PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Rojo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rich Willans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rojo comes to the cage accompanied by You're Going Down. Rich Willans acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Rojo
vs
Willans

193 cm
32
265 lbs
17 - 10 - 0

195 cm
25
255 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

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 17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Miguel Rojo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rich Willans!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Willans pushes Rojo up against the cage in a clinch.
Willans misses with a knee strike.
Rojo letting Willans take a breather here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Willans.
Willans tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Willans using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rojo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Willans with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Willans taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Rojo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Willans avoids it.
Rojo looking to throw knees to the head but Willans is blocking nicely.
Willans lands an elbow inside.
Willans connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rojo's face.
Willans has Rojo pushed against the cage.
Rojo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Willans is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rojo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rojo takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willans tries a knee to the head but Rojo blocks it.
A knee to the head by Willans.
Rojo takes an elbow to the temple.
Willans throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rojo blocks it with crossed arms.
Willans prevents Rojo from breaking the clinch.
Rojo trying to land knees to the body.
Willans missing with knees to the body.
Willans is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rojo is defending well for now.
Willans lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Willans's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rojo avoiding damage as Willans throws knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Willans.
Rojo wants to break free but Willans has control.
Rojo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Willans using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rojo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rojo managing to block the knees to the body from Willans.
Rojo landing knees to the head.
Willans misses with a knee to the head.
Rojo takes an elbow to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Rojo breaks from the clinch.
Rojo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rojo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Willans tries to clinch up.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rojo!
Rojo swats away the attempt to clinch by Willans.
Rojo works Willans's body with a nice hook.
Rojo throws a head kick that Willans semi-blocks.
Rojo just misses with a punch to the body.
Rojo digs a good hook to Willans's body.
Rojo throws a front kick that sends Willans stumbling back into the cage.
Willans fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rojo works Willans's body with a nice hook.
Willans looks winded!
Willans closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rojo counters with a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rojo scores with a three punch combo!
Willans tries to clinch up but Rojo circles away and keeps his distance.
Willans moves to clinch but Rojo breaks away
letting Rojo counter with a right hand.
Willans tries to clinch but Rojo moves away
and Rojo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Willans moves in looking to clinch but Rojo pushes him off.
Willans tries to clinch up
and Rojo counters with a body kick that stops Willans in his tracks momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A combination from Rojo does no damage.
No joy there for Rojo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Willans moves in looking to clinch but Rojo pushes him off.
Willans tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rojo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Willans tries to clinch up.
Rojo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Willans circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willans tries to clinch but Rojo is having none of it.
Rojo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rojo lands the left hand.

Willans takes the fight into the clinch.
Rojo blocks the elbow strike.
Willans looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rojo is looking to control Willans's arms but Willans gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rojo has his back to the cage.
Willans is pushing Rojo up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Knees in the clinch landing for Willans.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Willans.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Rojo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rojo moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Willans closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rojo counters with a flying knee. Nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Miguel Rojo dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Willans on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rojo lands a nice shot to the body.
Rojo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Willans.
Rojo is looking to wear down Willans with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A head kick misses from Rojo.
Willans tries to close the distance and clinch but Rojo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Willans tries to clinch
enabling Rojo to counter with a crisp jab.
Rojo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Willans tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rojo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rojo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.

Willans rushes Rojo and presses him up against the cage.
Willans lands an elbow that stopped Rojo in his tracks for a moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Willans using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rojo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Willans connects with a knee to the head.
Rojo avoids a wild elbow strike from Willans.
Willans missing with knees to the body.
Willans prevents Rojo from breaking the clinch.
Willans crunches a lovely knee into Rojo's ribcage.
Willans tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Willans tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rojo avoids it.
Rojo misses with a body punch.
Rojo is looking to break free of the clinch but Willans has double underhooks.
Willans looking to throw knees to the head but Rojo is blocking nicely.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Willans throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rojo blocks it with crossed arms.
Rojo lands a nice uppercut.

Rojo breaks from the clinch.
Rojo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rojo tries a head kick but it misses.
Willans looks to clinch
and Rojo counters with a nice leg kick.
Rojo cracks Willans with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rojo misses with a two punch combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Willans fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rojo, pushing him back against the cage.
Willans lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
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!
Willans looking to throw knees to the head but Rojo is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rojo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Willans avoids it.
Knees to the body from Rojo.
Rojo blocks an elbow strike from Willans.
Rojo tries to land a knee to the head but Willans blocks with his arms.
Willans throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Willans misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rojo.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Willans is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rojo being controlled against the cage.
Rojo wants to break free but Willans has control.
Rojo takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch on the inside from Rojo fails to land.
A frustrated look appears on Rojo's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willans connects with a knee to the head.
Rojo tries to stall but Willans uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rojo wants to break free but Willans has control.
Rojo wants to break free but Willans has control.
Willans connects with a knee to the head.
Willans controlling the action here for a moment.
Willans lands a nice elbow.
Willans tries a knee to the head but Rojo blocks it.
Knees to the body from Willans.
Willans is trying to wear down his opponent with 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!
Willans crunches a lovely knee into Rojo's ribcage.
Willans lands a damaging elbow.
Willans keeps control of Rojo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Come on Willans - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willans receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Willans with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Willans.
Rojo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from Willans.
Willans landing knees to the head.
Willans tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Willans.
Willans trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Willans throws an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Willans.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rich Willans showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!

Rojo gets tackled into the cage by Willans. Willans maintains the clinch.
Willans looking to throw knees to the head but Rojo is blocking nicely.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Willans takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Willans.
Willans tries to land knees in the clinch but Rojo avoids the damage to the body.
Rojo struggles to land a body shot inside as Willans controls his hands.
Willans throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rojo blocks it with crossed arms.
Rojo is trying to break the clinch but Willans is controlling him.
Rojo is trying to force a seperation but Willans has the dominant position.
Rojo is trying to force a seperation but Willans has the dominant position.
Rich Willans seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Willans displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rojo up against the cage.
Rojo putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Willans in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Willans takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rojo is trying to break the clinch but Willans is controlling him.
Willans throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rojo blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojo managing to block the knees to the body from Willans.
Willans tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rojo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rojo tries to break free but Willans pushes him back against the cage.
Willans gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rojo is looking to control Willans's arms but Willans gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rojo has his back to the cage.
Willans lands a nice elbow.
Rojo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Willans scores a nice knee to the body.
Willans tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Come on Willans - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Willans is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rojo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rojo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rojo tries to break the clinch but Willans is controlling the position.
Willans tries to land a knee to the head but Rojo blocks with his arms.
Willans using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Willans looks to throw an elbow but misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Willans keeps control of Rojo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Willans throws an elbow that misses.
Willans lands an elbow inside.
Rojo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Willans creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rojo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rojo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Willans gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rojo has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Willans with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willans tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rojo managing to block the knees to the body from Willans.
Willans working Rojo over with knees to the body.
Willans lands an elbow inside that Rojo shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Willans.
Willans tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Willans slowing the pace effectively.
Rojo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Willans avoids it.
Rojo is trying to push Willans away but Willans has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Willans misses with a knee strike.
Rojo has had enough of the clinch but Willans keeps him there for the moment.
Willans scores a nice knee to the body.
Willans gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Come on Willans - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rojo stalling.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willans tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rojo is trying to maintain a safe position but Willans gets an underhook and turns Rojo into the cage.

Rojo breaks from the clinch.
Rojo uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Miguel Rojo is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Willans wants to clinch.
Willans wants to clinch.
Willans wants to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Willans tries to clinch there but Rojo circles away.
Rojo throws a series of punches but Willans moves out of range.
Willans tries to clinch
and Rojo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rich Willans comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Willans has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rich Willans!
Miguel Rojo was interviewed post fight and said 'I did what I could do. He's the better fighter.'.