PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brock Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dynamite Roll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brock Michaels has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Michaels
vs
Roll

186 cm
21
185 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

188 cm
21
170 lbs
9 - 3 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brock Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dynamite Roll!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roll will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Dynamite Roll seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roll dives in and grabs Michaels's left leg, looking for a takedown. Michaels pushes down on Roll's head and hops out.
Nice body punch from Roll.
Michaels tests Roll's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Michaels punishes Roll's body with a nice straight punch.
Roll shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Michaels but Michaels pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Brock Michaels has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dynamite Roll.
Roll tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Michaels paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Michaels stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Michaels wants it to stay on the feet.
Roll tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Michaels misses with a straight right.
Roll throws a right hand that Michaels ducks under and follows up with a left that Michaels also avoids with ease.
Roll avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Michaels slaps away a takedown attempt from Roll, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Roll changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Michaels tries to avoid it but Roll manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Michaels to the ground. Michaels escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Michaels moves into the clinch successfully.
Michaels lands with a light punch inside.
Michaels gets underhooks to prevent Roll's takedown attempt.
Michaels missing with knees to the body.
Roll on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Michaels pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roll tries to clinch there but Michaels circles away.
Roll will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Michaels fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Roll 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Michaels lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Roll looks gassed!
Roll misses with a takedown attempt - Michaels sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nice takedown defense from Michaels. No joy for Roll on that attempt.
Michaels lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Michaels.
Michaels tries to land a front kick but Roll steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Michaels swings for the body but Roll moves out of range.
Michaels throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Michaels displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Roll.
Brock Michaels is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Roll slips under a jab from Michaels.
Nice uppercut there from Michaels.
Michaels stuffs the takedown.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roll shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Michaels pinned against the cage. Michaels gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Michaels throws a right and a left that Roll avoids nicely.
Roll moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Roll.
Michaels fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Roll on the side of the head.
Michaels fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Michaels connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Michaels cracks Roll with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Michaels looks to land a right hand but Roll moved out of range.
Roll takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Michaels lands a body shot.
Roll throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Michaels tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roll was well out of range. Poor timing from Michaels.
Michaels missing with a left hand there. Roll was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Roll tries to clinch up
and Michaels counters with a lovely shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Michaels misses.
Michaels connects with the punch.
Roll avoids the body shot from Michaels.
Roll pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Roll with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Michaels counter with a right hand.
Michaels jabs at Roll's body.
Michaels scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

Michaels gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Roll takes a knee right on the jaw!
Michaels stalling against the cage.
Michaels landing knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Michaels.
Michaels makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Michaels.
Michaels pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Roll on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Roll backwards.
Roll blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roll blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Michaels wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Roll has him pressed against the cage.
Roll avoiding damage as Michaels throws knees to the body.
Michaels has a couple of punches blocked by Roll.
Roll is trying to drag Michaels to the mat but Michaels just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Good body shot from Michaels.
Michaels pushes off an throws an elbow but Roll leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Roll avoiding damage as Michaels throws knees to the body.
Roll tries for a takedown but Michaels manages to get underhooks.
Michaels throws a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Michaels gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Roll.
Michaels throws a punch but it's blocked by Roll.
Roll looking for a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brock Michaels dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Michaels bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Roll's head.
Roll gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Michaels counters with a left to the body.
Roll misses with a takedown
and Michaels counters with a low kick, right behind Roll 's knee.
The crowd cheers as Michaels lands an impressive looking overhand right. Roll doesn't seem phased though.
Michaels scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Roll swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roll uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Michaels.
Roll misses with a body shot.
Roll is trying desperately to land a takedown but Michaels is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Roll.
Michaels throws a leg kick but Roll sees it coming and moves out of range.
Michaels avoids the body shot from Roll.
Roll throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roll shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Michaels counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Roll thinking.
Brock Michaels has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dynamite Roll.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A swing and a miss from Michaels.
Roll tries for a takedown but Michaels circles away easily
letting Michaels counter with a right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels throws a right and a left that Roll avoids nicely.
Michaels throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Roll scores with a takedown into Michaels's guard.

Michaels is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Roll has his hands clasped together but Michaels extends an breaks Roll's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Michaels.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brock Michaels!