PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Taylor Pickerage (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Rockhold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luke Rockhold has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Pickerage
vs
Rockhold

180 cm
25
190 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

183 cm
24
196 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

M.O. Fight Wear
Versus

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Taylor Pickerage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Luke Rockhold!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pickerage tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rockhold manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Pickerage lands a jab.
Pickerage lands with a shot to the body.
Pickerage paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rockhold looks to throw the jab but Pickerage is out of range.
Pickerage tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rockhold paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Donk. Pickerage catches Rockhold right on the button with a cross.
Pickerage misses with a hook to the body
and Rockhold counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Taylor Pickerage has been cut.
Rockhold dodges the punch combination from Pickerage.
Pickerage tries to clinch there but Rockhold circles away.
Rockhold looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rockhold misses with a few strikes there.
Rockhold takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Pickerage lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rockhold doesn't seem phased though.
Pickerage jabs at Rockhold's body.
Rockhold scores with a punch to the head.
Pickerage darts in trying to clinch
and Rockhold counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pickerage looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rockhold takes one on the button.
Pickerage just misses with a punch to the body.
Pickerage defending well as Rockhold loads up on a big left hand.
Pickerage avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pickerage scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
No luck for Pickerage with that takedown attempt.
A little jabbing left from Rockhold on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Rockhold looks to score with a jab to the body but Pickerage is just out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Pickerage clinches.
Rockhold misses with a body punch.
Pickerage fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pickerage misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rockhold blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pickerage misses with a punch on the inside.
Pickerage throws a punch but it's blocked by Rockhold.
Pickerage misses with a punch to the body.
Pickerage misses with the head strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pickerage misses with a punch on the inside.
Pickerage can't find room to land a body shot as Rockhold controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rockhold.
Rockhold tries to work over Pickerage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rockhold.
Rockhold lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pickerage or not.
Pickerage tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rockhold swings wildly with an uppercut but Pickerage uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pickerage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rockhold blocking some punches.
Pickerage can't find room to land a body shot as Rockhold controls the action.
Pickerage can't find room to land a body shot as Rockhold controls the action.
A right handed body shot lands from Pickerage.
Rockhold prevents a body shot from Pickerage.
Pickerage has a couple of punches blocked by Rockhold.
I was talking to Pickerage's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pickerage swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pickerage misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pickerage misses with some punches.
Pickerage misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pickerage tries a body shot but Rockhold blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rockhold.
Pickerage misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pickerage blocking some punches.
Pickerage misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Rockhold.
Rockhold misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rockhold tries to work over Pickerage's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rockhold lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pickerage or not.
Rockhold swings wildly with an uppercut but Pickerage uses good head movement to avoid it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rockhold blocks an uppercut.
Rockhold fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pickerage struggles to land a body shot inside as Rockhold controls his hands.
Rockhold throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pickerages head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Taylor Pickerage dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Taylor Pickerage's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pickerage tries to clinch up
and Rockhold counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by Pickerage. Beautiful body shot.

Pickerage clinches with his opponent.
Rockhold lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pickerage backwards.
Pickerage is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rockhold can do to turn this around?
Still in the clinch, Rockhold scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rockhold misses with a punch to the body.
Pickerage misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short uppercut from Rockhold.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pickerage blocks a body shot from Rockhold.
Pickerage misses with a body punch.
Pickerage tries to throw a body punch but Rockhold avoids it by throwing Pickerage back against the cage.
Rockhold can't find room to land a body shot as Pickerage controls the action.
A short right from Pickerage.
Rockhold is leaning against Pickerage and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pickerage lands a right hand.
Rockhold lands a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rockhold blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rockhold lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pickerage misses with a punch on the inside.
Rockhold fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pickerage blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Rockhold.
Pickerage goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rockhold.
Pickerage blocks a body shot from Rockhold.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rockhold.
Rockhold prevents a body shot from Pickerage.
Pickerage misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Pickerage fails to land.
Pickerage scores with a hook to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rockhold.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pickerage fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rockhold blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pickerage misses with a punch to the body.
Rockhold stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rockhold lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pickerage backwards.
Rockhold lands a right hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Rockhold.
Rockhold throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pickerages head.
Rockhold scores with a shot to the side of Pickerage's head.
Rockhold scores with a hook to the body.
Rockhold scores with a hook to the body.
Rockhold scores with a shoulder strike.
Rockhold lands a shot to the body.
Rockhold lands with a right to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Rockhold.
Rockhold working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Rockhold.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Rockhold.
Pickerage takes a shot to the head.

Pickerage is rocked!
Rockhold gets through Pickerage's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oh Pickerage is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rockhold lands a right hand.
Rockhold throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Luke Rockhold seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Rockhold misses with a punch on the inside.
Pickerage seems to have got his legs back now.
Rockhold lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rockhold lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Rockhold.
Rockhold lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Rockhold.
Rockhold lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rockhold scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Rockhold.
Rockhold lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pickerage backwards.
Rockhold scores with a shot to the side of Pickerage's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rockhold lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pickerage backwards.
Rockhold lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rockhold.
A right hook to the body lands for Rockhold.
Rockhold lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pickerage or not.
Rockhold throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pickerages head.
Rockhold works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rockhold lands an uppercut.
Rockhold lands with a short shot to the head.
A hook to the body from Rockhold.
Rockhold unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Pickerage! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Rockhold is unloading with more strikes now! Pickerage drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luke Rockhold!
Luke Rockhold decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.