PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Rock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sid Prophet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Steve Rock has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Rock
vs
Prophet

221 cm
22
266 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

193 cm
22
221 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Prefers standup

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Rock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sid Prophet!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Prophet moves in looking to clinch but Rock pushes him off.
Rock avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rock shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Prophet but Prophet pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Prophet tries to clinch but Rock moves out of range.
Prophet wants to clinch up but Rock keeps it at a distance.
Sid Prophet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prophet tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rock throws a head kick that misses.

Prophet gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Prophet wants to stand up but Rock is controlling him.

Rock gets to his feet - Prophet follows without any prompting.

Rock gets a takedown into half guard.
Prophet is looking to escape.
Rock moves nicely into side control.
Rock trying to control the action but Prophet is working from the bottom.
Prophet is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Rock has just dragged him back down to the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rock advances nicely into full mount.
Rock sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Prophet is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Rock putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Prophet is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Rock trying to control but Prophet is having none of it.

Rock is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Prophet is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Prophet flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Rock anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Prophet and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Rock slips an arm under Prophet chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Rock has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Rock is squeezing on Prophet like an anaconda would it's prey. Prophet fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Steve Rock!