PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nelson Rojas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DeShawn The Maillard Reaction (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). DeShawn The Maillard Reaction has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Rojas
vs
The Maillard Reaction

185 cm
27
220 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

191 cm
22
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nelson Rojas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, DeShawn The Maillard Reaction!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Topper Green and Francis DeMontford.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the liver by Rojas. Beautiful body shot.
The Maillard Reaction stuns Rojas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rojas misses with a series of wild punches.
Rojas loads up on a big right hand but The Maillard Reaction slips the punch.
We've been told by Rojas's head coaches at The Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Rojas misses with a body shot.
Rojas looks to land a combination. The Maillard Reaction sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The Maillard Reaction scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Nelson Rojas has been cut.
Rojas throws a left and a right that both miss
and The Maillard Reaction makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rojas throws a series of punches but The Maillard Reaction avoids them all with ease.
The Maillard Reaction misses with the combination.
A jab lands there for The Maillard Reaction.
The Maillard Reaction looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nelson Rojas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Rojas has closed the distance and engaged The Maillard Reaction in a clinch.
The Maillard Reaction blocks a body shot from Rojas.

The Maillard Reaction's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rojas misses with a series of wild punches.
Rojas misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A left and a right from Rojas both land. Nice combination.
Rojas throws a combination. The Maillard Reaction tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Rojas misses with a double jab.
The Maillard Reaction closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Rojas! The Maillard Reaction dives in looking to finish! Rojas is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). DeShawn The Maillard Reaction!
During a confident post fight interview, DeShawn The Maillard Reaction thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.