PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cero Dohbopavich (ranked 2036 p4p, 2614 weight class) and Adan Rollins (ranked 248 p4p, 302 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Adan Rollins was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Dohbopavich
vs
Rollins

181 cm
27
197
7 - 1 - 0

183 cm
20
195
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Powerful

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cero Dohbopavich!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adan Rollins!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rollins misses with a looping left.
Dohbopavich takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dohbopavich slips under a jab.
Dohbopavich tries to counter with a takedown but Rollins is quick to defend against it.
Rollins looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Rollins misses the body punch

and Dohbopavich counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Dohbopavich stopping the sweep attempt from Rollins.
Rollins is still trying to improve position.
Dohbopavich trying to control the position from guard on top but Rollins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dohbopavich landing with the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dohbopavich working some strikes from top position.
Dohbopavich working some strikes from top position.
Dohbopavich trying to control but Rollins is working from the bottom.
Dohbopavich is pushing down on Rollins's leg trying to pass to half guard. Rollins is fighting to maintain full guard but Dohbopavich has managed to sneak the leg through.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dohbopavich lands with a punch from half guard.
Dohbopavich not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Dohbopavich 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.
Rollins wants to get back to full guard.
Rollins moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Rollins looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dohbopavich is one step ahead there.
Dohbopavich scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rollins looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dohbopavich is one step ahead there.
Dohbopavich lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dohbopavich stopping the sweep attempt from Rollins.
Dohbopavich scoring with some ground and pound.
Dohbopavich trying to control but Rollins is working from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dohbopavich is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Rollins bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dohbopavich's guard.

Dohbopavich pushes Rollins off and gets back to his feet.
Rollins lunges at Dohbopavich with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dohbopavich's hand.
Dohbopavich looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rollins lands a jab to the head.
Dohbopavich shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rollins takes a swing at Dohbopavich's ribcage but misses.
Dohbopavich drops down looking for a counter takedown but Rollins sprawls and moves away.
Rollins throws a right hand that misses

and Dohbopavich decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Rollins's guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Dohbopavich cracks Rollins with a solid left hand.
Dohbopavich wants to control from the top but Rollins keeps moving.
Rollins wants to sweep but no luck.
Dohbopavich working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Rollins is on top in guard.

Rollins wants to pass the guard but Dohbopavich is keeping the position.
Dohbopavich is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Rollins passes Dohbopavich's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Rollins not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rollins stops Dohbopavich from getting back to his feet.
Dohbopavich on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dohbopavich tries to get out of the position.

Dohbopavich makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Dohbopavich slips a jab from Rollins.
Rollins misses with a lunging right hand

and Dohbopavich counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Rollins taking some punishment here, with Dohbopavich in his half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dohbopavich working over Rollins with some ground and pound. Rollins looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dohbopavich is trying to control. Rollins wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Dohbopavich not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rollins strikes from the bottom but Dohbopavich uses the opportunity to move to side control.
Dohbopavich working the ground and pound.
Check out the look on Dohbopavich's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Rollins sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Rollins wants to improve his position but Dohbopavich is controlling well.
Dohbopavich is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Dohbopavich scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Rollins moves into full guard.
Dohbopavich trying to control but Rollins is working from the bottom.
Dohbopavich trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rollins utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dohbopavich won't allow Rollins to sweep him here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cero Dohbopavich dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rollins defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dohbopavich.
Dohbopavich takes one on the button.
Nice body punch from Rollins.
Dohbopavich walks into a stiff left hand from Rollins.
Rollins tests Dohbopavich's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rollins digs a good hook to Dohbopavich's body.
A jab from Rollins does it's job there.
Rollins drops Dohbopavich with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Dohbopavich! Rollins dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adan Rollins!