PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dav Rolling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Nelson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rolling comes to the cage accompanied by Breathe by The Prodigy. Nelson has chosen Don't Mean A Thing as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rolling
vs
Nelson

173 cm
23
185 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

176 cm
23
183 lbs
7 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dav Rolling!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roy Nelson!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rolling throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rolling slips under a jab from Nelson.
Rolling swings for the body but Nelson moves out of range.
Nelson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nelson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rolling scores with a kick to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rolling.
Nelson jabs Rolling to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rolling ducks under a wild hook from Nelson.
Rolling throws a head kick but Nelson moves out of range.
Rolling connects with a leg kick. Nelson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nelson swings for the body but Rolling moves out of range.
Rolling tries to move into range but Nelson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rolling ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nelson moves away.
Nelson throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sloppy strikes from Nelson. Those never looked like landing.
Nelson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nelson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped

so Rolling counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Rolling works over Nelson with some ground and pound from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rolling content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Rolling trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rolling postures up in Nelson's guard and throws a big left but Nelson blocks it.
Rolling stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nelson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nelson trying to control the position.
Rolling throwing strikes but missing.
We've been hearing that Rolling has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Rolling loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nelson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Rolling distracts Nelson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nelson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nelson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rolling is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Rolling postures up in Nelson's guard and throws a big left but Nelson blocks it.
Rolling working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rolling keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Nelson's head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rolling accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rolling is working Nelson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Rolling trying to control but Nelson is working from the bottom.
Nelson looking to control.
Rolling is pushing down on Nelson's leg trying to pass to half guard. Nelson is fighting to maintain full guard but Rolling has managed to sneak the leg through.
Rolling not doing much here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rolling lands a nice short elbow.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nelson is looking to escape.
Rolling drops an elbow to the side of Nelson's head.
Rolling has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Nelson trying to control here.
Nelson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nelson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rolling. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rolling thows a huge punch but Nelson dodges it nicely.
Rolling passes to full mount!
Rolling lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Nelson hang on?
Rolling looking to control and managing it successfully.
Nelson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nelson taking shots to the head.
Rolling lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Nelson hang on?
Rolling in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nelson tries to hold on but Rolling pushes him away.
Rolling lands a big elbow.
Rolling fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
A nice elbow there by Rolling.

Nelson is rocked!
Rolling in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Nelson is still in real trouble! Can Rolling finish him?
A big strike lands for Rolling! That's really hurt Nelson and he's turned his back - Rolling keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Rolling jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dav Rolling!
Dav Rolling thanked the fans post fight for their support.