PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between demian maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gaylord Von Kockstein (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gaylord Von Kockstein acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

maia
vs
Von Kockstein

177 cm
22
197 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

195 cm
20
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, demian maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gaylord Von Kockstein!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Kockstein bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Von Kockstein is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
maia swings for the body but Von Kockstein moves out of range.
maia misses with a wild combination.
maia scores with a jab to the body.
maia will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

maia shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Von Kockstein is trying to escape the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
maia controlling the pace for now.
maia in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Von Kockstein wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Von Kockstein is really stuck here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

maia looking for the RNC.
Von Kockstein manages to reverse the position and now he's in maia's guard. Nice work there by Von Kockstein.

That's one minute gone in the round.
maia controls Von Kockstein momentarily but Von Kockstein frees himself.
Von Kockstein stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. maia swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Von Kockstein drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and maia dives on top into guard.

Von Kockstein is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
maia might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Von Kockstein trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Von Kockstein tries to strike from the bottom.
maia passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Von Kockstein looks gassed!

maia is looking for a kimura but Von Kockstein is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for maia to get the leverage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
maia working Von Kockstein over with strikes.
maia scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
maia slows the pace down in half guard.
maia passes to full mount!
Von Kockstein tries to reverse the position but maia maintains control.
maia could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
maia with shots to the head and body - Von Kockstein looks very uncomfortable down there.
Von Kockstein throwing hammer fists to the chest of maia. What's that going to do exactly?
maia is trying to take his opponent's back.
Von Kockstein has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
maia cracks Von Kockstein with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
maia in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
maia manages to capitalize on a mistake by Von Kockstein to take his back!
Von Kockstein tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
maia tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Von Kockstein takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
maia controlling from the full mount.
maia prevents Von Kockstein from getting the reversal.
maia sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Von Kockstein is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
maia controlling the pace for now.
Von Kockstein keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

maia wants to finish this one by submission but Von Kockstein is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from maia.
Von Kockstein flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

demian maia dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

maia misses with a head kick.
A big right from maia misses.
maia misses with a looping left.
maia takes a swing at Von Kockstein's ribcage but misses.
demian maia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
maia shoots in for a takedown but Von Kockstein shows good takedown defense.
Nice takedown defense from maia. No joy for Von Kockstein on that attempt.
A combination from maia does no damage.
A big right from maia misses.
maia with a poor takedown
and Von Kockstein finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
maia misses with a takedown attempt

and Von Kockstein decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in maia's guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for demian maia. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Von Kockstein thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
maia lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Von Kockstein!
maia sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
maia lands with some strikes.
maia controlling from mount.
Von Kockstein regains half guard.
Von Kockstein wants to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
maia content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
maia working Von Kockstein over with strikes.
Von Kockstein wants to improve his position but maia is controlling well.
maia sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Von Kockstein looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Von Kockstein is breathing heavily.
maia works his way into side control.

maia tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no maia has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

maia tries for a kimura but Von Kockstein is defending well.
Von Kockstein is looking to regain half guard here but maia keeps moving and retains side control.
maia just content to control the position.
Von Kockstein is trying to improve his position.

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.
Von Kockstein looks to move to half guard but instead maia has passed into mount! Damn!
Von Kockstein tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Von Kockstein is trying to reverse the position but instead maia has taken his back - oops!
maia biding his time, looking for the opening.
You can see the frustration on Von Kockstein's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
maia lands a shot to the body.

Von Kockstein preventing the rear naked choke attempt from maia.
Von Kockstein is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Von Kockstein manages to reverse the position and now he's in maia's guard. Nice work there by Von Kockstein.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

demian maia dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Von Kockstein displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as maia throws out the jab.
maia swinging wilding here.
maia misses with a straight left.
Von Kockstein blocks a jab.
maia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Von Kockstein moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Von Kockstein with a lazy takedown attempt

and maia counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by maia.

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

Von Kockstein has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Von Kockstein is trying to stick to maia's back but maia is turning into Von Kockstein. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Von Kockstein's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by maia.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Von Kockstein looking for a sweep. Not yet Von Kockstein, not yet.

Von Kockstein working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. maia doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. maia manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.

Von Kockstein is looking for a triangle but maia pushes his legs off easily.
maia is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
maia trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
demian maia overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
maia is working hard here to advance position.

Von Kockstein working for submissions but it's allowed maia to get to half guard.
Von Kockstein manages to get to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Von Kockstein working for a triangle but maia defends it easily.

Von Kockstein looking for a guillotine here but maia defends easily.

Von Kockstein looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Von Kockstein being controlled here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
maia throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Von Kockstein being controlled here, momentarily.

Von Kockstein working for a triangle but maia defends it easily.
Von Kockstein has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but maia has passed into side control.
Von Kockstein manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Von Kockstein is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and maia defends it well.
maia is trying to get back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Von Kockstein is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Von Kockstein is looking to advance position but maia won't allow it.
Von Kockstein looks to land a strike but maia avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Gaylord Von Kockstein has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Von Kockstein has gone for a leg lock! maia slips out almost immediately though and dives into Von Kockstein's guard.
Von Kockstein throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
maia passes Von Kockstein's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
demian maia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well maia 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... demian maia!