PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marques Roy (ranked 2339 p4p, 3304 weight class) and Baba Ram (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Roy
vs
Ram

188 cm
25
188
3 - 0 - 0

184 cm
25
195
1 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marques Roy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Baba Ram!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roy dives in and grabs Ram's left leg, looking for a takedown. Ram pushes down on Roy's head and hops out.
Roy closes this distance looking for a takedown but Ram circles away.
Ram misses with a leg kick

and Roy counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Roy.
Roy works over Ram with some ground and pound from guard.
Roy makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Roy is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Roy connects with a couple of short punches.
Ram is trying to keep Roy in close.
Roy works over Ram with some ground and pound from guard.
Roy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Roy 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.
Roy scoring with some ground and pound.
Roy scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ram is trying to keep Roy in close.
Roy is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Roy landing with the ground and pound.
Roy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

Ram is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roy controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Roy slips nicely into half guard.
Roy lands strikes from half guard.
Roy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Roy winds up and cracks Ram with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ram is still in real trouble! Can Roy finish him?
Roy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Roy is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Ram is hurt! He's hurt bad - Roy fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Ram from any more punishment! Congratulations to Roy! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marques Roy!