PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Seth Rollins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Micheal Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rollins comes to the cage accompanied by rap god. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rollins
vs
Brooks

190 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 5 - 0

198 cm
18
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seth Rollins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Micheal Brooks!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rollins throws a head kick that misses.
Rollins staying out of range there.
Rollins takes one to the chin there.
A swing and a miss from Brooks.
Rollins tries for a takedown but Brooks circles away easily
and Brooks counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brooks misses with a right hand

and Rollins decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Brooks's guard.
Brooks is trying to control the position but Rollins postures up.
Brooks might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Rollins haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rollins not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Rollins is in close to Brooks's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rollins stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brooks swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Rollins puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Rollins in particular looking to stall.
Brooks wants to improve his position but Rollins is controlling well.
Rollins is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Rollins is thwarting Brooks's attempts to control the position.
Brooks trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brooks tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rollins pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Rollins is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Brooks to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Brooks shrugs it off.
Brooks avoids a series of strikes thrown by Rollins.
Rollins controlling from the full mount.
Brooks wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Rollins.
Brooks wants to hold on but Rollins pushes him away.
Brooks can't escape the position.

Rollins wants to finish this one by submission but Brooks is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Rollins.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rollins controlling the pace for now.
Brooks tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brooks wants to control but Rollins is having none of it.
Rollins throws some wild stikes that Brooks manages to avoid easily.
Brooks tries to hold on but Rollins pushes him away.
Rollins controlling from the full mount.
Rollins's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Brooks wants to hold on but Rollins pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brooks is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Brooks tries to hold on but Rollins postures up.
Brooks tries to control Rollins's body but Rollins pushes him off. Brooks squirms to his side and now Rollins has his back!
Brooks trying to control but not successfully.

Rollins has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Brooks has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brooks tries to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seth Rollins 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.

Brooks scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Brooks slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Rollins shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Brooks is trying to defend but Rollins finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.

Rollins escapes and gets back to his feet.
Good standup being displayed there by Brooks as he connects with a hook.
Brooks misses with a right hand
and Rollins counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Rollins closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Brooks to the mat! Brooks manages to get full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Rollins decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Brooks, up you get!
Rollins fails to land the takedown.
Seth Rollins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from Brooks. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rollins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brooks.
Brooks doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Brooks misses with a left hand
and Rollins counters with a nice kick to the body.
Brooks cracks Rollins with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A jab from Brooks misses.

Rollins drives through with a takedown into Brooks's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Rollins postures up.
Rollins is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Rollins is looking to work some ground and pound but Brooks has wrist control.
Rollins stops Brooks from standing up.
Brooks is trying to keep Rollins in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rollins controls from within his opponent's guard.

Rollins gets to his feet - Brooks follows without any prompting.

Rollins lands a big head kick that sends Brooks tumbling to the mat! Rollins takes a step backwards and waves Brooks back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Brooks is rocked!

It looks like Micheal Brooks has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brooks clobbers Rollins with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Brooks is still on wobbly legs! Can Rollins finish him?
Micheal Brooks seems to be getting the better of the standup.

Rollins throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Brooks tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Rollins is in Brooks's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rollins looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Brooks wants to control but Rollins passes easily into half guard.
Brooks is trying to control but Rollins passes into side control!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rollins is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Brooks seems to have recovered his senses.
Seth Rollins overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Brooks is trying to work for a sweep but Rollins has mounted him!
Rollins throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Brooks tries to hold on but Rollins postures up.
Rollins in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Brooks really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Rollins controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rollins has hold of Brooks's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Brooks manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Brooks tries to hold on but Rollins pushes him away.
Rollins lands a big shot there that rocks Brooks but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Rollins controlling the position easily from mount.
Brooks wants to hold on but Rollins pushes him away.
Brooks tries to control the position but Rollins now has his back.
Rollins is riding his opponent, not letting Brooks buck him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Seth Rollins dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Micheal Brooks's cut.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Rollins walks into a straight right hand from Brooks.
Rollins shoots in and drives through. Brooks sprawls well.

Rollins fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Brooks to the ground. Rollins is now in Brooks's guard.
Brooks looking to control.
Rollins preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks trying to keep a closed guard but Rollins is proving a slippery customer.
Rollins controls from within his opponent's guard.
Rollins postures up in Brooks's guard and throws a big left but Brooks blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks wants to sweep here but Rollins controlling him for the moment.
Brooks is trying to keep Rollins in close.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Brooks works Rollins's body with a nice hook.
A big left from Brooks misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Brooks misses the target.
Brooks might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Rollins moves to clinch but Brooks breaks away
and Brooks counters with a left to the body.
Rollins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brooks can do to turn this around?
Brooks misses with a hook

and Rollins holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rollins prevents a body shot from Brooks.

Rollins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rollins lands with a nice body kick.
Brooks circles away from the clinch attempt.

Rollins is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Brooks's half guard.
Brooks really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rollins. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rollins thows a huge punch but Brooks dodges it nicely.
Still in half guard, Rollins seems content to control.
Brooks is looking to improve his position.

Rollins is working for a kimura but Brooks is defending it quite comfortably.
Rollins slows the pace down in half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rollins lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rollins sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Rollins gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Brooks scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rollins in his tracks.
Brooks slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Brooks lands with an overhand left.
Nice straight punches there by Brooks. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Brooks.
Rollins gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Brooks.

Rollins darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Brooks tries to get to full guard but Rollins has control of the leg.
Micheal Brooks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Seth Rollins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Rollins wants to work for an arm triangle but Brooks is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Seth Rollins.
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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seth Rollins!
Our winner, Seth Rollins, 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.