PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cooper Maclean Rooke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Rolst (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Maclean Rooke
vs
Rolst

196 cm
20
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
210 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Self confident

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cooper Maclean Rooke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mike Rolst!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Skip Squint and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rolst looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Maclean Rooke lands with a kick to the temple. Rolst shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Maclean Rooke tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rolst paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Donk. Rolst catches Maclean Rooke right on the button with a cross.
Rolst connects with a crisp jab.
Rolst closes the distance and clinches up with Maclean Rooke, looking for a takedown. Rolst pushes Maclean Rooke against the cage but Maclean Rooke circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Rolst throws a good cross that connects.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rolst.
Cooper Maclean Rooke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Rolst.
Maclean Rooke tries to clinch there but Rolst circles away.

Maclean Rooke closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maclean Rooke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rolst in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rolst tries to break free but Maclean Rooke pushes him back against the cage.
Maclean Rooke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rolst looks winded!
Maclean Rooke is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the head.
Rolst takes a knee to the side of the body.
Maclean Rooke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rolst takes a knee to the side of the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maclean Rooke lands a knee to the body.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke working Rolst over with knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke lands a knee to the body.
Maclean Rooke utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee 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!
Maclean Rooke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rolst in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Maclean Rooke obliges.
I was talking to Maclean Rooke's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Maclean Rooke lands a good knee to the midsection. Rolst won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Maclean Rooke.
Maclean Rooke crunches a lovely knee into Rolst's ribcage.
Maclean Rooke lands a knee to the body.
Maclean Rooke lands a good knee to the midsection. Rolst won't want to take too many of those.
Maclean Rooke lands a good knee to the midsection. Rolst won't want to take too many of those.
Maclean Rooke lands a good knee to the midsection. Rolst won't want to take too many of those.
Maclean Rooke crunches a lovely knee into Rolst's ribcage.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maclean Rooke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Maclean Rooke.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maclean Rooke.
Maclean Rooke is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rolst lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maclean Rooke lands a good knee to the midsection. Rolst won't want to take too many of those.
Maclean Rooke landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rolst is looking to control Maclean Rooke's arms but Maclean Rooke gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rolst has his back to the cage.
Knees to the body from Maclean Rooke.
Maclean Rooke working Rolst over with knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Maclean Rooke.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maclean Rooke connects with a knee to the head.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke lands a good knee to the midsection. Rolst won't want to take too many of those.
Maclean Rooke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rolst in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke scores a nice knee to the body.
Maclean Rooke landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke lands a good knee to the midsection. Rolst won't want to take too many of those.
Maclean Rooke lands a good knee to the midsection. Rolst won't want to take too many of those.
Maclean Rooke scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Maclean Rooke lands a knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maclean Rooke.
Maclean Rooke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rolst in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke lands a nice knee to the body.
Maclean Rooke landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Maclean Rooke connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maclean Rooke connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rolst's face.
Maclean Rooke lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke scores with a knee to the head.
Maclean Rooke unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rolst lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maclean Rooke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the head.
Maclean Rooke crunches a lovely knee into Rolst's ribcage.
Rolst working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maclean Rooke lands a nice knee to the body.
Maclean Rooke landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rolst is trying to pull guard but Maclean Rooke turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cooper Maclean Rooke dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Maclean Rooke closes the distance and clinches.
Maclean Rooke working Rolst over with knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke scores a nice knee to the body.
Maclean Rooke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees to the body from Maclean Rooke.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maclean Rooke is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke lands a nice knee to the body.
Maclean Rooke utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Maclean Rooke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rolst lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the head.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rolst takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Maclean Rooke lands a knee to the body.
Cooper Maclean Rooke has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maclean Rooke landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rolst lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maclean Rooke lands a nice knee to the body.
Maclean Rooke is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke lands a good knee to the midsection. Rolst won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maclean Rooke.
Maclean Rooke working Rolst over with knees to the body.
Rolst tries to break the clinch but Maclean Rooke is controlling the position.
Knees to the body from Maclean Rooke.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maclean Rooke.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maclean Rooke scores a nice knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Maclean Rooke obliges.
Rolst takes a knee to the side of the body.
Maclean Rooke lands a good knee to the midsection. Rolst won't want to take too many of those.
Maclean Rooke landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rolst looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A knee to the head by Maclean Rooke.
Rolst working aggressively here.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the head.
Maclean Rooke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rolst.
Rolst misses with a body punch.
Maclean Rooke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rolst is defending well for now.
Rolst is trying to break the clinch but Maclean Rooke is controlling him.
Rolst throws a head punch that misses.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Maclean Rooke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rolst in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rolst lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maclean Rooke landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rolst is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Maclean Rooke to keep the fight standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Maclean Rooke.
Maclean Rooke utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Maclean Rooke obliges.
Maclean Rooke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rolst in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke scores a nice knee to the body.
Maclean Rooke with a knee to the head.
Maclean Rooke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rolst.
Rolst avoiding damage as Maclean Rooke throws knees to the body.
Rolst throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Maclean Rooke has Rolst pressed against the cage, preventing Rolst from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maclean Rooke.
Maclean Rooke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Maclean Rooke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rolst.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Maclean Rooke.
Rolst fails to pull guard.
Maclean Rooke misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rolst.
Rolst has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maclean Rooke.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Maclean Rooke obliges.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Maclean Rooke connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rolst's face.
Rolst wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rolst is trying to force a seperation but Maclean Rooke has the dominant position.
Rolst jumps guard but Maclean Rooke turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Cooper Maclean Rooke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Rolst.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Maclean Rooke obliges.
Maclean Rooke lands a good knee to the midsection. Rolst won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Maclean Rooke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cooper Maclean Rooke dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Rolst misses with a looping left.
Rolst fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rolst throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Maclean Rooke.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Maclean Rooke ducks under a wild hook from Rolst.
Mike Rolst is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Maclean Rooke tries to clinch up but Rolst circles away and keeps his distance.
Maclean Rooke is looking to clinch but Rolst is avoiding it.
Rolst misses the jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Maclean Rooke looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rolst looks to land a combination but Maclean Rooke avoids it well.
Maclean Rooke tries to clinch there but Rolst circles away.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Maclean Rooke.
Maclean Rooke tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rolst paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maclean Rooke bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Maclean Rooke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rolst can do to turn this around?
Maclean Rooke tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rolst manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rolst takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Maclean Rooke moves into range and clinches up with Rolst.
Maclean Rooke is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maclean Rooke utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Maclean Rooke lands a nice knee to the body.
Maclean Rooke landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke crunches a lovely knee into Rolst's ribcage.
Maclean Rooke working Rolst over with knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke scores a nice knee 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!
Maclean Rooke lands a knee to the head.
Maclean Rooke working Rolst over with knees to the body.
Rolst takes a knee to the side of the body.
Maclean Rooke lands a knee to the body.
Maclean Rooke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rolst takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rolst is trying to break the clinch but Maclean Rooke has him pressed against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rolst fails to pull guard.
Maclean Rooke scores with a knee to the head.
Maclean Rooke connects with a knee to the head.
Maclean Rooke unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rolst lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rolst fails to pull guard.
Rolst has had enough of the clinch but Maclean Rooke keeps him there for the moment.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the head.
Rolst is trying to pull guard but Maclean Rooke turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Cooper Maclean Rooke has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Rolst.

Rolst jumps guard.
Rolst being controlled here, momentarily.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Cooper Maclean Rooke wasn't doing enough on the ground.

Maclean Rooke gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Maclean Rooke unloads a knee to the mid-section.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maclean Rooke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rolst in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Maclean Rooke.
Maclean Rooke crunches a lovely knee into Rolst's ribcage.
Maclean Rooke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke lands a good knee to the midsection. Rolst won't want to take too many of those.
Maclean Rooke crunches a lovely knee into Rolst's ribcage.
Maclean Rooke lands a good knee to the midsection. Rolst won't want to take too many of those.
Maclean Rooke scores a nice knee to the body.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Maclean Rooke lands a knee to the body.
Maclean Rooke landing knees to the body.
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!
Maclean Rooke is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rolst on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Maclean Rooke is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rolst tries to break the clinch but Maclean Rooke is controlling the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maclean Rooke tries to land knees in the clinch but Rolst avoids the damage to the body.
Maclean Rooke with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Maclean Rooke tries to land knees in the clinch but Rolst avoids the damage to the body.
Rolst is trying to pull guard but Maclean Rooke turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Rolst looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rolst jumps guard but Maclean Rooke turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Maclean Rooke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rolst wants to take the fight to the mat but Maclean Rooke manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Maclean Rooke connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rolst's face.
Rolst is trying to pull guard but Maclean Rooke turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Maclean Rooke obliges.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maclean Rooke lands a good knee to the midsection. Rolst won't want to take too many of those.
Maclean Rooke putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rolst in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mike Rolst has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cooper Maclean Rooke is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Maclean Rooke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cooper Maclean Rooke showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Maclean Rooke has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:26
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:26
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cooper Maclean Rooke!