PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Rock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan The Juggernaut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rock comes to the cage accompanied by Children Of Bodom - Living Dead Beat. Dan The Juggernaut will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Rock
vs
The Juggernaut

177 cm
19
249 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
22
250 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Henry Rock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dan The Juggernaut!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Thiago Cunha and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Juggernaut scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rock avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Juggernaut lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rock backs up against the cage.

Rock shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Rock controlling from the full mount.
The Juggernaut is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rock looking to control but The Juggernaut is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The Juggernaut is working to get back to half guard.
The Juggernaut wants to hold on but Rock pushes him away.
The Juggernaut working to try and regain half guard.
Rock trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Juggernaut tries to lock up and control but Rock gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Poor strikes thrown by Rock there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The Juggernaut tries to reverse the position but Rock maintains control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rock sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The Juggernaut wants to control but Rock is having none of it.
Rock tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rock trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rock sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rock tries to control but The Juggernaut wriggling away.
Rock is breathing heavily.
The Juggernaut working to try and regain half guard.
Rock avoids the attempt from The Juggernaut to control.
Rock sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Juggernaut's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Rock controlling from the full mount.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Henry Rock just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
The Juggernaut doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rock throws a wild body kick that The Juggernaut sees coming a mile off.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rock.
Rock fails with the takedown.
The Juggernaut is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Rock scores with a takedown into The Juggernaut's guard.
Rock might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Rock slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Rock tries to pass to full mount but The Juggernaut defends it.
The Juggernaut trying to control but Rock postures up.
Rock is stalling here. The Juggernaut is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Rock seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and The Juggernaut has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Rock wants to control but The Juggernaut postures up.
Rock isn't going anywhere.
Rock struggling a bit here.
The Juggernaut trying to control the position but Rock is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Rock dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rock closes the distance and clinches up with The Juggernaut, looking for a takedown. Rock pushes The Juggernaut against the cage but The Juggernaut circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Dan The Juggernaut is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Rock shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The Juggernaut is trying to stand.
Rock is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for The Juggernaut!
The Juggernaut flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Rock putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Rock controlling the pace for now.
Rock seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down The Juggernaut for as long as he can get away with.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Juggernaut tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rock tries to control but The Juggernaut wriggling away.
The Juggernaut really wants to buck Rock off and get back to his feet.
The Juggernaut is wriggling around trying to escape.
The Juggernaut wants to get back to his feet.
Rock sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The Juggernaut wants to hold on but Rock pushes him away.
Rock tries to control but The Juggernaut wriggling away.
Rock is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because The Juggernaut is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Henry Rock just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
The fight stays on the outside here - The Juggernaut looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rock takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The Juggernaut scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The Juggernaut moves into range and connects with a jab.

Rock gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Rock ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Rock no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
The Juggernaut being controlled here momentarily.
The Juggernaut preventing the sweep.
The Juggernaut being controlled here momentarily.
Rock is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Rock has his hands on The Juggernaut's head, controlling the position.
Rock is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Rock bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in The Juggernaut's guard.

The Juggernaut has his foot on Rock's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rock works his way back into a safe position though.
Rock sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The Juggernaut is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The Juggernaut is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Rock trying to control the position from guard on top but The Juggernaut is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Juggernaut pulls Rock in close to prevent any damage.
Rock prevents The Juggernaut from getting back to his feet.
Rock trying to control but The Juggernaut is working from the bottom.
The Juggernaut looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Rock dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Rock shoots in but no luck this time.
Rock shoots in but no luck this time.
Rock misses with a takedown attempt - The Juggernaut sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henry Rock. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Juggernaut tries to clinch
and Rock counters with a nice kick to the body.
The Juggernaut uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rock.
Rock misses with a hook to the body
and The Juggernaut counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The Juggernaut throws and low kick but Rock moves out of range easily.
Rock shoots for a takedown but The Juggernaut saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rock misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
The Juggernaut works over Rock's head and body with a nice combination.
The Juggernaut throws a sloppy head kick and Rock moves out of range easily.
Rock blocks a head kick by The Juggernaut.
The Juggernaut throws a right hand that Rock ducks under and follows up with a left that Rock also avoids with ease.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rock.
Rock with a poor takedown
letting The Juggernaut counter with a right hand.
Danga de danga de dang - The Juggernaut scores with a four punch combination!

Rock is rocked!
The Juggernaut takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Rock shoots in for a takedown but The Juggernaut shows good takedown defense.
Rock throws a sloppy body shot
and The Juggernaut counters with a lovely straight right hand!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The Juggernaut tries to break the clinch but Rock is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rock manages to break the clinch.
Rock showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Juggernaut.
Rock throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around The Juggernaut's waist but The Juggernaut gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rock off to one side.
Rock misses with a wild body shot.

Rock drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rock sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Rock has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The Juggernaut is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The Juggernaut not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Rock prevents The Juggernaut from getting back to his feet.
The Juggernaut looking for a sweep. Not yet The Juggernaut, not yet.
The Juggernaut throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Juggernaut throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The Juggernaut is trying to control the position but Rock postures up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rock shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts The Juggernaut as he jumps to the side.
The Juggernaut is looking to clinch.
Rock is looking to wear down The Juggernaut with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rock throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Juggernaut sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice combo by The Juggernaut! Oh, that's hurt him - Rock falls to the canvas and The Juggernaut follows him into side control.
Oh Rock is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rock wants to control but The Juggernaut postures up.
Rock seems to have got his legs back now.
Rock is looking for a sweep.
Rock is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rock holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Rock tries to roll over but The Juggernaut keeps him under control.
Rock moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock pulls The Juggernaut in close to prevent any damage.
Rock looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rock has a closed guard, preventing The Juggernaut from standing up.
Rock looking to hit a scissor sweep but The Juggernaut is one step ahead there.
Rock keeping full guard, as The Juggernaut tries to pass.
Rock managing to control the position.
Rock manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

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.
Rock content just to control the position here.
The Juggernaut looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
Henry Rock overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The Juggernaut tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rock takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The Juggernaut tries to get back to half guard but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rock punishing his opponent with strikes.
Rock wants to control the pace but The Juggernaut is squirming around nicely.
Dan The Juggernaut has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

And that's the end of the fight!
Dan The Juggernaut comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rock 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Rock!