PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cody Huber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rocha comes to the cage accompanied by harmonia. Cody Huber is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Rocha
vs
Huber

178 cm
20
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

187 cm
19
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Rocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cody Huber!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huber cracks Rocha with an open hand slap.
Rocha looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Rocha dodges the punch combination from Huber.
No joy there for Huber, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Huber feints and as Rocha raises his hands in defense, Huber changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Huber stops Rocha from standing up.
Huber trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Huber must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Rocha has a closed guard, preventing Huber from standing up.
Huber trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huber passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Huber passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Rocha!

Huber has hold of Rocha's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Rocha manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.

Huber stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.

Huber clinches up with Rocha and pushes him back against the cage.
Huber presses Rocha against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Huber.

Huber manages to break the clinch.
Huber pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Rocha back to the cage. Huber follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

It looks like Felipe Rocha has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Huber looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Huber lands a big head kick that sends Rocha to the canvas! Huber follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cody Huber!