PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dean Rollin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edson Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Edson Santos has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dean Rollin's chin.

Rollin
vs
Santos

197 cm
24
200 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

194 cm
25
206 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Heavy handed

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dean Rollin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Edson Santos!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Peter Branson and Michael Johnstone.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Rollin looks to throw the jab but Santos is out of range.
Rollin seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Santos misses with the combination.
Santos throws a body punch but Rollin moves out of range.
Rollin misses with a looping left.
A slow jab from Rollin misses its intended target.
Santos with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rollin to score with a decent uppercut.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rollin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Santos lands with a shot to the body.
Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santos listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A slow jab from Rollin misses its intended target.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rollin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rollin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Rollin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santos.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rollin. Santos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Santos misses with a straight left.
Santos slips a jab from Rollin.
Santos has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rollin finds it's way round the side to connect with Santos's head.
Santos throws a series of punches but Rollin moves out of range.
Santos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Santos wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rollin is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Santos.

It looks like Dean Rollin has been cut.
Rollin thows a body shot but no joy.
Rollin lands with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rollin.
Santos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Santos slips under a jab.
The fighters circling - Rollin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rollin manages to avoid it.
Santos with a hook.
Rollin connects with a right hand. Santos shakes it off.
Rollin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A big right from Santos misses.
Rollin cracks Santos with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Santos slips under a jab.
Santos lands with a nice combination. Rollin backs away looking to recover.
Santos tries to bum rush Rollin with a series of wild strikes but Rollin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rollin tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rollin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rollin thows a body shot but no joy.
Santos fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Santos looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rollin takes a swing at Santos's ribcage but misses.
Santos takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rollin just misses with a punch to the body.
Rollin ducks under a wild hook from Santos.

Rollin darts in and clinches Santos up against the cage.

Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rollin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rollin.
Santos throws a series of punches but Rollin moves out of range.
Rollin lands a slapping body shot.
Santos uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rollin.
Nice body punch from Rollin.
Santos takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rollin scores with a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Santos thows a body shot but no joy.
A punch combination from Santos misses.
Rollin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dean Rollin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rollin lands a jab to the nose.
Rollin throws out a powerful jab.
Rollin avoids the body shot from Santos.
Santos needs to keep his hands up - Rollin had a free shot at his head there.
Rollin connects with a body shot that sends Santos's belly button to the back.
Rollin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Santos.
Rollin clobbers Santos with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rollin.
Rollin connects with a body shot.
Good shot there by Rollin.
Santos takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dean Rollin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dean Rollin's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rollin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santos.
Rollin connects with a crisp jab.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rollin throws a hook to the side of Santos's head but Santos sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rollin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rollin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Santos.
Rollin slips a straight right by Santos.
Rollin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Santos manages to avoid it.
Santos tries to bum rush Rollin with a series of wild strikes but Rollin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santos misses with a wild body shot.
Rollin thows a body shot but no joy.
Rollin throws a poor cross that misses
and Santos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Santos swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Nice shot by Rollin.

Santos is rocked!
Rollin digs a good body shot into Santos's ribs.
Santos is still on wobbly legs! Can Rollin finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rollin is stalking Santos. Santos circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Rollin, and it's lights out! Santos really payed the price for that rookie mistake.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dean Rollin!