PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brock Lesnar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronnie Rockovich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rockovich has chosen MetalHealth by Quiet Riot as his entrance music. Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as Ronnie Rockovich enters the cage!

Lesnar
vs
Rockovich

190 cm
22
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
215 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Solid chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brock Lesnar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ronnie Rockovich!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rockovich fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rockovich misses with a leg kick.
Lesnar misses with a shot to the body

so Rockovich counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Lesnar is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lesnar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rockovich is one step ahead there.
Lesnar is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Lesnar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rockovich wants to stand but Lesnar has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Lesnar seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Rockovich lands a couple of decent looking shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar has Rockovich pulled in close to control his posture.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Rockovich moves into the clinch.
Rockovich wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lesnar has him pressed against the cage.
A body shot lands from Lesnar.
Lesnar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lesnar lands with a left to the head.
A hook to the body from Lesnar.
Lesnar misses with a punch on the inside.

Rockovich breaks the clinch.
Lesnar tries to clinch up

and Rockovich counters with a single leg into guard. Lesnar didn't expect that.
Lesnar wants to get back to his feet but Rockovich is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Rockovich must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lesnar controlling Rockovich's posture.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lesnar wants to stand up but Rockovich is controlling him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rockovich manages to get himself to full guard.
Rockovich looks gassed!
Lesnar is looking to work some ground and pound but Rockovich has wrist control.
Rockovich preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rockovich has momentary wrist control but Lesnar slips an elbow through the middle.
Rockovich utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rockovich working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lesnar.
Lesnar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lesnar throwing strikes from guard but Rockovich blocks nicely.
Lesnar stands up over Rockovich, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rockovich's head.

Rockovich has his feet on Lesnar's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Lesnar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lesnar fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rockovich.
Lesnar darts in trying to clinch

and Rockovich holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lesnar scores with a shoulder strike.
Rockovich wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lesnar stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Brock Lesnar will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

A head kick misses from Lesnar.
Lesnar throws a jab but it's blocked by Rockovich.
Lesnar fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brock Lesnar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lesnar misses with a low kick.
Lesnar bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rockovich's head.
Lesnar throws a right and a left that Rockovich avoids nicely.
Lesnar is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lesnar.
Lesnar tries to clinch up but Rockovich circles away and keeps his distance.
Lesnar misses with a kick to the body.
Rockovich moves out of range of the body kick from Lesnar.
Lesnar dives in and grabs Rockovich's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rockovich pushes down on Lesnar's head and hops out.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar moves in looking to clinch but Rockovich pushes him off.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rockovich swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Left hook, right uppercut from Lesnar.
Lesnar throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rockovich.
Lesnar tries to clinch up
and Rockovich counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lesnar throws a left and a right that both miss

and Rockovich counters by clinching up.
Rockovich jumps guard but Lesnar stands there with Rockovich around his waist. Rockovich gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Rockovich pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Lesnar throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Rockovich was covering up waiting for the punch and Lesnar finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Lesnar connects with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rockovich has momentary wrist control but Lesnar slips an elbow through the middle.
Rockovich really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lesnar. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rockovich trying to keep a closed guard but Lesnar is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rockovich keeping full guard, as Lesnar tries to pass.
Lesnar is working Rockovich over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rockovich can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Lesnar's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rockovich works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lesnar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Lesnar stands up and waves to Rockovich to follow him.
Lesnar wants to clinch

so Rockovich counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Lesnar has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Lesnar'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.
Lesnar manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar scoring with strikes but Rockovich is staying in there.
Lesnar putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lesnar with shots to the head and body - Rockovich looks very uncomfortable down there.
Lesnar working Rockovich over with strikes here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lesnar postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rockovich looks a forlorn figure.
Lesnar scoring with strikes but Rockovich is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock Lesnar dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Rockovich keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lesnar tries to clinch but Rockovich moves away

and Rockovich counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Lesnar scores with a hook to the body.
Lesnar lands a shot to the body.
Rockovich tries to break free but Lesnar pushes him back against the cage.
Lesnar lands a hook that snaps the head of Rockovich backwards.
Lesnar is leaning against Rockovich and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short uppercut from Lesnar.
Lesnar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lesnar tries to throw a body punch but Rockovich avoids it by throwing Lesnar back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lesnar.
Rockovich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lesnar lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lesnar scores with a hook to the body.
Rockovich blocks an uppercut.
Lesnar misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lesnar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rockovichs head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesnar lands a body punch.
Lesnar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lesnar lands with a short shot to the head.
A right hand to the body from Lesnar.
Lesnar throws a punch but it's blocked by Rockovich.
Lesnar swings wildly with an uppercut but Rockovich uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rockovich.
Lesnar misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rockovich.
Lesnar throws a punch but it's blocked by Rockovich.
Lesnar lands a body punch.
Lesnar tries a body shot but Rockovich blocks it.
Rockovich blocks a body shot from Lesnar.
Rockovich blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lesnar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Lesnar as the two fighters clinch.
Lesnar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rockovich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A right hand to the body from Lesnar.
Lesnar lands a body shot.
Rockovich blocking some punches.
Lesnar can't find room to land a body shot as Rockovich controls the action.
Rockovich blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Lesnar - that landed with a thud.
Rockovich blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lesnar lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rockovich.
Lesnar lands a body shot.
Lesnar lands with a right to the head.
A short body shot lands from Lesnar as the two fighters clinch.
Lesnar has a couple of punches blocked by Rockovich.
Lesnar has a couple of punches blocked by Rockovich.
Lesnar lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lesnar lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar pushes Rockovich back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lesnar.
Lesnar misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for Lesnar.
Lesnar scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Lesnar - that landed with a thud.
Rockovich is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rockovich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brock Lesnar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lesnar lands with a left to the head.
Lesnar tries a body shot but Rockovich blocks it.
Rockovich blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lesnar.
Rockovich blocks a body shot from Lesnar.
Lesnar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Lesnar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar misses with a punch to the body.
Good body shot from Lesnar.
A head punch on the inside from Lesnar fails to land.
Rockovich blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lesnar lands a nice uppercut.
Lesnar lands a nice uppercut.
Lesnar lands with a left to the head.
Rockovich's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lesnar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lesnar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rockovich backwards.
Lesnar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rockovichs head.
Ronnie Rockovich has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice left hand lands by Lesnar.

And that's the end of the fight!
Brock Lesnar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lesnar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brock Lesnar!