PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rolls Royce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paris Rozario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rolls Royce looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Royce
vs
Rozario

180 cm
19
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

182 cm
18
196 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid 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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rolls Royce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paris Rozario!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Royce keeps the fight on the outside.
Rozario misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Royce lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.

It looks like Paris Rozario has been cut.

Royce drives through with a takedown into guard.

Royce drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Royce jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Rozario wants to stand and escape but Royce is having none of it.
Royce wants to control from the top but Rozario keeps moving.
Royce scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Royce 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.
Rozario is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Royce is controlling him.
Royce trying to control the position from guard on top but Rozario is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rozario wants to stand and escape but Royce is having none of it.
Royce works over Rozario with some ground and pound from guard.
Royce stops Rozario from standing up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Royce slips nicely into half guard.
Royce is breathing heavily.
Royce moves nicely into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rozario wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Royce landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Rozario is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.

Royce is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Rozario is trying to escape and Royce transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Rozario is forced to tap! Nice work there by Royce! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rolls Royce!