PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Spenser Nukem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Rolla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Rolla told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Nukem
vs
Rolla

180 cm
20
146 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

170 cm
31
144 lbs
8 - 11 - 0

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

Charlie Wang's Tattered Rags & 95% Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Spenser Nukem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Rolla!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nukem tries to clinch up.
Nukem is looking to clinch.
Rolla circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rolla tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Nukem swivels and escapes.
Nukem tries to clinch
and Rolla counters with a right hand to the body.
Rolla will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nukem is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nukem tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rolla manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rolla shoots for a takedown but Nukem saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Spenser Nukem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Rolla.

Nukem closes the distance and clinches.
Rolla wants a takedown but no success here.
Nukem with a knee to the head.

It looks like Mike Rolla has been cut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nukem creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rolla's defenses.
Nukem dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Nukem for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nukem gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nukem prevents a takedown attempt there.
Rolla wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Nukem has him pressed against the cage.
Rolla tries for a takedown. No joy.
Nukem lands a good knee to the midsection. Rolla won't want to take too many of those.
Come on Nukem - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nukem is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rolla is trying to force a seperation but Nukem has the dominant position.
Nukem lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rolla is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nukem prevents the takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rolla has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Nukem after a bit of a struggle.
Nukem landing knees to the head.
Rolla looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rolla unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nukem lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nukem lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rolla wants a takedown but no success here.
Nukem unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nukem.
Nukem lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nukem obliges.
Rolla has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The referee calls for Nukem to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rolla looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nukem tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nukem creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rolla's defenses.
Nukem keeps control of Rolla as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nukem lands an elbow inside that Rolla shrugs off.
Rolla tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Nukem just stands there and leans against the cage.
Nukem swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nukem scores with a knee to the head.

Rolla is rocked!
Nukem landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nukem lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rolla is still on wobbly legs! Can Nukem finish him?
Nukem stalls.
Nukem connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nukem just leaning against Rolla, taking a breather.
Rolla seems to have recovered his senses.
Nukem goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nukem working Rolla over with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nukem lands a left hand.
Nukem landing knees to the head.
Nukem holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nukem lands a nice knee to the body.
Nukem content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rolla wants a takedown but no success here.
Nukem really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nukem landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nukem fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nukem swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spenser Nukem dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Rolla's cut.
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.

Nukem tries to close the distance and clinch but Rolla swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nukem's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rolla connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Nukem scrambles back to his feet.

Rolla gets tackled into the cage by Nukem. Nukem maintains the clinch.
Nukem lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rolla tries to score a body lock takedown but Nukem shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nukem taking a breather.
Nukem lands an elbow inside.
A knee to the head by Nukem.
Nukem is struggling to control the position.
Nukem scores with a knee to the head.
Nukem scores with a knee to the head.
Spenser Nukem has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nukem is pressed up against the cage. Rolla has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Nukem down to the mat. Nukem avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Nukem drives through and clinches with Rolla against the cage.
Nukem misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nukem throws a punch but it's blocked by Rolla.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Nukem takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Rolla blocks a body shot from Nukem.
Nukem connects with a knee to the head.
Nukem lands a knee to the head.
Nukem taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Nukem lands a nice elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nukem controlling the action here for a moment.
Nukem is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rolla can do to turn this around?
Nukem throws a head punch that misses.
Rolla is looking to control Nukem's arms but Nukem gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rolla has his back to the cage.
Nukem doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nukem just leaning against Rolla, taking a breather.
Rolla tries for a takedown. No joy.
Spenser Nukem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Rolla.
Nukem gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rolla.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nukem.
Rolla takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nukem tries a body shot but Rolla blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rolla takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nukem throws a head punch that misses.
Nukem swings wildly with an uppercut but Rolla uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nukem tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rolla tries to pull guard but Nukem holds him up against the cage and eventually Rolla drops back down to his feet.
Nukem gets underhooks to prevent Rolla's takedown attempt.
Nukem lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nukem stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rolla is trying to break the clinch but Nukem has him pressed against the cage.
Rolla is trying to force a seperation but Nukem has the dominant position.
Rolla tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nukem leaning against his opponent.
Nukem landing knees to the body.
Rolla is trying to push Nukem away but Nukem has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Nukem with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rolla is breathing heavily.
Nukem lands a damaging elbow.
Knees to the body from Nukem.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Nukem obliges.
Rolla has had enough of the clinch but Nukem keeps him there for the moment.
Rolla goes for a takedown in the clinch but Nukem prevents it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Nukem.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nukem stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Nukem lands an elbow just above Rolla 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Spenser Nukem dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mike Rolla's cut.
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. This is the final round!

Nukem darts in and clinches Rolla up against the cage.
Knees to the body from Nukem.
Nice elbow from Nukem.
Rolla tries to score a body lock takedown but Nukem shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Nukem with a knee to the head.
Rolla takes an elbow to the temple.
Rolla takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nukem makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nukem landing some nice looking knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Nukem drops Rolla with a big knee straight up the middle! Rolla is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Nukem pushes Rolla up against the cage in a clinch.
Nukem leaning his opponent against the cage.
Rolla is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Nukem to keep the fight standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rolla takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rolla takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rolla wants to get back to striking at distance but Nukem won't allow it.
Nukem stalls.
Nukem lands an elbow inside that Rolla shrugs off.
Nukem lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nukem.
A short right from Nukem on the inside.
Nukem lands a nice knee to the body.
Rolla is trying to drag Nukem to the mat but Nukem just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Spenser Nukem has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Rolla.
Nukem crunches a lovely knee into Rolla's ribcage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A knee to the head by Nukem.
Rolla takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nukem is working Rolla over against the cage.
Nukem holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rolla is trying to maintain a safe position but Nukem gets an underhook and turns Rolla into the cage.
Nukem working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nukem unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The referee is keeping an eye on Nukem - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Nukem misses with a body punch.
A knee to the head by Nukem.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rolla is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Nukem pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Rolla is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Nukem is keeping busy.
Nukem lands a damaging elbow.
Nukem connects with a knee to the head.
Nukem throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rollas head.
Nukem makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nukem misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nukem has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Rolla - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Nukem, and another! Rolla is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Spenser Nukem!