PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Rojas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Real Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Rojas
vs
Steel

185 cm
27
220 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

193 cm
21
218 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nelson Rojas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Real Steel!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rojas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Steel throws out the jab.
Steel fails to land with a series of punches.
Rojas scores with a one two! Steel had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Steel looks to land a right hand but Rojas moved out of range.
Steel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Steel throws a hook but Rojas avoids it easily.
Rojas avoids the body shot from Steel.
Steel slips a jab and a cross from Rojas.
Steel smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rojas definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Steel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Steel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Steel scores with a jab to the jaw.

It looks like Nelson Rojas has been cut.
Rojas misses with a looping left.
Steel misses with a double jab.
Rojas scores with a jab to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rojas moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojas shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Steel eats them both and turns towards Rojas to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A combination from Steel does no damage.
Steel falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rojas counters with a right hand to the body.
Steel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Steel takes a swing at Rojas's ribcage but misses.
Rojas tries to clinch there but Steel circles away.

Steel lands a left and a right that send Rojas crashing to the mat, dazed. Steel thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rojas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Steel misses with a two punch combination.
Steel looks to land a left hand but Rojas moved out of range nicely.
Steel throws a series of punches but Rojas avoids them all with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel throws a right and a left that Rojas avoids nicely.
Steel throws a right and a left that both miss.
Steel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rojas moves away.
Rojas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steel moves away.
Rojas with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rojas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Steel shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Rojas eats them both and turns towards Steel to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
A combination from Steel does no damage.
Some wild striking there from Steel.
Rojas scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Some wild striking there from Steel.
Steel misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel throws a right and a left that Rojas avoids nicely.
Steel throws a right and a left that Rojas avoids nicely.

Steel tries to keep at a distance but Rojas has taken the fight into the clinch.

Steel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Steel throws the left hand but Rojas avoids the punch easily.
Steel throws a series of punches but Rojas moves out of range.
Steel misses with a series of wild punches.
Rojas tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Steel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Steel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rojas circles away quickly and effectively.
Steel misses with the combination.
Rojas misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel swings for the body but Rojas moves out of range.
Steel rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rojas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Steel looks to land a combination but Rojas avoids it well.
Rojas lands a slapping body shot.

Steel tries to keep at a distance but Rojas has taken the fight into the clinch.

Steel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rojas throws a nice looking combination but Steel bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rojas tries to close the distance and clinch but Steel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rojas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Rojas gets in close and instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Steel lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Steel throws a body punch but Rojas moves out of range.
Real Steel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rojas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Steel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rojas was well out of range. Poor timing from Steel.
Rojas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Steel circles away quickly and effectively.
Rojas tries to clinch there but Steel circles away.
Steel misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Steel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A punch combination from Steel misses.
A big right from Steel misses.
Rojas is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Steel.
Rojas wants to clinch up but Steel keeps it at a distance.
A punch lands to the side of Steel 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Steel throws a series of punches but Rojas avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steel. Rojas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steel misses with a double jab.
Steel looks to score with a jab to the body but Rojas is just out of range.
Rojas tries to clinch but Steel moves out of range.

Rojas gets a clinch.
Rojas lands a left hand.
Rojas lands with a right to the head.
Rojas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Steel is stalling here.
Rojas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Steel tries to break the clinch but Rojas is controlling the position.
A hook to the body from Rojas.

Steel breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Steel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rojas circles away quickly and effectively.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rojas misses with a double jab.
Real Steel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rojas misses with a wild combination.
Rojas misses with a series of wild punches.
Steel fails to land with a series of punches.
Steel takes a swing at Rojas's ribcage but misses.
Rojas tries to clinch up.
Steel throws a series of punches but Rojas moves out of range.
Steel throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rojas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A shot to the liver by Steel. Beautiful body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rojas tries to clinch up but Steel circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel misses with the combination.
Rojas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Steel throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rojas.
Steel waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rojas.
Steel swings widly with a right hand
letting Rojas counter with a right hand.
Steel throws a right and a left that Rojas avoids nicely.
Rojas displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Steel throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Rojas stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
No joy there for Steel, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Steel avoids the body shot from Rojas.
Steel takes a swing at Rojas's ribcage but misses.
Steel throws a series of punches but Rojas avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Steel throws a right and a left that Rojas avoids nicely.
The crowd cheers as Rojas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Steel doesn't seem phased though.
Steel looks to land a combination but Rojas avoids it well.

Rojas moves into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Steel's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Steel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Steel blocks an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rojas.
Rojas tries to throw a body punch but Steel avoids it by throwing Rojas back against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rojas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rojas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Steel is trying to break the clinch but Rojas has him pressed against the cage.
Steel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Real Steel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Nelson Rojas's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Steel misses with a wild body shot.
Steel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Steel misses with a wild combination.
The fighters circle momentarily. Steel darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A telegraphed right hand from Steel misses the target.
Rojas misses with a body shot.
Steel throws a right and a left that Rojas avoids nicely.
Rojas fails to land with a series of punches.
Steel misses with a body shot.
A punch combination from Steel misses.
Steel connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Steel avoids the body shot from Rojas.
Steel avoids the body shot from Rojas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojas tries to clinch up.
Rojas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice defenses there by Rojas.
Steel misses with a looping left.
Steel misses with a series of wild punches.
Rojas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rojas lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Steel backs up against the cage.

Rojas closes the distance and pushes Steel back into the cage.
Rojas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rojas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rojas.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rojas pushes Steel back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Steel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Steel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steel is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rojas is keeping busy.
Rojas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Steel's efforts to push away.

Rojas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steel throws a shot from downtown. Rojas moves away and avoids it.
Steel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Steel throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rojas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Steel thinking.
Rojas lands an overhand right.
Steel digs a good body shot into Rojas's ribs.
Steel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rojas moves away.
Steel misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Steel misses
and Rojas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rojas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Steel tries to bum rush Rojas with a series of wild strikes but Rojas uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Steel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Steel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rojas.
Steel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rojas.
Rojas slips a jab and a cross from Steel.
Steel doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rojas lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rojas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rojas is looking to wear down Steel with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Steel misses with a combination
and Rojas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nelson Rojas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rojas moves away from the strike by Steel.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rojas slips a jab and a cross from Steel.
Rojas tries to bum rush Steel with a series of wild strikes but Steel uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rojas doesn't manage to clinch there - Steel circles away.
Rojas slips a jab and a cross from Steel.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rojas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rojas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Steel fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rojas on the side of the head.
Rojas misses the shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rojas throws a series of punches but Steel moves out of range.
Steel lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rojas circles away quickly and effectively.
Nelson Rojas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Real Steel is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Rojas lands a nice hook to Steel's body. Steel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Nelson Rojas.
I think Steel has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Real Steel!
After winning the bout, Real Steel thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.