PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joao De Santo Cristo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Koch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Santo Cristo comes to the cage accompanied by Que país é esse?. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

De Santo Cristo
vs
Koch

174 cm
28
157 lbs
8 - 8 - 1

170 cm
30
149 lbs
24 - 18 - 0

BJJ Red Belt
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Notorious Clothing Co.

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao De Santo Cristo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Jacob Koch!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Santo Cristo misses with a left hand
and Koch counters with a leg kick.
Koch lands a nice leg kick that just misses De Santo Cristo's sensitive parts.
De Santo Cristo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
De Santo Cristo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
De Santo Cristo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
De Santo Cristo backing away here, and Koch unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
De Santo Cristo works over Koch's head and body with a nice combination.
De Santo Cristo throws a head kick but Koch moves out of range.
De Santo Cristo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Koch throws out the jab.
Koch connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Joao De Santo Cristo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as De Santo Cristo checks a leg kick.
Koch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Santo Cristo manages to avoid it.
De Santo Cristo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Koch is fending him off so far but De Santo Cristo persists. Nope, Koch circles away and we're back to standing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A left lands for Koch.
De Santo Cristo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
De Santo Cristo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Koch doesn't seem bothered though.
Koch misses with a right hand

and De Santo Cristo counters by clinching up.
A head punch on the inside from Koch fails to land.
De Santo Cristo blocks a body shot from Koch.
Koch working aggressively here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koch misses with a punch on the inside.
De Santo Cristo presses Koch against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
De Santo Cristo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koch misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Santo Cristo can't find room to land a body shot as Koch controls the action.
Koch misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Santo Cristo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Koch misses with a short punch on the inside.
Koch swings wildly with an uppercut but De Santo Cristo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Koch lands with a light punch inside.
De Santo Cristo lands a shoulder strike.
De Santo Cristo lands a hook that snaps the head of Koch backwards.
De Santo Cristo misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Koch fails to land.
De Santo Cristo lands with a short shot to the head.
De Santo Cristo blocking some punches.
De Santo Cristo takes a shot to the head.
De Santo Cristo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Koch softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Santo Cristo blocks an uppercut.
De Santo Cristo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
De Santo Cristo lands with a right to the head.
Koch working aggressively here.
De Santo Cristo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Koch's elbow.
De Santo Cristo misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Santo Cristo blocking some punches.
De Santo Cristo is looking to take this one to the mat.
Koch struggles to land a body shot inside as De Santo Cristo controls his hands.
De Santo Cristo throws a punch but it's blocked by Koch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Santo Cristo.
A head punch on the inside from Koch fails to land.
Koch has a couple of punches blocked by De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo misses with a hook to the ribs.
De Santo Cristo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koch.
De Santo Cristo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Koch lands with a short punch from the clinch.
De Santo Cristo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Koch swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koch lands a shot to the body.
De Santo Cristo tries a body shot but Koch blocks it.
De Santo Cristo has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Koch avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joao De Santo Cristo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Koch misses with a punch on the inside.
Koch misses with the head strike.
Koch tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Koch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Koch swings wildly with an uppercut but De Santo Cristo uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Santo Cristo misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by De Santo Cristo.
De Santo Cristo's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Koch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Koch misses with some punches.

De Santo Cristo gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

De Santo Cristo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Koch keeping hold of De Santo Cristo's head, controlling as best he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
De Santo Cristo with the ground and pound but Koch uses the opportunity to regain guard.
De Santo Cristo preventing the sweep.
De Santo Cristo throws a strike but Koch rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Santo Cristo trying to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
De Santo Cristo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Koch's guard.

Koch is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Koch with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
De Santo Cristo is refusing to be controlled, as Koch sits in half guard.
De Santo Cristo is looking to get back to full guard here but Koch has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo can't do much from the bottom here.
De Santo Cristo gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
De Santo Cristo is controlling Koch's trapped leg to prevent Koch from advancing to side control.
Koch prevents De Santo Cristo from improving his position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
De Santo Cristo is holding on to half guard well.
De Santo Cristo is looking to get back to full guard here but Koch has managed to pass to side control instead.
De Santo Cristo gets back to half guard.
De Santo Cristo wants to get back to full guard.
De Santo Cristo wants to sweep but Koch has passed to side control!
De Santo Cristo is trying to get back to half guard.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Koch stalls from top position.
De Santo Cristo is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
You can see the frustration on De Santo Cristo's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
De Santo Cristo looks to move to half guard but instead Koch has passed into mount! Damn!
Koch looking to control but De Santo Cristo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
De Santo Cristo can't escape the position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Koch content just to control the position here.
De Santo Cristo can't escape the position.
De Santo Cristo looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
De Santo Cristo wants to escape the position.
Koch avoiding De Santo Cristo 's attempts to control his hands.
De Santo Cristo is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Koch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jacob Koch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Koch has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 9:10
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 9:10
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 9:10

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacob Koch!
In his post fight interview, Jacob Koch started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.