PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boogie Rollins (ranked 925 p4p, 139 weight class) and Rohith Sharma (ranked 1438 p4p, 226 weight class). Rollins comes to the cage accompanied by Fish Fight- King Khan and BBQ Show. Boogie Rollins has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Rollins
vs
Sharma

185 cm
20
217 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

192 cm
20
224 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Boogie Rollins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rohith Sharma!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Ben Hemmingworth and Topper Green.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rollins moves forwards but Sharma connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Sharma pushes Rollins away with a front kick.
Sharma thows a body kick. Rollins tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Rollins misses with an uppercut.
Sharma just misses with a punch to the body.
Sharma lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rollins's sensitive parts.
Rollins with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sharma to score with a decent uppercut.
Rollins goes for a double leg but Sharma avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Sharma continues to drive forward.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sharma! But no joy.

Sharma instigates a clinch.
Rollins can't get the takedown.

Sharma manages to break the clinch.
A shot to the liver by Sharma. Beautiful body shot.
Sharma goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sharma takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sharma fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rollins tries for a takedown but Sharma sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Sharma is looking for the big counter here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Boogie Rollins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rollins tries to score with a low kick but Sharma moves his leg out of the way.

Sharma closes the distance and clinches.
Rollins drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rollins tries for a takedown. No joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Sharma scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sharma scores with a shoulder strike.
I was talking to Rollins's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sharma pushes Rollins back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rollins goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sharma prevents it.
Still in the clinch, Sharma scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from Sharma.
Rollins has had enough of the clinch but Sharma keeps him there for the moment.
Sharma scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sharma creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short uppercut from Sharma.
A short right from Sharma on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Rollins has hold of one of Sharma's legs. Sharma is fighting the takedown attempt but Rollins gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Sharma is looking to stand up but Rollins isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rollins wants to control from the top but Sharma keeps moving.
Rollins postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Sharma wants to stand up but Rollins is controlling him.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rollins working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sharma wants to stand up but Rollins is controlling him.

Sharma pushes Rollins off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Rollins stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharma connects with a looping right hand.
Decent striking displayed by Sharma there.
Rollins walks into a straight right hand from Sharma.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sharma.
Rohith Sharma is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rollins dodges the punch combination from Sharma.

Sharma gets a clinch.
Rollins is working for takedown but Sharma is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sharma lands a right hand.
Rollins has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sharma is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Sharma breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rollins tries for a takedown but Sharma sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Rollins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rollins darts in looking for a takedown but Sharma gets double underhooks and turns Rollins into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sharma staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sharma fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rollins throws a shot from downtown. Sharma moves away and avoids it.
Sharma has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Sharma goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sharma fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rollins has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rollins there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sharma comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sharma has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sharma lunges at Rollins with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rollins's hand.
Sharma connects with a high kick.
Rollins fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Sharma connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sharma is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rollins had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sharma lands with a straight right. Rollins didn't see that one coming.
Rollins shoots in and drives through. Sharma sprawls well.
Rollins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sharma.
Sharma tries to clinch but Rollins moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rohith Sharma dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rollins misses with an uppercut.
Sharma has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rollins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sharma was well out of range. Poor timing from Rollins.

Rollins drives through with a takedown into Sharma's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Sharma utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rollins throws a strike but Sharma rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Sharma trying to stand up but can't free himself from Rollins's guard.

Sharma stands up and waves to Rollins to follow him.
Sharma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharma misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick by Sharma misses

and Rollins counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rollins winds up and cracks Sharma with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rollins working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rollins thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sharma's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sharma has hold of Rollins's hands but Rollins slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

Sharma kicks off Rollins and gets to his feet.
Sharma connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sharma scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rollins throws a nice looking combination but Sharma bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sharma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rollins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rollins changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sharma tries to avoid it but Rollins manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sharma to the ground. Sharma escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Rollins shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rollins has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rollins there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rollins misses with a hook. Sharma ducked under it nicely.
Rollins shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sharma as he jumps to the side.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Sharma tries to sprawl but Rollins drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Sharma pushes Rollins off and gets back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharma connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rollins's hands.
Sharma is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sharma slips a straight right by Rollins.
Sharma has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rollins throws a looping overhand right but Sharma ducks down to avoid it.
Sharma lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rollins fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
It seemed like Sharma was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Boogie Rollins. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Rollins closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Rohith Sharma has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rollins throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sharma is trying to stand.
Sharma is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Sharma has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Rollins is on him like a limpet, forcing Sharma back against the cage.
Rollins drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sharma gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Nice body punch from Sharma.
Rollins swings away with an uppercut that misses.

Rollins is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Sharma can't fight it off and eventually Rollins manages to take the fight to the floor. Sharma looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Sharma wants to stand and escape but Rollins is having none of it.
Rollins in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rollins trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Sharma manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!

Sharma wanted to stand there but Rollins had control of the position.
Rollins has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rollins controls Sharma momentarily but Sharma frees himself.

Sharma decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rohith Sharma showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Rollins swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sharma counters with a nice body shot.
Rollins takes a kick to the side of the head.
Rollins tries to bum rush Sharma with a series of wild strikes but Sharma uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rollins on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sharma tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rollins manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rollins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rohith Sharma seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sharma scores with a head kick. Rollins tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Rollins throws a jab when Sharma was well out of range.
Boogie Rollins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sharma stuffs the takedown.
Sharma lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A shot to the body from Rollins misses
and Sharma counters with a good low kick that Rollins was not able to check.
Rollins walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sharma checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A jab from Rollins misses.
Sharma scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Rollins turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Rollins manages to end up in side control.

Sharma throws Rollins to one side and escapes!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharma cracks Rollins with a right hand to the side of the head.
Sharma is looking to slow Rollins down with leg kicks.
Sharma avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sharma works the jab nicely.
Sharma lands a high kick!
Rollins takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rollins throws the left hand but Sharma avoids the punch easily.
Sharma fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rollins misses with a hook. Sharma ducked under it nicely.
Nice shot by Sharma.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sharma works Rollins's body with a nice hook.
Sharma scores with a jab to the body.
Rollins takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rollins on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sharma throws a sloppy head kick and Rollins moves out of range easily.
Sharma lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rollins misses the shot to the body.
Sharma connects with a crisp jab.
Sharma lands a jab to Rollins's midsection.
Sharma connects with a single shot there.
Rollins fails to land the takedown.
Sharma lands with a right hand.
Rollins fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Boogie Rollins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sharma connects with a crisp jab.
Rollins walks into a jab.
Sharma moves out of range as Rollins strikes.
A cross from Sharma lands.
Sharma stuffs the takedown attempt from Rollins. Rollins gets slowly back to his feet.
Sharma was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Rohith Sharma is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharma scores with a head kick. Rollins tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Rollins walks into a straight right hand from Sharma.
Nice shot by Sharma.
Nice body punch from Sharma.
Sharma lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sharma connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Boogie Rollins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Sharma closes the distance and pushes Rollins back into the cage.
Rollins drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rollins tries to break free but Sharma pushes him back against the cage.

Rollins gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Sharma manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Rollins keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sharma tries to work over Rollins's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rollins looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Sharma softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rollins is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Sharma's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.

Sharma breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rollins shoots in for a takedown but Sharma shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sharma lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rollins's sensitive parts.
Sharma bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sharma scores with a kick to the midsection.
Rollins throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Sharma lands with a nice body punch.
Sharma connects with a crisp jab.
Sharma moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rollins looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sharma is fending him off so far but Rollins persists. Nope, Sharma circles away and we're back to standing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sharma scores with a shot to the body.
Sharma connects with the punch.
Rollins throws a combination that misses
and Sharma counters with a low kick, right behind Rollins 's knee.
Rollins takes one on the chin but seems OK.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rohith Sharma comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Sharma has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rohith Sharma!
After winning the bout, Rohith Sharma thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.