PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Roja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bert Compton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bert Compton will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Roja
vs
Compton

178 cm
23
154 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

184 cm
25
145 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Antonio Roja!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bert Compton!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Compton throws a right hand that Roja ducks under and follows up with a left that Roja also avoids with ease.
Roja avoids the body shot from Compton.
Roja pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Compton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Roja throws a looping overhand right but Compton ducks down to avoid it.
An inside leg kick from Compton misses.
Roja throws out a loose jab but Compton uses good head movement to avoid it.
A punch combination from Compton misses.
Compton throws a nice looking combination but Roja bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Roja throws a hook but Compton blocks it.
Compton tries to close the distance and clinch but Roja swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Compton swinging wildly here.
Compton tries to clinch up but Roja circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Compton scores with a jab.

It looks like Antonio Roja has been cut.
Compton throws a hook to the side of Roja's head but Roja sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Compton thows a body shot but no joy.
Compton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Roja takes a swing at Compton's ribcage but misses.
Roja ducks under a wild hook from Compton.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Compton swinging wildly here.
Roja takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Roja throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roja avoids a punch combination nicely.
Compton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Roja.
Compton shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Roja missing with a left hand there. Compton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Compton misses with a two punch combination.
Compton throws a right and a left that Roja avoids nicely.
Roja looks to throw the jab but Compton is out of range.
Roja looks to land a right hand but Compton moved out of range.
Compton lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Roja circles away quickly and effectively.
Compton lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Compton lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Compton gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Roja showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Compton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roja slips a jab and a cross from Compton.
Compton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Roja moves out of range as Compton throws a body kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Compton, as that shot connected.
Roja scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Compton looks gassed!
Roja displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Compton throws out the jab.
Compton is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Compton misses with a head kick.
Compton misses with the combination.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Roja checks a leg kick.
Roja moves out of range as Compton strikes.
A lazy left from Roja finds it's target.
Compton takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Compton lands with a right hand.
Compton wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Compton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Roja lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Roja scores with a decent looking hook.

Compton is rocked!
Compton misses with a body kick.
Compton is still on wobbly legs! Can Roja finish him?
Compton misses with a double jab.
Compton seems to have recovered his senses.
Compton misses with a straight left.
Compton throws a nice looking combination but Roja bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Compton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roja.
Bert Compton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Compton tries to clinch there but Roja circles away.
Compton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Roja lands a nice looking body shot.
Roja throws a lazy right hand but Compton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Roja sizes up Compton with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nice straight punches there by Roja. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Roja.
Roja misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Compton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Compton looks for the body kick but Roja saw that one coming.
Roja misses with the combination.
Compton throws a sloppy head kick and Roja moves out of range easily.
Roja is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Roja lands a nice hook to Compton's body. Compton takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Compton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Compton misses with a series of wild punches.
Roja jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Compton wants to clinch up but Roja keeps it at a distance.
Roja lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Roja slips under a jab from Compton.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Compton throws a series of strikes that have Roja backpedaling.
A big right from Compton misses.
Good shot there by Roja.
Compton missing with a left hand there. Roja was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Roja dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Roja's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Roja fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Compton on the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Compton.
A big right from Compton misses.
Roja looks to land a combination. Compton sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Compton lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Compton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A big left from Roja misses.
Compton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roja.
Compton misses with a wild combination.
Compton is looking to land body kicks.
Roja is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Compton looks to land a right hand but Roja moved out of range.
Roja cracks a nice hook into Compton's ribs.
Compton is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Compton misses with a wild combination.
Compton is breathing heavily.
Roja connects with a crisp jab.
Compton throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Roja has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Compton throws a shot from downtown. Roja moves away and avoids it.
Compton wants to clinch.
Bert Compton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Compton tries to clinch up.
Compton throws a hook but Roja avoids it easily.
Antonio Roja is winning the standup battle so far.
Roja jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Roja throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Compton tries to clinch there but Roja circles away.
Roja circles away from the clinch attempt.
Compton misses with a combination
letting Roja counter with a right hand.
Compton walks into a straight right hand from Roja.
Roja misses the jab.
Compton lands a jab to the head.
Compton wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Roja throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Roja throws the left hand but Compton avoids the punch easily.
Roja scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Compton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Roja tests Compton's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Compton swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Compton throws out a loose jab but Roja uses good head movement to avoid it.
Compton throws a hook but Roja blocks it.
Roja looks to throw the jab but Compton is out of range.
Compton takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Roja blocks a head kick by Compton.
A big left from Roja misses.
Roja throws a big shot that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Compton throws a hook to the side of Roja's head but Roja sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Roja takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Roja throws a one two combo.
Compton waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roja.
Compton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Roja throws a body punch but Compton moves out of range.
Roja takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Compton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice defenses there by Roja.
Compton throws a right and a left that Roja avoids nicely.
Compton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Compton tries to clinch up
and Roja counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Compton thinking.
Roja throws a hook to the side of Compton's head but Compton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Roja jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Compton ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Compton takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Compton tries to clinch up.
Roja just misses with a punch to the body.
Compton loads up on a big right hand but Roja slips the punch.
Compton on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Compton fails to land with a series of punches.
Compton throws a series of punches but Roja moves out of range.
Roja scores with the left hand. Compton knows he should have avoided that one.
Compton dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Compton misses with an uppercut.
Compton ducks right into an uppercut from Roja.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slow jab from Compton misses its intended target.
Compton swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Roja counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Compton thinking.
Compton moves forwards but Roja connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Roja throws a lazy right hand but Compton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Roja dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Roja's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Compton misses with a wild combination.
Roja ducks under a wild hook from Compton.
Roja keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Compton.
Compton lunges at Roja with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Roja's hand.
Roja misses with a body shot.
Compton on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Roja moves out of range of the strikes.
Roja ducks under a wild hook from Compton.
Roja throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Compton sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roja. Compton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Compton takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roja lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Compton throws an overhand right that lands on Roja's shoulder, as Roja tries to avoid the shot.
Compton throws a nice looking combination but Roja bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Roja ducks under a wild hook from Compton.
Donk. Compton catches Roja right on the button with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Compton uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Roja.
Compton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Compton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roja.
Roja loads up on a big right hand but Compton slips the punch.
Compton thows a left - swing and a miss!
Compton throws a looping overhand right but Roja ducks down to avoid it.
Compton throws a big shot that misses.
Roja swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Compton misses with a double jab
and Roja connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Compton tries to bum rush Roja with a series of wild strikes but Roja uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Compton looks to land a combination but Roja avoids it well.
Compton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roja.
Roja lands a jab.
Compton cracks Roja with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Compton tries to clinch but Roja is having none of it.
Roja connects with a looping right hand.
Roja connects with a body shot.
A punch combination from Compton misses.
Roja missing with a left hand there. Compton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Roja scores with a nice strike.
Compton throws a nice looking combination but Roja bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A slow jab from Roja misses its intended target.
Roja loads up on a big right hand but Compton slips the punch.
Roja throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Compton stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Compton misses with an uppercut. Roja saw that one coming.
Roja lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Compton misses with a double jab
and Roja counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Roja thuds a left hand into Compton's body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Compton gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A punch combination from Compton misses.
Roja scores with a nice right hand.
Roja throws a hook to the side of Compton's head but Compton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Roja throws a lazy right hand but Compton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Compton looks to land a combination but Roja avoids it well.
No joy there for Compton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Roja lands with a cross.
Roja throws a hook to the side of Compton's head but Compton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Roja connects with a jab.
Nice shot lands for Roja.
Compton throws a nice looking combination but Roja bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Roja avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fighters circling - Roja throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roja scores with a crisp jab that stopped Compton in his tracks.
Roja scores with a jab to the head.
Roja slips under a jab.
A big left from Compton misses.
Compton swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Roja counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice body punch from Roja.
A big right from Roja misses.
Compton avoids the body shot from Roja.
Roja throws a big shot that misses.
Roja lands with a straight right. Compton didn't see that one coming.
Roja jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Roja bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Compton misses with an uppercut. Roja saw that one coming.
Compton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Compton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Roja avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Antonio Roja clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Roja's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Roja works Compton's body with a nice hook.
Roja misses the jab.
A decent looking cross lands there for Roja.
Compton falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Roja counter with a right hand.
A jab from Compton misses.
Compton throws a right and a left that Roja avoids nicely.
Compton has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Roja moves out of range as Compton strikes.
Roja lands with a straight right. Compton didn't see that one coming.
Compton misses with a double jab
and Roja counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Roja thows a left - swing and a miss!
Compton cracks Roja with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Compton throws a combination that misses
and Roja counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Compton is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Roja misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roja circles away from the clinch attempt.
Roja dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Roja connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Compton has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Roja finds it's way round the side to connect with Compton's head.
Compton closes the distance but Roja moves to the side
and Roja counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Compton thinking.
Roja throws a good cross that connects.
Roja lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Roja thuds his right hand into Compton's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.

Compton darts in and clinches Roja up against the cage.
Compton lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Roja keeps control of Compton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Compton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Compton misses with a double jab
and Roja counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Roja connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roja scores with a jab.
Compton misses with a few strikes there.
Roja connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Roja connects with a jab and follows up with a big overhand right! Oh that's hurt Compton! He's out on his feet! Roja rushes in and drops Compton with another big right hand, forcing the referee to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Antonio Roja!
Antonio Roja retains his featherweight title!