PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Wallin (ranked 5267 p4p, 5048 weight class) and Christof Rollo (ranked 579 p4p, 569 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Rollo's choice of entrance music: dis. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wallin
vs
Rollo

182 cm
18
187
1 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
184
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, William Wallin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Christof Rollo!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Shimada.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Wallin closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rollo.
Rollo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like William Wallin has been cut.
Wallin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rollo lands an elbow inside.

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

Rollo tries to keep at a distance but Wallin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Wallin prevents Rollo from breaking the clinch.
Rollo lands an elbow inside that Wallin shrugs off.
Rollo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Wallin swings wildly with an uppercut but Rollo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rollo looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Wallin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wallin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rollo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rollo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wallin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wallin throws a punch but it's blocked by Rollo.
Rollo throws an elbow but it misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wallin.
Wallin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wallin has a couple of punches blocked by Rollo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rollo tries to break free but Wallin pushes him back against the cage.
Rollo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wallin.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wallin.
Rollo lands an elbow inside that Wallin shrugs off.

Rollo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wallin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rollo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wallin scores with a jab to the jaw.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Wallin prevents Rollo from breaking the clinch.
Wallin takes an elbow to the forehead.

William Wallin's cut is getting worse.
Nice elbow from Rollo.
Wallin working aggressively here.
Rollo lands an elbow inside that Wallin shrugs off.
Rollo wants to get back to striking at distance but Wallin won't allow it.
Rollo is trying to push Wallin away but Wallin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Rollo is trying to push Wallin away but Wallin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wallin avoids a wild elbow strike from Rollo.
Wallin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rollo is trying to push Wallin away but Wallin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

Rollo breaks the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick lands for Rollo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Wallin takes the fight into the clinch.
Wallin misses with some punches.
Rollo blocks an uppercut.
Rollo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Wallin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wallin working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wallin.
Rollo has had enough of the clinch but Wallin keeps him there for the moment.
Rollo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

William Wallin's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Rollo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wallin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rollo is looking to break free of the clinch but Wallin has double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wallin.

Rollo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Wallin instigates a clinch.
Rollo lands an elbow just above Wallin 's eye.
Nice elbow from Rollo.

Jeez, William Wallin's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Wallin throws a punch but it's blocked by Rollo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Wallin fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wallin.
Rollo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Rollo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rollo lands a nice looking body kick.
Wallin moves in looking to clinch but Rollo pushes him off.

Wallin closes the distance and clinches.
Wallin misses with the head strike.
Wallin scores with a shot to the side of Rollo's head.
A head punch on the inside from Wallin fails to land.
Wallin swings wildly with an uppercut but Rollo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wallin misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Wallin.

Rollo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rollo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wallin. That did some damage!
Rollo scores with a kick to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wallin takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Wallin tries to clinch there but Rollo circles away.
Wallin fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rollo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wallin tries to clinch but Rollo is having none of it.

Wallin rushes Rollo and presses him up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rollo throws an elbow but misses.

Rollo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wallin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wallin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rollo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wallin backing away here, and Rollo unleashes a leg kick that just misses.

Wallin clinches with his opponent.

Rollo breaks from the clinch.
That kick from Rollo tenderised Wallin's leg. Wallin is trying to keep his angry face on.
William Wallin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A thudding body kick lands there by Rollo!
Rollo feints and then cracks Wallin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Wallin down.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rollo connects with an inside leg kick.
Rollo throws a front kick that sends Wallin stumbling back into the cage.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rollo is trying to push Wallin away but Wallin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Christof Rollo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on William Wallin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rollo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wallin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rollo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wallin tries to clinch up.
Rollo throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Wallin's head.
Rollo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wallin. That did some damage!

Wallin rushes Rollo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rollo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rollo blocking some punches.
Rollo blocks an uppercut.
Rollo lands an elbow that stopped Wallin in his tracks for a moment.
Rollo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wallin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rollo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rollo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wallin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wallin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rollo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rollo blocking some punches.
Rollo blocks an uppercut.
Wallin has a couple of punches blocked by Rollo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rollo is trying to force a seperation but Wallin has the dominant position.
Wallin misses with some punches.
Wallin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rollo tries to break the clinch but Wallin is controlling the position.
Wallin blocks an elbow strike from Rollo.
Wallin throws a head punch that misses.
Rollo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rollo throws an elbow but it misses.
Rollo is trying to break free.
Rollo tries to break free but Wallin pushes him back against the cage.
Wallin throws a punch but it's blocked by Rollo.
Rollo blocking some punches.
Wallin throws a punch but it's blocked by Rollo.
Rollo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
William Wallin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wallin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rollo creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Wallin's defenses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wallin.
Wallin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rollo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Rollo breaks the clinch.

Wallin rushes Rollo and presses him up against the cage.
Wallin misses with some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wallin swings wildly with an uppercut but Rollo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rollo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rollo can't break the clinch.
Rollo has had enough of the clinch but Wallin keeps him there for the moment.
Rollo blocks an uppercut.
Rollo lands an elbow inside.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at William Wallin's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Christof Rollo!
After winning the bout, Christof Rollo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.