PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between King Cozzy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joaquim Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cozzy comes to the cage accompanied by Ain't no Stoppin us now. Joaquim Silva has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with King Cozzy's chin.

Cozzy
vs
Silva

179 cm
25
152 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
148 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

Skinshop (LOTS OF GIF`S!)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, King Cozzy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joaquim Silva!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cozzy scores with a jab to the body.
Silva tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cozzy lands with a kick to the temple. Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cozzy closes this distance looking for a takedown but Silva circles away.

Cozzy darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.
Cozzy tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Cozzy lands a nice shot to the body.
Cozzy stalling against the cage.

Cozzy manages to break the clinch.
Silva fails to land with a series of punches.
Silva takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Cozzy closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

Cozzy is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Silva has escaped the position, nice work there.
Silva parries the strikes from Cozzy easily there. Cozzy is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Silva to escape.

Cozzy decides to take the fight back to the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Silva tries to keep at a distance but Cozzy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cozzy tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Cozzy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Cozzy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cozzy scores with a head kick.
Silva takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Cozzy lands with a kick to the temple. Silva shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Cozzy lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Cozzy plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Cozzy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cozzy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Silva misses with a wild body shot.
Silva looks gassed!
Cozzy is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Cozzy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Silva paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Cozzy counters with a left to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Cozzy as he connects with a hook.

Cozzy forces Silva back against the cage and clinches.

Cozzy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cozzy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cozzy scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cozzy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nice body kick from Cozzy.
Cozzy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Silva doesn't seem bothered though.
Silva throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Cozzy moves into the clinch.

Cozzy breaks from the clinch.

Cozzy shoots in and bounces Silva off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Cozzy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Silva is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Silva scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Cozzy throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Cozzy slips a straight right by Silva.
Cozzy fails with a takedown attempt.
Silva throws a head kick but Cozzy moves out of range.
Cozzy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cozzy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cozzy shoots in but Silva avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Silva misses with a series of wild punches.
King Cozzy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silva throws a head kick that misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Cozzy.
Silva falls off balance throwing a combination

and Cozzy counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Silva!
Silva tries to buck Cozzy off but he can't manage it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Silva is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

Cozzy stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Cozzy tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Cozzy dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Cozzy moves out of range as Silva throws a body kick.
Cozzy scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cozzy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Silva throws a head kick that misses
and Cozzy counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Silva is lucky that one didn't land flush.

Cozzy closes the distance and pushes Silva back into the cage.
Cozzy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

Cozzy has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Silva clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cozzy looking to hold on to the position here but Silva rolls and ends up regaining guard.

Silva pushes Cozzy off and scrambles back to his feet.

Cozzy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Cozzy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva throws a hook but Cozzy avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Silva misses
and Cozzy counters with a nice low kick that buckles Silva's knee momentarily.

Cozzy scores with a takedown into Silva's guard.
Silva wants to stand up but Cozzy is controlling him.

Cozzy decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Cozzy moves out of range easily.
Cozzy throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Cozzy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cozzy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Silva misses the body punch
and Cozzy counters with a stiff right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cozzy. Silva does a little dance to reset his feet.
King Cozzy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cozzy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cozzy.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Cozzy throws a right and a left that Silva avoids nicely.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Cozzy's head but Cozzy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

Cozzy moves into the clinch.

Cozzy breaks from the clinch.
Silva misses with a head kick.
Cozzy displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cozzy blocks a low kick nicely.
Joaquim Silva is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No joy there for Silva, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Silva misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Cozzy or perhaps it was just good defense by Silva which made him look bad.
Cozzy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Silva throws a half hearted mid kick.
Silva jabs Cozzy right on the nose. Cozzy blinks but takes it well.
Cozzy scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

Cozzy clinches up against the cage.

Cozzy pulls guard successfully.
Cozzy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Silva gets to his feet - Cozzy follows without any prompting.
Silva takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A head kick misses from Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cozzy lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cozzy.
Cozzy lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Cozzy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Silva has had enough of the clinch but Cozzy keeps him there for the moment.

Cozzy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cozzy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cozzy moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cozzy manages to avoid it.
Cozzy throws a head kick that Silva semi-blocks.
Cozzy lands a head shot.
Silva misses the shot to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cozzy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

King Cozzy dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Cozzy tries to score a power double leg takedown but Silva sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cozzy somewhat.
Cozzy scores with a one two! Silva had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cozzy.
Cozzy throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
Cozzy slips a jab from Silva.
Cozzy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Silva in his tracks.
Cozzy lands a jab-cross combination.
Cozzy scores with a head kick.
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva keeps the fight on the outside.
Silva looks to score with a jab to the body but Cozzy is just out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva just misses with a punch to the body.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cozzy lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cozzy moves out of range of the body kick.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva throws a lazy right hand but Cozzy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Cozzy looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Cozzy trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cozzy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Silva swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Silva pushes Cozzy off and gets back to his feet.
Cozzy throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Silva.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cozzy thuds a left hand into Silva's body.
Silva throws the left hand but Cozzy avoids the punch easily.
Silva misses with an uppercut.
Silva has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cozzy.
Cozzy checks a leg kick.
Cozzy's corner calls for a 1-2. Cozzy obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Cozzy lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
An inside leg kick lands from Cozzy.
Silva thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cozzy.
Cozzy tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
Silva looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cozzy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Cozzy. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses with a body punch
and Cozzy counters with a nice body kick.
Silva throws an overhand right that lands on Cozzy's shoulder, as Cozzy tries to avoid the shot.
Silva misses with a double jab.
Cozzy lands a nice hook to Silva's body. Silva takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cozzy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Joaquim Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Silva misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Silva takes one to the chin there.
A nice combination there by Cozzy.
Nice defenses there by Cozzy.
Cozzy lands with a slapping head kick.
Cozzy misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Silva has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
Cozzy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Silva.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Cozzy scores with a body shot.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva throws a series of punches but Cozzy moves out of range.
Cozzy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Silva misses with a straight left.
Cozzy lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Cozzy throws a head kick that misses.
Silva lands with a nice body punch.

Cozzy shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Cozzy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Silva wants to get back to his feet.
King Cozzy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Silva is staying active underneath Cozzy, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

And that's the end of the fight!
King Cozzy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cozzy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... King Cozzy!