PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mietek Wegorz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronald Rosing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rosing is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Nicki Minaj - Pound The Alarm . The key to victory for Mietek Wegorz has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Wegorz
vs
Rosing

215 cm
26
240 lbs
2 - 3 - 1

190 cm
25
250 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Arcticus University: London
Big Bear Nutrition 160Q

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 2 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mietek Wegorz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ronald Rosing!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wegorz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wegorz appears to be looking for a big counter.
Wegorz thuds a left hand into Rosing's body.
Rosing looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Rosing takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rosing needs to keep his hands up - Wegorz had a free shot at his head there.
Wegorz keeps the fight on the outside.
Wegorz shoots in for a takedown but Rosing shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A jab from Rosing misses.
Wegorz seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Wegorz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wegorz.

Rosing has Wegorz up against the cage in a clinch.
Rosing tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wegorz's elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rosing tightens his grip and picks Wegorz up, before dumping him to the ground. Wegorz manages to land in guard.
Rosing postures up and lands a big shot to Wegorz's brow.
Rosing postures up in Wegorz's guard and throws a big left but Wegorz blocks it.
Wegorz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Wegorz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rosing.
Rosing must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Wegorz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rosing throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wegorz wants to stand and escape but Rosing is having none of it.
Wegorz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rosing throws a big elbow that misses.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rosing shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wegorz as he jumps to the side.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Wegorz finds it's target.
Wegorz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Rosing closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Wegorz to the mat! Wegorz manages to get full guard.
Wegorz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rosing.
Rosing landing some decent shots from guard.
Rosing throwing strikes from guard but Wegorz blocks nicely.
Rosing working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rosing looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosing controlling from the top position.
Rosing stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wegorz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rosing slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sloppy strikes there by Rosing.
Rosing scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Wegorz to see if he's OK.
Wegorz taking punishment in the form of punches.
Rosing throws a strike aimed at the side of Wegorz's head but Wegorz avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosing cracks Wegorz with a big right hand but Wegorz just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Wegorz takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Rosing landing strikes.
Rosing in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Rosing taking a break here but Wegorz is having none of it and regains half guard.
Rosing landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rosing lands strikes from half guard.
Wegorz tries to roll over but Rosing keeps him under control.
Rosing looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronald Rosing dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rosing bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Wegorz! He dives into his guard looking to finish!

It looks like Mietek Wegorz has been cut.
Rosing distracts Wegorz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ronald Rosing has got the better of the ground game so far.
Wegorz keeping moving, preventing Rosing from controlling successfully.
Rosing throwing strikes from guard but Wegorz blocks nicely.
Rosing throwing strikes from guard but Wegorz blocks nicely.
Rosing throws an elbow that misses. Wegorz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Rosing's guard. Nice move by Wegorz!

Rosing bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wegorz's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosing postures up in Wegorz's guard and throws a big left but Wegorz blocks it.
Rosing throwing strikes from guard but Wegorz blocks nicely.
Wegorz trying to keep a closed guard but Rosing is proving a slippery customer.
Rosing throwing strikes from guard but Wegorz blocks nicely.
Rosing works over Wegorz with some ground and pound from guard.
Rosing working some strikes from top position.
Rosing postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rosing throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rosing throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rosing working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rosing throws a big elbow that misses.
Rosing throws a big right hand that misses.
Rosing throws a big right hand that misses.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Rosing has managed to clinch.

Rosing pulls guard effortlessly.
Rosing pulls Wegorz in close to his closed guard and prevents Wegorz from doing any damage or advancing position.
Rosing wants to sweep here but Wegorz controlling him for the moment.
Wegorz trying to control but Rosing is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosing is pulling down on Wegorz's head. It's preventing any offense from Wegorz, at least for the moment.
Wegorz preventing the sweep.
Rosing has control of Wegorz's left arm, preventing Wegorz from doing any damage.
Rosing wants to sweep but no luck.
Wegorz trying to control the position from guard on top but Rosing is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Ronald Rosing seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rosing fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Wegorz throws a big counter combination but Rosing scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

Rosing gets a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rosing fails to pull the fight into his guard.

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

Rosing moves into the clinch.

Rosing lands a takedown into guard.
Rosing looking to sit in guard and control but Wegorz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rosing can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rosing pulls Wegorz in to control the position.
Wegorz preventing the sweep.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wegorz trying to control but Rosing is working from the bottom.
Wegorz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rosing pulls Wegorz in to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronald Rosing showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mietek Wegorz's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Rosing doesn't manage to clinch there - Wegorz circles away.
Rosing throws a hook but Wegorz blocks it.
Wegorz misses with a takedown

and Rosing counters with a single leg into guard. Wegorz didn't expect that.
Rosing is looking to work some ground and pound but Wegorz has wrist control.
Rosing working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rosing accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rosing is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rosing trying to control but Wegorz is working from the bottom.
Rosing working some strikes from top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wegorz keeping full guard, as Rosing tries to pass.
Rosing landing with the ground and pound.
Rosing has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rosing trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Rosing jabbing away but nothing is landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Wegorz misses the target.

Rosing gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rosing lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Wegorz backwards.
Rosing is looking to take this one to the mat.

Rosing manages to pull guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosing is pulling down on Wegorz's head. It's preventing any offense from Wegorz, at least for the moment.
Rosing wants to sweep here but Wegorz controlling him for the moment.
Rosing trying to control the position here.
Rosing 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.
Rosing wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Rosing keeping moving, preventing Wegorz from controlling successfully.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosing trying to control the position here.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Wegorz throws an overhand right that lands on Rosing's shoulder, as Rosing tries to avoid the shot.
Wegorz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wegorz lands with a cross.
Rosing tries to close the distance and clinch but Wegorz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wegorz is looking to counter punch.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wegorz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wegorz is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Rosing throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Wegorz to counter with a crisp jab.

Rosing clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rosing successfully pulls guard.
Rosing pulls Wegorz in to control the position.
Wegorz stopping the sweep attempt from Rosing.
Rosing is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Rosing thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wegorz trying to hold on to Rosing's head to control him but Rosing postures up.
Ronald Rosing is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rosing not doing much here.
Mietek Wegorz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wegorz wants to control but Rosing is keeping busy and won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ronald Rosing comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rosing 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 George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ronald Rosing!
A very excited looking Ronald Rosing made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.