PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maxime Roland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Rodgers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodgers has chosen For those we left behind - fade as his entrance music. Maxime Roland had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 207.9lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Dan Rodgers looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!

Roland
vs
Rodgers

192 cm
25
220 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

187 cm
24
205 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Knockout power

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Maxime Roland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Dan Rodgers!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodgers throws a head kick that misses.
Roland avoids the head kick by Rodgers.
Roland fails to land the takedown.
Roland shoots in and drives through. Rodgers sprawls well.
Roland looks to clinch
and Rodgers counters with a straight right hand.
Roland wants to clinch up but Rodgers keeps it at a distance.

Rodgers takes the fight into the clinch.
Roland creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rodgers's defenses.
Roland pushes off an throws an elbow but Rodgers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rodgers blocks an elbow strike from Roland.
Rodgers blocks an elbow strike.
Rodgers avoids the elbow strike from Roland, against the cage.
Rodgers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roland avoids it.
Rodgers using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Roland has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Roland misses with an elbow strike.
Roland looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rodgers dodges an elbow strike from Roland.
Roland lands a damaging elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roland looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Roland misses with an elbow strike.
Rodgers avoids the elbow strike from Roland, against the cage.
Rodgers throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rodgers misses with a knee to the head.
Roland creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rodgers dodges an elbow strike from Roland.
Roland blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rodgers throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rodgers looks gassed!
Rodgers tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Roland throws an elbow that misses.
Roland throws an elbow but it misses.
Roland on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rodgers blocks the elbow strike.
Rodgers looking to throw knees to the head but Roland is blocking nicely.
Rodgers dodges an elbow strike from Roland.
Roland comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Roland lands an elbow inside.
Roland lands an elbow that stopped Rodgers in his tracks for a moment.
Rodgers tries a knee to the head but Roland blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roland looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Roland throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rodgers tries to land knees in the clinch but Roland avoids the damage to the body.
Rodgers avoids the elbow strike from Roland, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roland throws an elbow but misses.
Roland lands an elbow that stopped Rodgers in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Roland.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rodgers misses with a knee strike.
Rodgers avoids a wild elbow strike from Roland.
Roland lands an elbow that stopped Rodgers in his tracks for a moment.
Roland on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roland throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Roland looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Roland creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Roland throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rodgers is trying to maintain a safe position but Roland gets an underhook and turns Rodgers into the cage.
Roland throws an elbow but it misses.
Rodgers misses with a knee strike.
Roland throws an elbow that misses.
Roland creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roland throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Roland lands a damaging elbow.
Roland lands an elbow just above Rodgers 's eye.
Rodgers blocks the elbow strike.
Rodgers throws a knee to the head but misses.
Roland lands an elbow inside that Rodgers shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Roland.
Roland creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rodgers's defenses.
Roland misses with an elbow strike.
Roland gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Roland looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rodgers dodges an elbow strike from Roland.
Roland pushes off an throws an elbow but Rodgers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rodgers avoids the elbow strike from Roland, against the cage.
Roland creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rodgers's defenses.
Roland pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rodgers tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Roland pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roland throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodgers dodges an elbow strike from Roland.
Roland takes a knee right on the jaw!
Roland pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Roland.
Roland throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rodgers taking a breather.
Roland pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rodgers dodges an elbow strike from Roland.
Rodgers tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rodgers blocks an elbow strike from Roland.
Rodgers blocks the elbow strike.
Roland lands an elbow inside that Rodgers shrugs off.
Roland lands an elbow inside that Rodgers shrugs off.
Roland pushes off an throws an elbow but Rodgers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roland throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rodgers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roland.
Roland looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Roland pushes off an throws an elbow but Rodgers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maxime Roland dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rodgers stuffs the takedown attempt from Roland. Roland gets slowly back to his feet.
Rodgers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

Roland clinches.
Roland throws an elbow but it misses.
Roland throws an elbow but it misses.
Roland pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Roland pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Roland pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rodgers tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roland throws an elbow but misses.
Roland throws an elbow but it misses.
Roland creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Roland.
Rodgers is breathing heavily.
Rodgers avoids a wild elbow strike from Roland.
Rodgers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roland avoids it.
Roland gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rodgers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodgers tries to land knees in the clinch but Roland avoids the damage to the body.
Roland misses with an elbow over the top.
Roland pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rodgers tries to land a knee to the head but Roland blocks with his arms.
Roland avoiding damage as Rodgers throws knees to the body.
Roland avoiding damage as Rodgers throws knees to the body.
Rodgers avoids the elbow strike from Roland, against the cage.
Rodgers avoids the elbow strike from Roland, against the cage.
Roland looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Roland pushes off an throws an elbow but Rodgers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rodgers blocks an elbow strike.
Rodgers avoids the elbow strike from Roland, against the cage.
Roland throws an elbow that misses.
Rodgers misses with a knee strike.
Rodgers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roland is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roland throws an elbow but misses.
Roland gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Roland throws an elbow but it misses.
Maxime Roland has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rodgers misses with a knee strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roland lands an elbow just above Rodgers 's eye.
Rodgers avoids the elbow strike from Roland, against the cage.
Rodgers avoids a wild elbow strike from Roland.
Roland throws an elbow that misses.
Rodgers with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roland throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Roland throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roland throws an elbow but misses.
Roland comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Roland misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roland just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rodgers's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roland throws an elbow but misses.
Roland comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rodgers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roland.
Roland lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roland throws an elbow but misses.
Rodgers misses with a knee strike.
Roland looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roland pushes off an throws an elbow but Rodgers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rodgers dodges an elbow strike from Roland.
Rodgers dodges an elbow strike from Roland.
Rodgers tries to break the clinch but Roland is controlling the position.
Roland throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roland just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rodgers's brow.
Rodgers blocks an elbow strike from Roland.
Rodgers blocks an elbow strike from Roland.
Rodgers working Roland over with knees to the body.
Rodgers avoids a wild elbow strike from Roland.
Rodgers avoids a wild elbow strike from Roland.
Rodgers scores with a knee to the head.
Roland looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rodgers misses with a knee strike.
Roland throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rodgers looking to throw knees to the head but Roland is blocking nicely.
Roland throws an elbow that misses.
Rodgers blocks an elbow strike from Roland.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodgers tries a knee to the head but Roland blocks it.
Roland creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Roland gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Roland lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rodgers blocks the elbow strike.
Roland pushes off an throws an elbow but Rodgers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Roland pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rodgers avoids the elbow strike from Roland, against the cage.

Rodgers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good standup being displayed there by Rodgers as he connects with a hook.
Rodgers pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rodgers keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Roland is defended easily by Rodgers.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maxime Roland. That's going to take a lot out of him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roland dodges the punch combination from Rodgers.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maxime Roland dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Roland takes one to the side of the head.

Roland forces Rodgers back against the cage and clinches.
Rodgers trying to stall but Roland improves his position.
Rodgers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roland blocks it with crossed arms.
Rodgers blocks an elbow strike from Roland.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Roland as Rodgers tries to tie him up.
Rodgers avoids the elbow strike from Roland, against the cage.
Roland blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rodgers blocks an elbow strike.
Roland lands an elbow inside that Rodgers shrugs off.
Roland pushes off an throws an elbow but Rodgers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rodgers blocks an elbow strike.
Roland throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rodgers blocks an elbow strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rodgers dodges an elbow strike from Roland.
Rodgers connects with a knee to the head.
Roland misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodgers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roland blocks it with crossed arms.
Roland pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rodgers blocks an elbow strike.
Rodgers blocks an elbow strike.
Rodgers dodges an elbow strike from Roland.
Roland lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rodgers tries a knee to the head but Roland blocks it.
Roland comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Roland pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Roland throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roland throws an elbow but misses.
Roland blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rodgers blocks an elbow strike.
Roland looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Roland lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Roland lands a nice elbow.
Rodgers takes an elbow to the temple.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roland just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rodgers's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roland lands an elbow that stopped Rodgers in his tracks for a moment.
Rodgers avoids a wild elbow strike from Roland.
Rodgers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roland is defending well for now.
Roland lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Roland looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rodgers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roland is defending well for now.
Rodgers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roland blocks it with crossed arms.
Roland throws an elbow that misses.
Roland throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Roland throws an elbow that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodgers missing with knees to the body.
Roland lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roland throws an elbow but misses.
Roland lands an elbow just above Rodgers 's eye.
Rodgers avoids the elbow strike from Roland, against the cage.
Rodgers putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Roland in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Roland throws an elbow but it misses.
Roland throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodgers tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rodgers blocks an elbow strike.
Rodgers is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roland is defending well for now.
Roland lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Roland pushes off an throws an elbow but Rodgers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Roland blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roland lands an elbow just above Rodgers 's eye.
Roland pushes off an throws an elbow but Rodgers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rodgers lands a knee to the body.
Rodgers tries to land knees in the clinch but Roland avoids the damage to the body.
Roland blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roland throws an elbow but it misses.
Roland avoiding damage as Rodgers throws knees to the body.
Rodgers misses with a knee to the head.
Rodgers dodges an elbow strike from Roland.
Rodgers is trying to push Roland away but Roland has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Roland lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roland pushes off an throws an elbow but Rodgers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roland throws an elbow but misses.
Rodgers crunches a lovely knee into Roland's ribcage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roland just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rodgers's brow.
Rodgers tries to land a knee to the head but Roland blocks with his arms.
Rodgers looking to throw knees to the head but Roland is blocking nicely.
Roland throws an elbow but it misses.
Rodgers trying to land knees to the body.
Roland lands an elbow just above Rodgers 's eye.
Rodgers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roland avoids it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roland just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rodgers's brow.
Roland throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rodgers blocks an elbow strike.
A knee to the head by Rodgers.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roland on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dan Rodgers has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roland lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rodgers blocks an elbow strike from Roland.
Maxime Roland is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rodgers is stalling here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Maxime Roland showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Roland, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maxime Roland!
During a confident post fight interview, Maxime Roland thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.