PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jakee Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonnis Koc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jonnis Koc has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jakee Long's chin.

Long
vs
Koc

169 cm
22
130 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

171 cm
22
143 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Prefers ground

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jakee Long!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jonnis Koc!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koc is looking to clinch.
Koc fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Koc tries to clinch there but Long circles away.
Long thows a body shot but no joy.
Koc fails with an attempt to clinch.
Koc throws a right and a left that both miss.
Koc doesn't manage to clinch there - Long circles away.
Long shoots for a takedown but Koc saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.

Long drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Koc is looking to reverse the position.

Long tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Long has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Koc is looking for a sweep.
Koc is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Long's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Long blocks the strikes from Koc.
Koc is pressing down on Long's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Long stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Koc swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Koc has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

Long is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Koc is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Koc has escaped and now he's on top!

Long working for a triangle but Koc defends it easily.
Long being controlled here, momentarily.
Koc wants to control from the top but Long keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Long looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Koc seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Long keeping moving, preventing Koc from controlling successfully.

Long had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Koc is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Long Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Koc's back instead.
Long is breathing heavily.

Koc showing good submission defense here.
Koc turns into Long and is now in his guard.
Koc trying to control but Long is working from the bottom.
Long can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Koc controls the pace.
Koc's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long keeping moving, preventing Koc from controlling successfully.

Despite being in the dominant position, Jonnis Koc just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Long avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Koc throws a leg kick which misses Long's front leg but catches the back leg as Long tries to avoid it.
Koc tries to close the distance and clinch but Long swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Koc looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Koc tries to clinch up but Long circles away and keeps his distance.
Long closes this distance looking for a takedown but Koc circles away.
Koc is looking to clinch.

Koc gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koc tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Koc wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Long wants to pass the guard but Koc is keeping the position.
Long won't allow Koc to sweep him here.

Long drops back looking for a leg! Koc is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Koc manages to kick Long off! Long jumps back into Koc's guard.
Koc managing to control the position.
Long wants to pass the guard but Koc is keeping the position.
Long won't allow Koc to sweep him here.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Koc wants to clinch.
Long fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koc manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Jakee Long will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Koc wants to clinch up but Long keeps it at a distance.
Long takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Long throws a shot to the body.
Koc wants to clinch.
Long scores with a shot to the body.
Koc tries to clinch up but Long circles away and keeps his distance.
Koc is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Long fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Koc fails in his attempt to clinch.
Koc misses with a wild combination.
Long fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koc fails in his attempt to clinch.
Koc tries to clinch there but Long circles away.
Koc fails in his attempt to clinch.
Long circles away from the clinch attempt.
Long swats away the attempt to clinch by Koc.
Koc stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jakee Long. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Long keeps the fight on the outside.

Long shoots in and bounces Koc off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Long postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Koc can't keep his opponent in guard - Long advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Koc is breathing heavily.
Koc won't allow Long to pass to mount.

Long is trying for a kimura here. Koc looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Long wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jakee Long!