PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Herminio Herculano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chest Rockwell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Herculano
vs
Rockwell

170 cm
26
170 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

177 cm
26
159 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Herminio Herculano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chest Rockwell!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Bart Greer and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Herculano rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rockwell counters with a one-two to the body.
Rockwell fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Herculano is out of range.
Rockwell wants to land a leg kick but Herculano is out of range.
Herculano blocks a jab.
Rockwell falls off balance throwing a combination
and Herculano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Herculano takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rockwell throws a hook but Herculano avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rockwell tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Herculano connects with a looping right hand.

Herculano gets a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Herculano.
Rockwell blocks a body shot from Herculano.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rockwell tries a body shot but Herculano blocks it.
Herculano gets through Rockwell's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rockwell is trying to force a seperation but Herculano has the dominant position.
Herculano is leaning against Rockwell and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Herculano lands with a left to the head.
Rockwell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Herculano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rockwell is trying to break free.
Rockwell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rockwell makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rockwell blocks an uppercut.
Rockwell has a couple of punches blocked by Herculano.
Herculano lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Herculano lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Herculano scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rockwell lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rockwell's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rockwell has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Herculano seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Rockwell can turn it around.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herculano works on Rockwell's body with a couple of short punches.
Rockwell lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Rockwell fails to land.

Rockwell breaks the clinch.
Rockwell throws a chopping leg kick but Herculano manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rockwell motions for Herculano to come forward. Rockwell throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rockwell shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Herculano eats them both and turns towards Rockwell to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Herculano lands a slapping body shot.
A big left from Rockwell misses.
Herculano looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rockwell misses with a left hand

and Herculano counters by clinching up.
Herculano scores with a shot to the side of Rockwell's head.
Herculano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rockwell.
Herculano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rockwell.
Rockwell's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Herculano trying to stall but Rockwell improves his position.
Herculano is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Herculano blocking some punches.
Rockwell working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Herculano fails to land.
Herculano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Herculano.
Rockwell is trying to force a seperation but Herculano has the dominant position.
Herculano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Herculano.
Rockwell scores with a shoulder strike.
Herculano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Herculano is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Herculano lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rockwell or not.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Come on Herculano - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Herculano scores with a shoulder strike.
Herculano lands a hook that snaps the head of Rockwell backwards.
Herculano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rockwell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rockwell is stalling here.
Rockwell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Herculano throws a head punch that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rockwell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Herculano manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Herculano struggles to land a body shot inside as Rockwell controls his hands.
Rockwell misses with a punch to the body.
Herculano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Herculano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rockwell lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Herculano or not.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Herminio Herculano will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rockwell tries to land a leg kick but Herculano saw it coming and moves away.
Rockwell rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Herculano moves into the clinch.
Herculano lands a left hand.
Herculano working aggressively here.

Rockwell escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rockwell throws a hook but Herculano avoids it easily.
As Rockwell tries to get set, Herculano tries to push him back and clinch up but Rockwell manages to avoid the attempt.
Rockwell displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Rockwell throws an overhand right that lands on Herculano's shoulder, as Herculano tries to avoid the shot.
Herculano moves in looking to clinch but Rockwell pushes him off.
Rockwell feints a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rockwell throws a low kick but Herculano moves out of range easily.

Herculano closes the distance and clinches.
Herculano struggles to land a body shot inside as Rockwell controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rockwell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Herculano has him pressed against the cage.
Herculano throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Herculano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Herculano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Herculano makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Herculano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rockwell backwards.
Still in the clinch, Herculano scores with a nice short uppercut.
Herculano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Herculano is working Rockwell over against the cage.
Rockwell swings wildly with an uppercut but Herculano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Herminio Herculano has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Herculano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rockwell blocking some punches.
Herculano has a couple of punches blocked by Rockwell.
Herculano misses with the head strike.
Rockwell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rockwell blocks a body shot from Herculano.
Herculano scores with a hook to the body.
Rockwell misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herculano digs a right hand underneath Rockwell's ribcage. Rockwell let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rockwell is breathing heavily.
Rockwell misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rockwell.
A short body shot lands from Herculano as the two fighters clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rockwell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Herculano gets through Rockwell's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rockwell misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Herculano content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rockwell is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Herculano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rockwell has a couple of punches blocked by Herculano.
Herculano tries to throw a body punch but Rockwell avoids it by throwing Herculano back against the cage.
Rockwell taking a breather.
Herculano is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rockwell.
Rockwell is trying to break free.
Herculano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rockwell's elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Herculano.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short uppercut from Herculano.
Rockwell misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Herculano.
Herculano lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Herculano lands an uppercut.
Herculano lands with a left to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Herculano.
Herculano lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Herculano - that landed with a thud.
Herculano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rockwell backwards.
Herculano misses with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Herculano.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Herculano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Herculano.
Herculano lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rockwell backwards.
Herculano taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Herculano blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rockwell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rockwell working hard to break the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Herculano.
Herculano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rockwell backwards.
Herculano leaning against his opponent.
Herculano stalling the fight.
Rockwell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Herculano struggles to land a body shot inside as Rockwell controls his hands.
Herculano is working Rockwell over against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Herculano.
Herculano working aggressively here.
Rockwell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Herculano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rockwell backwards.
Herculano blocking some punches.
Herculano blocking some punches.
Herculano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Herculano lands a shot to the body.
A hook to the body from Herculano.
A right hook to the body lands for Herculano.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Herminio Herculano dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Herculano thuds a left hand into Rockwell's body.
Rockwell misses with a low kick.
Herculano is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Rockwell.
Rockwell throws a jab when Herculano was well out of range.
Rockwell lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Herculano backs up against the cage.
Herculano tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rockwell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rockwell fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rockwell misses with a low kick as Herculano jumps back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rockwell misses with a right hand
and Herculano counters with a left to the body.
Rockwell looks to throw the jab but Herculano is out of range.
Herculano tries to counter by clinching up but Rockwell breaks away and moves out of range.

Herculano closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Herculano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rockwell misses with the head strike.
Herculano blocks an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Herculano.
Rockwell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Herculano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Herculano cracks Rockwell with a nice body shot.
Rockwell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Herculano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Herculano will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rockwell up against the cage.
Herculano misses with a body punch.
Herculano makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rockwell lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Herculano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rockwell backwards.
Herculano scores with a nice hook to the head.
Herculano working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Herculano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rockwell backwards.
Chest Rockwell has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rockwell is trying to force a seperation but Herculano has the dominant position.
Rockwell misses with a punch on the inside.

Rockwell manages to break the clinch.
Chest Rockwell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rockwell falls off balance throwing a combination
and Herculano counters with a nice body shot.
Rockwell takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

Herculano closes the distance and pushes Rockwell back into the cage.
Rockwell misses with the head strike.
Herculano lands a shoulder strike.
Herculano lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rockwell misses with the head strike.
Rockwell misses with a short punch on the inside.
Herculano misses with a body punch.
Herculano misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Herculano.
Rockwell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Herculano lands a shoulder strike.
The referee calls for Herculano to work.
Rockwell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Herculano makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Herculano misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Herculano on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Herculano scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Herculano.
Rockwell misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Herculano.
Herculano lands a body punch.
Rockwell has a couple of punches blocked by Herculano.
Nice body punch from Herculano - that landed with a thud.
A bit of stalling here from Herculano.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Herculano - that landed with a thud.
Herculano lands a nice uppercut.
Herculano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rockwell can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Herculano scores with a hook to the body.
Rockwell blocks a body shot from Herculano.
A right hand to the body from Herculano.
Herculano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Herculano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Herculano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Herculano presses Rockwell against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Herculano lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rockwell or not.
Herculano lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rockwell or not.
A bit of stalling here from Herculano.
Herculano content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Rockwell swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Herculano.
Herculano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Herculano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Herculano scores with a nice hook to the head.
Herculano pushes Rockwell back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Herminio Herculano showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Herculano, 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 Santiago Holmes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Herminio Herculano!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Herminio Herculano made sure he mentioned Sully's Bar & Grill, along with how happy he was to win his fight.