PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John The Gun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zach De La Roca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John The Gun has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

The Gun
vs
De La Roca

183 cm
20
180 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

197 cm
22
181 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Smoke'n Herb's Medicinal's

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John The Gun!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zach De La Roca!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Roca wants to clinch.

De La Roca clinches up against the cage.
De La Roca landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De La Roca using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
De La Roca landing knees to the body.
De La Roca connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Gun's face.
De La Roca landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
De La Roca content to slow the pace in the clinch.
De La Roca landing some nice looking knees to the body.
De La Roca lands a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from De La Roca.
The Gun slows down the pace here.
The Gun tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
De La Roca stalling in the clinch.
De La Roca landing knees to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

De La Roca breaks from the clinch.
The Gun shoots in looking for a takedown. De La Roca tries to sprawl out of it but The Gun keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. De La Roca manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The Gun is breathing heavily.
De La Roca tries to clinch up but The Gun circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Gun has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Zach De La Roca is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De La Roca looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

De La Roca clinches.
Come on De La Roca - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
De La Roca unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Gun lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
De La Roca landing knees to the body.
De La Roca has The Gun pressed against the cage.
The Gun has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. De La Roca is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John The Gun. That's going to take a lot out of him.

De La Roca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

De La Roca has The Gun up against the cage in a clinch.
De La Roca lands a damaging elbow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The Gun takes an elbow to the temple.
De La Roca holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The Gun is trying to break the clinch but De La Roca has him pressed against the cage.
De La Roca with a knee to the head.
De La Roca lands a knee to the body.

De La Roca breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Roca fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De La Roca avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Gun will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
De La Roca tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De La Roca tries to clinch up but The Gun circles away and keeps his distance.
The Gun fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The Gun ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The Gun lands a jab to the nose.
De La Roca throws a front kick that sends The Gun stumbling back into the cage.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De La Roca.

De La Roca closes the distance and clinches.

De La Roca breaks from the clinch.
De La Roca throws a head kick but The Gun moves out of range.
The Gun lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The Gun avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
De La Roca fails in his attempt to clinch.

De La Roca fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with The Gun, pushing him back against the cage.
De La Roca lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
De La Roca stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De La Roca manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - De La Roca looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - De La Roca looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

De La Roca moves into the clinch.
De La Roca lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like John The Gun has been cut.
De La Roca has The Gun pressed against the cage.

De La Roca breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De La Roca misses with a two punch combination.
De La Roca throws a sloppy head kick and The Gun moves out of range easily.
The Gun swats away the attempt to clinch by De La Roca.
The Gun keeps the fight on the outside.

De La Roca has The Gun up against the cage in a clinch.
De La Roca unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Gun lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Gun fails to pull guard.
De La Roca landing knees to the body.

De La Roca breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

De La Roca gets in close and instigates a clinch.
De La Roca unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Gun lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A bit of stalling here from De La Roca.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Roca lands an elbow inside.
The is referee keeping an eye on De La Roca - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

De La Roca manages to break the clinch.
The Gun is looking to clinch.
Some wild striking there from The Gun.
The Gun throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

De La Roca closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
De La Roca connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Gun's face.
De La Roca manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A knee to the head by De La Roca.
De La Roca lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Gun scores with a nice hook to the head.
De La Roca gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from The Gun.

De La Roca breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Gun throws a combination that misses

and De La Roca counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by De La Roca.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zach De La Roca dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John The Gun's cut.
That's time! The Gun's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

The Gun throws a right hand that De La Roca ducks under and follows up with a left that De La Roca also avoids with ease.
De La Roca clinches but The Gun breaks the clinch

and The Gun counters with a shoot takedown. De La Roca fights it but they end up in guard.
De La Roca keeping moving, preventing The Gun from controlling successfully.
De La Roca wants to sweep here but The Gun controlling him for the moment.
De La Roca controlling the position.
The Gun throwing strikes but missing.
De La Roca is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
De La Roca is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Gun looking to pass the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Gun trying to control but De La Roca is working from the bottom.
De La Roca has a closed guard, preventing The Gun from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
The Gun uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De La Roca.
De La Roca doesn't manage to clinch there - The Gun circles away.

The Gun rushes De La Roca and presses him up against the cage.

De La Roca breaks from the clinch.
Some wild striking there from De La Roca.
Danga de danga de dang - The Gun scores with a four punch combination!
De La Roca throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

De La Roca has taken the fight to the clinch.
De La Roca stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Zach De La Roca seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
De La Roca scores with a knee to the head.
De La Roca lands a damaging elbow.
Nice elbow from De La Roca.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Roca scores with a knee to the head.
De La Roca with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De La Roca is stalling here.

De La Roca breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - De La Roca looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

De La Roca has The Gun up against the cage in a clinch.
De La Roca scores a nice knee to the body.
The Gun misses with a punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.

De La Roca breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De La Roca connects with a looping right hand.

De La Roca moves into range and clinches up with The Gun.

De La Roca manages to break the clinch.
De La Roca fails in his attempt to clinch.
De La Roca wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - De La Roca looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The Gun misses with a two punch combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

De La Roca moves into range and clinches up with The Gun.
De La Roca lands a nice elbow.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

De La Roca breaks the clinch.
De La Roca lands a head kick. The Gun smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
The Gun scores with a jab.
De La Roca tries to clinch but The Gun moves out of range.
The Gun fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
No joy there for The Gun, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Gun misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
John The Gun is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

De La Roca takes the fight into the clinch.
De La Roca lands a nice knee to the body.
De La Roca with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De La Roca throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but The Gun blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by De La Roca.

De La Roca breaks from the clinch.
De La Roca is looking to clinch but The Gun is avoiding it.
Donk. De La Roca catches The Gun right on the button with a cross.
De La Roca tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Gun keeps the fight on the outside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Roca wants to clinch.
De La Roca misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

De La Roca instigates a clinch.

De La Roca breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De La Roca tries to clinch but The Gun is having none of it.
De La Roca misses with a jab, cross combination.
De La Roca tries to close the distance and clinch but The Gun swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De La Roca scores with a sloppy right hand. The Gun should have avoided that one.
The Gun closes the distance and clinches up with De La Roca, looking for a takedown. The Gun pushes De La Roca against the cage but De La Roca circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
De La Roca tries to close the distance and clinch but The Gun swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice sprawl there from De La Roca as The Gun shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John The Gun. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Gun lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as De La Roca backs up against the cage.
The Gun fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Good exchange - The Gun coming out on top.
The Gun fails to land the takedown.
The Gun shoots for a takedown but De La Roca saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A head kick by De La Roca misses

and The Gun counters with a single leg into guard. De La Roca didn't expect that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Gun stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. De La Roca swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zach De La Roca showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John The Gun's cut.
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!

The Gun will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Gun misses with a series of wild punches.
The Gun fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
De La Roca wants to clinch up but The Gun keeps it at a distance.
De La Roca takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The Gun avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Gun fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
De La Roca lands a head kick!

The Gun looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
De La Roca regains full guard. Nicely done.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Gun is looking to stand up but De La Roca won't let him.
The Gun trying to control but De La Roca is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Gun with a flurry of punches that miss.
De La Roca managing to control the position.
De La Roca keeping moving, preventing The Gun from controlling successfully.
De La Roca trying to control the position.
De La Roca trying to control the position here.
De La Roca looking for a sweep. Not yet De La Roca, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
De La Roca tries to clinch but The Gun is having none of it.

De La Roca rushes The Gun and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
De La Roca crunches a lovely knee into The Gun's ribcage.
De La Roca's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

De La Roca breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Gun scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

De La Roca moves into range and clinches up with The Gun.
De La Roca tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from De La Roca.
De La Roca misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from The Gun.

De La Roca escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The Gun misses with a series of wild punches.
De La Roca misses with the combination.
De La Roca is looking to clinch but The Gun is avoiding it.
De La Roca drops his hands momentarily and The Gun takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The Gun throws a nice looking combination but De La Roca bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Gun throws a series of punches but De La Roca moves out of range.
De La Roca misses with the combination.
The Gun misses with a double jab.
The Gun tries for a takedown but De La Roca sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The Gun throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and De La Roca counters with a one-two to the body.
The Gun fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Gun throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around De La Roca's waist but De La Roca gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing The Gun off to one side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John The Gun. That's going to take a lot out of him.
De La Roca is on the wrong end of a nice combination from The Gun.
The Gun throws a right and a left that both miss.
The Gun with a body punch. A glancing blow.

The Gun closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming De La Roca to the mat! De La Roca manages to get full guard.

De La Roca is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
De La Roca pulls The Gun in to control the position.
The Gun throws and elbow that misses. De La Roca uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in The Gun's guard. Nice move by De La Roca!
John The Gun has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Roca content to stall in guard here.
The Gun throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The Gun trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

De La Roca stands up and waves to The Gun to follow him.
Some wild striking there from The Gun.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zach De La Roca comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got De La Roca winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 26:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zach De La Roca!