PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lee Rowlands (ranked 3742 p4p, 392 weight class) and Fuckya Mother (ranked 8826 p4p, 654 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rowlands
vs
Mother

175 cm
25
155 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

176 cm
20
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lee Rowlands!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Fuckya Mother!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rowlands shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Mother defends it nicely.

Rowlands closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rowlands jumps guard but Mother turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Rowlands slows down the pace here.
Mother takes a shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mother leaning against his opponent.

Rowlands escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rowlands doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mother gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rowlands.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lee Rowlands. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Rowlands's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mother throws a head kick that misses.
Fuckya Mother seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rowlands fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mother tries to clinch up but Rowlands circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice takedown defense from Rowlands. No joy for Mother on that attempt.
Rowlands shoots for a takedown but Mother saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Mother swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rowlands shoots in and drives through. Mother sprawls well.

Mother fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Rowlands to the ground. Mother is now in Rowlands's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mother postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

Rowlands has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mother can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Mother trying to control but Rowlands is working from the bottom.
Mother is looking to work some ground and pound but Rowlands has wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Rowlands holds on and takes a little breather.
Mother wants to control from the top but Rowlands keeps moving.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Mother tries to stand but Rowlands is controlling from the bottom.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rowlands sizes up Mother with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Mother gets tackled into the cage by Rowlands. Rowlands maintains the clinch.
Mother can't break the clinch.

Rowlands breaks the clinch.
Rowlands shoots in looking for a takedown. Mother tries to sprawl out of it but Rowlands keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mother manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mother is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.

Mother closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rowlands taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mother drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Rowlands gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A right hook to the body lands for Rowlands.
Rowlands lands a good knee to the midsection. Mother won't want to take too many of those.
Mother misses with an elbow over the top.
Rowlands slows down the pace here.

Rowlands decides to pull guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rowlands trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.

Mother is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Rowlands closes the distance and clinches.
Mother has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rowlands is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mother can do to turn this around?
Mother has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A short left from Rowlands.

Rowlands pulls guard.
Rowlands pulls Mother in to control the position.
Rowlands trying to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Mother decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Rowlands, up you get!
No luck for Mother with that takedown attempt.
And Rowlands counters with a quick kick to the body but Mother blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mother leaves Rowlands with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Rowlands on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mother. Mother obviously looking to wear him down.
Rowlands shoots in for a takedown but Mother shows good takedown defense.
Rowlands shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lee Rowlands. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Mother scores with a takedown into Rowlands's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mother tries to free his leg and advance position but Rowlands is retaining full guard.
Mother trying to control the position from guard on top but Rowlands is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rowlands looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rowlands will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mother won't allow Rowlands to sweep him here.
Mother content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Rowlands wants to get back to his feet but Mother is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Rowlands seems keen to control Mother's posture.
Mother wants to control from the top but Rowlands keeps moving.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Mother is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Rowlands changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mother tries to avoid it but Rowlands manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mother to the ground. Mother escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Mother crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Rowlands - the referee stops the clock and Mother gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Rowlands. Mother manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Rowlands looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mother is fending him off so far but Rowlands persists. Nope, Mother circles away and we're back to standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Rowlands. No joy for Mother on that attempt.
Mother tries for a takedown but Rowlands sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Rowlands keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Rowlands throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Mother's waist but Mother gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rowlands off to one side.
Rowlands slaps away a takedown attempt from Mother, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mother defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rowlands.
Mother gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Rowlands counters with an inside leg kick.
Rowlands closes the distance and clinches up with Mother, looking for a takedown. Rowlands pushes Mother against the cage but Mother circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Mother tries to counter by closing the distance.
Rowlands goes for a double leg but Mother avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Mother continues to drive forward.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mother wants to clinch.
Mother looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rowlands is fending him off so far but Mother persists. Nope, Rowlands circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice sprawl there from Mother as Rowlands shoots in.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rowlands looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mother has his takedown stuffed

and Rowlands counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rowlands.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mother is trying to force a seperation but Rowlands has the dominant position.
Rowlands creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mother's defenses.

Rowlands pulls guard effortlessly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Lee Rowlands will probably get the nod.
That's time! Rowlands's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Rowlands takes the fight into the clinch.

Rowlands manages to pull guard.
Mother trying to control but Rowlands is working from the bottom.
Mother looking to pass the guard.
Rowlands seems keen to control Mother's posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mother throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rowlands works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mother stopping the sweep attempt from Rowlands.
Rowlands is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Mother is controlling him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rowlands manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Rowlands fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Rowlands pushes Mother up against the cage in a clinch.

Rowlands drags the fight down to the ground.

Mother drops back looking for a leg! Rowlands is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Rowlands manages to kick Mother off! Mother jumps back into Rowlands's guard.
Rowlands is trying to control the position but Mother postures up.
Mother with a nice head shot there.
Rowlands looking for a sweep. Not yet Rowlands, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rowlands is looking to stand up but Mother isn't so interested in that idea.

Rowlands looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Mother working some strikes from top position.
Mother postures up in Rowlands's guard and throws a big left but Rowlands blocks it.
Lee Rowlands overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Mother drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Mother jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Mother working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Rowlands looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Mother working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rowlands's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mother trying to control the position from guard on top but Rowlands is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mother wants to stand but Rowlands has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Mother working some strikes from top position.

Mother stands up from Rowlands's guard - Mother perhaps looking for a knockout.
Rowlands circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rowlands counters with a solid body kick.

Mother shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Rowlands's guard.
Mother not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mother tries to stand but Rowlands is controlling from the bottom.

Rowlands looking for a guillotine here but Mother defends easily.
Rowlands has control of Mother's left arm, preventing Mother from doing any damage.
Fuckya Mother has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Mother thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Lee Rowlands is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rowlands keeping full guard, as Mother tries to pass.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Lee Rowlands.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rowlands, 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lee Rowlands!
After the fight, Lee Rowlands was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.