PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Deniz Koc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Batalha Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Deniz Koc has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Koc
vs
Batalha Silva

185 cm
23
185 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

174 cm
23
187 lbs
5 - 13 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Deniz Koc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Batalha Silva!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Luis Engracia and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koc explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Koc misses the jab.

Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Koc is working for takedown but Silva is calmly controlling the position for now.
Silva should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
The is referee keeping an eye on Koc - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Koc decides to pull guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Koc pulls Silva in close to prevent any damage.
Silva trying to control but Koc is working from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Koc holds on and takes a little breather.
Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but Koc is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Koc bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to stand up but Koc is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koc controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Silva tries to strike from the bottom.
Silva has momentary wrist control but Koc slips an elbow through the middle.
Koc chips away with some ground and pound.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Koc will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Koc sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Silva's guard.
Silva is looking to improve his position.
Koc wants to take a breather but Silva is having none of it.
Koc uses his free foot to push down on Silva's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Silva.
Koc is breathing heavily.
Koc is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Silva is looking to improve his position.
Koc not doing much here.
Koc is trying to control the action in half guard but Silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Koc is thwarting Silva's attempts to control the position.
Koc is trying to control. Silva wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Silva is trying to stand up here but Koc is controlling him well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva trying to hold on to Koc's head to control him but Koc postures up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Koc closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Koc lands in his opponent's guard.
Koc working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Koc controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Koc sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Silva's guard.
Silva is not content to let Koc control the position.
Koc thows a huge punch but Silva dodges it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva is not content to let Koc control the position.
Koc looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Koc.
Koc wants to take a breather but Silva is having none of it.

Silva is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Koc pulls his head out easily.
Silva wants to improve his position but Koc is controlling well.
Koc has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Koc paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva doesn't succeed with the takedown

so Koc counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Koc shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Koc wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Koc blocks Silva's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Koc gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Koc breaks from Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice elbow there by Koc.
Koc controlling from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koc landing punches.
Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
Koc working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Koc with good strikes from the mount here!
Koc dominating with strikes here.
Silva wants to hold on but Koc pushes him away.
Koc sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The referee warns Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Koc landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Silva wants to hold on but Koc pushes him away.
Koc takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Koc gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Silva in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Koc gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Koc content just to control the position here.
A nice elbow there by Koc.
Koc trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koc landing strikes from the mount.
Koc lands a heavy elbow.
Koc tries to control but Silva wriggling away.
Koc controlling the pace for now.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Koc pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Deniz Koc overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Koc cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Koc looking to control and managing it successfully.
Koc's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.

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.
Silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Koc avoids the attempt from Silva to control.
Koc breaks from Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Koc with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Koc sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Silva gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Deniz Koc dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Silva misses with a takedown attempt
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Deniz Koc is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Koc shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Koc was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Koc is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Koc dominating with strikes here.
Silva bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Koc bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Silva's guard.
Silva keeping full guard, as Koc tries to pass.
Koc looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Koc has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva keeping full guard, as Koc tries to pass.
Koc is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Koc accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Silva keeping moving, preventing Koc from controlling successfully.
Silva looking for a sweep. Not yet Silva, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Koc is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Koc stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Silva wants to hit a switch here but Koc passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Silva there!
Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
Silva wants to hold on but Koc pushes him away.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koc content just to control the position here.
Koc connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Koc controlling the pace for now.
Koc with good strikes from the mount here!
Koc takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

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.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Deniz Koc just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt

and Koc counters with a takedown into side control.
Koc is staying tight to Silva's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Sloppy strikes there by Koc.
Koc is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rodrigo Batalha Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva struggling a bit here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Deniz Koc showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Koc, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Deniz Koc!