PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Del Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thor Odinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rose
vs
Odinson

192 cm
18
278 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

195 cm
20
250 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Del Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Thor Odinson!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Donatello Bradman and Bruno Hogan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rose gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Odinson drags the fight down to the ground.
Odinson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Rose controls the pace.
Odinson is trying to control the position but Rose postures up.
Rose controls from within his opponent's guard.
Rose postures up in Odinson's guard and throws a big left but Odinson blocks it.
Rose has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Rose lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rose is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Rose gets to his feet - Odinson follows without any prompting.
Rose closes the distance looking to clinch
and Odinson counters with a straight right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Odinson pushes Rose up against the cage in a clinch.

Odinson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Odinson pushes Rose up against the cage in a clinch.

Odinson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Odinson clinches.

Rose escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Odinson clinches up against the cage.

Odinson has hold of one of Rose's legs. Rose is fighting the takedown attempt but Odinson gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Rose has Odinson pulled in close to control his posture.
Rose keeping moving, preventing Odinson from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Odinson is looking to stand up but Rose won't let him.
Rose wants to stand but Odinson is controlling the position.
Rose keeping moving, preventing Odinson from controlling successfully.
Rose has control of Odinson's left arm, preventing Odinson from doing any damage.
Rose could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Rose wants to sweep here but Odinson controlling him for the moment.
Rose is pulling down on Odinson's head to control his posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Odinson drives through and clinches with Rose against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Odinson has him pressed against the cage.

Rose breaks the clinch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Odinson. Rose shrugs it off though.
Odinson lands with a thumping leg kick.

Odinson clinches with his opponent.
Rose is trying to force a seperation but Odinson has the dominant position.
Odinson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Odinson tries to break free but Rose pushes him back against the cage.
Rose is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Odinson to keep the fight standing.

Odinson has Rose pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Odinson pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Rose tumbling to the mat - Odinson dives into Rose's guard.
Rose is trying to control the position but Odinson postures up.
Rose is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Odinson controls the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rose pulls Odinson in close to prevent any damage.

Odinson stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Odinson takes the fight into the clinch.

Odinson has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Rose uses from the top position.

Rose stands up from guard. Let's bang!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Odinson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Rose to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Rose's corner is telling him to maintain position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thor Odinson dominated that 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.

Odinson rushes Rose and presses him up against the cage.
Rose misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Odinson.

Odinson lands a takedown into guard.
Odinson trying to control the position from guard on top but Rose is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rose working a defensive guard here.
Rose working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Odinson.
Odinson trying to control the position from guard on top but Rose is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rose is controlling Odinson's posture.
Odinson is looking to stand up but Rose won't let him.
Thor Odinson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rose looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.

That's one minute gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Odinson. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Odinson throws a sloppy head kick and Rose moves out of range easily.
Thor Odinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Odinson lands a head kick!

Rose gets tackled into the cage by Odinson. Odinson maintains the clinch.

Odinson jumps guard and drags Rose to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Rose's corner is telling him to maintain position.

Rose decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Odinson, up you get!

Odinson moves into range and clinches up with Rose.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Odinson is trying to trip Rose. He has hold of a leg but Rose is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Odinson persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Rose trying to strike off his back.
Rose 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.
Rose pulls Odinson in close to prevent any damage.
Odinson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rose lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Odinson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Odinson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rose.

Rose stands up and waves to Odinson to follow him.
Odinson throws a sloppy head kick and Rose moves out of range easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Rose misses the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Odinson throws a sloppy head kick and Rose moves out of range easily.

Odinson closes the distance and clinches.
Odinson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Odinson is trying to trip Rose. He has hold of a leg but Rose is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Odinson persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Odinson is breathing heavily.
Rose looking to hit a scissor sweep but Odinson is one step ahead there.
Odinson trying to control the position from guard on top but Rose is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rose is pulling down on Odinson's head to control his posture.

Rose is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose keeping moving, preventing Odinson from controlling successfully.
Rose is controlling Odinson's posture.
Odinson trying to control but Rose is working from the bottom.
Rose controlling the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Rose on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Odinson. Odinson obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thor Odinson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Odinson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Rose's head.
Rose chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Odinson can pounce on him.
Odinson plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

Odinson darts in and clinches Rose up against the cage.
Rose is trying to pull guard but Odinson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Rose jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Odinson walks away with a smile on his face. Rose gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Odinson clinches with his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Odinson misses with a punch on the inside.
Rose prevents Odinson from breaking the clinch.
Rose is looking to break free of the clinch but Odinson has double underhooks.
Odinson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Odinson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rose looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Odinson is fending him off so far but Rose persists. Nope, Odinson circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Del Rose. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Odinson instigates a clinch.

Odinson has picked Rose up - he's going for a ride! Odinson dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Odinson trying to pass the guard but Rose defending well.
Rose wants to control but Odinson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Rose wants to control but Odinson passes into side.
Rose wants to control but Odinson postures up.
Rose is not content to let Odinson control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Odinson wants to stand but Rose has his arm trapped.
Rose tries to bench press Odinson off him but Odinson keeps the position.
Odinson trying to control the position but Rose is working away.
Rose tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Odinson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Rose keeps Odinson under control for a moment.
Odinson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rose keeps working.
Rose stops Odinson from passing to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose tries to control but Odinson manages to take his back.
Rose tries to roll but Odinson sticks to his back.
A lull in the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rose trying to control the position but Odinson manages to sink in the hooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rose holding both Odinson 's hands and preventing any damage.
Rose just trying to survive but Odinson is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Odinson has good solid back control here.
Rose trying to control but not successfully.
Rose tries to escape the position.
Rose trying to control the hands but Odinson won't let him.
Odinson tries to keep control of the position but Rose is staying busy.
Odinson is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rose trying to control the action but Odinson just sinks the hooks in.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Odinson's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Del Rose has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thor Odinson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

And that's the end of the fight!
Thor Odinson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Odinson has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Topper Green scores the fight 26:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 26:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thor Odinson!