PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Josh Lebow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dav Rolling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rolling is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Breathe by The Prodigy. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Lebow
vs
Rolling

179 cm
25
177 lbs
5 - 6 - 1

173 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

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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 5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Josh Lebow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dav Rolling!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lebow pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lebow scores with a hook to the body. Rolling takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jab by Rolling.

Lebow takes the fight into the clinch.
Rolling misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rolling scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lebow taking a breather.
Lebow can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.

Rolling tightens his grip and picks Lebow up, before dumping him to the ground. Lebow manages to land in guard.
Rolling slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Rolling postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rolling in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Lebow keeping moving, preventing Rolling from controlling successfully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rolling lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lebow not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Rolling is working Lebow over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Rolling loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lebow keeping moving, preventing Rolling from controlling successfully.
Rolling might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Lebow haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Rolling throws a big elbow that misses.
Rolling connects with a couple of short punches.
Rolling stops Lebow from standing up.
Rolling stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lebow swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rolling scoring with some ground and pound.
Rolling trying to control the position from guard on top but Lebow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lebow wants to stand up but Rolling is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rolling postures up and lands a big shot to Lebow's brow.
Rolling passes into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rolling winds up and cracks Lebow with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rolling throwing shots but Lebow is blocking nicely.
Lebow has hold of Rolling's hands but Rolling slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rolling is controlling the pace.
Lebow blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rolling.
Rolling with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Rolling drops an elbow to the side of Lebow's head.

Lebow is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rolling seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Lebow is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Dav Rolling!
Our winner, Dav Rolling, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.