PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Danny Cazuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo De Noteboom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cazuka
vs
De Noteboom

185 cm
23
220 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

185 cm
24
204 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Danny Cazuka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rodrigo De Noteboom!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cazuka misses with a leg kick

and De Noteboom counters with a shoot takedown. Cazuka fights it but they end up in guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
De Noteboom stays in close to Cazuka's body and controls the position.
De Noteboom is pushing down on Cazuka's leg trying to pass to half guard. Cazuka is fighting to maintain full guard but De Noteboom has managed to sneak the leg through.
Cazuka is not content to let De Noteboom control the position.
Cazuka taking some punishment here, with De Noteboom in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Noteboom throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
De Noteboom misses with a head shot. Cazuka uses the momentum to regain guard.
De Noteboom wants to control from the top but Cazuka keeps moving.
De Noteboom throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
De Noteboom trying to control but Cazuka is working from the bottom.
De Noteboom throws an elbow that misses. Cazuka uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in De Noteboom's guard. Nice move by Cazuka!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Noteboom is pulling down on Cazuka's head. It's preventing any offense from Cazuka, at least for the moment.
De Noteboom wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Cazuka is now in half guard.
De Noteboom trying to control but Cazuka postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cazuka wants to stand up but De Noteboom is controlling the position.
De Noteboom is trying to control but Cazuka passes into side control!
De Noteboom is trying to improve his position.
Cazuka working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Noteboom holds on to Cazuka's head and controls the position momentarily.
Cazuka takes a little break here. De Noteboom wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Cazuka advances nicely into full mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Noteboom can't escape the position.
De Noteboom is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo De Noteboom dominated that round.
That's time! Cazuka's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

De Noteboom fails with a takedown attempt.

De Noteboom changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cazuka looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
De Noteboom throws an elbow but Cazuka slips to the side and avoids it well.
De Noteboom misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Noteboom with the ground and pound but Cazuka regains half guard under the barage of strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cazuka tries to roll over but De Noteboom keeps him under control.
De Noteboom throws a strike but Cazuka avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
De Noteboom with a flurry of punches that miss.
De Noteboom throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cazuka looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cazuka keeping moving, preventing De Noteboom from controlling successfully.
De Noteboom throws a big elbow that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Noteboom trying to control the position from guard on top but Cazuka is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Rodrigo De Noteboom hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Cazuka throws a half hearted mid kick.
A leg kick checked by De Noteboom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cazuka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Danny Cazuka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Noteboom shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cazuka as he jumps to the side.
Cazuka stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Cazuka wants it to stay on the feet.
Danny Cazuka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodrigo De Noteboom.
De Noteboom slips under a jab.

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.
Cazuka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
De Noteboom keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cazuka. De Noteboom does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cazuka tries to score with a low kick but De Noteboom moves his leg out of the way.
Cazuka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De Noteboom sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from De Noteboom is defended easily by Cazuka.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo De Noteboom showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

De Noteboom uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cazuka.
Danny Cazuka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cazuka throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Noteboom avoids the body shot from Cazuka.
De Noteboom staying out of range there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Noteboom checks a leg kick.

Cazuka tries to sprawl but De Noteboom drives through with a takedown into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. De Noteboom connects with a nice short shot to Cazuka's temple.
Rodrigo De Noteboom has got the better of the ground game so far.
De Noteboom thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
De Noteboom misses with a head shot. Cazuka uses the momentum to regain guard.
Cazuka is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Noteboom is working Cazuka over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
De Noteboom has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells De Noteboom's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cazuka utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
De Noteboom throwing strikes from guard but Cazuka blocks nicely.
De Noteboom missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Noteboom throwing strikes from guard but Cazuka blocks nicely.
De Noteboom throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cazuka works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cazuka utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Noteboom looking to sit in guard and control but Cazuka gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
De Noteboom trying to control the position.
De Noteboom striking from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Noteboom is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
De Noteboom doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
De Noteboom tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cazuka is looking to stand up but De Noteboom won't let him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De Noteboom tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
De Noteboom lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cazuka!

And that's the end of the fight!
Rodrigo De Noteboom comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got De Noteboom winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodrigo De Noteboom!