PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rolls Royce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saint Bernard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Royce
vs
Bernard

180 cm
20
180 lbs
3 - 4 - 0

170 cm
19
180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rolls Royce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Saint Bernard!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Royce shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Royce was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Royce won't let Bernard get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.

Royce looking for a guillotine from mount but Bernard is having none of it.
Bernard is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bernard can do anything to dispel that myth.
Royce lands a heavy elbow.
Bernard wants to try and get back to his feet.
Royce with a couple of short strikes.
Royce dominating with strikes here.
The referee warns Bernard that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Royce is working for a guillotine from mount but Bernard frees his head quite easily.
Bernard avoids a series of strikes thrown by Royce.

Bernard bucks up and throws Royce to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bernard throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Bernard has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bernard throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bernard should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Bernard tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Royce just stands there and leans against the cage.
Bernard using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Royce has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bernard looking to throw knees to the head but Royce is blocking nicely.
Bernard looks gassed!
Bernard lands a knee to the body.
Bernard misses with a knee to the head.
Bernard with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bernard is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Royce tries to circle away but Bernard has him pinned against the cage.
Bernard prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bernard tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Royce smiles and moves away.
Royce looks to land a combination. Bernard sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

Royce dives in and gets a big takedown. He lands in full mount and immediately unloads a series of heavy strikes! Bernard has had enough and taps out.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Rolls Royce!