PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocco Dempsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zach Hits (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dempsey comes to the cage accompanied by Shadow Of The Reaper. Dempsey has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Zach Hits is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Dempsey
vs
Hits

190 cm
18
220 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
19
200 lbs
1 - 7 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Win Nutritional - proof of quality

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rocco Dempsey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zach Hits!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hits rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dempsey moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dempsey uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hits.
Hits misses with a two punch combination.
Hits misses with a two punch combination.
Dempsey changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hits tries to avoid it but Dempsey manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hits to the ground. Hits escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Hits stuffs the takedown attempt from Dempsey. Dempsey gets slowly back to his feet.
Dempsey is breathing heavily.
Hits avoids a kick to the body.
Hits swinging wilding here.
Hits rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dempsey moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hits misses with the combination.
Hits tries to bum rush Dempsey with a series of wild strikes but Dempsey uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Hits scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Hits decides to stand back up.
Some wild striking there from Hits.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hits lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Dempsey backs up against the cage.
Hits swinging wilding here.
Hits will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hits lands a jab-cross combination.
Hits throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dempsey.
Hits throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hits looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Hits.
A combination from Hits does no damage.
Dempsey pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Hits.
Hits fails to land with a series of punches.
Hits throws a right hand that Dempsey ducks under and follows up with a left that Dempsey also avoids with ease.
Dempsey lands a high kick!
Dempsey fails to land with a series of punches.
Hits throws a combination. Dempsey tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hits misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dempsey slips a jab and a cross from Hits.
Hits swats away the attempt to clinch by Dempsey.
Hits throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dempsey.

Dempsey shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hits manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hits is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Dempsey is controlling him.

Dempsey stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Hits looks to land a combination but Dempsey avoids it well.
Dempsey uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hits.
A combination from Hits does no damage.
Dempsey misses with a takedown attempt
and Hits counters with a one-two to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocco Dempsey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dempsey throws a push kick but Hits slaps the foot to one side.
Dempsey shoots and misses
and Hits counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Hits closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Dempsey to the mat! Dempsey manages to get full guard.
Hits wants to get up but he can't break Dempsey's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

Dempsey pushes Hits off and scrambles back to his feet.
Dempsey with a poor takedown

and Hits counters with a single leg into guard. Dempsey didn't expect that.
Hits is looking to stand up but Dempsey won't let him.
Hits prevents Dempsey from getting back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Hits decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Dempsey, up you get!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zach Hits dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Hits misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hits throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dempsey.
Hits misses with a few strikes there.
A leg kick checked by Hits.
Hits misses with a wild combination.
Hits throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dempsey has his takedown stuffed

and Hits counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hits is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hits wants to stand up but Dempsey manages to regain full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hits would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Hits decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Hits throws a combination that misses
and Dempsey counters with a head kick.
Dempsey tries to close the distance and clinch but Hits swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hits lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hits misses with a combination

and Dempsey counters with a single leg into guard. Hits didn't expect that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hits wants to stand and escape but Dempsey is having none of it.
Hits is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Dempsey dives into side control.
Hits pushes Dempsey away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Dempsey gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

Dempsey decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Hits misses with a double jab
and Dempsey counters with a good low kick that Hits was not able to check.
A combination from Hits does no damage.
Dempsey throws a series of punches but Hits avoids them all with ease.
Dempsey clinches but Hits breaks the clinch
and Hits counters with a left and a right that stings Dempsey.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dempsey swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hits counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dempsey's knee momentarily.
Hits looks to land a combination but Dempsey avoids it well.
Dempsey dodges the punch combination from Hits.
Dempsey has his takedown stuffed
and Hits counters with a nice uppercut.
Hits swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Dempsey counters with a head kick.
Dempsey avoids a punch combination nicely.
Dempsey is looking to clinch.
Dempsey swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A jab from Hits finds it's way through Dempsey's defenses.
Hits looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rocco Dempsey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

Dempsey scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Dempsey decides to stand and escape the position.
No joy there for Hits, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hits lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dempsey circles away quickly and effectively.
Dempsey misses with a few strikes there.
Hits falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dempsey counters with a big head kick but Hits shrugs it off.
Hits throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dempsey counters with a good low kick that Hits was not able to check.
Hits is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hits stalks Dempsey and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dempsey's face. Dempsey staggers backwards, shaken.
A punch combination from Hits misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocco Dempsey dominated that second round.
That's time! Dempsey's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Dempsey with a lazy takedown attempt

and Hits counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

Hits stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Hits escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No joy there for Hits, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hits misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dempsey looks to land a combination but Hits avoids it well.
Dempsey moves in looking to clinch but Hits pushes him off.
Dempsey with a lazy takedown attempt

and Hits counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Hits.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Hits decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Hits looks to land a combination but Dempsey avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dempsey tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hits counters with a left and a right that stings Dempsey.
Hits lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dempsey circles away quickly and effectively.
Hits misses with a double jab
and Dempsey counters with a left and a right that stings Hits.
Hits avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hits fails to land with a series of punches.

Dempsey changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hits looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Dempsey prevents Hits from escaping the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Dempsey stands up and beckons Hits to his feet.
Dempsey darts in trying to clinch

and Hits holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Nice elbow from Dempsey.

Hits breaks the clinch.
Rocco Dempsey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hits falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dempsey counters with a two punch combo.
An inside leg kick lands from Dempsey.
Hits misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dempsey with a poor takedown
and Hits counters with a three punch combo that has Dempsey backing up. Dempsey nods at Hits to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rocco Dempsey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hits throws a combination that misses

so Dempsey counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Dempsey won't allow Hits to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Hits is working an open guard so Dempsey takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Dempsey displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Dempsey looks to land a combination but Hits avoids it well.
Hits throws a series of punches but Dempsey avoids them all with ease.
Hits throws a right and a left that Dempsey avoids nicely.
Hits swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from Dempsey does no damage.
A combination from Dempsey does no damage.

Dempsey changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hits looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hits is trying to escape and get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dempsey decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Some wild striking there from Hits.
Hits misses with the combination.
Dempsey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hits.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Some wild striking there from Hits.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Zach Hits.
I think Hits 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28

The fight is ruled a majority draw!