PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Victor Rojas (ranked 3554 p4p, 3701 weight class) and Emilio Morterero (ranked 426 p4p, 438 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Morterero's choice of entrance music: Tequila Sunrise (Spanish Version). Victor Rojas is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Rojas
vs
Morterero

183 cm
25
180
4 - 2 - 0

171 cm
19
169
2 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Groove Gear
Champion Apparel

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Victor Rojas !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Emilio Morterero!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rojas shoots for a double leg takedown but Morterero sprawls well. He's pushed Rojas 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.

Rojas gets a double leg takedown into Morterero's guard.
Morterero has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Gold Samurai's Gym. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Rojas will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Morterero has a closed guard, preventing Rojas from standing up.
Morterero has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Rojas stands up over Morterero, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rojas landing with the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rojas prevents Morterero from getting back to his feet.
Morterero has his hands on Rojas 's head, controlling the position.

Morterero looking for a guillotine here but Rojas defends easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojas throws an elbow that misses. Morterero uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rojas 's guard. Nice move by Morterero!

Morterero with a nice head shot there.
Morterero slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Morterero won't allow Rojas to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Morterero controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Rojas wants to get back to his feet but Morterero is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Morterero is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Rojas is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Rojas can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Morterero controls the pace.
Rojas on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rojas tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morterero stops Rojas from standing up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Rojas tries for a takedown but Morterero circles away easily
and Morterero connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Victor Rojas has been cut.
Rojas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Morterero to counter with a crisp jab.
Rojas darts in looking for a takedown but Morterero gets double underhooks and turns Rojas into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Victor Rojas . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rojas changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Morterero fights it off and pushes away nicely.
No luck for Rojas with that takedown attempt.
Morterero looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rojas blocks a jab.

Morterero feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Rojas sprawling to the canvas! Rojas rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Morterero finish him?!

Rojas is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rojas doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Morterero counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Rojas out cold! What a finish! Morterero is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Emilio Morterero!