PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Rollins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Esperanza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rollins comes to the cage accompanied by Depression. Jimmy Esperanza is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Rollins
vs
Esperanza

210 cm
20
230 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

187 cm
18
220 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Henry Rollins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimmy Esperanza!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esperanza shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rollins as he jumps to the side.

Rollins clinches.
Rollins tries to land knees in the clinch but Esperanza avoids the damage to the body.
Esperanza jumps guard but Rollins stands there with Esperanza around his waist. Esperanza gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.

Esperanza drags the fight down to the ground.
Rollins trying to control the position from guard on top but Esperanza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rollins sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Esperanza's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rollins trying to control from Esperanza's half guard. Esperanza has other ideas though and has regained full guard.

Rollins avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rollins would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Esperanza looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rollins sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's two 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.
Rollins trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rollins works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Rollins is looking to take a break and control but Esperanza is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rollins with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.

Rollins decides to stand and escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rollins.
Henry Rollins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rollins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rollins misses with a double jab.
Rollins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Esperanza tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rollins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rollins misses with the combination.

Esperanza shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Rollins pushes Esperanza off looking to stand but Esperanza dives back in and keeps control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rollins is trying to get back to full guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Rollins is refusing to be controlled, as Esperanza sits in half guard.
Rollins really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Esperanza wants to stand up but Rollins manages to regain full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Henry Rollins will probably get the nod.
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.

Rollins tries to clinch up

and Esperanza moves into the clinch.
Rollins can't break the clinch.
Rollins looking for a takedown.
Rollins stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Rollins breaks the clinch.
Rollins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rollins throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

and Esperanza holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rollins is looking to break free of the clinch but Esperanza has double underhooks.

Esperanza lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Esperanza is working for a submission of some sort.
Rollins pushes Esperanza off looking to stand but Esperanza dives back in and keeps control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rollins makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Esperanza has a takedown stuffed.
Esperanza looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Esperanza tries to clinch but Rollins is having none of it.
Rollins misses with a combination

and Esperanza counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Esperanza wanted to stand there but Rollins had control of the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rollins kicks Esperanza off and gets to his feet.
Henry Rollins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from Rollins misses.
Esperanza shoots for a takedown but Rollins saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Henry Rollins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Esperanza.
Rollins throws a left and a right that both miss
and Esperanza counters with a right hand to the body.
Rollins looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rollins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rollins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Esperanza takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Esperanza blocks a head kick by Rollins.
No joy there for Rollins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rollins tries to clinch up.
Rollins throws a right hand that Esperanza ducks under and follows up with a left that Esperanza also avoids with ease.
Rollins throws a right and a left that Esperanza avoids nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Esperanza looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Rollins closes the distance and clinches.
Esperanza tries to land knees in the clinch but Rollins avoids the damage to the body.
Rollins can't break the clinch.
Esperanza blocks the elbow strike.
Rollins is looking to break free of the clinch but Esperanza has double underhooks.

Rollins breaks from the clinch.
Rollins works over Esperanza's head and body with a nice combination.
Esperanza closes the distance but Rollins moves to the side

and Rollins counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rollins.
Esperanza wants a takedown but no success here.
Knees to the body from Rollins.
Rollins is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rollins can't break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rollins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rollins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Rollins, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rollins misses with a few strikes there.
Esperanza dodges the punch combination from Rollins.
A punch combination from Rollins misses.
Rollins throws a left and a right that both miss
and Esperanza makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Rollins really felt that one!
Esperanza takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Esperanza.
Esperanza looks to clinch

and Rollins moves into the clinch.

Rollins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Esperanza looks to clinch

and Rollins moves into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Esperanza fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rollins trying to land knees to the body.
Esperanza is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Esperanza is leaning against Rollins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Henry Rollins will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Esperanza circles away from the clinch attempt.
Esperanza feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rollins's calf.
Esperanza is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Esperanza is looking to clinch.
Rollins throws a right and a left that both miss.
Esperanza moves in looking to clinch but Rollins pushes him off.
Esperanza closes the distance looking to clinch

and Rollins holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rollins tries to break the clinch but Esperanza is controlling the position.
Esperanza goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rollins prevents it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Esperanza fails to pull guard.
Esperanza prevents Rollins from breaking the clinch.

Rollins breaks the clinch.
Rollins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rollins misses with a combination

and Esperanza counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Esperanza.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Rollins breaks from the clinch.
Rollins stuffs the takedown attempt from Esperanza. Esperanza gets slowly back to his feet.
Henry Rollins has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jimmy Esperanza.
Rollins lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Esperanza backs up against the cage.
Esperanza will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Esperanza tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rollins swinging wilding here.
Rollins checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rollins lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Esperanza shoots in but Rollins avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Esperanza shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rollins throws a sloppy head kick and Esperanza moves out of range easily.
A punch combination from Rollins misses.
Rollins swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rollins tries to clinch there but Esperanza circles away.
Rollins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Esperanza.
Rollins misses with the combination.
Henry Rollins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Rollins.
Rollins connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Rollins throws a series of punches but Esperanza avoids them all with ease.
Rollins is looking to clinch.
Rollins blocks a head kick by Esperanza.
Rollins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Esperanza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Esperanza changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rollins tries to avoid it but Esperanza manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rollins to the ground. Rollins escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Rollins circles away from the clinch attempt

and Rollins counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esperanza looking for a takedown.

Rollins drags the fight down to the ground.
Esperanza trying to control but Rollins is working from the bottom.
Rollins controls Esperanza momentarily but Esperanza frees himself.
Esperanza stops Rollins from standing up.
Rollins looking for a sweep. Not yet Rollins, not yet.
Esperanza advances position into side control!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Rollins is trying to get back to half guard.
Jimmy Esperanza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Esperanza trying to control the action but Rollins is working from the bottom.
Esperanza works to advance to full mount. Rollins defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.

And that's the end of the fight!
Henry Rollins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rollins, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Rollins!