PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pelle Hermanni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Roofer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hermanni comes to the cage accompanied by Hatin on Me-Dizzy Wright. Roofer comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Jonesmann Feat. Azad - Der Soldat James Rhyme kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Hermanni
vs
Roofer

190 cm
24
200 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

188 cm
23
194 lbs
10 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Fighters First Nutrition Amsterdam 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pelle Hermanni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ben Roofer!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Bruno Lombardi and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hermanni lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Roofer circles away quickly and effectively.
Roofer turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Roofer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

It looks like Ben Roofer has been cut.
Hermanni uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Roofer has time to react.
Roofer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hermanni doesn't seem bothered though.
Hermanni fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roofer manages to avoid it.
Hermanni lands with a thumping leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A solid body kick from Hermanni.
Roofer looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hermanni tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roofer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hermanni takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Roofer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hermanni fails in his attempt to clinch.
Roofer misses with a body kick.
Roofer misses with a head kick.
Roofer lands a high kick!
Hermanni fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roofer lands with a kick to the ribs.
No joy there for Hermanni, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Roofer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hermanni throws a front kick aimed at Roofer's knee but Roofer avoids it well.
Roofer throws out a leg kick but Hermanni moves out of range and Roofer only half commits.
Hermanni tries to clinch there but Roofer circles away.
Roofer looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hermanni throws a hook but Roofer avoids it easily.
Hermanni scores with a decent looking hook.

Hermanni gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hermanni lands a knee to the head.
Roofer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roofer.
Roofer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Hermanni as Roofer tries to tie him up.
Hermanni content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roofer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Roofer tries a body shot but Hermanni blocks it.
Roofer misses with some punches.
Hermanni is struggling to control the position.
Hermanni throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roofer blocks it with crossed arms.
Hermanni tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roofer avoids it.
Roofer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hermanni backwards.
Roofer pushes Hermanni back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roofer looking to throw knees to the head but Hermanni is blocking nicely.
Hermanni with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hermanni lands a nice knee to the body.
Hermanni tries to land knees in the clinch but Roofer avoids the damage to the body.
Hermanni taking a breather.
Hermanni can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Roofer avoiding damage as Hermanni throws knees to the body.
Roofer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hermanni with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Roofer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hermanni's face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roofer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hermanni backwards.
Hermanni tries to land a knee to the head but Roofer blocks with his arms.
Roofer wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Roofer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Roofer has a couple of punches blocked by Hermanni.
A head punch on the inside from Roofer fails to land.
Roofer misses with a knee to the head.
Hermanni scores with a knee to the head.
Hermanni blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Hermanni.
Hermanni misses with a knee to the head.

Roofer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hermanni checks a leg kick.
Hermanni throws a jab but it's blocked by Roofer.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Roofer lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hermanni has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hermanni and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Roofer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hermanni looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roofer fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hermanni checks it well.
Hermanni misses with an uppercut
and Roofer counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roofer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hermanni.
Hermanni moves out of range as Roofer throws a body kick.
Roofer misses with a kick to the body
and Hermanni counters with a leg kick.
Roofer throws a head kick that half lands.
Hermanni ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roofer moves away.
Hermanni misses with an uppercut.
Hermanni takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Hermanni looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Roofer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Roofer throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Roofer cracks Hermanni with an open hand slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ben Roofer will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Ben Roofer's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Roofer lands a body shot.

Hermanni fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Roofer, pushing him back against the cage.
Roofer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roofer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hermanni is defending well for now.
Hermanni trying to land knees to the body.
Hermanni will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Roofer up against the cage.
Hermanni is looking to control Roofer's arms but Roofer gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hermanni has his back to the cage.
Hermanni looking to throw knees to the head but Roofer is blocking nicely.
Roofer has a couple of punches blocked by Hermanni.
Hermanni tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hermanni tries to land knees in the clinch but Roofer avoids the damage to the body.
Roofer tries to work over Hermanni's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Roofer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hermanni using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Roofer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Roofer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hermanni has Roofer pushed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roofer misses with some punches.
Hermanni lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Roofer digs a right hand underneath Hermanni's ribcage. Hermanni let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Roofer misses with a punch to the body.
Roofer stalling.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Roofer tries a knee to the head but Hermanni blocks it.
Hermanni blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roofer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hermanni looking to slow down the pace here.
Roofer is looking to control Hermanni's arms but Hermanni gets an underhook and turns him. Now Roofer has his back to the cage.
Knees to the body from Hermanni.
Hermanni with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roofer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hermanni wants to stall.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hermanni tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roofer is trying to maintain a safe position but Hermanni gets an underhook and turns Roofer into the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Roofer.
Hermanni is trying to stall.
Roofer tries to land a knee to the head but Hermanni blocks with his arms.
Roofer is trying to maintain a safe position but Hermanni gets an underhook and turns Roofer into the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Hermanni.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Roofer as Hermanni tries to tie him up.
A knee to the head by Hermanni.
Hermanni prevents a body shot from Roofer.
A head punch on the inside from Roofer fails to land.
Hermanni landing knees to the head.
Hermanni lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hermanni throws a knee to the head but misses.
Roofer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hermanni is keeping busy.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Roofer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hermanni tries to clinch but Roofer moves out of range.
Hermanni throws an overhand right that lands on Roofer's shoulder, as Roofer tries to avoid the shot.
Roofer slips a straight right by Hermanni.
Hermanni throws a head kick that misses.
Hermanni fails with an attempt to clinch.
Roofer defending well as Hermanni loads up on a big left hand.
Hermanni tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roofer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hermanni tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Roofer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Roofer plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Roofer.
Roofer lands a leg kick that knocks Hermanni off balance momentarily.
Hermanni on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A head kick misses from Roofer.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hermanni fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Roofer is out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hermanni throws a series of punches but Roofer moves out of range.
Roofer throws a nice outside leg kick.
Roofer scores with a kick to the body.
Roofer just misses with a punch to the body.
Roofer throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ben Roofer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hermanni tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hermanni tries to move into range but Roofer moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Roofer throws a head kick that Hermanni semi-blocks.
Hermanni throws a looping overhand right but Roofer ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Roofer misses with a low kick.
Hermanni takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hermanni tries to clinch up.
Roofer feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hermanni's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Roofer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ben Roofer's cut.
That's time! Hermanni's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Roofer scores with a head kick.
Roofer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hermanni moves in looking to clinch but Roofer pushes him off.
Roofer looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Roofer lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Roofer throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hermanni misses with a low kick.
Roofer works Hermanni's body with a nice hook.
Roofer throws a head kick but Hermanni moves out of range.

Hermanni instigates a clinch.
Roofer can't find room to land a body shot as Hermanni controls the action.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Roofer as Hermanni tries to tie him up.
Hermanni is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Roofer tries a body shot but Hermanni blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hermanni throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roofer blocks it with crossed arms.
Hermanni is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roofer is defending well for now.
Pelle Hermanni has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hermanni connects with a nasty looking knee right to Roofer's face.
Hermanni tries to land knees in the clinch but Roofer avoids the damage to the body.
Roofer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hermanni is keeping busy.
Roofer tries to work over Hermanni's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Roofer lands a body punch in the clinch.
Roofer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Roofer lands a left hand.
A short uppercut from Roofer.
Roofer works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roofer scores with a shoulder strike.
Roofer is trying to force a seperation but Hermanni has the dominant position.
Roofer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Stalling in the clinch from Roofer.
Roofer tries a knee to the head but Hermanni blocks it.
Pelle Hermanni has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roofer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Roofer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hermanni backwards.
Roofer tries to stall but Hermanni uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Roofer swings wildly with an uppercut but Hermanni uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hermanni's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Roofer tries a knee to the head but Hermanni blocks it.
Roofer misses with a body punch.
Hermanni is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Roofer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hermanni is defending well for now.
Roofer tries to throw a body punch but Hermanni avoids it by throwing Roofer back against the cage.
Hermanni landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Roofer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hermanni tries to land a knee to the head but Roofer blocks with his arms.

Roofer breaks from the clinch.
Hermanni checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ben Roofer is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roofer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hermanni.
Hermanni swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Roofer counters with a nice kick to the body.
Hermanni connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Roofer cracks the inside of Hermanni's front leg.
Hermanni throws a leg kick but Roofer checks it.
Roofer throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Roofer throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hermanni moves in looking to clinch but Roofer pushes him off.
Roofer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Roofer pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Roofer blocks a jab.
Roofer misses with a body kick.
Roofer scores with a jab to the jaw.
Roofer swats away the attempt to clinch by Hermanni.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roofer avoids the head kick by Hermanni.
Hermanni scores with the left hand. Roofer knows he should have avoided that one.
Roofer lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hermanni is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hermanni doesn't manage to clinch there - Roofer circles away.
Roofer throws a body kick that misses.
Hermanni throws the kick towards the body but Roofer avoids it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice jab there from Hermanni.
Roofer explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hermanni swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hermanni fakes the leg kick and cracks Roofer in the body.
Roofer moves away from the strike by Hermanni.
Nice straight punches there by Roofer. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Roofer.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ben Roofer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Roofer winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Roofer!