PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rey de Chocolate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chael Koscheck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chael Koscheck will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

de Chocolate
vs
Koscheck

175 cm
27
145 lbs
7 - 9 - 0

153 cm
26
135 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rey de Chocolate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chael Koscheck!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Chocolate fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koscheck manages to avoid it.
Nice sprawl there from Koscheck as de Chocolate shoots in.
Koscheck misses with a takedown attempt

and de Chocolate decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Koscheck's guard.
de Chocolate stands and throws Koscheck's legs to the side, diving into side control.
de Chocolate working away.
An elbow from de Chocolate crashes against the mat.
Koscheck is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked de Chocolate off and has taken his back!
Koscheck trying to control.
Koscheck throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Koscheck misses with punches from the back.
Koscheck doesn't have the hooks in and de Chocolate manages to turn into his guard.
de Chocolate throwing strikes but missing.
de Chocolate pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Koscheck is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
de Chocolate keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Koscheck's head.
de Chocolate works a leg free and moves into half guard.
de Chocolate looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Koscheck blocking the ground and pound attempt from de Chocolate.
de Chocolate performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Koscheck blocking the ground and pound attempt from de Chocolate.
de Chocolate throws a strike but Koscheck avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
de Chocolate throwing strikes from guard but Koscheck blocks nicely.
de Chocolate with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Chocolate throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
de Chocolate postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
de Chocolate sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Koscheck's guard.
de Chocolate works his foot free and advances to mount.
de Chocolate putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
de Chocolate is in the full mount, landing strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice elbow there by de Chocolate.
de Chocolate sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Koscheck is trying to escape the mount.
Koscheck looks gassed!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
de Chocolate is landing with some decent strikes but Koscheck is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
de Chocolate has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Koscheck's face.
de Chocolate raining down hammerfists from mount.
de Chocolate content just to control the position here.
de Chocolate dominating with strikes here.
de Chocolate lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
de Chocolate working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Koscheck is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
de Chocolate postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Koscheck badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of de Chocolate around the waist but de Chocolate pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! de Chocolate is the winner by TKO! de Chocolate jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rey de Chocolate!