PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Termi Naattori (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and joe rogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Naattori
vs
rogan

225 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

225 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Termi Naattori!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, joe rogan!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naattori is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Naattori pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Naattori tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but rogan swivels and escapes.
Naattori shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Naattori shoots in but rogan avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Termi Naattori. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Naattori shoots in and bounces rogan off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

rogan wriggles free and stands up.
Naattori looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
rogan swinging wilding here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naattori shoots in for a takedown but rogan shows good takedown defense.
Naattori shoots in for a double leg but rogan sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Naattori lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Naattori.
Naattori is breathing heavily.
rogan fails to land with a series of punches.

rogan shoots in and bounces Naattori off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
rogan wants to get up but he can't break Naattori's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
rogan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

rogan stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Naattori doesn't succeed with the takedown

and rogan counters by clinching up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

rogan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Naattori looks to land a left hand but rogan moved out of range nicely.
Naattori tries for a takedown but rogan circles away easily

and rogan counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Naattori's guard now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!

rogan stands up and waves to Naattori to follow him.

Naattori drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Naattori decides to stand back up.

Naattori closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Naattori slows the pace down in half guard.
rogan tries to get to full guard but Naattori has control of the leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Naattori stands up from half guard.
Termi Naattori seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Naattori scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Naattori wants to control but rogan is keeping him busy.
rogan wants to stand back up but Naattori manages to pass into side control.
rogan wants to get back to his feet but Naattori drags him back down.
Naattori scores with a couple of short elbows.
You can see the frustration on rogan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
rogan is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Naattori is controlling him well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Naattori has his takedown stuffed
and rogan counters with a left right combination that sends Naattori crashing to the mat - rogan wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Naattori out for a TKO! Devastating finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). joe rogan!