PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jefferson Hewitt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddy Rotten (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Hewitt
vs
Rotten

175 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
24
190 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Solid 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 Las Vegas, Jefferson Hewitt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eddy Rotten!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Hewitt forces Rotten back against the cage and clinches.
Rotten avoids a wild elbow strike from Hewitt.
Hewitt looking to throw knees to the head but Rotten is blocking nicely.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hewitt.
Hewitt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rotten.
Rotten misses with an elbow over the top.
Rotten trying to land knees to the body.
A short left from Hewitt.
Rotten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hewitt's face.
Hewitt tries to land a knee to the head but Rotten blocks with his arms.
Hewitt lands on the inside with an uppercut.

It looks like Eddy Rotten has been cut.
Rotten throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rotten creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hewitt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hewitt using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rotten makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rotten blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hewitt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hewitt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rotten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hewitt.
Hewitt is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rotten is defending well for now.
Rotten tries to land knees in the clinch but Hewitt avoids the damage to the body.
Hewitt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rotten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rotten fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hewitt connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rotten's face.
Rotten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hewitt is defending well for now.
Rotten pushes off an throws an elbow but Hewitt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rotten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rotten lands an elbow just above Hewitt 's eye.

It looks like Jefferson Hewitt has been cut.
Hewitt scores with a knee to the head.
Rotten pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rotten just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hewitt's brow.
Hewitt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rotten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hewitt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hewitt avoids a wild elbow strike from Rotten.
Hewitt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hewitt working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hewitt tries to throw a body punch but Rotten avoids it by throwing Hewitt back against the cage.
Hewitt looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Rotten landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hewitt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hewitt is breathing heavily.
Rotten tries to land a knee to the head but Hewitt blocks with his arms.
Hewitt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rotten lands a good knee to the midsection. Hewitt won't want to take too many of those.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rotten throws an elbow that misses.
Hewitt tries a knee to the head but Rotten blocks it.
Nice elbow from Rotten.
Knees to the body from Rotten.
A short left from Rotten.
Rotten misses with an elbow over the top.
Rotten blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Rotten.
Rotten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rotten scores a nice knee to the body.
Hewitt managing to block the knees to the body from Rotten.
Rotten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rotten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hewitt avoiding damage as Rotten throws knees to the body.
Hewitt tries to land a knee to the head but Rotten blocks with his arms.
Rotten lands a damaging elbow.
Rotten lands a nice elbow.
Hewitt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rotten with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rotten lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rotten tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rotten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rotten creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rotten throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rotten lands a nice elbow.
Hewitt throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rotten.
Hewitt throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rotten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hewitt lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rotten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rotten lands an elbow just above Hewitt 's eye.
Rotten lands an elbow just above Hewitt 's eye.
Rotten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Rotten.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hewitt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Hewitt fails to land.
Nice elbow from Rotten.
Rotten using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rotten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hewitt blocks it with crossed arms.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rotten tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hewitt lands a nice elbow.
Rotten tries to land knees in the clinch but Hewitt avoids the damage to the body.
Hewitt takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rotten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Jefferson Hewitt's cut is getting worse.
Rotten tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rotten lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rotten tries to land a knee to the head but Hewitt blocks with his arms.
Hewitt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rotten lands an elbow just above Hewitt 's eye.
Rotten unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hewitt lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rotten unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rotten with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rotten tries to land knees in the clinch but Hewitt avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rotten misses with some punches.
Rotten misses with a knee to the head.
Rotten throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hewitt lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hewitt lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddy Rotten dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Hewitt gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rotten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hewitt blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rotten throws an elbow but misses.
Hewitt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hewitt throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Hewitt fails to land.
Rotten tries a knee to the head but Hewitt blocks it.
Hewitt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hewitt misses with the head strike.
Eddy Rotten seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Hewitt takes an elbow to the temple.
Rotten looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Rotten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hewitt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hewitt tries to land a knee to the head but Rotten blocks with his arms.
Rotten tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hewitt avoiding damage as Rotten throws knees to the body.
Hewitt tries to land a knee to the head but Rotten blocks with his arms.
Hewitt throws a punch but it's blocked by Rotten.
Hewitt managing to block the knees to the body from Rotten.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hewitt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rotten swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nice elbow from Rotten.
Hewitt lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rotten or not.
Rotten lands an elbow that stopped Hewitt in his tracks for a moment.
Rotten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hewitt avoids it.
Rotten has a couple of punches blocked by Hewitt.
Hewitt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rotten lands an elbow just above Hewitt 's eye.
Hewitt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hewitt lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hewitt avoiding damage as Rotten throws knees to the body.
Hewitt can't find room to land a body shot as Rotten controls the action.
Hewitt throws a punch but it's blocked by Rotten.
Rotten tries to land knees in the clinch but Hewitt avoids the damage to the body.
Hewitt tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hewitt blocks the elbow strike.
Rotten lands a knee to the body.
Hewitt lands a nice uppercut.
Rotten throws a punch but it's blocked by Hewitt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rotten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

Jefferson Hewitt's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Rotten is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rotten with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hewitt dodges an elbow strike from Rotten.
Hewitt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hewitt avoids a wild elbow strike from Rotten.
Rotten with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rotten creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rotten looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hewitt landing knees to the head.
Knees to the body from Rotten.
Hewitt misses with a knee to the head.
Rotten lands an elbow that stopped Hewitt in his tracks for a moment.
Rotten misses with an elbow strike.
Rotten tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hewitt scores with a shoulder strike.
Hewitt avoids a wild elbow strike from Rotten.
Hewitt working aggressively here.
Rotten lands a good knee to the midsection. Hewitt won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rotten misses with an elbow strike.
Rotten blocks an uppercut.
Hewitt avoiding damage as Rotten throws knees to the body.
Rotten blocking some punches.
Rotten with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hewitt misses with a punch on the inside.
Hewitt takes an elbow to the temple.
Rotten using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hewitt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hewitt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short left from Hewitt.
Rotten landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hewitt takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rotten blocks an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rotten just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hewitt's brow.
Rotten connects with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Hewitt scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hewitt tries a knee to the head but Rotten blocks it.
Rotten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hewitt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rotten tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hewitt avoids it.
Hewitt unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hewitt avoids the elbow strike from Rotten, against the cage.
Hewitt lands with a short shot to the head.
Hewitt misses with some punches.
Rotten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hewitt is defending well for now.
Rotten blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rotten tries a knee to the head but Hewitt blocks it.
Hewitt cracks Rotten with a nice body shot.
Hewitt lands a left hand.
Rotten misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Hewitt fails to land.
Hewitt tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hewitt managing to block the knees to the body from Rotten.
Hewitt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hewitt tries a knee to the head but Rotten blocks it.
Rotten missing with knees to the body.
Rotten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hewitt blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddy Rotten showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Rotten avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rotten wants to counter with a clinch but Hewitt pushes him away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rotten is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hewitt is defending well for now.
Hewitt tries a body shot but Rotten blocks it.
Hewitt tries to land a knee to the head but Rotten blocks with his arms.
Hewitt managing to block the knees to the body from Rotten.
Hewitt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hewitt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hewitt lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rotten backwards.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hewitt can't find room to land a body shot as Rotten controls the action.
Hewitt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rotten lands an elbow just above Hewitt 's eye.
Rotten throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hewitt avoids the elbow strike from Rotten, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hewitt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hewitt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hewitt avoiding damage as Rotten throws knees to the body.
Rotten blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hewitt with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hewitt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rotten misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hewitt.
Rotten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rotten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rotten lands an elbow just above Hewitt 's eye.
Rotten tries to land knees in the clinch but Hewitt avoids the damage to the body.
Rotten misses with an elbow strike.
Rotten has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rotten throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hewitt blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rotten lands an elbow that stopped Hewitt in his tracks for a moment.
Rotten tries a knee to the head but Hewitt blocks it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hewitt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rotten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rotten doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rotten tries to land a knee to the head but Hewitt blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hewitt lands with a light punch inside.
Rotten pushes off an throws an elbow but Hewitt leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rotten blocks a body shot from Hewitt.
Rotten misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hewitt lands an elbow inside.
Rotten misses with an elbow strike.
Hewitt digs a right hand into Rotten's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rotten's gas tank.
Hewitt scores with a shot to the side of Rotten's head.
Rotten tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hewitt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hewitt misses with a knee to the head.
Hewitt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hewitt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A head punch on the inside from Hewitt fails to land.
Hewitt tries to work over Rotten's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hewitt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rotten landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hewitt trying to land knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hewitt avoids a wild elbow strike from Rotten.
Rotten landing knees to the head.
Rotten connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hewitt's face.
Hewitt gets through Rotten's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rotten trying to land knees to the body.
Hewitt on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hewitt connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rotten.
Rotten takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hewitt blocks an elbow strike from Rotten.
Rotten blocking some punches.
Rotten using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hewitt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hewitt throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rottens head.
Hewitt scores with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rotten comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rotten lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hewitt works on Rotten's body with a couple of short punches.
Rotten creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hewitt's defenses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rotten tries to land knees in the clinch but Hewitt avoids the damage to the body.
Rotten working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hewitt.
Hewitt tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hewitt misses with a punch to the body.
Rotten fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hewitt blocks an elbow strike.
Rotten lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rotten throws an elbow that misses.
A knee to the head by Rotten.
Hewitt lands a right hand.
Hewitt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rotten looking to throw knees to the head but Hewitt is blocking nicely.
Rotten throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hewitt blocks it with crossed arms.
Hewitt makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hewitt lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rotten or not.
Hewitt lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rotten backwards.
Jefferson Hewitt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Eddy Rotten is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rotten trying to land knees to the body.
Hewitt lands on the inside with an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Eddy Rotten.
I've got Rotten winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddy Rotten!