PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Koufax Pierce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hunter Rollins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rollins has chosen Future World Music - Dream Catchers as his entrance music. Koufax Pierce has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Pierce
vs
Rollins

175 cm
27
155 lbs
11 - 8 - 0

173 cm
26
167 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Powerful takedowns
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Koufax Pierce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Hunter Rollins!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Paul Tew and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rollins lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pierce takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

It looks like Koufax Pierce has been cut.

Rollins moves into the clinch successfully.
Rollins misses with a knee to the head.
Rollins tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rollins lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pierce is trying to force a seperation but Rollins has the dominant position.
Rollins tries to land knees in the clinch but Pierce avoids the damage to the body.
Rollins lands a damaging elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rollins landing knees to the head.
Rollins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rollins connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pierce's face.
Pierce working hard to break the clinch.
Rollins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rollins misses with a knee to the head.
Pierce on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rollins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rollins misses with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rollins just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pierce's brow.
Rollins misses with a knee to the head.
Rollins connects with a knee to the head.

Koufax Pierce's cut is getting worse.
Rollins tries a knee to the head but Pierce blocks it.
Rollins with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pierce is trying to break the clinch but Rollins has him pressed against the cage.
Pierce has had enough of the clinch but Rollins keeps him there for the moment.
Rollins lands an elbow that stopped Pierce in his tracks for a moment.
Rollins misses with the head strike.
Pierce wants to break free but Rollins has control.
Pierce has had enough of the clinch but Rollins keeps him there for the moment.

Pierce breaks the clinch.
Pierce fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rollins throws a head kick but Pierce moves out of range.
Rollins gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pierce.
Pierce throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.

Rollins darts in and clinches Pierce up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rollins has Pierce pressed against the cage, preventing Pierce from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pierce wants to break free but Rollins has control.
Pierce avoiding damage as Rollins throws knees to the body.
Pierce is looking to break free of the clinch but Rollins has double underhooks.
Pierce working hard to break the clinch.
Rollins throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pierce blocks it with crossed arms.
Rollins lands with a light punch inside.
Rollins misses with a knee to the head.
Rollins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pierce tries to circle away but Rollins has him pinned against the cage.
Rollins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rollins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rollins misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pierce.
Pierce wants to get back to striking at distance but Rollins won't allow it.
Pierce has had enough of the clinch but Rollins keeps him there for the moment.
Pierce takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pierce blocks the elbow strike.
Rollins tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rollins tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pierce avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rollins.
Rollins landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rollins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Koufax Pierce's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Pierce on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rollins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pierce's defenses.
Rollins lands a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pierce breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rollins takes one to the chin there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pierce scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Koufax Pierce is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Pierce darts in and clinches Rollins up against the cage.
Pierce is trying to force a seperation but Rollins has the dominant position.
Rollins using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pierce has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rollins throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pierce blocks it with crossed arms.
Rollins looking to throw knees to the head but Pierce is blocking nicely.
Pierce is trying to force a seperation but Rollins has the dominant position.
Rollins connects with a knee to the head.

Jeez, Koufax Pierce's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Pierce is trying to force a seperation but Rollins has the dominant position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rollins tries to land a knee to the head but Pierce blocks with his arms.
Pierce tries to break the clinch but Rollins is controlling the position.
Rollins lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rollins keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pierce's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hunter Rollins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Koufax Pierce's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Pierce digs a good hook to Rollins's body.
Pierce displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Pierce throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rollins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pierce.

Pierce rushes Rollins and presses him up against the cage.
Rollins has Pierce pressed against the cage, preventing Pierce from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rollins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rollins throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rollins misses with a knee to the head.
Rollins connects with a knee to the head.
Pierce is trying to push Rollins away but Rollins has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pierce blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rollins pushes off an throws an elbow but Pierce leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rollins scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rollins lands a nice elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Koufax Pierce's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Hunter Rollins!
After winning the bout, Hunter Rollins thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.