PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reynaldo Koch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Mohammed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Koch
vs
Mohammed

206 cm
18
214 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

198 cm
20
235 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Reynaldo Koch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joseph Mohammed!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, David Schapiro and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mohammed gets the takedown into side control.
Mohammed tries to advance to mount but Koch denies him.
Mohammed postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Mohammed passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Koch!
Mohammed avoids the attempt from Koch to control.
Mohammed misses with a head shot.
Koch really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mohammed controlling his opponent.
Koch holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Mohammed tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mohammed sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Mohammed swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Koch is now in Mohammed's guard. A big mistake from Mohammed there, giving up the dominant position!
Koch scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mohammed looking for a sweep. Not yet Mohammed, not yet.
Mohammed utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Koch has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Mohammed has control of Koch's left arm, preventing Koch from doing any damage.

Koch drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Mohammed manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Koch has Mohammed in his guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mohammed stands up from Koch's guard - Mohammed perhaps looking for a knockout.

Mohammed looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Koch!

Mohammed stands up and beckons Koch to his feet.

Mohammed closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed misses with the ground and pound.
Koch tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Mohammed presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Koch manages to regain half guard. Good work.

Mohammed wants to work for an arm triangle but Koch is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Mohammed is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Mohammed stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Mohammed is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Koch throws a leg kick but Mohammed sees it coming and moves out of range.

Mohammed gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mohammed takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mohammed tries to break free but Koch pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mohammed trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joseph Mohammed dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Mohammed connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Koch momentarily.

It looks like Reynaldo Koch has been cut.
Mohammed throws a push kick but Koch slaps the foot to one side.

Mohammed closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Koch is rocked!
Mohammed is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Koch will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Oh Koch is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mohammed working the ground and pound but Koch is defending the strikes.
Koch seems to have got his legs back now.
Koch is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Koch is trying to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The strikes coming from Mohammed are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Mohammed working away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koch wants to get back to his feet but Mohammed drags him back down.
Koch is trying to escape the position but Mohammed is controlling the position.
Mohammed has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Koch is looking to reverse the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Mohammed is trying to get an arm triangle but Koch is defending well.
Koch really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.

Mohammed tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Mohammed has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

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

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's two 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.

Mohammed feints and as Koch raises his hands in defense, Mohammed changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Koch looking for a guillotine here but Mohammed defends easily.
Mohammed sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koch utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Mohammed content to stall in guard here.
Koch preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Mohammed is stalling in the full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Koch gets caught napping as Mohammed dives in and scores a takedown. Koch manages to retain guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four 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.
Mohammed slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

Mohammed gets to his feet. Koch looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mohammed works Koch's body with a nice hook.

Mohammed manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Koch on his heels. He'll look to pass Koch's guard now, I'm sure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joseph Mohammed showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Reynaldo Koch's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Mohammed instigates a clinch.

Mohammed has picked Koch up - he's going for a ride! Mohammed dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

Mohammed 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.
Koch won't allow Mohammed to pass to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mohammed not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mohammed is taking a breather. Koch says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Koch blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mohammed.
Mohammed is taking a breather. Koch says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Mohammed is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Koch doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Mohammed.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Mohammed closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mohammed passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Koch!
Joseph Mohammed has got the better of the ground game so far.
Koch is trying desperately to improve position.
Mohammed controlling the pace for now.
Mohammed punching from mount but Koch doing a good job of avoiding damage.

Mohammed stands up from mount. Strange move.

Mohammed looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Koch!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Mohammed has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Mohammed tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Koch manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Koch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Mohammed instigates a clinch.
Koch prevents Mohammed from breaking the clinch.
Koch misses with a punch to the body.
Koch is trying to break free.

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.
Koch is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Koch wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Mohammed gets control of Koch's arms and successfully pulls guard. Mohammed will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Mohammed looking for a sweep. Not yet Mohammed, not yet.

Mohammed pushes Koch off and scrambles back to his feet.
Joseph Mohammed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Mohammed looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Koch!
Mohammed misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Mohammed wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Koch, who protects the arm well.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joseph Mohammed comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Mohammed has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 25:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 25:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joseph Mohammed!