PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dario Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaolin Style (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rocha might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2odzHABaG6w. Shaolin Style will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Rocha
vs
Style

165 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

166 cm
25
130 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Good chin

Good takedowns
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dario Rocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Shaolin Style!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Winston Alpacca and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Style gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Style looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rocha is one step ahead there.
Style thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Style has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rocha pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Style is keeping the position for now.
Style tries to strike from the bottom.
Rocha working some strikes from top position.
Style throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Style keeping moving, preventing Rocha from controlling successfully.
Rocha trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Style throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Rocha is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rocha throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Style works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Style throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rocha connects with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Style trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Rocha won't allow Style to sweep him here.
Style looks winded!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocha is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rocha is working Style over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Style wants to sweep here but Rocha controlling him for the moment.
Rocha forces his way into half guard.
Rocha takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Rocha tries to pass to full mount but Style defends it.
Rocha is working hard here to advance position.
Rocha winds up and cracks Style with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rocha looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Style with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rocha scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rocha works his way into full mount!
Rocha knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Style on the ground.
Style swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Style sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ground and pound from Rocha.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Style throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Rocha working Style over with strikes.
Rocha slows the pace down in half guard.
Rocha works his way into side control.
Style prevents Rocha from moving into mount.
Rocha lands a nice forearm strike.
Rocha working the head and body with strikes.
Rocha working the head and body with strikes.
Style stops Rocha from passing to mount.
Rocha working the ground and pound.
Style is looking for a sweep.
Rocha in side control lands a decent elbow.
Rocha landing a few strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocha lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Style down.
Rocha lands a nice forearm strike.
Rocha is staying tight to Style's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Style prevents Rocha from improving position.
Rocha in side control lands a decent elbow.
Style takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Style is working to avoid the ground and pound but Rocha connects with a decent elbow.
Style tries to bench press Rocha off him but Rocha keeps the position.
Rocha moves into full mount!
Rocha lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Style is wriggling around trying to escape.
Rocha scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rocha working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rocha lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rocha has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Style's face.
Rocha unloading with bombs!
Rocha in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Rocha is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Rocha lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Rocha blocks Style's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Rocha lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Rocha prevents Style from getting the reversal.
Rocha postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Style looks a forlorn figure.
Style flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Rocha can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Style is looking to escape.
Rocha landing shots from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rocha controlling from the full mount.
Rocha blocks Style's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dario Rocha dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rocha gets a double leg takedown into Style's guard.
Rocha preventing the sweep.
Rocha forces his way into half guard.
Rocha trying to mount his opponent but Style defends it.

Rocha is trying to work for a kimura but Style is defending well.
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 blocks the strikes from Style.
Style misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Rocha wants to control but Style is keeping him busy.
Rocha working Style over with strikes.
Rocha tries to pass to full mount but Style defends it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocha wants to stand up but Style has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Rocha wants to pass to mount but Style is defending the position.
Style moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Style strikes from his own guard.
Rocha is in close to Style's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rocha passes Style's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Style is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rocha scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rocha lands strikes from half guard.
Style punching from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Style scores with a few weak punches.
Ground and pound from Rocha.
Dario Rocha overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rocha perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Rocha passes the guard and advances to mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rocha lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Rocha in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Rocha looking to finish Style with some ground and pound. This is bad for Style!
Style gets back to half guard.
Style missing with punches from the bottom.
Style on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Style is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rocha scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rocha is looking to advance position but Style won't allow it.
Style gets full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Style throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Style keeping moving, preventing Rocha from controlling successfully.
Style throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Rocha with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Style throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Rocha has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Rocha makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rocha's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Style throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Style trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Rocha postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Style keeping moving, preventing Rocha from controlling successfully.
Style throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Rocha postures up and lands a big shot to Style's brow.
Style throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Rocha passes Style's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Rocha looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Style flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Rocha is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Style can do to turn this around?
Style punching from the bottom.
Style flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rocha blocks the strikes from Style.
Style misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Style missing with punches from the bottom.
Rocha working the head and body with strikes.
Style won't allow Rocha to pass to mount.
Rocha winds up and cracks Style with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Style missing with punches from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rocha tries to pass the half guard into mount. Style knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Style on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dario Rocha dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rocha.

Rocha shoots in and bounces Style off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Rocha throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Style works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Style throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
Rocha lands a couple of digs.
Rocha is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rocha lands a couple of elbows.
Style lands a decent shot there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rocha looking to pass the guard.
Style is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Rocha is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Style's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Style's back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocha lands a shot to the head.
Style tries to escape the position.
Style covers up after that shot from Rocha.
Style can't escape the position.
Style is covering up but some of the strikes from Rocha are getting through and doing damage.
Style is covering up but some of the strikes from Rocha are getting through and doing damage.
Style wants to escape the position.
Style keeps trying to improve his position.
Rocha really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Style.
Rocha softening up his opponent with strikes here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Style grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Style is trying to break free.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rocha scores with punches to the body.
Rocha throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Style!
Rocha tries to get the hooks in deep but Style pushed the leg off.
Style covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Rocha has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Style.
Rocha softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Style rolls, trying to escape but Rocha keeps control of the position.
Style tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Rocha working the ground and pound effectively.
Rocha is landing with some decent strikes but Style is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The referee warns Style that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Style flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Style is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Rocha looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Style takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Rocha landing punches.
Rocha fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Rocha working Style over with strikes here.
Style is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Rocha raining down hammerfists from mount.
Style is wriggling around trying to escape.
Style is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Style is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rocha lands a big elbow.
Style throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Rocha lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Style in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rocha lands a couple of good shots and Style has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rocha punishes Style with strikes from the back mount.
Rocha scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Style tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Rocha is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Rocha working the ground and pound effectively.
Style is trying desperately to improve position.

Rocha is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Style to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Style shrugs it off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rocha landing strikes, looking to finish!
Shaolin Style has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dario Rocha is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rocha scores with a couple of good head shots there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dario Rocha showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rocha has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sandra Marshall scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dario Rocha!
After the fight, Dario Rocha was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.