PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tiago Gomes Da Rocha (ranked 2125 p4p, 1181 weight class) and Benjamin Sigfridsson (ranked 263 p4p, 146 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Da Rocha
vs
Sigfridsson

188 cm
30
195
17 - 12 - 0

180 cm
40
192
29 - 19 - 2

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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 17 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tiago Gomes Da Rocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Amsterdam, Benjamin Sigfridsson!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Jeff Smith and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Rocha misses with a few strikes there.
And Sigfridsson responds with a good body kick, but Da Rocha manages to step out the way in time.

Sigfridsson closes the distance and pushes Da Rocha back into the cage.
Sigfridsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Da Rocha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sigfridsson has a couple of punches blocked by Da Rocha.
Da Rocha has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Sigfridsson misses with a punch on the inside.
Sigfridsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Da Rocha lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Da Rocha swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sigfridsson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sigfridsson working aggressively here.
Still in the clinch, Sigfridsson scores with a nice short uppercut.

Da Rocha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sigfridsson digs a good body shot into Da Rocha's ribs.
Sigfridsson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Da Rocha throwing a counter right hand but Sigfridsson manages to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Rocha cracks Sigfridsson with a right hand to the side of the head.
Da Rocha throws a one two combo.
Da Rocha misses with a few strikes there.
Sigfridsson raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Sigfridsson fails in his attempt to clinch.

Sigfridsson drives through and clinches with Da Rocha against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Sigfridsson fails to land.
Sigfridsson throws a head punch that misses.
Sigfridsson misses with the head strike.
Sigfridsson lands with a left to the head.
Sigfridsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Da Rocha uses good head movement to avoid it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Da Rocha - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Sigfridsson misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Rocha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sigfridsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sigfridsson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sigfridsson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Sigfridsson fails to land.
Sigfridsson throws a head punch that misses.
Sigfridsson pushes off an throws an elbow but Da Rocha leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sigfridsson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Da Rocha's elbow.

Da Rocha manages to break the clinch.
Da Rocha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sigfridsson.
Sigfridsson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sigfridsson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Da Rocha misses with a looping left.
Sigfridsson throws out a counter right but Da Rocha avoids it with no problem.
Sigfridsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Rocha misses with a two punch combination.
Sigfridsson wants to clinch.
Sigfridsson blocks a jab.
Sigfridsson throws a counter combo.
A lazy left from Da Rocha finds it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sigfridsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Sigfridsson closes the distance and clinches.
A short left from Sigfridsson.
Da Rocha blocks the elbow strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Da Rocha.
Da Rocha working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Rocha lands with a left to the head.
Sigfridsson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Da Rocha breaks the clinch.
Sigfridsson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Sigfridsson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Da Rocha swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sigfridsson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Da Rocha misses with a body shot.
Da Rocha throws a jab but it's blocked by Sigfridsson.
Sigfridsson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Da Rocha moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSigfridsson.
Good standup being displayed there by Da Rocha as he connects with a hook.

Sigfridsson clinches up with Da Rocha and pushes him back against the cage.
Da Rocha is pushing Sigfridsson up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sigfridsson misses with some punches.
Da Rocha blocks a body shot from Sigfridsson.
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 Tiago Gomes Da Rocha will probably get the nod.
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.

Da Rocha slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Da Rocha throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Da Rocha throws a jab but it's blocked by Sigfridsson.
Tiago Gomes Da Rocha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Da Rocha swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tiago Gomes Da Rocha is winning the standup battle so far.
Sigfridsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Da Rocha lands with a good body shot.
Sigfridsson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sigfridsson doesn't manage to clinch there - Da Rocha circles away.
Da Rocha motions for Sigfridsson to come forward. Da Rocha throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Sigfridsson is looking for the big counter here.
A big right from Da Rocha misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Rocha fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sigfridsson manages to avoid it.
Da Rocha throws out a loose jab but Sigfridsson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sigfridsson throws out a counter right but Da Rocha avoids it with no problem.
Sigfridsson tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sigfridsson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Da Rocha lands a right hook to the body.
Sigfridsson wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sigfridsson moves into the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Da Rocha.
Da Rocha stalls.
Sigfridsson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sigfridsson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Da Rocha.
Sigfridsson swings wildly with an uppercut but Da Rocha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Da Rocha blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sigfridsson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Da Rochas head.
Still in the clinch, Da Rocha scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sigfridsson lands a left hand.
Benjamin Sigfridsson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sigfridsson pushes Da Rocha back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

Da Rocha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Da Rocha misses with the combination.
Da Rocha is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sigfridsson can do to turn this around?
Sigfridsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Da Rocha scores with a nice strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Da Rocha fails to land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sigfridsson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sigfridsson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Da Rocha fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sigfridsson manages to avoid it.
Da Rocha ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Da Rocha misses with a body punch
letting Sigfridsson counter with a right hand.
Da Rocha misses the shot to the body.
Sigfridsson ducks under a wild hook from Da Rocha.
Sigfridsson follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Da Rocha lands with a cross.
Da Rocha misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sigfridsson.

Sigfridsson clinches up with Da Rocha and pushes him back against the cage.

Da Rocha breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Da Rocha throws a series of punches but Sigfridsson avoids them all with ease.
A little jabbing left from Sigfridsson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sigfridsson tries to clinch there but Da Rocha circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Rocha scores with the left hand. Sigfridsson knows he should have avoided that one.
Da Rocha throws a one two combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Da Rocha jabs Sigfridsson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Da Rocha lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sigfridsson throws a sloppy head kick and Da Rocha moves out of range easily.
Da Rocha throws a jab when Sigfridsson was well out of range.
Da Rocha lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Da Rocha.

Sigfridsson is rocked!
A big left from Da Rocha misses.
Da Rocha lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Sigfridsson is still on wobbly legs! Can Da Rocha finish him?
Da Rocha looks to land a right hand but Sigfridsson moved out of range.
Sigfridsson blocks a low kick nicely.
Sigfridsson seems to have recovered his senses.
Sigfridsson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Da Rocha.
Da Rocha swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sigfridsson.
Da Rocha throws a leg kick which misses Sigfridsson's front leg but catches the back leg as Sigfridsson tries to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiago Gomes Da Rocha dominated that second round.
That's time! Da Rocha's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Sigfridsson swings for the body but Da Rocha moves out of range.
Da Rocha cracks Sigfridsson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sigfridsson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Da Rocha throws a lazy right hand but Sigfridsson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Da Rocha throws a hook to the side of Sigfridsson's head but Sigfridsson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sigfridsson throws a head kick but Da Rocha moves out of range.
Da Rocha lands with an uppercut that bounces Sigfridsson off the cage and back into range.

Sigfridsson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sigfridsson lands a body shot.
Da Rocha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sigfridsson.
Sigfridsson struggles to land a body shot inside as Da Rocha controls his hands.
Sigfridsson working aggressively here.
Sigfridsson throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sigfridsson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sigfridsson misses with a punch to the body.

Da Rocha breaks from the clinch.
Sigfridsson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Da Rocha jabs at Sigfridsson's body.
Da Rocha misses with a left hand
and Sigfridsson counters with a right hand to the body.
Da Rocha throws a poor cross that misses
and Sigfridsson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Da Rocha getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Da Rocha moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Da Rocha lands with an overhand left.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Da Rocha lands a nice shot to the body.
A left lands for Da Rocha.
Da Rocha misses with an uppercut
and Sigfridsson counters with a good low kick that Da Rocha was not able to check.
Benjamin Sigfridsson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Rocha scores with a jab. Sigfridsson acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Da Rocha throws a right hand that misses
and Sigfridsson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Da Rocha thinking.
Sigfridsson tries to clinch but Da Rocha is having none of it.
Da Rocha looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Da Rocha gets tackled into the cage by Sigfridsson. Sigfridsson maintains the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Da Rocha.
Sigfridsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Da Rocha.
Sigfridsson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Da Rocha blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sigfridsson misses with the head strike.

Da Rocha breaks the clinch.
Da Rocha looks to score with a jab to the body but Sigfridsson is just out of range.
Sigfridsson feints a counter leg kick.
Sigfridsson wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Rocha throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sigfridsson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sigfridsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Da Rocha swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sigfridsson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sigfridsson dodges the punch combination from Da Rocha.
Da Rocha scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Da Rocha missing with a left hand there. Sigfridsson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sigfridsson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Da Rocha throws a hook but Sigfridsson blocks it.
Sigfridsson tries to clinch up but Da Rocha circles away and keeps his distance.
Da Rocha throws the left hand but Sigfridsson avoids the punch easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Da Rocha. Sigfridsson does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Rocha throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sigfridsson is looking to clinch.
Da Rocha wants to land a leg kick but Sigfridsson is out of range.
Da Rocha throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Sigfridsson.
Sigfridsson moves in looking to clinch but Da Rocha pushes him off.
Da Rocha dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sigfridsson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sigfridsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sigfridsson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Sigfridsson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sigfridsson tries to close the distance and clinch but Da Rocha swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sigfridsson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Da Rocha counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tiago Gomes Da Rocha is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Da Rocha displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sigfridsson throws out the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Da Rocha on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tiago Gomes Da Rocha showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Da Rocha, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tiago Gomes Da Rocha!
After winning the bout, Tiago Gomes Da Rocha thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.