PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between David Rolling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Melbrooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rolling's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Jose Aldo - Can´t Be Stopped . Melbrooks has chosen Motorhead - Smiling like a killer as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rolling
vs
Melbrooks

179 cm
24
165 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

172 cm
26
165 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Powerful

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, David Rolling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, John Melbrooks!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Paulsen Ambrosius and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melbrooks moves into range and connects with a jab.
Melbrooks lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rolling takes a step back to recover.
John Melbrooks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rolling checks a leg kick.
Melbrooks throws a leg kick that is checked

and Rolling counters by moving into the clinch.
Melbrooks tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rolling avoids it.
Melbrooks tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rolling avoids it.
Melbrooks creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Melbrooks.
Melbrooks landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Melbrooks lands an elbow inside that Rolling shrugs off.
Rolling leaning his opponent against the cage.
Melbrooks on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Melbrooks trying to land knees to the body.
Rolling blocks an elbow strike from Melbrooks.
Rolling throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Melbrookss head.
Melbrooks unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rolling lands with a left to the head.
Melbrooks throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rolling has a couple of punches blocked by Melbrooks.
Rolling throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Melbrookss head.
Melbrooks lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Melbrooks's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Melbrooks trying to land knees to the body.
Melbrooks throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rolling blocks it with crossed arms.
A right hand to the body from Rolling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Rolling.
Rolling swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Melbrooks lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rolling backwards.
Rolling tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rolling lands a body punch in the clinch.
Melbrooks avoiding damage as Rolling throws knees to the body.
Rolling lands a right hand.
Melbrooks creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Melbrooks lands a nice elbow.
Rolling lands an elbow inside that Melbrooks shrugs off.
A head punch on the inside from Rolling fails to land.
Melbrooks tries to land knees in the clinch but Rolling avoids the damage to the body.
Melbrooks doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rolling dodges an elbow strike from Melbrooks.
Melbrooks lands a damaging elbow.
Melbrooks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rolling avoids the elbow strike from Melbrooks, against the cage.
Melbrooks wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rolling has him pressed against the cage.
Melbrooks lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Melbrooks gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Melbrooks throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Melbrooks.
Melbrooks dodges an elbow strike from Rolling.
Rolling misses with a body punch.
Rolling has a couple of punches blocked by Melbrooks.
Melbrooks avoiding damage as Rolling throws knees to the body.
Melbrooks scores a nice knee to the body.
Melbrooks pushes off an throws an elbow but Rolling leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rolling stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rolling blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Melbrooks throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Melbrooks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rolling fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rolling fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Melbrooks takes a shot to the head.
Rolling lands a nice uppercut.

Melbrooks breaks from the clinch.
That kick from Melbrooks tenderised Rolling's leg. Rolling is trying to keep his angry face on.
Melbrooks dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rolling. That did some damage!
Melbrooks keeps Rolling at a distance using the push kick.
A good leg kick by Melbrooks.
Melbrooks thumps Rolling with a low kick.
Melbrooks throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rolling takes one to the side of the head.
A slapping body kick lands there for Melbrooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melbrooks cracks Rolling with an open hand slap.
Melbrooks turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Melbrooks connects with a nice looking jab.
Melbrooks fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Melbrooks misses with a body kick.
Melbrooks throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rolling counters with a big head kick but Melbrooks shrugs it off.
Melbrooks misses the shot to the body.
Melbrooks misses with a kick to the body.
Rolling uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Melbrooks.
Melbrooks swinging wildly here.
Rolling avoids the head kick by Melbrooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rolling clinches with his opponent.
Rolling avoids the elbow strike from Melbrooks, against the cage.
Melbrooks lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rolling digs a right hand underneath Melbrooks's ribcage. Melbrooks let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rolling misses with a knee to the head.
Rolling throws a head punch that misses.
Melbrooks lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Melbrooks looking to throw knees to the head but Rolling is blocking nicely.
Rolling lands a right hand.
Melbrooks prevents a body shot from Rolling.
Rolling blocks an elbow strike.
Melbrooks looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Melbrooks is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rolling is defending well for now.
Rolling lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Melbrooks just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rolling's brow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Melbrooks as Rolling tries to tie him up.
Rolling dodges an elbow strike from Melbrooks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rolling is looking to control Melbrooks's arms but Melbrooks gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rolling has his back to the cage.
Melbrooks lands an elbow inside that Rolling shrugs off.
Melbrooks gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rolling tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rolling controlling the action here for a moment.
Rolling is breathing heavily.
Melbrooks looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but John Melbrooks will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Rolling has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rolling throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Melbrooks blocks it with crossed arms.
Melbrooks looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rolling takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rolling managing to block the knees to the body from Melbrooks.
Melbrooks throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rolling fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Melbrooks blocks an uppercut.
Rolling misses with the head strike.
Melbrooks blocks the elbow strike.
Melbrooks lands a good knee to the midsection. Rolling won't want to take too many of those.
Rolling dodges an elbow strike from Melbrooks.
Melbrooks blocking some punches.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Melbrooks.
Melbrooks misses with an elbow over the top.
Rolling throws a punch but it's blocked by Melbrooks.
Rolling avoids a wild elbow strike from Melbrooks.
Melbrooks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rolling misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Melbrooks lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rolling or not.
Melbrooks landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rolling using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Melbrooks has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Melbrooks landing knees to the head.
Nice elbow from Melbrooks.
Melbrooks working Rolling over with knees to the body.
Rolling tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Melbrooks lands an elbow inside.
Rolling avoiding damage as Melbrooks throws knees to the body.
Melbrooks is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rolling is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Melbrooks creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Melbrooks lands a nice elbow.
Melbrooks lands a nice knee to the body.
Melbrooks blocking some punches.
Rolling avoiding damage as Melbrooks throws knees to the body.
Rolling is leaning against Melbrooks and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rolling avoids a wild elbow strike from Melbrooks.
Rolling blocks an elbow strike.
John Melbrooks seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rolling throws a knee to the head but misses.
Melbrooks lands an elbow that stopped Rolling in his tracks for a moment.
Rolling avoiding damage as Melbrooks throws knees to the body.
Melbrooks misses with an elbow strike.
Melbrooks working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rolling working aggressively here.
Rolling avoids a wild elbow strike from Melbrooks.
Rolling avoiding damage as Melbrooks throws knees to the body.
Melbrooks is working Rolling over against the cage.
Melbrooks lands an elbow that stopped Rolling in his tracks for a moment.
Rolling has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Melbrooks lands a hook that snaps the head of Rolling backwards.
Rolling misses with the head strike.
Melbrooks unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice left hand lands by Melbrooks.
Melbrooks lands a damaging elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Melbrooks.
Rolling takes an elbow to the temple.
Melbrooks missing with knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Melbrooks.
Melbrooks lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rolling throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Melbrooks blocks it with crossed arms.
Rolling takes an elbow to the temple.
Melbrooks lands an elbow inside that Rolling shrugs off.
Rolling takes an elbow to the forehead.
Melbrooks unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Melbrooks creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Melbrooks lands a nice knee to the body.
A short body shot lands from Melbrooks as the two fighters clinch.
Melbrooks tries to land knees in the clinch but Rolling avoids the damage to the body.
Melbrooks throws an elbow that misses.
Melbrooks throws a punch but it's blocked by Rolling.
Rolling misses with the head strike.
Rolling on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Rolling on the inside.
Rolling stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rolling scores with a shot to the side of Melbrooks's head.
Rolling tries to work over Melbrooks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rolling swings wildly with an uppercut but Melbrooks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Melbrooks lands an elbow that stopped Rolling in his tracks for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Melbrooks.
Melbrooks lands an elbow inside.

Melbrooks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rolling on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Melbrooks lands a head kick. Rolling smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Melbrooks thows a leg kick but Rolling checks it
and Rolling counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Melbrooks is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Melbrooks connects with a leg kick. Rolling looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Melbrooks tries a head kick but it misses.
Melbrooks lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rolling's sensitive parts.
Melbrooks lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Melbrooks lands with a cross.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Melbrooks.
David Rolling is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A lazy body kick from Melbrooks

and Rolling counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rolling.
Melbrooks throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Melbrooks lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Melbrooks swings wildly with an uppercut but Rolling uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rolling has a couple of punches blocked by Melbrooks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rolling looking to stall.
Melbrooks lands an elbow just above Rolling 's eye.
A short uppercut from Melbrooks.
Melbrooks creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rolling avoiding damage as Melbrooks throws knees to the body.
Rolling throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Melbrooks creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Melbrooks throws an elbow but misses.
Melbrooks misses with an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Melbrooks.
Rolling is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rolling tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Melbrooks lands an elbow that stopped Rolling in his tracks for a moment.
Melbrooks lands an elbow just above Rolling 's eye.
Melbrooks lands an elbow just above Rolling 's eye.
A short body shot lands from Rolling as the two fighters clinch.
Melbrooks lands a shot to the body.
Melbrooks lands an elbow inside that Rolling shrugs off.
Melbrooks throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Melbrooks trying to land knees to the body.
Rolling takes an elbow to the forehead.
Melbrooks lands an elbow that stopped Rolling in his tracks for a moment.
Melbrooks lands a body punch in the clinch.
Melbrooks utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rolling is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rolling takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Melbrooks showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Rolling's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Melbrooks feints and then cracks Rolling's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rolling down.
Melbrooks lands with a thumping leg kick.
Melbrooks takes a swing at Rolling's ribcage but misses.
Melbrooks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Melbrooks scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Melbrooks swings for the body but Rolling moves out of range.
Melbrooks throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rolling's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Melbrooks throws a jab when Rolling was well out of range.
Melbrooks pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Melbrooks misses with a wild body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Melbrooks throws a leg kick but Rolling sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Melbrooks plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Rolling clinches.
Rolling misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rolling.
Rolling softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rolling creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice left hand lands by Melbrooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rolling scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Rolling fails to land.
Rolling is leaning against Melbrooks and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rolling swings wildly with an uppercut but Melbrooks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rolling throws a punch but it's blocked by Melbrooks.
Rolling lands a nice uppercut.
Rolling goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Melbrooks lands with a light punch inside.
Rolling managing to block the knees to the body from Melbrooks.
Melbrooks lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rolling looking to throw knees to the head but Melbrooks is blocking nicely.
Melbrooks comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Melbrooks pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Melbrooks throws an elbow that misses.
Melbrooks using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rolling scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rolling misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Melbrooks.
Melbrooks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Melbrooks lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Melbrooks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Melbrooks comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Melbrooks looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Melbrooks lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Melbrooks tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rolling avoids it.
Rolling blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rolling misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rolling slowing the pace effectively.
Rolling takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rolling takes an elbow to the forehead.
Melbrooks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rolling blocks an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Melbrooks.
Rolling misses with a punch to the body.
Rolling blocks an elbow strike.
Melbrooks pushes off an throws an elbow but Rolling leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rolling blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rolling misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rolling tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Melbrooks.
Melbrooks lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Melbrooks lands an elbow inside that Rolling shrugs off.
Melbrooks lands an uppercut.
John Melbrooks is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rolling.
Melbrooks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rolling misses with some punches.
Melbrooks lands a damaging elbow.
Rolling lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rolling tries a knee to the head but Melbrooks blocks it.
Melbrooks lands an elbow that stopped Rolling in his tracks for a moment.
Rolling tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Melbrooks's elbow.
Rolling tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rolling tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Melbrooks lands an elbow just above Rolling 's eye.
Melbrooks lands a nice uppercut.
David Rolling has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rolling swings wildly with an uppercut but Melbrooks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rolling swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rolling with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Melbrooks lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

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.
Rolling is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Melbrooks is keeping busy.
Melbrooks tries to land knees in the clinch but Rolling avoids the damage to the body.
Rolling throws a punch but it's blocked by Melbrooks.
Rolling swings wildly with an uppercut but Melbrooks uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rolling throws an elbow but misses.
Rolling lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rolling throws a punch but it's blocked by Melbrooks.
Melbrooks lands a good knee to the midsection. Rolling won't want to take too many of those.
Rolling working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Melbrooks.
Rolling working Melbrooks over with knees to the body.
Melbrooks creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rolling's defenses.
Rolling swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Melbrooks blocks the elbow strike.
A right handed body shot lands from Rolling.

And that's the end of the fight!
John Melbrooks comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Melbrooks 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Melbrooks!