PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Oskar Kokoshka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ignacio Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oskar Kokoshka could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Ignacio Da Silva's chin.

Kokoshka
vs
Da Silva

185 cm
20
149 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

174 cm
21
150 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Oskar Kokoshka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ignacio Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Summer Carpenter and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Silva misses with a takedown
enabling Kokoshka to counter with a crisp jab.
Da Silva misses with a takedown
and Kokoshka counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Kokoshka throws a combination. Da Silva tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Da Silva misses with a takedown
and Kokoshka counters with a straight right hand.
Oskar Kokoshka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ignacio Da Silva.
Kokoshka lands with a good body shot.
Kokoshka delivers a nice body kick.
Da Silva looks gassed!
Da Silva takes a jab right on the kisser.
Da Silva tries for a takedown but Kokoshka sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Kokoshka lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Da Silva backs up against the cage.
Kokoshka really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nice shot by Kokoshka.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Da Silva fails with the takedown.
Kokoshka will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ignacio Da Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kokoshka swinging wildly here.
Kokoshka misses with a series of wild punches.
Kokoshka connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kokoshka scores with a hook to the body. Da Silva takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kokoshka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kokoshka fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Da Silva with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kokoshka counters with a one-two to the body.
Kokoshka works over Da Silva's head and body with a nice combination.

Da Silva is rocked!
Kokoshka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Da Silva circles away quickly and effectively.
Da Silva is still on wobbly legs! Can Kokoshka finish him?
Kokoshka misses with a combination

and Da Silva counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Kokoshka looking for a guillotine here but Da Silva defends easily.
Kokoshka bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Da Silva's guard.
Kokoshka landing some decent shots from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kokoshka lands a couple of elbows.
Kokoshka working some strikes from top position.
Kokoshka landing some decent shots from guard.
Kokoshka connects with a couple of short punches.
Kokoshka with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kokoshka scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Kokoshka lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kokoshka knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Da Silva on the ground.
Kokoshka won't allow Da Silva to sweep him here.
Kokoshka lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Da Silva utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Da Silva has momentary wrist control but Kokoshka slips an elbow through the middle.
Kokoshka loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

Kokoshka got a little sloppy there for a moment and Da Silva has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kokoshka has managed to get both his arms back between Da Silva's legs - danger averted.
Kokoshka with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kokoshka slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Da Silva wants to stand up but Kokoshka is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kokoshka scoring with punches to the head and body.
Da Silva has momentary wrist control but Kokoshka slips an elbow through the middle.
Kokoshka lands a couple of digs.
Kokoshka postures up and lands a big shot to Da Silva's brow.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kokoshka accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kokoshka chips away with some ground and pound.
Kokoshka postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kokoshka throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kokoshka working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kokoshka cracks Da Silva with a solid left hand.
Kokoshka is looking to work some ground and pound but Da Silva has wrist control.
Kokoshka throwing strikes from guard but Da Silva blocks nicely.
Kokoshka is pushing down on Da Silva's leg trying to pass to half guard. Da Silva is fighting to maintain full guard but Kokoshka has managed to sneak the leg through.

Kokoshka is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Kokoshka is working for a kimura but Da Silva is defending it quite comfortably.
Kokoshka winds up and cracks Da Silva with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Da Silva wants to improve his position but Kokoshka is controlling well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kokoshka takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Da Silva taking some punishment here, with Kokoshka in his half guard.
Kokoshka works his foot free and advances to mount.
Kokoshka lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Da Silva hang on?
Da Silva taking shots to the head.
Da Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Kokoshka has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Da Silva's face.
Kokoshka lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Kokoshka lands a nice shot to the head.
Da Silva is looking to improve his position but Kokoshka isn't that keen on the idea.
Kokoshka lands a heavy elbow.
Kokoshka lands with some strikes.
Da Silva taking shots to the head.
Kokoshka scoring with strikes but Da Silva is staying in there.
Kokoshka cracks Da Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Kokoshka has hold of Da Silva's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Da Silva manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Kokoshka connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kokoshka landing punches.
Kokoshka landing shots from mount.
Kokoshka wants to control the pace but Da Silva is squirming around nicely.

Kokoshka has control of Da Silva's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Da Silva regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Da Silva tries to hold on but Kokoshka pushes him away.
Kokoshka raining down hammerfists from mount.
The referee warns Da Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kokoshka landing punches.
Kokoshka with a couple of short strikes.
Kokoshka scoring with strikes but Da Silva is staying in there.
Kokoshka looking to finish Da Silva with some ground and pound. This is bad for Da Silva!
Kokoshka fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Kokoshka looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Kokoshka breaks from Da Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kokoshka landing strikes from the mount.
Kokoshka with good strikes from the mount here!
Kokoshka is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Kokoshka lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Da Silva wants to control but Kokoshka is having none of it.
Kokoshka looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Da Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kokoshka cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kokoshka with a couple of short strikes.
Da Silva is working to get back to half guard.
Kokoshka postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Da Silva looks a forlorn figure.
Kokoshka breaks from Da Silva's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Da Silva tries to reverse the position but Kokoshka maintains control.
Kokoshka raining down shots from the mount!
Kokoshka in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kokoshka putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kokoshka cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kokoshka landing strikes, looking to finish!
Kokoshka working the ground and pound effectively.
Kokoshka connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Da Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kokoshka landing punches.
The referee warns Da Silva that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kokoshka with good strikes from the mount here!
Da Silva is in a horrible position here. Kokoshka smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Oskar Kokoshka dominated that round.
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 Silva dives in and grabs Kokoshka's left leg, looking for a takedown. Kokoshka pushes down on Da Silva's head and hops out.
A combination from Kokoshka does no damage.
Kokoshka will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Kokoshka keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kokoshka's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Kokoshka duly obliges.
Kokoshka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Da Silva can do to turn this around?
Da Silva takes one to the chin there.
Da Silva is breathing heavily.
Da Silva closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kokoshka takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva misses with a takedown attempt - Kokoshka sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Oskar Kokoshka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ignacio Da Silva.
Kokoshka connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Da Silva! He's out on his feet! Kokoshka rushes in and drops Da Silva with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Oskar Kokoshka!