PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Derek Djokuani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and silva chico (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). silva chico is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Djokuani
vs
chico

178 cm
19
161 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Derek Djokuani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, silva chico!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from chico, right into the meat.
Djokuani checks a leg kick.
chico throws a nice looking combination but Djokuani bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Djokuani tries to close the distance and clinch up but chico swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Djokuani thuds a left hand into chico's body.
Djokuani misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Djokuani misses the shot to the body.
Djokuani looks to land a body kick but chico moved away.
chico misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
chico buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
chico connects with a solid leg kick.
Djokuani tries to clinch up but chico circles away and keeps his distance.
Djokuani tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but chico was well out of range. Poor timing from Djokuani.
chico is looking to land body kicks.
Djokuani takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Djokuani takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Djokuani fails with a takedown attempt.
chico misses with a wild combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
chico lands a nice looking kick to the body. Djokuani takes a step back to recover.
chico avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
chico throws a nice outside leg kick.
chico misses with a few strikes there.
chico looks to land a combination but Djokuani avoids it well.
chico checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
chico throws a series of punches but Djokuani avoids them all with ease.
chico misses with a jab, cross combination.

chico closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Djokuani is breathing heavily.
Djokuani is striking from the bottom but he's now found himself mounted! Oh dear - not enough focus on defense there.
Djokuani is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
chico lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
chico trying to control but Djokuani is having none of it.
chico is trying to control here but Djokuani has managed to regain half guard.
Djokuani is looking for a sweep. chico is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
chico landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
chico really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Djokuani. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Djokuani tries to get to full guard but chico has control of the leg.
chico trying to control the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Djokuani is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
chico tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Djokuani.
Djokuani is trying to control but chico manages to pass to mount!

chico is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Djokuani with a lazy takedown attempt
and chico counters with a head kick.
chico misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from chico.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
chico misses with a jab, cross combination.
Djokuani misses with a takedown attempt
and chico counters with a series of strikes. Djokuani will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derek Djokuani. That's going to take a lot out of him.
chico fails to land with a series of punches.

Djokuani scores with a takedown into chico's guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Djokuani trying to move into half guard but instead chico has managed to sweep!
Djokuani not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
chico loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Djokuani is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

silva chico dominated that round.
That's time! Djokuani's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

chico tries to clinch there but Djokuani circles away.
Djokuani throws a combination that misses
and chico counters with a head kick. That will keep Djokuani thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
chico is looking to clinch.
Djokuani looks for a takedown but chico sprawls well.
Djokuani looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
chico moves out of range as Djokuani strikes.
Djokuani throws a combination that misses
and chico counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
chico throws a head kick that half lands.
Djokuani takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Djokuani swings and misses with a shot to the body
and chico makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
chico misses with a shot to the body
and Djokuani counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
chico lands with a nice combination. Djokuani backs away looking to recover.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Djokuani walks forward, straight into a front kick from chico.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A combination from chico does no damage.
chico throws a right and a left that Djokuani avoids nicely.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Djokuani.
Djokuani misses with the ground and pound.
chico is trying to get back to his feet.
Djokuani working the head and body with strikes.
chico wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Djokuani trying to control the action but chico is working from the bottom.
chico is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
chico managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Djokuani.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Djokuani throws a left and a right that both miss
and chico counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Djokuani throws a sloppy head kick
and chico counters with a slapping leg kick.
chico looks to score with a jab to the body but Djokuani is just out of range.
Djokuani misses with a two punch combination.
chico wants to clinch.
Djokuani misses with a combination
and chico cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
chico looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Djokuani looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Djokuani fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derek Djokuani. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Djokuani throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
chico scoring well with a low kick there.
Djokuani looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
chico scores with a nice strike.
chico lands a nice shot to the body.
Djokuani swings and misses with a shot to the body
and chico counters with a left and a right that stings Djokuani.
Djokuani throws a head kick that misses.
chico is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
chico misses with a wild body shot.

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.
Djokuani looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Djokuani throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
chico lands a jab-cross combination.
Djokuani misses with a jab to the body
and chico counters with a three punch combo that has Djokuani backing up. Djokuani nods at chico to acknowledge the strikes.
Djokuani is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Djokuani shoots in but chico avoids the takedown attempt easily.
chico falls off balance throwing a combination

and Djokuani counters with a single leg into guard. chico didn't expect that.
chico is looking to stand up but Djokuani isn't so interested in that idea.
Djokuani trying to control but chico is working from the bottom.
chico is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Djokuani is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but silva chico will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Djokuani feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
chico trying to strike off his back.
Djokuani is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
chico keeping full guard, as Djokuani tries to pass.
Djokuani looking to sit in guard and control but chico gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
chico wants to stand but Djokuani is controlling his posture from full guard.

Djokuani looking for submissions from the bottom but instead chico passes into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Djokuani trying to hold on to chico's head to control him but chico postures up.
chico prevents Djokuani from improving his position.
Djokuani is trying to maintain the position but chico is very close to passing his half guard.

chico stands up and beckons Djokuani to join him on the feet.
chico connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Djokuani on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Djokuani takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Djokuani misses with a combination
and chico counters with a right hand to the body.
chico goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Djokuani clinches but chico breaks the clinch
and chico counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
silva chico is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

chico moves into the clinch.
Djokuani is looking to break free of the clinch but chico has double underhooks.

chico breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Djokuani throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Djokuani throws a shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Djokuani swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Djokuani misses with a jab, cross combination.
Djokuani takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Left hook, right uppercut from chico.
Djokuani throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Djokuani throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around chico's waist but chico gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Djokuani off to one side.
Djokuani dodges the punch combination from chico.
Djokuani lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but chico circles away quickly and effectively.
chico throws a combination. Djokuani tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Djokuani shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has chico pinned against the cage. chico gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Some wild striking there from Djokuani.

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.
chico connects with a crisp jab.
Derek Djokuani has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Djokuani shoots for a double leg takedown but chico sprawls well. He's pushed Djokuani's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derek Djokuani. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Djokuani slips a jab and a cross from chico.
Djokuani misses with a jab to the body

and chico counters with a nice double leg into side control. Djokuani won't be happy with that.
Djokuani is looking to regain half guard here but chico keeps moving and retains side control.

chico decides to stand back up. chico steps back and let's Djokuani get back to his feet.
silva chico seems to be getting the better of the standup.
chico tries to bum rush Djokuani with a series of wild strikes but Djokuani uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Djokuani clinches.
Djokuani keeps control of chico as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

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

And that's the end of the fight!
silva chico comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well chico 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... silva chico!