PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Boxing Sparring Dummy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tootsie Roll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sparring Dummy has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Sparring Dummy
vs
Roll

185 cm
24
185 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

175 cm
24
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
World class MT
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 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Boxing Sparring Dummy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tootsie Roll!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Donatello Bradman and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roll lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sparring Dummy circles away quickly and effectively.
Roll throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sparring Dummy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Tootsie Roll seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roll scores with a spinning back kick!
Sparring Dummy is breathing heavily.
Roll paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sparring Dummy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roll throws out the jab.
Roll misses with the combination.
Roll fails to land with a series of punches.
Sparring Dummy blocks a jab.
Roll misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Roll thows a left - swing and a miss!
Roll tries to close the distance and clinch but Sparring Dummy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Roll plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Roll throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Roll throws a right hand that Sparring Dummy ducks under and follows up with a left that Sparring Dummy also avoids with ease.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Sparring Dummy!
A head kick misses from Roll.
Roll displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Donk. Roll catches Sparring Dummy right on the button with a cross.
Roll fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sparring Dummy manages to avoid it.
Sparring Dummy slips a jab from Roll.
Sparring Dummy lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Roll throws a head kick but Sparring Dummy moves out of range.
Roll looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A telegraphed right hand from Roll misses the target.
Roll smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Sparring Dummy blocks a jab.
Roll tries a head kick but it misses.
Sparring Dummy misses with a hook.
Roll avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Roll instigates a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roll throws an elbow but misses.
Sparring Dummy takes an elbow to the temple.
Roll comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roll throws an elbow but misses.
Roll pushes Sparring Dummy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roll lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Sparring Dummy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Roll lands with a short shot to the head.
Roll swings wildly with an uppercut but Sparring Dummy uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roll throws an elbow but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Roll.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roll.
Sparring Dummy has a couple of punches blocked by Roll.
Sparring Dummy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Roll lands an uppercut.
Roll scores a nice knee to the body.
Roll lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sparring Dummy.
Roll misses with a hook to the ribs.
Roll lands an elbow just above Sparring Dummy 's eye.
Roll lands a nice elbow.
Roll landing knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Roll.
Sparring Dummy tries to break the clinch but Roll is controlling the position.
Sparring Dummy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roll.
Roll landing knees to the head.
Roll swings wildly with an uppercut but Sparring Dummy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roll tries a body shot but Sparring Dummy blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roll comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Roll lands an elbow inside that Sparring Dummy shrugs off.
Roll lands a right hand.
Sparring Dummy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sparring Dummy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roll presses Sparring Dummy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Roll lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Sparring Dummy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Roll.
Roll unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sparring Dummy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Roll lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Roll lands a right hand.
Nice elbow from Roll.
Roll tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sparring Dummy avoids a wild elbow strike from Roll.
Roll tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sparring Dummy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sparring Dummy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sparring Dummy has a couple of punches blocked by Roll.
Roll utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Roll lands a body shot in the clinch.
Roll lands a good knee to the midsection. Sparring Dummy won't want to take too many of those.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sparring Dummy managing to block the knees to the body from Roll.
Roll swings wildly with an uppercut but Sparring Dummy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roll swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sparring Dummy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sparring Dummy is trying to break the clinch but Roll is controlling him.
Roll with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roll with a knee to the head.
Roll lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Roll misses with a hook to the ribs.
Roll lands a shoulder strike.
Sparring Dummy blocking some punches.
Roll crunches a lovely knee into Sparring Dummy's ribcage.
Sparring Dummy lands a shoulder strike.
Sparring Dummy takes a shot to the head.
Sparring Dummy has a couple of punches blocked by Roll.
A right handed body shot lands from Roll.
Roll misses with an elbow strike.
Roll lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Roll prevents Sparring Dummy from breaking the clinch.
Roll landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Roll tries to throw a body punch but Sparring Dummy avoids it by throwing Roll back against the cage.
Sparring Dummy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Roll missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tootsie Roll dominated that round.
That's time! Sparring Dummy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Roll throws a right and a left that both miss.
Roll throws a head kick that misses.
Sparring Dummy lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sparring Dummy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Roll. Roll obviously looking to wear him down.
Roll might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Roll wants to clinch up but Sparring Dummy keeps it at a distance.
Sparring Dummy slips under a jab from Roll.
Roll throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sparring Dummy stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Roll throws a hook to the side of Sparring Dummy's head but Sparring Dummy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sparring Dummy doesn't manage to clinch there - Roll circles away.
Roll throws a left and a right that both miss
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Sparring Dummy counters with a straight right hand.
Sparring Dummy avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roll tries to clinch but Sparring Dummy moves out of range.
Roll wants to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Roll connects with the punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparring Dummy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roll.
Roll tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Roll throws a hook to the side of Sparring Dummy's head but Sparring Dummy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sparring Dummy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sparring Dummy defending well as Roll loads up on a big left hand.
Sparring Dummy throws a hook but Roll blocks it.
Sparring Dummy misses with a body shot.
Roll dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sparring Dummy. That did some damage!
Sparring Dummy misses with a two punch combination.
Roll fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sparring Dummy manages to avoid it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Roll misses with a knee strike.
Roll tries to land knees in the clinch but Sparring Dummy avoids the damage to the body.
Roll throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sparring Dummy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sparring Dummy misses with a hook from the clinch.

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.
Roll lands a good knee to the midsection. Sparring Dummy won't want to take too many of those.
Roll misses with a knee to the head.
Roll gets through Sparring Dummy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Roll throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roll throws an elbow but misses.
Roll throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sparring Dummy lands a nice uppercut.
Sparring Dummy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Roll with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Roll misses with a knee strike.
Sparring Dummy working aggressively here.
Roll looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short left from Roll.
A nice left hand lands by Roll.
Roll with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sparring Dummy has a couple of punches blocked by Roll.
Roll can't find room to land a body shot as Sparring Dummy controls the action.
Roll lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sparring Dummy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Roll backwards.
Roll connects with a knee to the head.
Sparring Dummy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Roll has him pressed against the cage.
Roll scores a nice knee to the body.
Roll lands a damaging elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sparring Dummy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roll utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Roll misses with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roll.
Roll tries to land knees in the clinch but Sparring Dummy avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roll throws an elbow but misses.
Sparring Dummy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A nice left hand lands by Sparring Dummy.
Roll misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sparring Dummy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Roll backwards.
Sparring Dummy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sparring Dummy.
Roll lands a shot to the body.
Roll lands an elbow inside.
Roll lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sparring Dummy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Roll lands with a light punch inside.
Roll throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sparring Dummy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sparring Dummy swings wildly with an uppercut but Roll uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sparring Dummy takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Sparring Dummy wants to stall.
Sparring Dummy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Roll tries to land knees in the clinch but Sparring Dummy avoids the damage to the body.
Roll lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Sparring Dummy.
Sparring Dummy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roll works on Sparring Dummy's body with a couple of short punches.
Roll working aggressively here.
Roll with a knee to the head.
Roll pushes off an throws an elbow but Sparring Dummy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sparring Dummy misses with some punches.
Sparring Dummy throws a head punch that misses.
Sparring Dummy takes a shot to the head.
Sparring Dummy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roll looks to throw an elbow but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sparring Dummy.
Sparring Dummy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Roll missing with knees to the body.
Roll lands an elbow just above Sparring Dummy 's eye.
Roll working aggressively here.
Roll keeps control of Sparring Dummy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sparring Dummy takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice elbow from Roll.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tootsie Roll will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Roll scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Good leg kick by Roll there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Roll throws a big shot that misses.
Tootsie Roll is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sparring Dummy slips under a jab from Roll.
Roll tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sparring Dummy avoids the head kick by Roll.
Roll takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sparring Dummy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Roll.
Sparring Dummy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Roll.

Roll pushes Sparring Dummy up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knees in the clinch landing for Roll.
Sparring Dummy blocks a body shot from Roll.
Roll tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A nice left hand lands by Roll.
Roll tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sparring Dummy's elbow.
Sparring Dummy avoids a wild elbow strike from Roll.
Sparring Dummy managing to block the knees to the body from Roll.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sparring Dummy is looking to break free of the clinch but Roll has double underhooks.
Roll throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Sparring Dummy.
Sparring Dummy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sparring Dummy lands with a left to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Roll gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Roll misses with an elbow over the top.
Roll tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sparring Dummy's elbow.
Roll scores with a knee to the head.
Roll working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roll.
Sparring Dummy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sparring Dummy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Roll lands with a short shot to the head.
Roll lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sparring Dummy blocks an uppercut.
Roll tries to land a knee to the head but Sparring Dummy blocks with his arms.
Roll with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees to the body from Roll.
Roll lands a damaging elbow.
A right hand to the body from Sparring Dummy.
Roll unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sparring Dummy lands a shoulder strike.
Roll comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

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.
Sparring Dummy dodges an elbow strike from Roll.
Roll connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sparring Dummy's face.
Roll blocks an uppercut.
Roll lands a nice shot to the body.
Sparring Dummy misses with the head strike.
Sparring Dummy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Roll struggles to land a body shot inside as Sparring Dummy controls his hands.
Roll lands a knee to the head.

Sparring Dummy breaks from the clinch.
Sparring Dummy throws a big shot that misses.
Roll misses with a straight right.
Roll takes a swing at Sparring Dummy's ribcage but misses.

Roll moves into range and clinches up with Sparring Dummy.
Sparring Dummy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sparring Dummy managing to block the knees to the body from Roll.
A short left from Roll.
Boxing Sparring Dummy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roll tries a knee to the head but Sparring Dummy blocks it.
Sparring Dummy swings wildly with an uppercut but Roll uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sparring Dummy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roll throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roll just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sparring Dummy's brow.
Sparring Dummy has a couple of punches blocked by Roll.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roll throws an elbow but misses.
Sparring Dummy wants to break free but Roll has control.
Roll tries to throw a body punch but Sparring Dummy avoids it by throwing Roll back against the cage.
Roll softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Roll lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Roll using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sparring Dummy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Roll is leaning against Sparring Dummy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sparring Dummy throws a punch but it's blocked by Roll.
Sparring Dummy has a couple of punches blocked by Roll.
Roll lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sparring Dummy backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roll.
Roll lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Roll digs a right hand underneath Sparring Dummy's ribcage. Sparring Dummy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sparring Dummy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Roll blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sparring Dummy avoiding damage as Roll throws knees to the body.
Roll lands an elbow inside.
Sparring Dummy tries to stall but Roll uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Roll throws an elbow but it misses.
Roll throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Sparring Dummy - that landed with a thud.

That's four 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.
Roll lands a knee to the body.
Roll comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Roll is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sparring Dummy is defending well for now.
Roll tries to land a knee to the head but Sparring Dummy blocks with his arms.
Roll looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Roll throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Roll tries a knee to the head but Sparring Dummy blocks it.
Roll misses with a knee to the head.
Sparring Dummy scores with a shot to the side of Roll's head.
Roll lands an elbow inside that Sparring Dummy shrugs off.
Roll pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sparring Dummy tries a body shot but Roll blocks it.
Roll lands a body shot.
Roll working aggressively here.
Sparring Dummy takes an elbow to the temple.
Roll using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sparring Dummy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Roll swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roll misses with an elbow over the top.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Roll unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Roll crunches a lovely knee into Sparring Dummy's ribcage.
Sparring Dummy wants to get back to striking at distance but Roll won't allow it.
Roll pushes Sparring Dummy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sparring Dummy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sparring Dummy managing to block the knees to the body from Roll.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tootsie Roll comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Roll has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tootsie Roll!