PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ram Rocker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tobious Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rocker's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, For Heavy Metal we will die!. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Rocker
vs
Khan

187 cm
26
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

177 cm
31
178 lbs
8 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ram Rocker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tobious Khan!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocker looks to throw a body kick
and Khan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rocker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Rocker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Khan, pushing him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Rocker.
Rocker scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Rocker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rocker scores with a nice body kick.

Rocker has closed the distance and engaged Khan in a clinch.
Rocker working aggressively here.
Khan working aggressively here.

Rocker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rocker bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rocker lands a leg kick that knocks Khan off balance momentarily.
Khan connects with a body shot that sends Rocker's belly button to the back.
We've been hearing reports that Rocker has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Khan steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rocker. That one must have hurt.
Ram Rocker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Khan misses its intended target.
Khan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rocker.
Khan tries to clinch but Rocker moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rocker lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Khan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rocker uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Khan.
Khan throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rocker.
Rocker cracks Khan with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rocker jabs Khan to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Khan tries to sprawl but Rocker drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Rocker uses his free foot to push down on Khan's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Khan.

Rocker looking for a guillotine from mount but Khan is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Khan regains half guard.

Khan is defending against the submission attempts here by Rocker.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rocker maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Khan could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Rocker has cracked it and Khan is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Rocker!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ram Rocker!
Ram Rocker decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.