PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alessandro de Ferro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yve Koc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). de Ferro comes to the cage accompanied by CMX - Ruoste. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

de Ferro
vs
Koc

186 cm
21
172 lbs
6 - 2 - 1

181 cm
24
174 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine

Dangerous GnP
Excellent MT
Determined

Mundo Green - World Verde

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Alessandro de Ferro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Yve Koc!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koc misses with a body shot.
Koc misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
de Ferro throws a leg kick but Koc sees it coming and moves out of range.
de Ferro lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Koc sprawling to the canvas. de Ferro follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Koc hang on?

Koc is rocked!

It looks like Yve Koc has been cut.
Koc is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Koc manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
de Ferro throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
de Ferro loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Koc throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Koc working a defensive guard but de Ferro passes into half guard.
Koc flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
de Ferro thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Koc is trying to stand.

de Ferro is looking for a kimura but Koc is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for de Ferro to get the leverage.
Koc is looking to improve his position.
Koc looks gassed!

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A head kick misses from Koc.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Ferro throws a head kick but Koc moves out of range.
de Ferro misses with a jab, cross combination.
de Ferro goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Koc showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from de Ferro.
Koc drops his hands momentarily and de Ferro takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Koc is still on wobbly legs! Can de Ferro finish him?

de Ferro drives through with a takedown into guard.
Koc seems to have recovered his senses.
de Ferro forces his way into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
de Ferro passes to side control.
de Ferro lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Koc down.
de Ferro cracks Koc with a big right hand but Koc just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
de Ferro is chipping away with strikes.
de Ferro cracks Koc with a big elbow.

de Ferro tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koc tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but de Ferro wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
de Ferro landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
de Ferro tries to move to mount but Koc blocks the move with his legs.
de Ferro working the ground and pound from side control.
de Ferro scores with a couple of short elbows.
de Ferro landing a few strikes.
de Ferro lands an elbow.
de Ferro landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
de Ferro works to advance to full mount. Koc defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The referee warns Koc that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

de Ferro is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Koc has managed to escape the submission attempt.
de Ferro 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koc tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Koc is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
de Ferro breaks from Koc's wrist control and lands an elbow.
de Ferro is landing with some decent strikes but Koc is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
de Ferro with a couple of short strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Koc can do anything to dispel that myth.
de Ferro lands with some strikes.
de Ferro lands with some strikes.
de Ferro lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
de Ferro landing strikes from the mount and Koc is in trouble!
de Ferro pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
de Ferro dominating with strikes here.
de Ferro lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
de Ferro putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
de Ferro wants to control the pace but Koc is squirming around nicely.
Koc is wriggling around trying to escape.
de Ferro putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
de Ferro looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
de Ferro postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Koc in real trouble here! The ref calls for Koc to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alessandro de Ferro!
Alessandro de Ferro retains his welterweight title!