PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Maxence Laurentian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rocha has chosen Refuse/Resist by Sepultura as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Laurentian
vs
Rocha

177 cm
25
181 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

180 cm
26
182 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maxence Laurentian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Antonio Rocha!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, John Roberts and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocha goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Laurentian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rocha throws a leg kick but Laurentian moved away.
Rocha misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Laurentian lands a glancing blow to the side of Rocha's head.
Both fighters circling a little - Rocha finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Rocha looks to score with a jab to the body but Laurentian is just out of range.
Laurentian misses the shot to the body.
Laurentian is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rocha.
Rocha misses with a low kick.
Rocha throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rocha.
Rocha misses with a low kick.
Rocha throws a front kick aimed at Laurentian's knee but Laurentian avoids it well.
Rocha throws a quick inside leg kick.
Laurentian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rocha moves away.
Laurentian tries to clinch up but Rocha circles away and keeps his distance.
Laurentian blocks the body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rocha.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rocha.
Laurentian is breathing heavily.
Rocha buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Laurentian moves out of range of the body kick from Rocha.
Good work by Laurentian as he checks the leg kick.
Rocha misses with a leg kick.
Rocha misses with an attempted mid kick.
Laurentian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rocha throws a half hearted mid kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rocha.
Rocha lands a head kick. Laurentian smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

It looks like Maxence Laurentian has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A leg kick checked by Laurentian.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rocha lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Laurentian has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Laurentian and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rocha lands a jab to Laurentian's midsection.
Laurentian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rocha misses with a low kick.
Rocha throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocha scores with a spinning back kick!
Rocha tries to work over Laurentian's front leg with a kick but Laurentian checks it.
Rocha misses with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rocha. That's going to slow Laurentian down.
Laurentian moves out of range of the body kick.
Rocha misses with a low kick.
Nice straight punches there by Rocha. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rocha.
Laurentian walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rocha.
Both fighters circling a little - Rocha finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Rocha lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Rocha looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rocha throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rocha throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rocha keeps Laurentian at a distance using the push kick.
Rocha throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocha misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Laurentian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laurentian. Rocha does a little dance to reset his feet.
Laurentian stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rocha.
Rocha is looking to slow Laurentian down with leg kicks.
Rocha is looking to score with low kicks.
Laurentian takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Laurentian is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rocha defending well as Laurentian loads up on a big left hand.
Rocha throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rocha tries a head kick but it misses.
Rocha fakes the leg kick and cracks Laurentian in the body.
Rocha throws a low kick but Laurentian avoids it.
Rocha throws out a leg kick but Laurentian moves out of range and Rocha only half commits.
Rocha throws a head kick but Laurentian moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Laurentian checks a leg kick.
Laurentian throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rocha throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rocha misses with a low kick.

Laurentian closes the distance and clinches.
Rocha tries to circle away but Laurentian has him pinned against the cage.
Rocha is looking to break free of the clinch but Laurentian has double underhooks.
Laurentian lands a right hand.
Laurentian keeps control of Rocha as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Laurentian lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Laurentian lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rocha.

Rocha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd cheers as Laurentian lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rocha doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laurentian moves out of range as Rocha throws a body kick.
Rocha throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Laurentian tries to clinch there but Rocha circles away.
Laurentian blocks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Rocha dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maxence Laurentian's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rocha scores with a kick to the body.
Laurentian misses with the combination.

Laurentian closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Laurentian slows down the pace here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Laurentian for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Rocha is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Laurentian scores with a shot to the side of Rocha's head.
Laurentian lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rocha backwards.
Rocha is trying to break the clinch but Laurentian is controlling him.
Laurentian lands a right hand.
Laurentian lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Laurentian will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.

Rocha breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rocha throws a front kick aimed at Laurentian's knee but Laurentian avoids it well.
The crowd cheers as Laurentian lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rocha doesn't seem phased though.

Rocha is rocked!
Rocha looks up at the clock. Bad move! Laurentian lands a right hand from hell, dropping Rocha. Laurentian pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maxence Laurentian!