PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Piltz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arturo Rojas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Piltz comes to the cage accompanied by I'm too Sexy. Rojas has chosen Brother Ali - Uncle Sam Goddamn as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Piltz
vs
Rojas

180 cm
23
192 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

185 cm
23
193 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

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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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mark Piltz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Arturo Rojas!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rojas scores with a decent looking hook.
Rojas misses with a low kick.
Rojas connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Piltz avoids the head kick by Rojas.
A good leg kick by Rojas.
A bone on bone clash there as Piltz blocks the leg kick.
Piltz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rojas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rojas lands a leg kick that knocks Piltz off balance momentarily.
Rojas uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Piltz has time to react.
Piltz moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rojas throws a half hearted mid kick.
Piltz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rojas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Piltz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojas shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Piltz sprawls well. Piltz wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rojas gets slowly back to his feet.
Piltz ducks under a wild hook from Rojas.
Rojas throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rojas pivots, looking for a leg kick but Piltz is out of range and Rojas settles back down.
Rojas throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Rojas swings widly with a right hand
and Piltz counters with a one-two to the body.
Rojas lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Piltz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rojas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Piltz's calf.
Rojas throws a jab when Piltz was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Piltz misses with a few strikes there.
Rojas throws a body punch but Piltz moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Piltz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rojas goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Piltz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rojas lands a right hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rojas throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rojas swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Piltz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rojas was well out of range. Poor timing from Piltz.
Arturo Rojas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Piltz looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Piltz avoids the head kick by Rojas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Piltz avoids the body shot from Rojas.
Rojas fails with a takedown attempt.
A punch combination from Piltz misses.
Mark Piltz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A combination from Piltz does no damage.
Piltz connects with an inside leg kick.
Rojas goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rojas throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Piltz.
Rojas fails to land with a series of punches.
Rojas misses with a body kick.
Rojas looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piltz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rojas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A right-left combo lands from Piltz.
Rojas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Piltz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Piltz. Rojas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Piltz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rojas.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rojas.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rojas bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rojas lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Piltz backs up against the cage.
A low kick from Rojas is predictable there
and Piltz counters with a stiff right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Piltz lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rojas misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arturo Rojas dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rojas misses the shot to the body.
Rojas tries to score with a low kick but Piltz moves his leg out of the way.
Piltz takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rojas throws a low kick but it's checked well by Piltz.
Horrible takedown by Rojas or perhaps it was just good defense by Piltz which made him look bad.
Piltz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Piltz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rojas circles away quickly and effectively.
Rojas throws a head kick that misses
and Piltz counters with a three punch combo that has Rojas backing up. Rojas nods at Piltz to acknowledge the strikes.
Rojas will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Rojas tests Piltz's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Piltz wants to clinch.
Rojas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rojas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Piltz counters with a one-two to the body.
Rojas misses with a body kick.
Piltz misses the jab.
Piltz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Piltz walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rojas.
Rojas throws a body kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rojas throws a big shot that misses.
Piltz misses with a head kick.
Rojas takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Piltz moves out of range of the body kick from Rojas.
Rojas fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Piltz checks it well.
Rojas gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Piltz.
Crunch! Rojas slams his shin into Piltz's torso.
Piltz lands a two punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Piltz tries to clinch but Rojas is having none of it.
Piltz misses with a jab, cross combination.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rojas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rojas jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rojas thumps Piltz with a low kick.
Piltz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Rojas throws a head kick that misses.
Piltz throws a lazy right hand but Rojas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A solid body kick from Rojas.
Rojas throws a right hand that Piltz ducks under and follows up with a left that Piltz also avoids with ease.
Rojas throws a sloppy head kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Piltz will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Rojas throws a wild body kick that Piltz sees coming a mile off.
Rojas throws the kick towards the body but Piltz avoids it.
Rojas misses with a head kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Piltz moves out of range of the strikes.
Piltz throws a series of punches but Rojas avoids them all with ease.
The crowd cheers as Piltz lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rojas doesn't seem phased though.
Rojas lands a glancing blow to the side of Piltz's head.
Piltz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rojas scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Piltz moves out of range of the body kick.
Piltz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rojas throws a leg kick which misses Piltz's front leg but catches the back leg as Piltz tries to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Piltz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Piltz avoids the body shot from Rojas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Arturo Rojas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Rojas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rojas throws an off balance right hand

and Piltz counters by moving into the clinch.
Rojas wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rojas blocks an elbow strike.
Rojas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Piltz's elbow.
Knees in the clinch landing for Piltz.
Piltz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Piltz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rojas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Rojas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rojas throws a sloppy head kick
and Piltz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rojas fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Piltz checks it well.
Rojas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rojas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rojas throws a right hand that misses
and Piltz counters with a one-two to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojas slips under a jab.
Rojas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Piltz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Piltz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Piltz throws a wild body kick that Rojas sees coming a mile off.
Rojas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rojas.
Rojas bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Piltz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rojas can pounce on him.
Rojas throws a low kick but Piltz moves out of range easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rojas catches Piltz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rojas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rojas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rojas lands a really nice looking cross but Piltz seems unphased.
Mark Piltz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rojas fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Piltz on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Piltz moves out of range of the body kick.
Rojas keeps the fight on the outside.
Piltz avoids the head kick by Rojas.
Piltz throws a push kick but Rojas slaps the foot to one side.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rojas throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Piltz misses with a wild combination.
Piltz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rojas counters with a nice low kick that buckles Piltz's knee momentarily.
Rojas throws a shot from downtown. Piltz moves away and avoids it.
Piltz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rojas.
Rojas thuds his right hand into Piltz's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rojas throws a front kick aimed at Piltz's knee but Piltz avoids it well.
Rojas is looking to land body kicks.
Rojas throws a solid leg kick but Piltz takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rojas.
Mark Piltz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Rojas misses the target.
Piltz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Piltz checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Rojas finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
No joy there for Rojas, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rojas throws a leg kick but Piltz sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Piltz misses with a leg kick
and Rojas finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Rojas lands with an uppercut that bounces Piltz off the cage and back into range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rojas motions for Piltz to come forward. Rojas throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Piltz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rojas circles away quickly and effectively.

And that's the end of the fight!
Arturo Rojas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rojas 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arturo Rojas!
After the big win, Arturo Rojas made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors [CLOSED] Xtreme Laundry and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.