PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ross's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ice-T Lethal Weapon. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Ross
vs
Michaels

180 cm
24
180 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

186 cm
24
185 lbs
10 - 8 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricky Ross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brock Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ross rushes Michaels and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Michaels on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Michaels swings wildly with an uppercut but Ross uses good head movement to avoid it.
Michaels tries a body shot but Ross blocks it.
A frustrated look appears on Michaels's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Michaels looking to slow down the pace here.
Ross tries to land knees in the clinch but Michaels avoids the damage to the body.
Michaels wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ross with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ross putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Michaels in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ross scores a nice knee to the body.

Michaels has clasped his hands together around Ross's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Michaels looks gassed!
Ross is not content to let Michaels control the position.
Ross is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Michaels working the ground and pound but Ross is defending the strikes.
Michaels tries to move to mount but Ross blocks the move with his legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ross throws Michaels to one side and escapes!
Ross moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ross.

Ross closes the distance and clinches.
Ross lands a nice knee to the body.
Ross missing with knees to the body.
Ross is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Michaels is defending well for now.
Ross throws a knee to the head but misses.
Michaels managing to block the knees to the body from Ross.
Michaels on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Michaels managing to block the knees to the body from Ross.
Ross tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Michaels avoids it.

Michaels manages to break the clinch.
Ross wants to clinch up but Michaels keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ross looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ross throws a low kick but Michaels avoids it.
Nice uppercut there from Michaels.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ross tries to clinch up but Michaels circles away and keeps his distance.
Ross is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Michaels keeps the fight on the outside.
Ross tries a head kick but it misses.
Ross tries to clinch but Michaels is having none of it.
Ross lands a nice leg kick that just misses Michaels's sensitive parts.
Michaels throws a hook but Ross blocks it.
Michaels swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Ross throws a quick inside leg kick.
Ross on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Michaels misses with a low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ross looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ricky Ross seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Michaels circles away from the clinch attempt.

Ross has Michaels up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ross using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels throws a punch but it's blocked by Ross.
Ross's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Michaels takes a knee right on the jaw!
Michaels wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Ross has him pressed against the cage.
Michaels lands a nice uppercut.
Michaels has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Michaels tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ross just stands there and leans against the cage.
Ross misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Michaels.
Michaels can't get the takedown.
Ross lands a good knee to the midsection. Michaels won't want to take too many of those.
Ross lands a knee to the body.
Michaels tries to break the clinch but Ross is controlling the position.
Michaels takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ross landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ross missing with knees to the body.
Ross is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Michaels is defending well for now.
Michaels wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ross landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ross unloads a knee to the mid-section. Michaels lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ross stalls.
Michaels takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ross missing with knees to the body.
Michaels on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Michaels swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Michaels wants to break free but Ross has control.
Michaels is trying to break the clinch but Ross has him pressed against the cage.
Ross trying to land knees to the body.
Ross tries to land a knee to the head but Michaels blocks with his arms.
Ross is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Michaels is defending well for now.
Michaels wants to get back to striking at distance but Ross won't allow it.
Michaels wants to break the clinch but can't.
Michaels managing to block the knees to the body from Ross.
Michaels wants to stall.
Ross using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Michaels throws a head punch that misses.
Ross is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Michaels is defending well for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ross.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Michaels managing to block the knees to the body from Ross.
Michaels blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ross tries to land knees in the clinch but Michaels avoids the damage to the body.
Ross is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Michaels is defending well for now.
Ross tries to land knees in the clinch but Michaels avoids the damage to the body.
Ross utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Ross dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Ross is looking to clinch.
Michaels fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ross is looking to land body kicks.
Michaels changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Michaels uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ross.
Ross is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ross is looking to clinch but Michaels is avoiding it.
Michaels connects with a right hand. Ross shakes it off.
An inside leg kick from Ross misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Ross.
Michaels throws a low kick but Ross avoids it.

Ross instigates a clinch.
Michaels tries to break the clinch but Ross is controlling the position.
Ross on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Michaels is breathing heavily.
Michaels has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ross avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Ross is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Michaels managing to block the knees to the body from Ross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Ross.
Ross scores a nice knee to the body.
Ross lands a good knee to the midsection. Michaels won't want to take too many of those.
Ross utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Ross scores with a knee to the head.
Ross scores a nice knee to the body.
Michaels takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ross looking to throw knees to the head but Michaels is blocking nicely.
Ross presses Michaels against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Ross.
Ross missing with knees to the body.
Ross landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ross utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Michaels blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Michaels is trying to break the clinch but Ross is controlling him.
Ross prevents a body shot from Michaels.
Michaels wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ross connects with a nasty looking knee right to Michaels's face.
Michaels tries to break free but Ross pushes him back against the cage.
Ross unloads a knee to the mid-section. Michaels lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Michaels looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ross missing with knees to the body.
Ross trying to control the position but instead, Michaels has worked for underhooks and has pushed Ross into the cage.
Ross slowing the pace effectively.
Ross blocking some punches.
Michaels takes a knee right on the jaw!
Michaels fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Michaels blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Michaels managing to block the knees to the body from Ross.
Ross tries to land knees in the clinch but Michaels avoids the damage to the body.
Michaels can't break the clinch.
Michaels working hard to break the clinch.
Michaels swings wildly with an uppercut but Ross uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ross trying to land knees to the body.
Ross tries to land knees in the clinch but Michaels avoids the damage to the body.
Michaels on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Michaels tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ross keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Michaels's efforts to push away.
Ross misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Michaels.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross missing with knees to the body.
Ricky Ross has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Michaels on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Michaels goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ross prevents it.
Ricky Ross has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Michaels.
Ross is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Michaels can't find room to land a body shot as Ross controls the action.
Michaels wants to get back to striking at distance but Ross won't allow it.
Ross tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Michaels avoids it.
Ross on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Ross.
Ross is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Michaels is defending well for now.
Ross misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Michaels.
Michaels changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ross fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Ross throws a head kick but Michaels moves out of range.
Ross fails in his attempt to clinch.
Michaels throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ross.
Ross is looking to clinch.
Michaels avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Ross is looking to clinch.
Ross is looking to clinch but Michaels is avoiding it.
Michaels digs a good body shot into Ross's ribs.
Michaels throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ricky Ross is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ross fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ross tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Michaels paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Michaels scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Ross tries to clinch but Michaels is having none of it.
A low kick from Ross misses
and Michaels counters with a nice uppercut.
Ross fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Michaels.
Michaels scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ross doesn't seem bothered though.
Ross avoids a kick to the body.
Ross tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Michaels to counter with a crisp jab.
Ross misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ricky Ross is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Michaels closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricky Ross dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Ross closes the distance but Michaels moves to the side
and Michaels makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ross tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Michaels takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Michaels throws a right and a left that Ross avoids nicely.
Ross tries to clinch up
and Michaels counters with a nice uppercut.
Michaels avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Michaels will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Michaels circles away from the clinch attempt
and Michaels counters with a good low kick that Ross was not able to check.
Michaels throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ross closes the distance but Michaels moves to the side
and Michaels counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Michaels takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ross tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Michaels counters with an outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ross lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Michaels circles away quickly and effectively.
Ross darts in trying to clinch
and Michaels counters with a nice leg kick.
Ross tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Michaels connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ross tries to clinch but Michaels moves away

and Michaels counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Michaels has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Michaels wants to pass the guard but Ross is keeping the position.
Michaels is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels prevents Ross from getting back to his feet.
Ross utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Michaels stops Ross from standing up.
Ross keeping moving, preventing Michaels from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Michaels stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ross swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ross is looking to clinch but Michaels is avoiding it.
Ross tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Michaels counters with a stiff right hand.
Brock Michaels has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross takes one on the button.
Michaels ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Michaels crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Ross - the referee stops the clock and Michaels gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Ross. Michaels manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Ross misses with the combination.
Ross finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Michaels circles away from the clinch attempt.

Ross has taken the fight to the clinch.
Ricky Ross is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Michaels is trying to break free.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ross obliges.
Michaels is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ross is defending well for now.
Michaels is trying to break the clinch but Ross has him pressed against the cage.
Michaels tries to work over Ross's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ross tries to land knees in the clinch but Michaels avoids the damage to the body.
Michaels misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Michaels breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ross tries to clinch but Michaels moves out of range.
Ross throws a left and a right that both miss
and Michaels counters with a right hand to the body.
Ross throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Ross wants to clinch.
Michaels circles away from the clinch attempt
and Michaels counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Michaels circles away from the clinch attempt.

Ross drives through and clinches with Michaels against the cage.
Ross is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Michaels is defending well for now.
Michaels looking for a takedown.
Ross scores a nice knee to the body.
Ross tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Michaels avoids it.
Ross slows down the pace here.
Michaels wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Brock Michaels.
I think Ross has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Ross!