PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kareem Rollins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafal Komza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Komza has chosen Eminem - Lose Yourself as his entrance music. Rafal Komza has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Kareem Rollins's chin.

Rollins
vs
Komza

183 cm
22
279 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

175 cm
25
235 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kareem Rollins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rafal Komza!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Komza throws a nice looking combination but Rollins bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Komza fails to land with a series of punches.
Komza throws a series of strikes that have Rollins backpedaling.

It looks like Kareem Rollins has been cut.
Komza lands a body shot.
Komza lands with a cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Komza looks to land a combination but Rollins avoids it well.
Komza lunges at Rollins with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rollins's hand.

Rollins is rocked!
Komza throws a right and a left that both miss.
Oh Rollins is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Komza throws a series of punches but Rollins avoids them all with ease.
A big left from Komza misses.
Rollins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Komza.
Komza thows a left - swing and a miss!
Komza fails to land with a series of punches.
Komza throws a nice looking combination but Rollins bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Komza misses with a hook.
Rollins really is a fat lump.
A big right from Komza misses.
Komza will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sloppy strikes from Komza. Those never looked like landing.
Komza misses with a few strikes there.
Komza looks winded!
Komza misses with a two punch combination.
Komza jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Komza blocks a head kick by Rollins.
Rollins seems to have got his legs back now.
Komza throws a right hand that Rollins ducks under and follows up with a left that Rollins also avoids with ease.
Komza throws a series of punches but Rollins avoids them all with ease.
Rollins throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Rollins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Komza.
Komza lands a really nice looking cross but Rollins seems unphased.
Rafal Komza is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Komza swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Rollins counters with a shoot takedown. Komza fights it but they end up in guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Rollins lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Komza is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rollins is controlling him.
Rollins working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rollins with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rollins makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Rollins is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rollins throwing strikes but missing.
Rollins is in close to Komza's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rollins working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Komza's head.
Rollins makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Rollins distracts Komza with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Komza is looking to stand up but Rollins isn't so interested in that idea.
Rollins stands up over Komza, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rollins lands a couple of digs.
Rollins has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rollins prevents Komza from getting back to his feet.
Rollins lands a couple of digs.

Rollins decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Rollins misses with a wild combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rollins takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Komza tries to bum rush Rollins with a series of wild strikes but Rollins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Komza throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Rollins counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Rollins.
Rollins working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rollins lands a couple of elbows.
Rollins scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Rollins keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Komza's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rollins throws a big elbow that misses.
Rollins in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rollins missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rollins working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rollins postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Komza really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rollins. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Komza wants to get back to his feet but Rollins passes into half guard.
Rollins drops an elbow to the side of Komza's head.
Ground and pound from Rollins.
Komza is looking to escape.
Rollins takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Rollins working Komza over with strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rollins landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Rollins working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Rollins working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kareem Rollins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kareem Rollins's cut.
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.

Komza paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A punch combination from Komza misses.
Komza lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kareem Rollins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Komza fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rollins manages to avoid it.
A combination from Komza does no damage.
Sloppy strikes from Komza. Those never looked like landing.
Rollins takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Komza connects with a body shot that sends Rollins's belly button to the back.
Komza misses with an uppercut. Rollins saw that one coming.
Rafal Komza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Komza fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rollins looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Komza throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rollins.
Komza is breathing heavily.
A left and a right from Komza both land. Nice combination.

Rollins closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Komza quickly recovers to half guard.
Rollins lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rollins decides to return to a standing position.
Rollins avoids the body shot from Komza.
Komza darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Komza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Komza misses the shot to the body.
Rafal Komza seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rollins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Komza.
Rollins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Komza throws a right and a left that Rollins avoids nicely.
Rollins throws a low kick but it's checked well by Komza.

Rollins pushes Komza up against the cage in a clinch.
Komza scores with a shot to the side of Rollins's head.

Rollins manages to pull guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rollins has his hands on Komza's head, controlling the position.
Komza is looking to stand up but Rollins won't let him.
Rollins has his hands on Komza's head, controlling the position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Kareem Rollins wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Rollins throws a low kick but Komza moves out of range easily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Komza misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Komza lands with a big left! Rollins is wobbled badly! Komza comes in with a flurry of punches and drops Rollins to the floor. The ref jumps in to save him from unneccessary punishment.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Rafal Komza!
A very excited looking Rafal Komza rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.