PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Adam Rosenburger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Patrick Pan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Pan's choice of entrance music: "I Believe I Can Fly" by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Patrick Pan will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Rosenburger
vs
Pan

178 cm
18
182 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
23
179 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Intelligent

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam Rosenburger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Patrick Pan!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rosenburger tries for a takedown but Pan sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Pan breaks the clinch.

Rosenburger drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rosenburger throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Rosenburger scores with a couple of short elbows.
Rosenburger in side control, throwing shots but Pan defends.
Rosenburger lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Pan down.
Rosenburger 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.
Pan defending against the ground and pound.
Pan is not content to let Rosenburger control the position.
Rosenburger working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosenburger connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Pan some visible discomfort.
Rosenburger creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Pan sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Pan is not content to let Rosenburger control the position.
Rosenburger advances to mount.
Rosenburger tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Pan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rosenburger. 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.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Rosenburger pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Rosenburger landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rosenburger looking to finish Pan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pan!
Pan is desperately trying to improve his position but Rosenburger has a good base and remains in mount.
Rosenburger fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

Pan is rocked!
Rosenburger scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Pan?
Pan is still in real trouble! Can Rosenburger finish him?
Rosenburger loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Pan scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Rosenburger land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Rosenburger stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adam Rosenburger!