PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Natan Wille (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wille comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Enter Sandman kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Natan Wille will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Rocha
vs
Wille

173 cm
19
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Very confident

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Rocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Natan Wille!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Thiago Cunha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rocha gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Rocha preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rocha controls Wille momentarily but Wille frees himself.
Wille works over Rocha with some ground and pound from guard.
Wille has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Wille works over Rocha with some ground and pound from guard.
Rocha being controlled here, momentarily.
Wille throws a big right hand that misses.
Rocha is breathing heavily.
Wille is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Wille accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rocha can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Wille controls the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Natan Wille has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.

Wille shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Wille showed some decent athleticism there.
Rocha might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Rocha is trying to control but can't.
Wille looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Rocha is in trouble now - Wille has advanced to mount!
Wille controlling his opponent.
Wille landing strikes, looking to finish!
Wille dominating with strikes here.
Wille with shots to the head and body - Rocha looks very uncomfortable down there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rocha takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wille unloading with bombs!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wille in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Wille is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Rocha can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wille content just to control the position here.
Wille landing strikes from the mount.
Wille unloading with bombs!
Wille raining down shots from the mount!
Wille is landing with some decent strikes but Rocha is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wille with shots to the head and body - Rocha looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wille looking to finish Rocha with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rocha!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wille cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Wille connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Wille landing strikes from the mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Wille cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Rocha is rocked!
Wille landing strikes, looking to finish!
Oh Rocha is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rocha knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Wille on the ground.

Wille looking for a guillotine from mount but Rocha is having none of it.
Wille is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Wille is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Wille extends the arm and Rocha is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Natan Wille!