PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Perry Roscrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Lane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roscrow comes into the arena with Big Time blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Roscrow
vs
Lane

190 cm
18
247 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

196 cm
25
245 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Perry Roscrow!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, David Lane!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lane misses with a few strikes there.
Roscrow defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lane.
Lane misses with the combination.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Lane is defended easily by Roscrow.
Roscrow stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Roscrow wants it to stay on the feet.
Perry Roscrow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Lane.
Lane shoots in looking for a takedown. Roscrow tries to sprawl out of it but Lane keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Roscrow manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lane swinging wildly here.

Roscrow closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Lane did well to prevent Roscrow getting side control.
Roscrow throwing shots but Lane is blocking nicely.
Lane looks gassed!
Roscrow missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Roscrow 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.
Roscrow wants to free his trapped foot but Lane is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Roscrow is controlling the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lane avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Roscrow.
Lane keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lane blocking the ground and pound attempt from Roscrow.
Roscrow performing his best blanket impression for a moment.

Roscrow stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lane tries for a takedown but Roscrow circles away easily

and Roscrow counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Roscrow engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Roscrow trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Roscrow looking to pass the guard.

Roscrow stands and steps away. Lane gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Roscrow drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Roscrow in side control lands a decent elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Roscrow is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lane has escaped the position, nice work there.
Lane is working to avoid the ground and pound but Roscrow connects with a decent elbow.
Roscrow lands a nice forearm strike.

Roscrow stands up.

Roscrow scores a takedown into full mount!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roscrow sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Roscrow has hold of Lane's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Lane manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Roscrow lands with some strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Perry Roscrow dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lane gets caught flat footed, as Roscrow shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Lane preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lane preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Roscrow postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Roscrow controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Roscrow distracts Lane with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Roscrow stands up from Lane's guard - Roscrow perhaps looking for a knockout.
Lane misses with a takedown

and Roscrow counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Lane is working an open guard so Roscrow takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Lane enables Roscrow to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Lane manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roscrow missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roscrow is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Roscrow trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Roscrow is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Roscrow seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Lane for as long as he can get away with.
Lane 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Perry Roscrow just wasn't active enough.
Roscrow shoots in for a takedown but Lane shows good takedown defense.

Lane closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Roscrow did well to prevent Lane getting side control.

Roscrow kicks Lane off and gets back to his feet.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Roscrow is defended easily by Lane.
Lane shoots and misses

and Roscrow counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Roscrow postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Roscrow loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Perry Roscrow overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Roscrow showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lane can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lane throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roscrow is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Lane keeping moving, preventing Roscrow from controlling successfully.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Perry Roscrow.

Roscrow drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Roscrow is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lane can do to turn this around?
Roscrow sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Lane is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roscrow in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Lane is trying to control Roscrow's posture but Roscrow avoids it.
Roscrow trying to control the position but Lane is working away.
Roscrow working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Roscrow wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lane keeps working.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Roscrow stands up and we're back to a striking position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Perry Roscrow dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Lane misses with a takedown

and Roscrow decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Lane's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Roscrow accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Roscrow content to stall in guard here.
Lane looking to control.

Roscrow is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Roscrow is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lane avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Roscrow throws a big right hand that misses.
Lane is looking to sweep but instead, Roscrow has passed into half guard.

Roscrow is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Roscrow wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lane keeps working.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Roscrow tries to pass the half guard into mount. Lane knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Lane is trying is best to control the position here.
Roscrow slows the pace down in half guard.

Roscrow decides to stand up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Roscrow with that takedown attempt.
Lane gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily

and Roscrow counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Roscrow prevents Lane from standing back up.
Roscrow is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Roscrow sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lane defending well though.
Roscrow wants to control but Lane is keeping him busy.
Lane is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lane avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Roscrow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lane is trying to stand back up but Roscrow is controlling him
Roscrow not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Roscrow is thwarting Lane's attempts to control the position.

Roscrow postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Lane to stand up.
Lane misses with a takedown attempt

and Roscrow counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Lane's guard now.
Perry Roscrow has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Lane.
Roscrow pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lane is keeping the position for now.
Roscrow is stalling in the full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Perry Roscrow showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Roscrow has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:26
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:26
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Perry Roscrow!