PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roy Assassin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Earl Hollerback (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Earl Hollerback has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Roy Assassin's chin.

Assassin
vs
Hollerback

188 cm
25
184 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

183 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Roy Assassin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Earl Hollerback!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hollerback swats away the attempt to clinch by Assassin.
Hollerback throws a series of punches but Assassin avoids them all with ease.
Assassin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hollerback has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Assassin.
Hollerback throws the left hand but Assassin avoids the punch easily.
Hollerback rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Assassin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Assassin tries to clinch but Hollerback moves out of range.
Hollerback fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Assassin has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hollerback tries to clinch up.
Assassin wants to clinch
and Hollerback cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Assassin wants to clinch up but Hollerback keeps it at a distance.

Assassin pushes Hollerback up against the cage in a clinch.
Hollerback working hard to break the clinch.
Assassin is looking for a takedown.
Assassin changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Hollerback fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Hollerback keeps the fight on the outside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollerback swinging wildly here.
Hollerback circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hollerback tries to clinch
and Assassin counters with a series of strikes. Hollerback will be more careful next time no doubt.
Hollerback looks winded!
Assassin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hollerback swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Assassin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hollerback as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roy Assassin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Assassin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hollerback tries to bum rush Assassin with a series of wild strikes but Assassin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Assassin wants to clinch up but Hollerback keeps it at a distance.
Hollerback throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Assassin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Assassin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hollerback looks to land a combination but Assassin avoids it well.
Hollerback fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A left and a right from Assassin both land. Nice combination.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assassin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hollerback paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Assassin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hollerback but Hollerback pushes him off and we're back to square one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hollerback throws out a loose jab but Assassin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hollerback throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hollerback tries a low kick but Assassin avoids it.
Hollerback keeps the fight on the outside.
Hollerback takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hollerback keeps the fight on the outside.
Assassin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Assassin connects with a solid leg kick.
Assassin tries to clinch there but Hollerback circles away.
Earl Hollerback seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hollerback wants to land a leg kick but Assassin is out of range.
Assassin lands with a kick to the ribs.

Assassin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assassin lands a knee to the head.
Assassin comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Assassin wants a takedown but no success here.

Assassin breaks from the clinch.
Hollerback misses with a wild combination.
Assassin scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Assassin plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A solid body kick from Assassin.
Assassin doesn't manage to clinch there - Hollerback circles away.
Assassin scores with a hook to the body. Hollerback takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Assassin avoids a punch combination nicely.
Assassin is looking to clinch but Hollerback is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Assassin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Assassin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Horrible takedown by Assassin or perhaps it was just good defense by Hollerback which made him look bad.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hollerback swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Assassin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hollerback paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hollerback displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Assassin.
Assassin wants to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Assassin drives through and clinches with Hollerback against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roy Assassin dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Hollerback jabs Assassin right on the nose. Assassin blinks but takes it well.
Assassin with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Assassin pushes Hollerback up against the cage in a clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Assassin is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Hollerback pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Hollerback avoids the elbow strike from Assassin, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hollerback wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hollerback is trying to break free.
Hollerback is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hollerback working hard to break the clinch.

Assassin has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Hollerback clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Hollerback is breathing heavily.
Assassin is working the ground and pound. Can Hollerback escape?
Assassin is not going to allow Hollerback to sit and survive in this position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Assassin is landing with strikes. Hollerback can't take much more of this.
Hollerback is trying to stand back up.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Assassin.
Assassin is punishing Hollerback with some ground and pound.
Assassin connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Hollerback to escape the position.
Assassin lands punches and elbows.

Hollerback is rocked!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Assassin lands a series of strikes from the back and Hollerback goes limp! The ref jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roy Assassin!