PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brock Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dynamite Roll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Michaels
vs
Roll

186 cm
23
185 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

188 cm
22
170 lbs
10 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brock Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dynamite Roll!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels cracks Roll with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Roll misses with a wild combination.
Roll tries to clinch there but Michaels circles away.
Roll has a takedown stuffed.
Roll looks to land a right hand but Michaels moved out of range.
Michaels connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Roll momentarily.
Roll throws a head kick that misses.
Michaels lands a nice leg kick that just misses Roll's sensitive parts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roll tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Michaels was well out of range. Poor timing from Roll.
Michaels fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Roll throws the kick towards the body but Michaels avoids it.
Michaels throws a hook but Roll avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roll fails in his attempt to clinch.
Michaels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roll.
Michaels swings for the body but Roll moves out of range.
Roll is trying hard to land a takedown here. Michaels sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Roll throws a sloppy head kick and Michaels moves out of range easily.
Roll tries to clinch up but Michaels circles away and keeps his distance.
Roll misses the body punch
and Michaels cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Michaels does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Roll misses with a wild body shot.
Roll defending well as Michaels loads up on a big left hand.
Roll checks a leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Roll shoots and misses
and Michaels counters with a three punch combo that has Roll backing up. Roll nods at Michaels to acknowledge the strikes.
Brock Michaels has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dynamite Roll.
Roll avoids the body shot from Michaels.
Roll closes the distance but Michaels moves to the side
and Michaels counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A shot to the body from Roll misses
enabling Michaels to counter with a crisp jab.
Michaels misses the shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Roll.
Roll throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Michaels changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Michaels falls off balance throwing a combination

and Roll counters by clinching up.
Michaels digs a right hand underneath Roll's ribcage. Roll let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Michaels breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Roll misses with a shot to the body
and Michaels counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Roll ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Michaels moves away.

Roll fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Michaels sprawls well initially but Roll persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Michaels wants to improve his position but Roll is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Michaels won't allow Roll to pass to mount.
Michaels is looking for a sweep. Roll is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Roll throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Roll passes into side control, despite Michaels's attempt to control the position.
Roll wants to lay and pray for a moment but Michaels keeps working.
Michaels manages to work his way to half guard, despite Roll's best efforts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roll sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Roll wants to lay and pray for a moment but Michaels keeps working.
Michaels trying to control but Roll postures up.
Michaels is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Michaels manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Roll wants to control from the top but Michaels keeps moving.
Michaels wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Roll tries to clinch but Michaels moves away
and Michaels makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Roll moves out of range of the leg kick from Michaels.
Roll tries to clinch but Michaels moves out of range.
Roll fails with the takedown.
Roll misses with a wild combination.
Michaels looks to land a right hand but Roll moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick from Roll lands but Michaels takes it in his stride.
Michaels is looking to wear down Roll with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Michaels misses with a leg kick.
Dynamite Roll is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roll looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels avoids the body shot from Roll.
Michaels slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Michaels throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roll throws a lazy body kick
and Michaels makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Roll with a poor takedown
and Michaels counters with a stiff right hand.
Roll uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Michaels.
Roll scores with a shot to the body.
Roll swings away with a body shot that misses
and Michaels counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Dynamite Roll seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roll takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brock Michaels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A nice combination there by Roll.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roll. Michaels does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roll tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Michaels paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Michaels misses the body punch
and Roll makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Michaels really felt that one!
Michaels swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Roll counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Michaels thinking.
Michaels tries to bum rush Roll with a series of wild strikes but Roll uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Roll with a poor takedown
enabling Michaels to counter with a crisp jab.
Brock Michaels has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dynamite Roll.
Roll checks a low kick from Michaels.
Roll tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Michaels counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels misses the body punch
and Roll counters with a left and a right that stings Michaels.
Roll throws the kick towards the body but Michaels avoids it.
Roll tries to clinch but Michaels is having none of it.
Roll with a lazy takedown attempt
and Michaels counters with a slapping leg kick.
Michaels ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Michaels misses its intended target.
Roll misses with a hook to the body
and Michaels counters with a head kick.
Michaels throws a leg kick
and Roll counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Roll misses with a takedown
and Michaels counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Roll is breathing heavily.
Roll ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Michaels moves away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels slips a jab and a cross from Roll.
Roll wants to clinch
and Michaels counters with a straight right hand.
A jab from Michaels finds it's way through Roll's defenses.
Roll takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Roll slips a straight right by Michaels.
Roll scores with a shot to the body.
A low kick from Michaels is predictable there

and Roll counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Michaels moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Roll wanted to stand there but Michaels had control of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Dynamite Roll will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Roll tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Michaels counters with a nice uppercut.
Michaels takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Roll doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Michaels counters with a series of strikes. Roll will be more careful next time no doubt.
Roll tries to close the distance and clinch up but Michaels swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roll thows a body shot but no joy.
A leg kick checked by Roll.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roll looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roll looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Roll swings for the body but Michaels moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roll throws a series of punches but Michaels avoids them all with ease.
Roll tries to close the distance and clinch but Michaels swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Michaels throws a right hand that Roll ducks under and follows up with a left that Roll also avoids with ease.
Roll throws a right and a left that Michaels avoids nicely.
Michaels throws a jab when Roll was well out of range.
Michaels misses with the body kick

and Roll counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Michaels flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Roll trying to control from half guard but Michaels is working away.
Michaels wants to get back to full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roll is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Michaels is wriggling around trying to escape.
Roll looking to control but Michaels is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
BOOM! Roll connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Michaels is working to get back to half guard.
Roll unloading with bombs!
Michaels is looking to get to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels is in a horrible position here. Roll smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Roll landing strikes from the mount.
Roll prevents Michaels from getting the reversal.
Roll controlling the pace for now.
Roll can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Michaels is looking to escape.
Roll working Michaels over with strikes here.
Michaels is looking to improve his position but Roll isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Roll lands a big shot there that rocks Michaels but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Michaels in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Michaels really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Roll with shots to the head and body - Michaels looks very uncomfortable down there.
Roll trying to control but Michaels is having none of it.
Roll controlling from the full mount.
Roll wants to control the pace but Michaels is squirming around nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dynamite Roll comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Roll 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dynamite Roll!