PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Huge (ranked 6163 p4p, 528 weight class) and Luke Rockhard (ranked 8112 p4p, 604 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Huge
vs
Rockhard

194 cm
21
258 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
220 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Good chin

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony Huge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luke Rockhard!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rockhard being controlled against the cage.

Huge lands a takedown into guard.

Rockhard working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Huge has passed into half guard!
Huge working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in half guard, Huge seems content to control.
Huge has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.

Huge is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Rockhard defends it well.
Huge landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Huge landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Huge is working for a submission of some sort.

Rockhard looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Rockhard has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Huge escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Huge!

Huge tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Huge has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Rockhard tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rockhard manages to work his way to half guard, despite Huge's best efforts.

Rockhard looking for submissions off his back.

Rockhard looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rockhard looking for submissions off his back.
Rockhard looks winded!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Huge looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Rockhard actively working from the bottom here.
Huge is controlling the pace.

Huge is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Huge landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Huge knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rockhard on the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huge is nestled in close to Rockhard, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

Huge decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Huge has taken the fight to the clinch.

Huge pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Huge closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Rockhard's guard.

Rockhard is looking to cinch up a triangle. Huge throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Rockhard's body to avoid the submission. Rockhard has instead reached around Huge's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Rockhard arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Luke Rockhard!
Luke Rockhard decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
In defeat, Tony Huge stepped up to the mic, saying 'Hey maaann'.