PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacob White (ranked 688 p4p, 670 weight class) and Rokken Roll (ranked 103 p4p, 101 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

White
vs
Roll

177 cm
28
155
16 - 9 - 1

178 cm
26
159
11 - 2 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

AVALON

FF Gear

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 16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacob White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rokken Roll!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roll was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Roll! But no joy.
Roll slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Roll smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
White takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Roll has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
White lands with a hook. Roll tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Roll throws a right hand that misses
and White counters with a series of strikes. Roll will be more careful next time no doubt.
White gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Roll.
Roll throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roll throws an uppercut from half a mile away. White sees it coming and avoids it easily.
White ducks under a wild hook from Roll.
Jab from White.
An inside leg kick from Roll misses.
Roll looks to land a left hand but White moved out of range nicely.
Roll misses with a straight left.
White lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Roll scores with a nice right hand.
Roll lands a nice hook to White's body. White takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Roll scores with a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Roll tries to close the distance and clinch but White swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A low kick from Roll misses
and Roll takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Roll with a body punch. A glancing blow.
White throws a leg kick that is checked
and Roll connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Roll lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Roll staying out of range there.
White lands a really nice looking cross but Roll seems unphased.
Donk. Roll catches White right on the button with a cross.
Roll misses with the body kick
and White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White misses with a low kick.
Roll wants to land a leg kick but White is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roll throws a sloppy body shot

and White moves into the clinch.

White breaks the clinch.
White looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Roll attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Jab, jab by White - just one landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
White gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Roll moves away from the strike by White.
Roll throws a sloppy head kick and White moves out of range easily.
Roll takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
White walks into a jab.
White slips a straight right by Roll.
Roll stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from White.
Roll moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Roll misses with a straight left.
White throws a push kick but Roll slaps the foot to one side.
White bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
White scores with a jab to the body.
Roll scoring well with a low kick there.
A telegraphed right hand from Roll misses the target.
White on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Roll pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It looked like White was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Roll.
Roll is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! White had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Roll closes the distance but White moves to the side
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roll takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
White throws a hook but Roll blocks it.
Roll misses with a left hand
and White makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
White misses with the combination.
Roll misses with a looping right.
White avoids a punch combination nicely.
Roll just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromWhite.
Roll swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by White.
White lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Jacob White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Roll connects with a nice looking jab.

Roll closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into White's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roll won't allow White to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White has Roll pulled in close to control his posture.
White being controlled here, momentarily.
Roll trying to control the position from guard on top but White is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
White looking to hit a scissor sweep but Roll is one step ahead there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roll is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rokken Roll will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

White stuffs the takedown attempt from Roll. Roll gets slowly back to his feet.
Roll throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Roll tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Roll moves out of range as White strikes.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
White fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Roll takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Roll tries to land a leg kick but White saw it coming and moves away.
Nice shot lands for Roll.
White throws a right and a left that both miss.
White tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roll was well out of range. Poor timing from White.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White connects with a right hand. Roll shakes it off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roll. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
White is looking to counter the offense by Roll and move into the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Roll misses the target.
Roll thows a left - swing and a miss!
A nice leg kick from Roll, right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
White missing with a left hand there. Roll was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Roll connects with a looping right hand.
Roll throws a push kick but White slaps the foot to one side.
Roll lands with a hook. White tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A jab from Roll finds it's way through White's defenses.
A looping hook to the body misses from White. Roll does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roll swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Roll is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by White.
Rokken Roll seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Roll lands a really nice looking cross but White seems unphased.
Roll takes one on the button.
White with the inside leg kick.
Roll throws a lazy right hand but White sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
White looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Rokken Roll seems to be getting the better of the standup.
White misses with a straight left.
Roll throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
White is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Roll thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roll jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roll lands with a hook. White tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Roll scoring well with a low kick there.
An inside leg kick from Roll misses.
White tries to counter by clinching up but Roll breaks away and moves out of range.
Roll thows a body kick. White tries to catch it but that hurt him.
White swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Roll feints the counter takedown.
White blocks the body kick.
White seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
White misses with an uppercut. Roll saw that one coming.
White on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Roll. Roll obviously looking to wear him down.

Roll clinches up against the cage.
White blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roll keeps control of White as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Roll misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roll changes levels and goes for a takedown here. White fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Roll connects with a looping right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Roll drives through and clinches with White against the cage.
Roll lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of White backwards.
White is looking to control Roll's arms but Roll gets an underhook and turns him. Now White has his back to the cage.
White is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
White blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
White lands a shot to the body.
White taking a breather.
A nice left hand lands by Roll.
Roll wants to take the fight to the mat but White manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Jacob White has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rokken Roll.
A head punch blocked on the inside by White.
Roll blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
White throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Roll tries to throw a body punch but White avoids it by throwing Roll back against the cage.
Roll tries for a takedown. No joy.
Roll tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
White gets underhooks to prevent Roll's takedown attempt.
Roll lands an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roll misses with the head strike.
Roll blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roll avoiding damage as White throws knees to the body.
Roll lands with a short shot to the head.
Roll has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
White lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roll tried to land a shot to the body but connects with White's elbow.

White breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Roll throws a hook to the side of White's head but White sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
White bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Roll connects with a body shot that sends White's belly button to the back.
Roll swings for the body but White moves out of range.
Roll throws a head kick that misses
and White makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
White throws a body shot but no joy.
White swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Roll.
Roll uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before White has time to react.
White throws a nice inside leg kick.
Roll throws a sloppy head kick and White moves out of range easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rokken Roll showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Nice shot lands for White.
Roll throws a jab but it's blocked by White.
White thinks about countering with a head kick.
White moves out of range of the body kick.
Roll takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
White throws a big shot that misses.
Roll throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Roll just misses with a punch to the body.
White is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Roll misses the target.
Roll stalks White and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into White's face. White staggers backwards, shaken.
White fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Roll throws an overhand right that lands on White's shoulder, as White tries to avoid the shot.
A punch combination from White misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roll.
It looked like White wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Roll swings widly with a right hand
and White counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Roll is looking to score with low kicks.
White swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roll takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A head kick misses from White.
Roll keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from White.
A punch combination from Roll misses.
Roll takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Roll swinging wildly here.
White throws a quick counter head kick but Roll was just out of range.
Roll throws a nice inside leg kick.
Roll blocks a head kick by White.
Roll avoids the body shot from White.
Crunch! Roll slams his shin into White's torso.
Roll misses with a wild body shot.
Roll on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by White. White obviously looking to wear him down.
Roll shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says White as he avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roll looks for the body kick but White saw that one coming.
Roll slips a jab from White.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Roll is defended easily by White.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick by Roll misses
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Roll lands a nice leg kick that just misses White's sensitive parts.
Roll throws a lazy uppercut
letting White counter with a right hand.
Roll uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from White.
Roll is clearly trying to counter these attacks from White with a body shot.
No joy there for White, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Roll throws a big counter head kick but White avoids it with no problem.
Roll misses with a looping left.
Roll slips a straight right by White.
White tries to close the distance and clinch but Roll swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
White avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
White steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roll.
White scores with a sloppy right hand. Roll should have avoided that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Roll drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Jacob White has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

White is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Roll is aware though and is defending well.
Roll looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Roll wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
Roll stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. White swivels though and keeps the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
White trying to control the position.
White keeping full guard, as Roll tries to pass.
White is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Roll has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Roll connects with a jab.

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 Jacob White.
Well Roll 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Rokken Roll!
Rokken Roll decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.