PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Prince Madison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emerson Rovaldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Madison
vs
Rovaldo

180 cm
18
160 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
20
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Prince Madison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Emerson Rovaldo!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madison fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rovaldo avoids it really well and circles away.
Madison takes a kick to the side of the head.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Madison.
Rovaldo lands a high kick!
Madison fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Prince Madison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rovaldo tries to clinch but Madison is having none of it.
Rovaldo fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rovaldo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Rovaldo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Madison fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rovaldo with a knee to the head.
Rovaldo unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Madison tries to pull guard but Rovaldo won't allow it.
Rovaldo lands an elbow inside.
Rovaldo lands a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rovaldo obliges.
Rovaldo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Madison in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rovaldo will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Madison up against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rovaldo obliges.
Madison is breathing heavily.
Madison tries to pull guard but Rovaldo won't allow it.
Madison jumps guard but Rovaldo stands there with Madison around his waist. Madison gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Madison tries to pull guard but Rovaldo holds him up against the cage and eventually Madison drops back down to his feet.
Rovaldo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rovaldo with a knee to the head.
Madison tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rovaldo smiles and moves away.
Rovaldo is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rovaldo tries to clinch up.
Rovaldo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Madison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Madison swats away the attempt to clinch by Rovaldo.
Madison avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Madison closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Madison is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Rovaldo has managed to free his arm - good work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rovaldo is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Madison's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Madison's back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rovaldo biding his time, looking for the opening.
Rovaldo doesn't have the hooks in and Madison manages to turn into his guard.
Madison throws a big right hand that misses.
Madison wants to control from the top but Rovaldo keeps moving.
Madison scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Madison in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rovaldo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rovaldo can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rovaldo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rovaldo preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Madison trying to control but Rovaldo is working from the bottom.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rovaldo moves in looking to clinch but Madison pushes him off.
Madison avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Emerson Rovaldo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Madison fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Rovaldo goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Madison shoots in and drives through. Rovaldo sprawls well.
Rovaldo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Madison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Madison changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Rovaldo tries to avoid it but Madison manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Rovaldo to the ground. Rovaldo escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Emerson Rovaldo dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Rovaldo closes the distance and clinches.
Rovaldo with a knee to the head.

Rovaldo pulls guard effortlessly.
Rovaldo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Madison. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Madison wants to control from the top but Rovaldo keeps moving.
Madison looking to pass the guard.

Rovaldo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Madison drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Madison jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Madison working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rovaldo is breathing heavily.
Rovaldo pulls Madison in to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Madison drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Madison jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Madison has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Rovaldo is proving hard to escape from.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Rovaldo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Madison fails with the takedown.
Rovaldo tries to clinch but Madison is having none of it.
Madison fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rovaldo avoids it really well and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rovaldo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rovaldo moves in looking to clinch but Madison pushes him off.
Horrible takedown by Madison or perhaps it was just good defense by Rovaldo which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Prince Madison. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Rovaldo looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Madison!
Madison is trying to escape the mount.
Madison wants to control but Rovaldo is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madison is in all sorts of trouble here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rovaldo seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Madison is holding on tight.
Madison is wriggling around trying to escape.
Madison regains half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Madison wants to control but Rovaldo is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Rovaldo keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Madison trying to control here.
Rovaldo tries to pass to full mount but Madison defends it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rovaldo is thwarting Madison's attempts to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Emerson Rovaldo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!

Rovaldo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Madison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rovaldo tries to clinch up but Madison circles away and keeps his distance.
Rovaldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Madison circles away.
Rovaldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Madison circles away.
Rovaldo shoots and misses

and Madison counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.

Madison seems to be looking for submissions.
Madison wants to pass the guard but Rovaldo is defending well.
Madison thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Madison is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Madison trying to work for an americana but Rovaldo has managed to regain full guard.
Madison wants to control from the top but Rovaldo keeps moving.
Madison throws a big right hand that misses.

Rovaldo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Madison postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Rovaldo trying to keep a closed guard but Madison is proving a slippery customer.

Madison drops back looking for a leg! Rovaldo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Rovaldo manages to kick Madison off! Madison jumps back into Rovaldo's guard.
Madison passes easily into side control. Nice work.

Madison tries for a kimura but Rovaldo is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madison working the ground and pound.

Madison is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Rovaldo has escaped the position, nice work there.
Rovaldo manages to get back to half guard.

Madison is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Rovaldo doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Madison.
Madison not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Emerson Rovaldo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

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.

Madison is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Rovaldo sees it coming and defends easily.

Madison is looking for a kimura but Rovaldo is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Madison to get the leverage.

Madison is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Rovaldo is controlling Madison's trapped leg to prevent Madison from advancing to side control.
Prince Madison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Madison is looking for a kimura but Rovaldo is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Madison to get the leverage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Prince Madison showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rovaldo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Emerson Rovaldo!