PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Jennings Bryan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Roballes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William Jennings Bryan has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Jennings Bryan
vs
Roballes

180 cm
21
182 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, William Jennings Bryan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andre Roballes!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Roballes shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Bryan napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Bryan regains half guard.
Roballes wants to take a breather but Bryan is having none of it.
Roballes moves into full mount! Bryan won't be happy about that!
Roballes trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Roballes sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Bryan is trying desperately to improve position.
Bryan is working hard here to advance position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roballes landing strikes from the mount and Bryan is in trouble!
Bryan wants to hold on but Roballes pushes him away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roballes lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bryan regains half guard.
Roballes not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Roballes sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roballes seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bryan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bryan trying to hold on to Roballes's head to control him but Roballes postures up.
Roballes wants to control but Bryan is keeping him busy.
Roballes is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Roballes is working away from the top position though.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bryan tries for a takedown but Roballes circles away easily

and Roballes counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Roballes.
Bryan seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Roballes wants to control from the top but Bryan keeps moving.
Bryan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Roballes wants to control from the top but Bryan keeps moving.
Roballes must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bryan looking to control.
Roballes trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Roballes wants to get up but he can't break Bryan's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bryan fails with the takedown.
Roballes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bryan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andre Roballes dominated that round.
That's time! Bryan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Bryan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Roballes swivels and escapes.
Roballes misses with a body kick.
Roballes misses with a takedown

and Bryan moves into the clinch.
Bryan goes for a takedown in the clinch but Roballes prevents it.
Bryan looking to stall.
Roballes drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bryan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bryan's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bryan has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Roballes is trying to keep an underhook but Bryan manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Bryan trying to control from half guard but Roballes is working away.
Roballes is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roballes is looking to get back to full guard here but Bryan has managed to pass to side control instead.
Roballes wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Roballes wants to control his opponent's hands but Bryan gets his hands free.
Roballes is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Roballes looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bryan has good solid back control here.
Bryan not allowing Roballes to control his hands.
Bryan wants to control but Roballes is keeping busy.
Roballes tries to roll but Bryan sticks to his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryan really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Roballes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Bryan is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Roballes tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

William Jennings Bryan dominated that second round.
That's time! Bryan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Roballes fails with the takedown

and Bryan counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Roballes!
Bryan controlling from the full mount.

Bryan is working for a guillotine from mount but Roballes frees his head quite easily.
Bryan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Roballes is looking to escape.
Bryan manages to capitalize on a mistake by Roballes to take his back!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bryan is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Bryan is not going to allow Roballes to sit and survive in this position.
A lull in the action here.

The referee stands the fighters back up. William Jennings Bryan just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Roballes gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Bryan counters with a single leg into guard. Roballes didn't expect that.
William Jennings Bryan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bryan trying to control the position from guard on top but Roballes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Roballes is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bryan looking to pass the guard.
Roballes looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bryan is one step ahead there.
Roballes is trying to keep Bryan in close.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryan slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Roballes is trying to keep Bryan in close.

That's four 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.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Roballes doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Bryan counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Roballes!
William Jennings Bryan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andre Roballes.
Bryan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Roballes is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Roballes is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bryan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
William Jennings Bryan showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Bryan has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... William Jennings Bryan!