PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Royce Rosario (ranked 1275 p4p, 2861 weight class) and Michael Brogan (ranked 154 p4p, 332 weight class). Brogan is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Immortal Technique - Open Your Eyes. 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 Michael Brogan was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Rosario
vs
Brogan

189 cm
27
250
6 - 2 - 0

191 cm
20
253
4 - 8 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Royce Rosario!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Michael Brogan!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brogan looks to land a left hand but Rosario moved out of range nicely.
Rosario swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Brogan has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Brogan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rosario uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brogan.
Brogan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rosario misses with a looping right.
Rosario displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brogan throws out the jab.
Brogan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rosario.
Rosario misses with a left hand

and Brogan counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rosario is trying to break free.
Rosario misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rosario lands a right hand.
Rosario tries a body shot but Brogan blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brogan.
Rosario misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brogan can't find room to land a body shot as Rosario controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosario blocks a body shot from Brogan.
Rosario swings wildly with an uppercut but Brogan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brogan misses with an elbow over the top.
Rosario takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Royce Rosario has been cut.
Brogan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brogan blocks an uppercut.
Rosario lands a shot to the body.
Rosario throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Brogans head.
Brogan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rosario throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Good body shot from Rosario.
Brogan throws a head punch that misses.
Rosario working aggressively here.
Brogan takes a shot to the head.

It looks like Michael Brogan has been cut.
Rosario misses with a body punch.
Rosario looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Rosario tries a body shot but Brogan blocks it.
Rosario tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brogan's elbow.
Brogan takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brogan tries to work over Rosario's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A shot in the inside from Rosario.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rosario fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rosario swings wildly with an uppercut but Brogan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brogan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rosario misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brogan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brogan lands an uppercut.
Rosario working aggressively here.
Brogan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rosario lands an uppercut.
Rosario looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Brogan prevents a body shot from Rosario.
Brogan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brogan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brogan creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rosario goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosario has a couple of punches blocked by Brogan.
Rosario tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rosario is trying to break the clinch but Brogan is controlling him.
Brogan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brogan can't find room to land a body shot as Rosario controls the action.
Rosario takes an elbow to the temple.
Brogan misses with a punch to the body.
Brogan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brogan can't find room to land a body shot as Rosario controls the action.
Rosario lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rosario lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brogan backwards.
Rosario throws a head punch that misses.
Rosario lands an uppercut.
Brogan leaning against his opponent.
Rosario misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rosario misses with a punch on the inside.
Brogan blocks an uppercut.
Rosario doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosario avoids the elbow strike from Brogan, against the cage.
Rosario doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rosario blocks an elbow strike from Brogan.
Rosario misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rosario tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rosario prevents a body shot from Brogan.
Brogan misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brogan throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brogan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rosario's elbow.
Brogan misses with an elbow over the top.
Brogan can't find room to land a body shot as Rosario controls the action.
Rosario tries a body shot but Brogan blocks it.
Rosario lands a hook that snaps the head of Brogan backwards.
Rosario misses with the head strike.
Rosario goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brogan working aggressively here.
Rosario misses with a punch to the body.
Rosario misses with some punches.
Rosario swings wildly with an uppercut but Brogan uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Royce Rosario dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Rosario's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Rosario ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brogan moves away.
Brogan throws a counter combo.
Rosario ducks under a wild hook from Brogan.
It looked like Rosario wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rosario steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brogan.
Brogan throws a hook but Rosario blocks it.
Rosario throws a lazy uppercut

and Brogan holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brogan.
Brogan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rosario.
Rosario struggles to land a body shot inside as Brogan controls his hands.
Brogan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rosario's defenses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rosario tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brogan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rosario tries to throw a body punch but Brogan avoids it by throwing Rosario back against the cage.
Rosario lands with a left to the head.
Brogan creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rosario's defenses.
Rosario can't find room to land a body shot as Brogan controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brogan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brogan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Brogan struggles to land a body shot inside as Rosario controls his hands.
Rosario swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Brogan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rosario throws a head punch that misses.
Brogan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brogan blocks a body shot from Rosario.
Rosario struggles to land a body shot inside as Brogan controls his hands.
Brogan throws an elbow that misses.
Brogan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rosario tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brogan works on Rosario's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch on the inside from Rosario fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rosario.
Rosario misses with a body punch.
Brogan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rosario struggles to land a body shot inside as Brogan controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brogan misses with a body punch.
Rosario letting Brogan take a breather here.
Brogan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rosarios head.
Brogan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rosario working hard to break the clinch.
Brogan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rosario swings wildly with an uppercut but Brogan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brogan can't find room to land a body shot as Rosario controls the action.
Brogan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rosario misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A left hand lands to the body for Brogan.
Brogan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rosario's elbow.
Rosario misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Rosario.
Brogan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rosario.
Brogan stalling in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosario throws a punch but it's blocked by Brogan.
Rosario misses with a body punch.
Brogan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brogan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch on the inside from Rosario fails to land.
Rosario misses with some punches.
Rosario misses with the head strike.
Brogan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rosario fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rosario misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rosario blocks the elbow strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rosario.
Rosario throws a head punch that misses.
Brogan lands a nice elbow.
Rosario goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brogan misses with some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Brogan.
Brogan misses with a punch to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brogan misses with a body punch.
Brogan stalling in the clinch.
Brogan struggles to land a body shot inside as Rosario controls his hands.
Brogan blocks a body shot from Rosario.
Rosario tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brogan's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rosario.
Rosario struggles to land a body shot inside as Brogan controls his hands.
Brogan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rosarios head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brogan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Rosario breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rosario looks to land a left hand but Brogan moved out of range nicely.
Brogan wants to counter the offense by Rosario and move into the clinch position.
Brogan tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rosario swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Royce Rosario is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Brogan scores with a nice head shot.
Brogan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rosario manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rosario misses with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Michael Brogan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Rosario's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

A telegraphed right hand from Rosario misses the target.
Rosario throws an off balance right hand
and Brogan counters with a nice uppercut.
Brogan missing with a left hand there. Rosario was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brogan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rosario throws the left hand but Brogan avoids the punch easily.
Michael Brogan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rosario misses with an uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Rosario misses the target.
Brogan misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rosario takes a swing at Brogan's ribcage but misses.
Brogan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Brogan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rosario sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rosario is looking to counter punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosario bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rosario missing with a left hand there. Brogan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brogan throws a lazy uppercut
and Rosario makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Brogan throws a combination. Rosario tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Rosario clobbers Brogan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Brogan throws a hook but Rosario avoids it easily.
Brogan moves away from the strike by Rosario.
Brogan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rosario was well out of range. Poor timing from Brogan.
It looked like Rosario wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Brogan swings widly with a right hand
and Rosario counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rosario uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brogan.
Rosario was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Brogan connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rosario. Rosario circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brogan misses with a wild body shot.
Rosario throws an overhand right that lands on Brogan's shoulder, as Brogan tries to avoid the shot.
Brogan might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Brogan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rosario throws a jab when Brogan was well out of range.
Rosario misses with a straight right.
Brogan scores with a jab to the body.

Brogan closes the distance and clinches.
Rosario misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Brogan - that landed with a thud.
Brogan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rosario blocks an elbow strike from Brogan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brogan blocks an uppercut.
Brogan blocking some punches.
Brogan lands an elbow just above Rosario 's eye.
A left hand lands to the body for Brogan.
Rosario tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brogan's elbow.
Brogan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rosario dodges an elbow strike from Brogan.
Rosario misses with a punch to the body.
Brogan lands a nice shot to the body.
Rosario lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short left from Brogan.
Royce Rosario has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brogan pushes Rosario back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brogan misses with a body punch.
Brogan comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rosario blocks an uppercut.
Brogan pushes Rosario back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rosario tries a body shot but Brogan blocks it.
Brogan blocks a body shot from Rosario.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brogan lands a shot to the body.
Brogan is leaning against Rosario and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Brogan lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Brogan.

Royce Rosario's cut is getting worse.
A head punch on the inside from Brogan fails to land.
Brogan lands an elbow inside that Rosario shrugs off.
Rosario misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brogan lands an elbow that stopped Rosario in his tracks for a moment.
A nice left hand lands by Brogan.
Rosario avoids a wild elbow strike from Brogan.
A head punch on the inside from Rosario fails to land.
Rosario takes an elbow to the temple.
Brogan tries to work over Rosario's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brogan is leaning against Rosario and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Brogan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rosario misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brogan.

And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Brogan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Brogan 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight for Michael Brogan!
Judge David Hoff scores the fight for Michael Brogan!
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight for Michael Brogan!

Michael Brogan wins by unanimous decision!
After winning the bout, Michael Brogan thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.