PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saul Trejo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bas Rotten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trejo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Red Flag by Billy Talent. Saul Trejo has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Trejo
vs
Rotten

192 cm
29
270 lbs
9 - 6 - 0

195 cm
24
255 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Determined

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 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Saul Trejo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bas Rotten!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trejo moves to clinch but Rotten breaks away
and Rotten counters with a body kick that stops Trejo in his tracks momentarily.
Rotten fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Trejo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Trejo moves to clinch but Rotten breaks away
and Rotten counters with a nice low kick that buckles Trejo's knee momentarily.
Rotten throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Trejo misses with a kick to the body
and Rotten counters with an inside leg kick.

Rotten moves into the clinch successfully.
Rotten lands a left hand.
Rotten lands a hook that snaps the head of Trejo backwards.

Rotten breaks the clinch.
Trejo tries to clinch but Rotten moves away
and Rotten counters with a series of strikes. Trejo will be more careful next time no doubt.
Trejo fails with the takedown
and Rotten counters with a series of strikes. Trejo will be more careful next time no doubt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Trejo wants to clinch
and Trejo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Trejo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rotten.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rotten clinches up against the cage.
Trejo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rotten displaying some good clinch control by pressing Trejo up against the cage.

Rotten gets a trip takedown into half guard.

Trejo looking for submissions off his back.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Rotten trying to control the pace.
Rotten looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Nice strikes from Rotten there.
Trejo is trying to stand back up but Rotten is controlling him
Rotten is taking a breather. Trejo says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Trejo tries to get to full guard but Rotten has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trejo is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trejo is refusing to be controlled, as Rotten sits in half guard.
Rotten is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Bas Rotten was stalling too much, according to the referee.

Rotten tries to sprawl but Trejo drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Trejo is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Rotten has managed to free his arm - good work.

Rotten is defending against the submission attempts here by Trejo.

Trejo looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Trejo is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Trejo seems to be looking for submissions.

Trejo looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Trejo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rotten keeps working.

That's four 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.
Rotten tries to kick Trejo off but Trejo keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Rotten gets back to full guard.

Trejo is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Rotten is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Rotten has escaped and now he's on top!
Rotten is looking to work some ground and pound but Trejo has wrist control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trejo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

Trejo with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bas Rotten dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Trejo has his takedown stuffed
and Rotten counters with a three punch combo that has Trejo backing up. Trejo nods at Rotten to acknowledge the strikes.
Trejo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Rotten counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Trejo moves to clinch but Rotten breaks away
and Rotten counters with a nice uppercut.
Trejo moves to clinch but Rotten breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Rotten lands a really nice looking cross but Trejo seems unphased.
Trejo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rotten connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rotten circles away from the clinch attempt

and Rotten counters by moving into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trejo jumps guard but Rotten stands there with Trejo around his waist. Trejo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Saul Trejo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trejo stalls.

Rotten breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Trejo darts in trying to clinch
and Rotten counters with a low kick, right behind Trejo 's knee.
Trejo has his takedown stuffed

and Rotten counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Trejo's guard now.
Rotten wants to control from the top but Trejo keeps moving.
Rotten lands a couple of digs.

Trejo has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Rotten can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Rotten is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rotten wants to stand but Trejo is controlling his posture from full guard.
Rotten works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Trejo actively working from the bottom here.
Rotten works his way into full mount!
Trejo is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Rotten controlling from the full mount.
Rotten looking to finish Trejo with some ground and pound. This is bad for Trejo!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trejo tries to reverse the position but Rotten maintains control.
Trejo manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Rotten wants to take a breather but Trejo is having none of it.
Trejo is looking for a sweep. Rotten is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rotten sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Trejo defending well though.
Trejo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.

Trejo working for a triangle but Rotten defends it easily.

Trejo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rotten won't allow Trejo to sweep him here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rotten pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Trejo is keeping the position for now.

Trejo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Trejo looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Rotten passes into half guard.
Rotten trying to control the action but Trejo is working from the bottom.
Rotten thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Rotten is looking to take a break and control but Trejo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Trejo slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Rotten advances position into side control!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rotten wants to control but Trejo is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bas Rotten showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Trejo closes the distance but Rotten moves to the side
and Rotten counters with a one-two to the body.
Trejo walks into a jab.
Trejo tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rotten counters with a big head kick but Trejo shrugs it off.
Trejo tries to clinch
and Rotten counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Trejo thinking.
Bas Rotten is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rotten circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rotten counters with a two punch combo.
Trejo misses with a takedown
and Rotten counters with a stiff right hand.
Trejo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rotten.
Trejo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Rotten makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rotten getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rotten misses with a series of wild punches.
Rotten looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Trejo tries to clinch up
and Rotten counters with a leg kick.
Rotten lands with a kick to the ribs.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rotten fails to land with a series of punches.
Trejo darts in trying to clinch
and Rotten counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A combination from Rotten does no damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trejo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rotten finds it's way round the side to connect with Trejo's head.
Rotten's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Rotten duly obliges.
Rotten circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Rotten counter with a right hand.
Trejo closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rotten counters with a thumping low kick.
Rotten throws a nice head kick!

Trejo tries to keep at a distance but Rotten has taken the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Trejo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Rotten. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rotten.
Trejo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rotten is defending well for now.
Trejo fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Saul Trejo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trejo with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Rotten lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rotten trying to control from half guard but Trejo is working away.
Rotten takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Trejo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Trejo trying to hold on to Rotten's head to control him but Rotten postures up.
Rotten seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Trejo does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rotten controlling the action here.
Rotten wants to lay and pray for a moment but Trejo keeps working.
Trejo moves into full guard.
Rotten trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Trejo working for a triangle but Rotten defends it easily.
Bas Rotten is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rotten controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Trejo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Trejo thowing shots but they're missing.
Rotten tries to reverse the position but Trejo maintains control.
Saul Trejo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bas Rotten has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rotten blocking the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rotten tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Trejo thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Trejo punching from mount but Rotten doing a good job of avoiding damage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bas Rotten comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rotten 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bas Rotten!