinch up.
Reis scores with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Reis shoots in for a double leg but Rocha sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Antonio Rocha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodrigo Reis.
Rocha looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reis lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Rocha moves into the clinch.
Reis wants to stall.
Reis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rocha lands a knee to the head.
Rocha on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rocha throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reis stalling.

Rocha breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Reis shoots in but Rocha avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Reis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rocha is looking to clinch but Reis is avoiding it.
Reis tries to land a leg kick but Rocha saw it coming and moves away.

Reis drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Reis tries to move to full mount but Rocha actually manages to regain half guard.
Reis prevents Rocha from standing back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reis wants to take a breather but Rocha is having none of it.
Reis throwing shots but Rocha is blocking nicely.

Reis is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Rocha keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Reis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rocha keeps working.

Reis is looking for a kimura 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.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Reis fails with an attempt to clinch.

Reis instigates a clinch.
Reis is trying to break free.
Reis is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rocha pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Reis wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rocha has him pressed against the cage.
Rocha misses with a knee strike.
Reis tries to pull guard but Rocha won't allow it.

Rocha manages to break the clinch.
A slapping body kick lands there for Reis.
Rocha tries to clinch

and Reis counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Reis is tying to control. Rocha wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Reis prevents Rocha from standing back up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Rocha has one foot on Reis's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rodrigo Reis.
I think Reis 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodrigo Reis!