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Gert Kocani puts another notch in the “W” column and gets his record to 3-1 with his 2nd round TKO of Diego Brandao on January 30, 2010, at Respect Is Earned: Battle of the Burg 2 in Virginia.

Brandao, a BJJ Black Belt out of Greg Jackson’s camp, came into the fight with an 11-6 pro record. Kocani stepped into the tunnel with a 2-1 record; his only loss coming to Jesse Taylor in a fight he took on 7 days notice. Kocani, a BJJ Blue Belt under Paul Rodriguez, is no stranger to facing off against great grapplers. His last opponent was BJJ Black Belt Ururahy Rodriguez, who he submitted by armbar in the 3rd. Brandao and Kocani, who both fight at 155, agreed to a catch weight of 160.

Coming out in the first Gert made his reach advantage apparent by setting up his combos and clinch work with deft jabs and lateral movement. Brandao took Gert down a few times, but Gert was able to get back to his feet without taking much damage on the ground from a game Brandao.
The second round was much like the first with Gert trying to set up his combos and clinch work for the finish. About half-way through the second Brandao made a mistake and reach for a single giving Gert the opportunity to get his hips back and secure an under hook. A knee and a cross dropped Brandao and Gert followed him to the ground with some vicious ground and pound leaving the ref no choice but to step in and call it; KOCANI by TKO at 3:30 in the 2nd Round.

Gert would like to specifically thank Ben “Killa-B” Saunders for cornering him. Killa-B has his own back story for the promotion…the least of which, if you can believe that, was rooming with Shonnie Carter (here is a link to the UG and Ben’s thread about his experience with the Virginia State Athletic Commission at this event http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/mma.cfm ... 497&page=1).

Gert also thanks his sponsors (shown above), the promoter for pushing the event under tough circumstances, and Brandao for taking the fight.
More importantly, Gert dedicated this fight and win to the following soldiers who lost their lives in service of this country:

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