PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mikkel Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abraham Rokou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brown
vs
Rokou

170 cm
20
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

180 cm
22
200 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite 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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mikkel Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Abraham Rokou!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paul Aken and Nard Betker.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rokou stuffs the takedown attempt from Brown. Brown gets slowly back to his feet.
Brown closes the distance and clinches up with Rokou, looking for a takedown. Brown pushes Rokou against the cage but Rokou circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Brown displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rokou.
Brown shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Rokou sprawls well. Rokou wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Brown gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikkel Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rokou stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Rokou wants it to stay on the feet.
Rokou pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rokou tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Abraham Rokou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rokou tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rokou fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brown is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rokou keeps the fight on the outside.
Rokou fails with a takedown attempt.
Rokou wants to clinch up but Brown keeps it at a distance.
Rokou looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Rokou shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brown sprawls well. Brown wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rokou gets slowly back to his feet.
Brown defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rokou.
Brown closes the distance and clinches up with Rokou, looking for a takedown. Brown pushes Rokou against the cage but Rokou circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Rokou tries to clinch there but Brown circles away.
Rokou misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Brown is trying hard to land a takedown here. Rokou sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Brown closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rokou circles away.
Brown shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rokou defends it nicely.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Brown.
Rokou shoots in looking for a takedown but Brown manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Rokou's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Nice sprawl there from Brown as Rokou shoots in.

Rokou bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rokou is looking to take a break and control but Brown is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Rokou tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Rokou has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Rokou decides to stand back up. Rokou steps back and let's Brown get back to his feet.
Rokou stuffs the takedown attempt from Brown. Brown gets slowly back to his feet.
Rokou tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Brown defends well and Rokou ends up having to push Brown into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Rokou changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Brown fights it off and pushes away nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rokou stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Rokou wants it to stay on the feet.
Horrible takedown by Rokou or perhaps it was just good defense by Brown which made him look bad.
Rokou fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brown lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Brown misses with a takedown attempt - Rokou sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rokou stuffs the takedown attempt from Brown. Brown gets slowly back to his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rokou throws a head kick that misses
and Brown counters with a solid body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Abraham Rokou will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rokou gets caught napping as Brown dives in and scores a takedown. Rokou manages to retain guard.
Brown lands a couple of digs.

Rokou working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Brown doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Brown manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Brown preventing the sweep.
Rokou bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Brown's guard.
Brown is trying to control the position but Rokou postures up.
Brown thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

Rokou decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Rokou leaves Brown with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rokou is trying hard to land a takedown here. Brown sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Brown misses with a takedown
and Rokou counters with a two punch combo.
Rokou swinging wildly here.
Rokou keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikkel Brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
No luck for Brown with that takedown attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rokou shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Rokou performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Rokou sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Brown defending well though.
Brown is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rokou scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rokou is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Brown trying to hold on to Rokou's head to control him but Rokou postures up.
Rokou thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Brown punching from the bottom.
Rokou looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Abraham Rokou hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Brown throws an overhand right that lands on Rokou's shoulder, as Rokou tries to avoid the shot.
Rokou stuffs the takedown.
Rokou tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown shoots for a takedown but Rokou saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Brown goes for a double leg but Rokou avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Rokou continues to drive forward.

Brown pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mikkel Brown is winning the standup battle so far.
Brown pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rokou shoots in for a takedown but Brown shows good takedown defense.
Rokou shoots in looking for a takedown. Brown tries to sprawl out of it but Rokou keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Brown manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rokou is trying hard to land a takedown here. Brown sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rokou looks to land a body kick but Brown moved away.
Brown shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Rokou defends it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abraham Rokou showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Rokou tries to clinch but Brown is having none of it.
Brown has been working on his balance at XxX, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Rokou.
Rokou swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown darts in looking for a takedown but Rokou gets double underhooks and turns Brown into the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rokou jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Brown walks away with a smile on his face. Rokou gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Rokou gets a takedown into half guard.
Brown is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Brown trying to control from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rokou is just content to waste time from the top position. Brown takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Rokou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rokou passes into half guard.
Brown wants to get back to full guard.
Rokou thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Brown's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rokou controlling the action here.
Rokou frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Rokou is landing with some decent strikes but Brown is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Rokou lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Rokou controlling the position easily from mount.
Brown has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Rokou's lack of action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rokou controlling the pace.
Brown wants to improve his position but Rokou is controlling well.
Rokou is controlling the pace.
Rokou lands strikes from half guard.

Rokou gets to his feet - back to striking we go!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Brown as Rokou shoots in.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rokou.
Rokou tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rokou tries to clinch but Brown is having none of it.

Rokou takes the fight into the clinch.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Rokou is controlling him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rokou is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Brown is defending well.
Mikkel Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Abraham Rokou.

Brown manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Mikkel Brown has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Abraham Rokou is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rokou seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Abraham Rokou comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rokou has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Abraham Rokou!