PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guilherme Valenzuela (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ilan Rotberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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.

Valenzuela
vs
Rotberg

184 cm
23
223 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

183 cm
30
217 lbs
14 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Guilherme Valenzuela!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ilan Rotberg!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Joseph Jones and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Valenzuela tries to clinch there but Rotberg circles away.
Rotberg misses with a series of wild punches.
Rotberg tries for a takedown but Valenzuela sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Valenzuela tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rotberg is able to avoid easily.
Rotberg lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Valenzuela is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rotberg slips a straight right by Valenzuela.
Valenzuela throws a head kick that misses.
Valenzuela tries to clinch but Rotberg moves out of range.
Valenzuela tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Valenzuela tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Rotberg paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Valenzuela throws an overhand right that lands on Rotberg's shoulder, as Rotberg tries to avoid the shot.
Valenzuela works Rotberg's body with a nice hook.
Rotberg throws a nice looking combination but Valenzuela bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Valenzuela punishes Rotberg's body with a nice straight punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Valenzuela looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rotberg circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valenzuela looks to land a combination but Rotberg avoids it well.
No joy there for Rotberg, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Valenzuela slips a jab and a cross from Rotberg.
Valenzuela goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Rotberg as he connects with a hook.
Valenzuela tries to clinch but Rotberg is having none of it.
Valenzuela cracks Rotberg with a right hand to the side of the head.

Valenzuela rushes Rotberg and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Valenzuela misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Valenzuela throws an elbow but misses.
Valenzuela is pressed up against the ropes. Rotberg has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Valenzuela down to the mat. Valenzuela avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Valenzuela throws out a loose jab but Rotberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guilherme Valenzuela seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Valenzuela slips under a jab from Rotberg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Valenzuela. That's going to slow Rotberg down.
Valenzuela is looking to clinch.
Valenzuela lands with a hook. Rotberg tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rotberg tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Valenzuela swivels and escapes.
Guilherme Valenzuela has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ilan Rotberg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rotberg tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Valenzuela misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Valenzuela swinging wildly here.
Rotberg on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Valenzuela. Valenzuela obviously looking to wear him down.
Valenzuela thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rotberg misses with a few strikes there.
Valenzuela pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Valenzuela throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rotberg throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Valenzuela tries to clinch up but Rotberg circles away and keeps his distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rotberg tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Valenzuela was well out of range. Poor timing from Rotberg.
Valenzuela scores with a jab to the head.
Rotberg throws a shot from downtown. Valenzuela moves away and avoids it.
Guilherme Valenzuela is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rotberg ducks under a wild hook from Valenzuela.
Jab by Valenzuela.
Valenzuela takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Rotberg dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rotberg throws the left hand but Valenzuela avoids the punch easily.
Rotberg looks to land a left hand but Valenzuela moved out of range nicely.
Rotberg misses with a few strikes there.
Rotberg changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Valenzuela looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Valenzuela is breathing heavily.
Valenzuela takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rotberg throws a hook but Valenzuela blocks it.
Valenzuela tries to clinch but Rotberg is having none of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela ducks under a wild hook from Rotberg.
Valenzuela closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rotberg keeps the fight on the outside.
Valenzuela misses with a looping right.
Valenzuela checks a leg kick.
Valenzuela waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rotberg.
Nice takedown defense from Valenzuela. No joy for Rotberg on that attempt.
Nice body punch from Valenzuela.
Rotberg checks the leg kick.
Valenzuela tries to close the distance and clinch but Rotberg swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Valenzuela lands a jab-cross combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Valenzuela doesn't manage to clinch there - Rotberg circles away.
Rotberg is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Valenzuela.
Rotberg misses with a looping right.
Rotberg looks to land a right hand but Valenzuela moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Nice straight punches there by Rotberg. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rotberg.
Good shot there by Rotberg.
Rotberg connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Valenzuela tries to bum rush Rotberg with a series of wild strikes but Rotberg uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Guilherme Valenzuela is winning the standup battle so far.
Rotberg throws a hook but Valenzuela avoids it easily.
Valenzuela swings for the body but Rotberg moves out of range.
Valenzuela lands with a thumping leg kick.
Valenzuela wants to clinch.
Valenzuela pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rotberg looks to land a combination but Valenzuela avoids it well.
Rotberg throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Valenzuela sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Valenzuela throws a nice looking combination but Rotberg bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rotberg misses with a hook. Valenzuela ducked under it nicely.
Rotberg lands with an uppercut that bounces Valenzuela off the ropes and back into rage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Valenzuela misses with a series of wild punches.
Valenzuela throws a right hand that Rotberg ducks under and follows up with a left that Rotberg also avoids with ease.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
No joy there for Valenzuela, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Valenzuela ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rotberg moves away.
Rotberg loads up on a big right hand but Valenzuela slips the punch.
Rotberg gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Valenzuela.
Valenzuela tries to clinch up.
Valenzuela misses with a jab, cross combination.
Guilherme Valenzuela is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rotberg lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rotberg looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rotberg throws a body punch but Valenzuela moves out of range.

Valenzuela has Rotberg up against the ropes in a clinch.
Rotberg on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Valenzuela prevents Rotberg from breaking the clinch.
Valenzuela doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rotberg looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Valenzuela throws a knee to the head but misses.
Valenzuela wants to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rotberg can't break the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rotberg managing to block the knees to the body from Valenzuela.
Valenzuela looking to stall.
Rotberg has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rotberg wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Valenzuela is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rotberg is keeping busy.
Valenzuela can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Valenzuela for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Guilherme Valenzuela.
A telegraphed right hand from Rotberg misses the target.
A bone on bone clash there as Rotberg blocks the leg kick.
Valenzuela lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nice defenses there by Valenzuela.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rotberg will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rotberg uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Valenzuela.
An inside leg kick lands from Valenzuela.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Ilan Rotberg will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Valenzuela tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Rotberg manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rotberg cracks Valenzuela with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rotberg takes a swing at Valenzuela's ribcage but misses.
Valenzuela showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rotberg.
Rotberg looks to land a right hand but Valenzuela moved out of range.
Valenzuela thuds his right hand into Rotberg's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rotberg misses with the combination.
Valenzuela just misses with a punch to the body.
Valenzuela waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rotberg.
Valenzuela scores with a spinning back kick!
Valenzuela wants to clinch up but Rotberg keeps it at a distance.
Rotberg throws the left hand but Valenzuela avoids the punch easily.
Rotberg swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Valenzuela.
Valenzuela is looking to clinch but Rotberg is avoiding it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rotberg throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Valenzuela sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Valenzuela.
A low kick from Valenzuela is predictable there
and Rotberg counters with a stiff right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Valenzuela looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rotberg pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Valenzuela pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Valenzuela looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A punch combination from Rotberg misses.
Valenzuela thows a body shot but no joy.
Sloppy strikes from Rotberg. Those never looked like landing.
Valenzuela checks a leg kick.
Rotberg takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rotberg circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rotberg counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rotberg misses with an uppercut.
Valenzuela lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Valenzuela misses with a looping left.
Valenzuela lands a high kick!
Valenzuela tries to work over Rotberg's front leg with a kick but Rotberg checks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Valenzuela steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rotberg.
Rotberg misses with a body shot.
Valenzuela fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rotberg fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Valenzuela throws a hook to the side of Rotberg's head but Rotberg sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rotberg throws a series of strikes that have Valenzuela backpedaling.
Rotberg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rotberg avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rotberg fails with a takedown attempt.
Valenzuela misses with a double jab.
Valenzuela tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Rotberg manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Valenzuela misses with a low kick.
Valenzuela misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rotberg.
Rotberg misses with a leg kick.
Rotberg drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Valenzuela shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Valenzuela tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Rotberg manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rotberg walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Valenzuela throws a shot from downtown. Rotberg moves away and avoids it.
Valenzuela misses with a hook. Rotberg ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Valenzuela throws a poor cross that misses
letting Rotberg counter with a right hand.
Rotberg displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Valenzuela throws out the jab.
Rotberg missing with a left hand there. Valenzuela was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rotberg swinging wildly here.
Valenzuela dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rotberg. That did some damage!
Rotberg avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rotberg fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Valenzuela takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Valenzuela scores with a nice head shot.
Valenzuela ducks under a wild hook from Rotberg.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Valenzuela throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Valenzuela jabs Rotberg to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Valenzuela swinging wildly here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Guilherme Valenzuela showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Valenzuela has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Guilherme Valenzuela!