PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Rock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and steve tear (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rock
vs
tear

177 cm
20
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

193 cm
21
218 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tommy Rock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, steve tear!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rock throws a right and a left that both miss.
tear avoids a punch combination nicely.
tear showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rock.
Rock throws a nice looking combination but tear bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Rock does no damage.
Rock tries to clinch up but tear circles away and keeps his distance.
Rock looks to land a combination but tear avoids it well.
tear dodges the punch combination from Rock.
Rock ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rock throws out a loose jab but tear uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rock fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
tear fails in his attempt to clinch.
tear uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rock.
Rock misses with a wild combination.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from tear.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rock is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rock throws a nice looking combination but tear bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rock swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
tear shoots in but Rock avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Rock rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but tear moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
tear slips a jab and a cross from Rock.
tear misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tommy Rock has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of steve tear.
Rock throws a series of strikes that have tear backpedaling.
Rock rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but tear moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rock misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tommy Rock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rock throws a right and a left that tear avoids nicely.
Rock takes a swing at tear's ribcage but misses.

tear feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
tear not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
tear looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
tear pushes down on Rock's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Rock is not content to let tear control the position.
Rock trying to get back to full guard but tear takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Rock is looking to improve his position but tear isn't that keen on the idea.
Rock wants to get back to his feet.
Rock could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Rock is breathing heavily.
Rock tries to reverse the position but tear maintains control.
tear trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rock might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Rock bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Rock throws a big right hand that misses.

Rock decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on tear, up you get!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock throws a combination but it was largely blocked by tear.
Rock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but tear moves away.
Rock throws a right hand that tear ducks under and follows up with a left that tear also avoids with ease.
Rock throws out a loose jab but tear uses good head movement to avoid it.
tear showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rock.
tear tries to clinch but Rock is having none of it.
Rock rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but tear moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tommy Rock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A punch combination from Rock misses.
Rock misses with a few strikes there.
Rock scores with the left hand. tear knows he should have avoided that one.
tear moves out of range as Rock strikes.
Rock paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
tear takes a shot to the body in his stride.

Rock closes the distance and clinches.

Rock manages to break the clinch.
tear uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rock.
tear takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Rock dominated that round.
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.

Jab from Rock.

tear is rocked!
Rock looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rock is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
tear is looking to clinch but Rock is avoiding it.
Rock avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rock scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rock misses with a series of wild punches.
Rock tries to bum rush tear with a series of wild strikes but tear uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Rock gets a clinch.
tear tries to pull guard but Rock holds him up against the cage and eventually tear drops back down to his feet.
tear blocks an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Rock.
A short uppercut from Rock.
Rock lands with a short shot to the head.
tear fails to pull guard.
A nice left hand lands by Rock.

Rock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
tear is breathing heavily.
tear looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Tommy Rock has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of steve tear.
Rock scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. tear doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rock misses with a two punch combination.
Rock throws a nice looking combination but tear bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
tear is looking to clinch.
Rock throws a right and a left that tear avoids nicely.
tear tries to clinch but Rock moves out of range.
Rock misses with a wild combination.
tear fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rock lands with a straight right. tear didn't see that one coming.
tear shoots in and drives through. Rock sprawls well.
tear slips a straight right by Rock.
Rock throws a hook to the side of tear's head but tear sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Donk. Rock catches tear right on the button with a cross.

Rock gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rock looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rock keeping full guard, as tear tries to pass.
tear is looking to stand up but Rock won't let him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
tear wants to control from the top but Rock keeps moving.
tear is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Rock is striking off his back. tear thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Rock is staying active underneath tear, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Rock tries to regain full guard. Instead though, tear has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Rock tries to reverse the position but tear maintains control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Rock wants to escape the position.
Rock controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Rock rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Rock moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Rock wants to stand but tear is controlling the position.
tear won't allow Rock to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
tear trying to control the position from guard on top but Rock is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rock looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rock is striking but tear is not phased and passes to half guard.
Rock scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but tear manages to mount him!
Rock is trying to escape the mount but tear keeps good control and instead manages to take Rock's back.
Will tear go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
tear doesn't have the hooks in and Rock manages to turn into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tommy Rock dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

tear defending well as Rock loads up on a big left hand.
tear fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rock fakes a jab and throws a low kick but tear checks it well.
Rock fails to land with a series of punches.
tear tries for a takedown but Rock sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Rock closes the distance and lands a one-two.

tear drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rock throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
tear stops Rock from standing up.
tear trying to control but Rock is working from the bottom.
tear looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
tear wants to control from the top but Rock keeps moving.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rock is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
tear prevents Rock from getting back to his feet.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
tear shoots in for a takedown but Rock shows good takedown defense.
Tommy Rock has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of steve tear.
Rock lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - tear can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Rock and tear drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Rock.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy Rock!