PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Darsin Bleak (ranked 173 p4p, 202 weight class) and Rokken Roll (ranked 24 p4p, 29 weight class). Bleak's entrance music is Enter Sandman. A fine choice. Rokken Roll has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Bleak
vs
Roll

180 cm
32
160
27 - 9 - 0

178 cm
29
159
18 - 6 - 1

BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Conviction
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Conviction

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 27 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darsin Bleak!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rokken Roll!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Percy O'Donnell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bleak 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 throws a hook but Bleak blocks it.
Bleak changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Roll swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Bleak to counter with a crisp jab.
Roll misses with a double jab.
A jab from Roll does it's job there.
Roll misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bleak is looking to counter punch.
Rokken Roll seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roll scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Bleak.
Bleak was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Roll misses with a left hand
enabling Bleak to counter with a crisp jab.
Bleak uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Roll.
A decent looking cross lands there for Roll.
A low kick from Roll is predictable there

and Bleak counters with a nice double leg into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bleak landing some decent shots from guard.
Our spies down at at FF Forever inform us that Roll has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?

Roll looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bleak 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.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bleak throws a sloppy strike and Roll has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Bleak is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Roll!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rokken Roll!
After winning the bout, Rokken Roll thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Darsin Bleak had this to say: 'Good luck in the future, Panic. I'm ending my life tonight.'.