PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Second Fist (ranked 1248 p4p, 166 weight class) and Castor Rollins (ranked 1501 p4p, 206 weight class). Fist comes into the arena with Deftones - Feiticeira blaring out of the sound system. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Fist
vs
Rollins

181 cm
32
182 lbs
17 - 9 - 2

188 cm
38
187 lbs
32 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Second Fist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Castor Rollins!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Fist. Rollins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fist keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fist misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fist will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fist definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fist with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fist avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fist closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rollins chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fist can pounce on him.
Rollins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rollins lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rollins lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fist circles away quickly and effectively.
Fist lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fist walks into a left hand.
Rollins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fist was well out of range. Poor timing from Rollins.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rollins blocks a head kick by Fist.
Rollins moves out of range of the strikes.
Rollins avoids the body shot from Fist.
Rollins takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Second Fist seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rollins misses the shot to the body.
A head kick from Fist lands but Rollins takes it in his stride.
Rollins throws a body punch but Fist moves out of range.
Fist looks to score with a jab to the body but Rollins is just out of range.
Rollins tries to counter with a clinch but Fist shakes him off and moves away.
Fist throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fist drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

Fist is rocked!
Fist misses with a head kick.
Rollins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fist was well out of range. Poor timing from Rollins.
Fist throws a body shot but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fist drops his hands momentarily and Rollins takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Oh Fist is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fist takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fist seems to have got his legs back now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Oooooh!!! Rollins has knocked Fist down with a huge combo! Rollins steps away and waves a wobbly Fist back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Rollins throws the left hand but Fist avoids the punch easily.
Rollins moves forwards but Fist connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fist ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fist ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fist just misses with a punch to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fist.

Rollins lands a big uppercut and Fist crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Fist looks OK. Rollins waves Fist back to his feet!
Rollins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fist.
Fist throws a counter high kick but Rollins was just alert enough to avoid it.
Rollins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fist connects with a looping right hand.
Fist fails to land with a series of punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fist misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Rollins misses the target.
Fist displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rollins throws out the jab.
Fist feints and then cracks Rollins's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rollins down.
Fist tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rollins was well out of range. Poor timing from Fist.
Rollins connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fist. Fist circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rollins lands a nice looking body shot.
Nice jab there from Fist.
Rollins has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fist misses with a wild body shot.
Rollins tries to counter by closing the distance.
Fist looks to land a left hand but Rollins moved out of range nicely.
Fist misses with the combination.
Rollins is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Rollins lands a jab to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fist looks to land a body kick but Rollins moved away.
Fist throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rollins misses with an uppercut
and Fist counters with a good low kick that Rollins was not able to check.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rollins lands a lovely overhand right.
A jab lands there for Fist.
A jab from Rollins does it's job there.
Rollins is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fist had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Rollins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fist avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rollins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fist was well out of range. Poor timing from Rollins.
A head kick misses from Fist.
Rollins scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rollins throws a hook but Fist blocks it.
Rollins connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fist momentarily.
Fist throws a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Nice jab there from Rollins.
Fist slips under a jab from Rollins.
Fist fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rollins manages to avoid it.
Rollins tries to counter with a clinch but Fist shakes him off and moves away.
A nice combination there by Fist.
Rollins lands with a straight right. Fist didn't see that one coming.
Rollins throws a hook but Fist blocks it.
Fist connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fist shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rollins sprawls well. Rollins wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Fist gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fist throws a head kick that misses.
Rollins lands a lovely overhand right.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Fist might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Rollins throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fist.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rollins listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rollins has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
and Rollins counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Fist! He's just covering up as Rollins starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Castor Rollins!
Castor Rollins took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Arcticus University: London for their support in the buildup to the fight.
In defeat, Second Fist stepped up to the mic, saying 'Thank you for the opportunity.'.