PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Summit Panda (ranked 24913 p4p, 25115 weight class) and Don Rockmuller (ranked 549 p4p, 583 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Panda
vs
Rockmuller

150 cm
20
220
3 - 2 - 0

178 cm
20
205
2 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

White Gorilla

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White Gorilla

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Summit Panda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Don Rockmuller!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Panda misses with an uppercut.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Rockmuller.
Rockmuller lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Panda down.
Panda is trying to improve his position.
Rockmuller lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Panda down.
Rockmuller lands a nice forearm strike.
Rockmuller controlling from side mount.
Rockmuller working the body and head with strikes.
Rockmuller looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Panda on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Panda tries to get out of the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Panda is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Rockmuller is working Panda over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Panda is working to avoid the ground and pound but Rockmuller connects with a decent elbow.
Panda tries to buck Rockmuller off but Rockmuller is having none of it.
Rockmuller taking a breather here.
Rockmuller cracks Panda with a big right hand but Panda just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
You can see the frustration on Panda's face as Rockmuller controls the position.
Rockmuller working away.
Panda has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Rockmuller is working Panda over with some ground and pound from side control.
Rockmuller lands a decent elbow from side control.
Rockmuller working the body and head with strikes.
Rockmuller taking a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Panda tries to buck Rockmuller off but Rockmuller is having none of it.
Panda is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Rockmuller scoring with punches from side control.
Check out the look on Rockmuller's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rockmuller lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Panda tries to buck Rockmuller off but Rockmuller is having none of it.
Rockmuller slows the pace down.
Rockmuller scoring with punches from side control.
Rockmuller creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rockmuller in side control lands a decent elbow.
Rockmuller lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rockmuller working the head with strikes.
Rockmuller working the body and head with strikes.
Rockmuller connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Panda some visible discomfort.
Panda takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Panda taking punishment in the form of punches.
Rockmuller working the head and body with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rockmuller landing a few strikes.
Rockmuller takes a little break here. Panda wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Panda can't do much from the bottom here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rockmuller is working Panda over with some ground and pound from side control.
Panda is trying to improve his position.
Rockmuller connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Panda some visible discomfort.
Rockmuller working the body and head with strikes.
Rockmuller working the ground and pound.
Rockmuller in side control lands a decent elbow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Panda is working to avoid the ground and pound but Rockmuller connects with a decent elbow.
Panda is looking to reverse the position.
Rockmuller scores with a couple of short elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Don Rockmuller dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rockmuller throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Panda sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice sprawl there from Panda as Rockmuller shoots in.

Rockmuller shoots in and bounces Panda off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Panda is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Rockmuller pushes down on Panda's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Rockmuller scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rockmuller working over Panda with some ground and pound. Panda looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Panda has hold of Rockmuller's hands but Rockmuller slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rockmuller has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Panda is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Panda has hold of Rockmuller's hands but Rockmuller slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rockmuller is nestled in close to Panda, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Rockmuller moves into full mount! Panda won't be happy about that!
Rockmuller unloading with bombs!
Rockmuller has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Panda tries to lock up and control but Rockmuller gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Rockmuller connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Panda in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Panda knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rockmuller on the ground.
Rockmuller postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Panda looks a forlorn figure.
Panda is wriggling around trying to escape.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rockmuller controlling his opponent.
Rockmuller with a couple of short strikes.
Rockmuller lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The referee warns Panda that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Rockmuller working the ground and pound effectively.

Panda is rocked!
The referee warns Panda that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Oh Panda is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rockmuller raining down shots from the mount!
Panda seems to have got his legs back now.
Rockmuller connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Rockmuller! Panda is hurt baaadly! Rockmuller is firing away with more strikes - Panda is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Don Rockmuller!
A victorious Don Rockmuller thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.