PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Grammund Rohirrim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Takeshi Kovacks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Rohirrim
vs
Kovacks

193 cm
30
254 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

190 cm
32
280 lbs
15 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Fast

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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Grammund Rohirrim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Takeshi Kovacks!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kovacks avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kovacks throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rohirrim swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kovacks.
Kovacks stalks Rohirrim and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rohirrim's face. Rohirrim staggers backwards, shaken.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rohirrim stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kovacks.
Rohirrim tries to clinch there but Kovacks circles away.
Kovacks throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Kovacks shoots for a takedown but Rohirrim saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rohirrim misses with a leg kick
and Kovacks counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Rohirrim tries to sprawl but Kovacks drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Kovacks is trying to control. Rohirrim wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Kovacks works his way into side control.

Kovacks thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rohirrim is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Kovacks prevents Rohirrim from improving his position.
Kovacks thows a huge punch but Rohirrim dodges it nicely.
Kovacks winds up and cracks Rohirrim with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kovacks trying to control the action but Rohirrim is working from the bottom.
Kovacks thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kovacks working Rohirrim over with strikes.
Kovacks trying to control from half guard but Rohirrim is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rohirrim controlling the position well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kovacks not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rohirrim is not content to let Kovacks control the position.
Rohirrim trying to hold on to Kovacks's head to control him but Kovacks postures up.
Kovacks throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kovacks thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kovacks throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kovacks seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Kovacks is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rohirrim has hold of Kovacks's hands but Kovacks slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Kovacks missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kovacks misses with a head shot. Rohirrim uses the momentum to regain guard.
Kovacks working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rohirrim is trying to control the position but Kovacks postures up.
Kovacks with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rohirrim working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kovacks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kovacks accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kovacks missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kovacks seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Kovacks postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kovacks postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kovacks controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takeshi Kovacks dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Nice body punch from Kovacks.
Kovacks jabs Rohirrim to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kovacks connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rohirrim momentarily.
Kovacks scores with a jab to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kovacks jabs at Rohirrim's body.
Kovacks has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Kovacks checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rohirrim takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Kovacks throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Kovacks looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kovacks throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kovacks thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kovacks is keen to just control but Rohirrim is a slippery customer.
Kovacks looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Nice strikes from Kovacks there.
Kovacks trying to control from half guard but Rohirrim is working away.
Kovacks is looking to stall here but Rohirrim recovers full guard.
Kovacks chips away with some ground and pound.
Kovacks has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kovacks is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kovacks trying to control the position from guard on top but Rohirrim is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kovacks 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.
Rohirrim utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kovacks stopping the sweep attempt from Rohirrim.
Kovacks wants to control from the top but Rohirrim keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kovacks's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Kovacks postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kovacks throwing strikes from guard but Rohirrim blocks nicely.
Rohirrim preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Kovacks trying to control the position from guard on top but Rohirrim is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kovacks has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rohirrim working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kovacks.
Rohirrim looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rohirrim keeping moving, preventing Kovacks from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kovacks tries to free his leg and advance position but Rohirrim is retaining full guard.
Kovacks throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rohirrim working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kovacks.
Rohirrim has momentary wrist control but Kovacks slips an elbow through the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kovacks is looking to work some ground and pound but Rohirrim has wrist control.
Kovacks loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Kovacks 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.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kovacks wants to pass the guard but Rohirrim is keeping the position.
Kovacks trying to control the position from guard on top but Rohirrim is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Takeshi Kovacks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Kovacks fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rohirrim.
Kovacks avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Kovacks throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kovacks feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rohirrim's calf.
Kovacks throws a body punch but Rohirrim moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Rohirrim.
Takeshi Kovacks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kovacks scores with a body shot.
Kovacks blocks a jab.
Kovacks is trying hard to land a takedown here. Rohirrim sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A shot to the liver by Kovacks. Beautiful body shot.
A good leg kick by Kovacks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice leg kick lands there from Kovacks.
Grammund Rohirrim is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rohirrim thows a leg kick but Kovacks checks it
and Kovacks counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Kovacks scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Kovacks scoring with punches and elbows.
Kovacks in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kovacks lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Kovacks trying to control the action but Rohirrim is working from the bottom.
Kovacks scores with punches from side control.
Kovacks misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Grammund Rohirrim has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rohirrim is looking for a sweep.
Kovacks controlling the position from side mount.
Rohirrim is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Rohirrim taking a bit of punishment here - Kovacks scoring with strikes.
Kovacks works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Kovacks misses with the ground and pound.
Kovacks lands a few punches from side control.

Rohirrim is rocked!
Kovacks is putting a hurting on Rohirrim here, landing some big shots from side control.
Oh Rohirrim is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big shot lands for Kovacks! That's hurt Rohirrim! Will he recover? Kovacks fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Takeshi Kovacks!
Post fight, Takeshi Kovacks stared into the camera and said 'I will finally prove myself to be a winner!'.