PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dean Rollin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francois Duvalier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duvalier is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Voodoo Music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Rollin
vs
Duvalier

197 cm
24
200 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

190 cm
20
215 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 4 - 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 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Francois Duvalier!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rollin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duvalier moves away.
Duvalier throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rollin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rollin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rollin seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Duvalier thows a body shot but no joy.
Duvalier with a nice cross.

It looks like Dean Rollin has been cut.
Duvalier misses the shot to the body.
Rollin needs to keep his hands up - Duvalier had a free shot at his head there.
Rollin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Duvalier has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Rollin swings for the body but Duvalier moves out of range.
Rollin swings for the body but Duvalier moves out of range.

Duvalier clinches up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rollin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Duvalier scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Duvalier scores with a shoulder strike.

Rollin is rocked!
Duvalier misses with the head strike.
Oh Rollin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rollin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Duvalier has a couple of punches blocked by Rollin.
Rollin seems to have got his legs back now.
Duvalier lands with a light punch inside.
Rollin changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Duvalier fights it off and pushes away nicely.

Duvalier takes the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duvalier lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rollin is trying to pull guard but Duvalier turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Duvalier gets through Rollin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rollin wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dean Rollin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duvalier lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rollin backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duvalier.
Duvalier unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Rollin! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Duvalier is unloading with more strikes now! Rollin drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Francois Duvalier!
In his post fight interview, Francois Duvalier started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.