PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chase Rollins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Flight (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Rollins
vs
Flight

185 cm
26
185 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

190 cm
27
178 lbs
18 - 5 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful

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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 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chase Rollins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Thomas Flight!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Frank Dennis and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flight moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rollins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Flight.
Rollins connects with a good right hand that stumbles Flight. Flight circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rollins misses the jab.
Flight is looking to clinch.
Flight on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Flight misses the shot to the body.
Rollins scores with a jab to the head.
Rollins fails with a takedown attempt.
Flight tries to clinch but Rollins is having none of it.
Rollins attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flight throws a leg kick which misses Rollins's front leg but catches the back leg as Rollins tries to avoid it.
Rollins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A thudding body kick lands there by Rollins!
Flight misses with a few strikes there.
A leg kick checked by Flight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rollins misses with a low kick.
Rollins moves out of range of the body kick from Flight.
Rollins lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Flight wants to clinch up but Rollins keeps it at a distance.
Rollins is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Flight.

Rollins closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Rollins lands in his opponent's guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Flight wants to get back to his feet but Rollins is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Rollins is looking to work some ground and pound but Flight has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rollins wants to control from the top but Flight keeps moving.
Rollins throwing strikes from guard but Flight blocks nicely.
Flight wants to stand and escape but Rollins is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rollins pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Flight is keeping the position for now.
Flight can't keep his opponent in guard - Rollins advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Rollins stops Flight from getting back to his feet.
Rollins throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Flight is staying active underneath Rollins, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rollins is really struggling to control Flight but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Flight pushes Rollins off looking to stand but Rollins dives back in and keeps control.
Flight keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rollins throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rollins is keen to just control but Flight is a slippery customer.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rollins wants to free his trapped foot but Flight is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Rollins scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Flight is trying to stand back up but Rollins is controlling him
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rollins looks to land a strike but Flight avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Rollins postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Flight keeping moving, preventing Rollins from controlling successfully.
Rollins throwing strikes from guard but Flight blocks nicely.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Flight wants to get back to his feet but Rollins is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Rollins trying to control but Flight is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Flight pushes Rollins off and scrambles back to his feet.
Chase Rollins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rollins feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Flight's calf.
Flight tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rollins darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Flight moves away from the strike by Rollins.
Flight scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Rollins takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rollins, right into the meat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rollins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rollins lands a jab to Flight's midsection.
Flight tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rollins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chase Rollins dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rollins buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Flight misses the target.
Flight fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rollins buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Flight takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Flight avoids the head kick by Rollins.
Rollins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Flight was well out of range. Poor timing from Rollins.
Flight avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Flight slips a straight right by Rollins.
Rollins scores with a shot to the body.
Rollins misses with an uppercut.
Flight ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rollins misses the shot to the body.
Flight uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rollins.
Flight throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rollins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Flight checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flight on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Flight connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rollins lands with an uppercut that bounces Flight off the cage and back into range.
Rollins throws a jab when Flight was well out of range.
Flight throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rollins pushes Flight away with a front kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rollins, right into the meat.
Rollins looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Flight throws a big shot that misses.
Flight scores with a three punch combo!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Flight on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Rollins shoots for a takedown but Flight saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Flight takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Flight stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Flight wants it to stay on the feet.
Flight staying out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flight dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rollins misses with a hook.
Rollins misses with a hook. Flight ducked under it nicely.
Flight scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rollins doesn't seem bothered though.
A telegraphed right hand from Rollins misses the target.
Flight misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rollins moves into range and connects with a jab.
Flight's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rollins avoids a kick to the body.
Rollins fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chase Rollins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rollins connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Flight misses with a looping left.
Rollins misses with a low kick.
Rollins misses with a hook. Flight ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rollins throws a leg kick that misses.
Flight displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rollins.
Rollins thows a leg kick but Flight checks it
and Flight counters with a head kick.
Rollins throws a lazy uppercut
and Flight counters with a stiff right hand.
Flight is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chase Rollins is winning the standup battle so far.
Rollins looks to land a left hand but Flight moved out of range nicely.
Flight throws a nice outside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Flight.
Flight throws a leg kick but Rollins sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rollins throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Flight throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rollins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rollins buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Flight keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rollins.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rollins connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Flight on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Flight swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Flight wants to clinch.
Flight walks into a jab.
Flight blocks a head kick by Rollins.
Rollins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Flight.
Rollins misses the jab.
Flight moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flight tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rollins tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Flight is able to avoid easily.
Rollins misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chase Rollins dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Rollins looks to throw the jab but Flight is out of range.
Rollins moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rollins misses with a looping left.
Flight tries to close the distance and clinch but Rollins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Donk. Rollins catches Flight right on the button with a cross.
Flight checks a low kick from Rollins.
Rollins throws a leg kick
and Flight counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rollins shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rollins misses with an uppercut. Flight saw that one coming.
Flight fails with an attempt to clinch.
Flight is looking to clinch but Rollins is avoiding it.
Flight drops his hands momentarily and Rollins takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A slapping leg kick lands for Flight.
Flight moves forwards but Rollins connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rollins throws a leg kick that misses.
Flight fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rollins looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rollins sizes up Flight with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rollins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Flight stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rollins.
Rollins blocks a jab.
Flight slips under a jab from Rollins.
Rollins throws a shot from downtown. Flight moves away and avoids it.
Rollins just misses with a punch to the body.
Flight steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rollins.
Both fighters circling a little - Flight finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Flight rushes Rollins and presses him up against the cage.
Flight is looking to break free of the clinch but Rollins has double underhooks.
Flight wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rollins works on Flight's body with a couple of short punches.

Rollins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rollins dives in and scores a takedown into Flight's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rollins in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rollins prevents Flight from getting back to his feet.
Rollins lands a couple of elbows.
Rollins is looking to work some ground and pound but Flight has wrist control.
Flight 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.
Rollins sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Flight is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Rollins dives into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rollins takes a little break here. Flight wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Flight is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Rollins asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Thomas Flight has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Flight is looking for a sweep.
Rollins lands a nice forearm strike.
Flight gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Rollins 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.
Rollins wants to control the pace but Flight is squirming around nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rollins raining down hammerfists from mount.
Rollins lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Rollins lands a couple of good shots and Flight has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flight is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Rollins is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Flight up.
Rollins throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Flight!
Even with his hooks in, Rollins manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Rollins softening up his opponent with strikes here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flight holding both Rollins 's hands and preventing any damage.
Rollins has good solid back control here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chase Rollins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rollins, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chase Rollins!
After the big win, Chase Rollins made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors TFP Graphics - Pit Inc and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.