PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronnie Rolla (ranked 1006 p4p, 139 weight class) and James Neil (ranked 1080 p4p, 147 weight class). Rolla's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hit 'Em Up. Neil has chosen Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rolla
vs
Neil

185 cm
26
200 lbs
13 - 8 - 0

183 cm
24
193 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System
KAISER Nutrition - Q160

Aspire Clothing

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 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ronnie Rolla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, James Neil!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab from Neil.
Neil missing with a left hand there. Rolla was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Neil ducks under a wild hook from Rolla.
Rolla stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Neil.
Neil throws a quick inside leg kick.
Neil throws a jab when Rolla was well out of range.
Rolla lands a nice hook to Neil's body. Neil takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Neil throws a jab when Rolla was well out of range.
Neil tries to move into range but Rolla moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Neil throws a looping overhand right but Rolla ducks down to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Neil. Rolla does a little dance to reset his feet.
Neil bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rolla's head backwards.
Neil uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rolla has time to react.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Neil.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rolla cracks Neil with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rolla misses with a hook. Neil ducked under it nicely.
Rolla lands a nice looking body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rolla darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rolla lands a nice hook to Neil's body. Neil takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Neil rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rolla counters with a right hand to the body.
Neil throws a shot from downtown. Rolla moves away and avoids it.
It looked like Rolla wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rolla throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rolla uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Neil.
Neil throws a poor cross that misses
and Rolla counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Neil throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rolla shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Neil eats them both and turns towards Rolla to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Neil is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rolla looks to land a left hand but Neil moved out of range nicely.
Neil with the counter takedown but Rolla avoids it easily.
Rolla's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Rolla duly obliges.
Neil is still on wobbly legs! Can Rolla finish him?
Neil throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rolla sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A quick step to the side and Rolla tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Neil seems to have recovered his senses.
Neil blocks a jab.
Neil misses with a takedown attempt - Rolla sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Rolla as he connects with a hook.
Rolla throws a hook but Neil blocks it.
Neil misses with a leg kick.
Neil throws a jab but it's blocked by Rolla.
Neil moves forwards but Rolla connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rolla scores with a nice right hand.
Neil looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rolla is fending him off so far but Neil persists. Nope, Rolla circles away and we're back to standing.
Ronnie Rolla has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Neil.
Rolla swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice defenses there by Rolla.
Rolla throws a big counter combination but Neil scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.

Rolla sends Neil crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Rolla is motioning to the referee to let Neil up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Rolla connects with a single shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Neil moves out of range as Rolla strikes.
Rolla misses with a double jab.
A big right from Neil misses.
Rolla moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Neil throws an overhand right that lands on Rolla's shoulder, as Rolla tries to avoid the shot.
Rolla swings for the body but Neil moves out of range.
Neil misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rolla has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rolla there as he acknowledges the shot.
Neil keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rolla misses with a body shot.
Neil misses with a hook.
Rolla moves out of range of the strikes.
Rolla loads up on a big right hand but Neil slips the punch.
Rolla avoids the body shot from Neil.
Neil ducks under a wild hook from Rolla.
Rolla throws a hook to the side of Neil's head but Neil sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Neil ducks under a wild hook from Rolla.
Neil with the counter takedown but Rolla avoids it easily.
Neil scores with a hook to the body. Rolla takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rolla is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Neil swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Neil misses with a hook.
Rolla swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronnie Rolla 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.

Neil scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Neil shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rolla but Rolla pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A big right from Neil misses.
Rolla avoids the body shot from Neil.
Rolla throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Neil looks to land a body kick but Rolla moved away.
Rolla misses with a looping right.
Neil connects with a looping right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decent striking displayed by Rolla there.
Rolla ducks under a wild hook from Neil.
Rolla seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Neil scores with a decent looking hook.
The fighters circle momentarily. Neil darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

Rolla is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neil drops Rolla with a straight right hand, right on the button! Neil follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Neil!
James Neil looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Just hit my music and let's go.'.