PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Rouche (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neo TT (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Antonio Rouche has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rouche
vs
TT

185 cm
25
275 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

225 cm
19
297 lbs
4 - 7 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Antonio Rouche!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Neo TT!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
TT lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rouche circles away quickly and effectively.
Jeez, both these guys look absolutely knackered already, that's not a good sign!
Rouche looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? TT is fending him off so far but Rouche persists. Nope, TT circles away and we're back to standing.
TT shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.

A momentary lapse in concentration from TT enables Rouche to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. TT manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
TT utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rouche throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rouche loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rouche is looking to work some ground and pound but TT has wrist control.
TT avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rouche is looking to work some ground and pound but TT has wrist control.
Rouche works over TT with some ground and pound from guard.
Rouche scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rouche might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rouche distracts TT with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
TT avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rouche keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of TT's head.
Rouche landing with the ground and pound.
Rouche lands a couple of elbows.
Rouche with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rouche loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rouche postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Rouche has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rouche content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
TT controls Rouche momentarily but Rouche frees himself.
Rouche throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
TT really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rouche. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rouche connects with a couple of short punches.
Rouche lands a couple of digs.
Rouche landing with the ground and pound.
Rouche works over TT with some ground and pound from guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
TT wants to sweep but no luck.
Rouche cracks TT with a solid left hand.
Rouche distracts TT with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rouche postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rouche postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rouche throws a big right hand that misses.
Rouche with a flurry of punches that miss.
TT avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rouche postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rouche is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rouche accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rouche lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rouche scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rouche accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rouche is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rouche accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
TT not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
TT avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
TT wants to stand up but Rouche is controlling him.
Rouche working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of TT's head.
Rouche scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
TT has momentary wrist control but Rouche slips an elbow through the middle.
Rouche throws a big right hand that misses.
Rouche is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rouche is in close to TT's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rouche is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rouche distracts TT with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rouche working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of TT's head.
Rouche throwing strikes from guard but TT blocks nicely.

TT is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rouche throws a big elbow that misses.
Rouche throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Rouche dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

TT will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

Rouche closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Rouche lands in his opponent's guard.
Rouche throws a big elbow that misses.
TT is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rouche chips away with some ground and pound.
Rouche content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
TT utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rouche trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rouche throws a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rouche accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rouche throwing strikes from guard but TT blocks nicely.
Rouche in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rouche postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rouche content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Rouche works over TT with some ground and pound from guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rouche's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rouche postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rouche postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
TT looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rouche is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rouche cracks TT with a solid left hand.
Rouche lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
TT wants to stand up but Rouche is controlling him.
Rouche cracks TT with a solid left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rouche postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rouche throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rouche's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rouche is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rouche throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
TT avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
TT controls Rouche momentarily but Rouche frees himself.
Rouche working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rouche working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
TT looking to control.
Rouche is in close to TT's body, working some short punches and elbows.
TT wants to stand up but Rouche is controlling him.
Rouche working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of TT's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rouche's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
TT looking to control.
Rouche postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rouche is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rouche working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of TT's head.
Rouche connects with a couple of short punches.
TT is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Rouche connects with a couple of short punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rouche throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as TT works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rouche throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as TT works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rouche's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
TT working a defensive guard here.
Rouche scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rouche distracts TT with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rouche lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Rouche dominated that second round.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

TT misses with a head kick.
Antonio Rouche is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Rouche closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Check out the look on Rouche's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rouche throwing shots but missing, from side control.
TT on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
TT is trying to control Rouche's posture but Rouche avoids it.
Rouche is working TT over with some ground and pound from side control.
Rouche scores with a couple of short elbows.
Rouche scoring with punches and elbows.
TT takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rouche creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Antonio Rouche overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rouche working the ground and pound from side control.
Rouche creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Rouche working the ground and pound from side control.
Rouche lands an elbow.
Check out the look on Rouche's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rouche scoring with punches from side control.
TT is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Rouche off and has taken his back!
Rouche turns into TT and is now in his guard.
Rouche lands a couple of elbows.
Rouche is looking to work some ground and pound but TT has wrist control.
Rouche missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rouche distracts TT with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rouche preventing the sweep.
Rouche stands up over TT, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
TT preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rouche working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

TT is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Rouche distracts TT with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

TT is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Rouche is in close to TT's body, working some short punches and elbows.
TT working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rouche.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rouche with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rouche scoring with some ground and pound.
Rouche postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Rouche lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rouche throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rouche's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rouche throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
TT utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
TT is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rouche is controlling him.
Rouche throws a strike but TT rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
TTis looking to pass into half guard but Rouche pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Rouche is in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rouche trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
TT utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rouche connects with a couple of short punches.
Rouche loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rouche is looking to work some ground and pound but TT has wrist control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rouche throws a strike but TT rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
TT controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio Rouche showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rouche 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antonio Rouche!