PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Milan Zoranovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronald Rosing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rosing has chosen Nicki Minaj - Pound The Alarm as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. This should be a great matchup!

Zoranovic
vs
Rosing

182 cm
28
284 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

190 cm
27
250 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition
Conquer

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Milan Zoranovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ronald Rosing!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rosing throws a right hand that misses

and Zoranovic counters with a takedown into side control.
Rosing being controlled for a moment.
Rosing tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rosing manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Rosing looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Zoranovic with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Zoranovic is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at V Elite Gym, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Rosing takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Rosing not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Zoranovic is looking to improve his position.
Rosing sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Zoranovic defending well though.
Rosing working the head and body with strikes.
Zoranovic avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rosing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zoranovic works his way to full guard. Good work.
Rosing throws a strike but Zoranovic rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Rosing trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Rosing is pulling down on Zoranovic's head. It's preventing any offense from Zoranovic, at least for the moment.
Rosing looking to hit a scissor sweep but Zoranovic is one step ahead there.
Rosing is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosing is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zoranovic trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zoranovic throwing strikes from guard but Rosing blocks nicely.
Zoranovic passes Rosing's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rosing trying to control but Zoranovic postures up.
Rosing holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Zoranovic thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Rosing is refusing to be controlled, as Zoranovic sits in half guard.
Rosing wants to get back to full guard but Zoranovic has mounted him!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosing is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Zoranovic landing punches.
Zoranovic in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Zoranovic with good strikes from the mount here!
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 taking shots to the head.
Zoranovic 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.
Zoranovic can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rosing is looking to escape.
Rosing working to try and regain half guard.
Zoranovic lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rosing hang on?

Zoranovic is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Rosing to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Rosing shrugs it off.
Rosing is desperately trying to improve his position but Zoranovic has a good base and remains in mount.
Zoranovic punishing his opponent with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rosing keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Rosing sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Zoranovic throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Zoranovic throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rosing has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Zoranovic is working away from the top position though.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Zoranovic is looking to take a break and control but Rosing is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rosing wants to get back to full guard.
Rosing really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Zoranovic. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rosing trying to control but Zoranovic postures up.
Rosing on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Milan Zoranovic dominated that round.
That's time! Zoranovic's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Zoranovic darts in looking for a takedown but Rosing gets double underhooks and turns Zoranovic into the cage.
Rosing throws a hook but Zoranovic avoids it easily.
Zoranovic takes one on the button.
Rosing has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Zoranovic is landing a low percentage of strikes.

Rosing shoots in and bounces Zoranovic off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Rosing throws a big elbow that misses.
Zoranovic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rosing can do to turn this around?
Rosing wants to control from the top but Zoranovic keeps moving.
Rosing stops Zoranovic from standing up.
Milan Zoranovic overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rosing trying to control the position from guard on top but Zoranovic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rosing accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rosing is working Zoranovic over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Zoranovic throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Rosing working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Rosing throwing strikes but missing.
Rosing postures up in Zoranovic's guard and throws a big left but Zoranovic blocks it.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Danga de danga de dang - Rosing scores with a four punch combination!
Zoranovic moves out of range as Rosing strikes.
Rosing connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Zoranovic's hands.
Rosing lands with an overhand left.
Rosing throws the left hand but Zoranovic avoids the punch easily.
Zoranovic takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rosing throws a monster overhand right that drops Zoranovic! Rosing follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ronald Rosing!
An out of breath Ronald Rosing thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
The defeated Milan Zoranovic had this to say: 'Judges are completely incompetent!'.