PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Todd Ochoa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Koda Blaine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koda Blaine has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Ochoa
vs
Blaine

205 cm
18
278 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

198 cm
18
245 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Tends to cut

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Todd Ochoa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Koda Blaine!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Blaine closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Ochoa fails to land.

Ochoa manages to break the clinch.
Blaine tries to close the distance and clinch but Ochoa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Ochoa fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Blaine to the ground. Ochoa is now in Blaine's guard.
Blaine has Ochoa pulled in close to control his posture.
Ochoa won't allow Blaine to sweep him here.
Ochoa looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ochoa accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Blaine wants to control but Ochoa passes easily into half guard.

Blaine is defending against the submission attempts here by Ochoa.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ochoa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Blaine with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ochoa slips a nice elbow through Blaine's hands, connecting with Blaine's forehead.
Blaine tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Ochoa manages to move to mount!
Blaine really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ochoa. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Blaine is working to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ochoa scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Blaine is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ochoa lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Blaine is trying to escape the mount.

Ochoa has control of Blaine's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Blaine regains control of the situation pretty easily.

Ochoa has hold of Blaine's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Blaine manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Blaine tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Ochoa working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Blaine looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Ochoa! Submission of the night perhaps?

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Todd Ochoa!