PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Toti Rotiz (ranked 726 p4p, 1172 weight class) and Jon Jones (ranked 112 p4p, 175 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rotiz might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Southtown . Toti Rotiz has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Rotiz
vs
Jones

195 cm
31
215
11 - 10 - 0

194 cm
21
220
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good elbows
Good gas tank

Black Lab Clothing

Senshi Fight Gear
Un-Kaged Nutrition

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 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Toti Rotiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jon Jones!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Alyssa Summers and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rotiz throws a right and a left that Jones avoids nicely.
Jones checks the leg kick nicely there.
Rotiz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rotiz scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Jones attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Rotiz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jones moves away.
Jones is trying to counter with his kicks.
Rotiz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rotiz misses with a two punch combination.
Jones takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jones takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rotiz tried to score with a low kick but Jones checks it.

Jones closes the distance and clinches.
Rotiz avoids the elbow strike from Jones, against the cage.
Jones keeps control of Rotiz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jones keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rotiz's efforts to push away.
Jones misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rotiz wants to break the clinch but can't.

Rotiz manages to break the clinch.
Rotiz throws a shot from downtown. Jones moves away and avoids it.
Rotiz swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Rotiz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jones steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Rotiz.
Jones swings for the body but Rotiz moves out of range.
Jones gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rotiz throws a one two combo.
Jones throws a body kick that misses.
Jones is looking to land body kicks.
Rotiz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rotiz lands the left hand.
Rotiz avoids the body shot from Jones.
Jones will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Jones dodges the punch combination from Rotiz.
Rotiz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jones.
Jones closes the distance but Rotiz moves to the side

and Rotiz counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jones won't be happy with that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jones taking punishment in the form of punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rotiz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
Rotiz creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Jones sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Jones is trying to get back to half guard.
Jones gets back to half guard.
Jones felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Rotiz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Jones is looking to improve his position.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Rotiz looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rotiz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rotiz landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Rotiz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
Rotiz throwing shots but Jones is blocking nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Jones looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jones slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Rotiz postures up in Jones's guard and throws a big left but Jones blocks it.
Rotiz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rotiz advances position into side control!
Jones is trying to improve his position.
Rotiz looks up at the clock and then as Jones takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Rotiz smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Rotiz landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rotiz cracks Jones with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Rotiz immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Jones is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Rotiz!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Toti Rotiz!
Toti Rotiz was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.