PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between T Challa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Roshan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Challa
vs
Roshan

184 cm
29
200 lbs
15 - 6 - 0

190 cm
30
195 lbs
20 - 9 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, T Challa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Damian Roshan!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roshan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Challa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Challa throws a leg kick
and Roshan counters with a right hand to the body.
Challa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roshan.
Challa avoids a kick to the body.
Roshan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roshan throws a body kick the misses
and Challa counters with a low kick, right behind Roshan 's knee.
Roshan misses with a hook
and Challa makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roshan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Roshan swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Challa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Damian Roshan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roshan misses with an uppercut
and Challa counters with a good low kick that Roshan was not able to check.
Roshan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Challa lands a leg kick that knocks Roshan off balance momentarily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roshan closes the distance and clinches up with Challa, looking for a takedown. Roshan pushes Challa against the ropes but Challa circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Roshan misses with a shot to the body

and Challa counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Challa.
Challa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Challa.
Roshan blocks a body shot from Challa.
Roshan is trying to break the clinch but Challa is controlling him.
Roshan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Challa has him pressed against the ropes.
Roshan is trying to stall.
Roshan seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
Challa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Challa lands a body shot.
Challa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Challa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Roshan's efforts to push away.
Challa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Challa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Challa scores with a shot to the side of Roshan's head.
Roshan leaning against his opponent.
Challa lands a shot to the body.

Roshan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Challa misses with an uppercut. Roshan saw that one coming.
Challa throws a body kick that misses.
Roshan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Challa.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roshan. Challa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roshan throws a right hand that misses
and Challa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Roshan shoots in but no luck this time.
Roshan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Challa throws a jab but it's blocked by Roshan.
Challa connects with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

T Challa dominated that round.
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.

Challa connects with an inside leg kick.
Roshan connects with the punch.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Challa thumps Roshan with a low kick.
Challa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roshan was well out of range. Poor timing from Challa.

Challa moves into the clinch.
Challa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roshan is trying to push Challa away but Challa has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Challa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roshan's elbow.
Roshan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Challa as the two fighters clinch.
Roshan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Challa is keeping busy.
Roshan has had enough of the clinch but Challa keeps him there for the moment.
Roshan wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Challa has him pressed against the ropes.
Roshan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Challa lands a body shot.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Challa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Roshan is breathing heavily.
Challa presses Roshan against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Challa swings wildly with an uppercut but Roshan uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Challa.
Challa lands a hook that snaps the head of Roshan backwards.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Challa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Challa swings wildly with an uppercut but Roshan uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice right hand lands inside from Challa.
Challa tries to work over Roshan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Roshan gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The fighters are battling for position here. Challa manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Challa manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Roshan manages to get himself to full guard.
Challa seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Roshan looking for a sweep. Not yet Roshan, not yet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roshan keeping moving, preventing Challa from controlling successfully.
Challa wants to stand but Roshan is controlling his posture from full guard.
Roshan thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Roshan keeping moving, preventing Challa from controlling successfully.

The ref stands the fighters back up because T Challa just wasn't active enough.
Challa throws a body punch but Roshan moves out of range.
Roshan looks for a takedown but Challa sprawls well.
Roshan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

T Challa dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Roshan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Roshan misses with a combination
and Challa counters with a low kick, right behind Roshan 's knee.
Roshan misses with a right hand
and Challa counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Roshan misses with a wild body shot.
Roshan takes a swing at Challa's ribcage but misses.
Challa is looking to wear down Roshan with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roshan throws a body punch but Challa moves out of range.
Challa dodges the punch combination from Roshan.
T Challa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Roshan is trying hard to land a takedown here. Challa sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Roshan just misses with a punch to the body.
T Challa is winning the standup battle so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Roshan goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Roshan misses with a right hand
and Challa counters with a low kick, right behind Roshan 's knee.
Roshan with a poor takedown
and Challa counters with a good low kick that Roshan was not able to check.
Roshan shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Challa pinned against the ropes. Challa gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
T Challa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damian Roshan.
Challa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roshan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roshan throws a leg kick that is checked
and Challa counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Roshan with a lazy takedown attempt
and Challa counters with a good low kick that Roshan was not able to check.
Roshan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Roshan throws a lazy uppercut
and Challa counters with a thumping low kick.
Roshan throws a poor cross that misses
and Roshan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roshan staying out of range there.
Roshan throws a sloppy body shot
and Challa counters with a two punch combo.
Challa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Challa lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
An inside leg kick lands from Challa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

T Challa clearly takes that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

An inside leg kick from Challa misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Challa lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Roshan has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Roshan and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Roshan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Roshan misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Challa wants to slow Roshan down by chopping away at his legs.
Roshan gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Challa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Challa looks to throw a body kick

and Roshan counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Challa wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Roshan trying to control the position from guard on top but Challa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Challa looking for a sweep. Not yet Challa, not yet.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Challa holds on and takes a little breather.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roshan lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Challa keeping full guard, as Roshan tries to pass.
Challa not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Roshan works over Challa with some ground and pound from guard.
Roshan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Challa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Roshan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Roshan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roshan stands and throws Challa's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Challa defending against the ground and pound.
Roshan in side control, throwing shots but Challa defends.
Roshan works to advance to full mount. Challa defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Roshan trying to control but Challa is having none of it.
Challa in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roshan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Roshan throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Challa because Roshan loaded up on that one.
Roshan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Roshan lands with some strikes.
Challa is squirming around, avoiding Roshan's attempts to control the action.
The referee warns Challa that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Roshan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Roshan tries to control but Challa wriggling away.
Roshan with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damian Roshan dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Roshan throws out a loose jab but Challa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roshan throws the left hand but Challa avoids the punch easily.
Roshan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Challa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Challa thows a leg kick but Roshan checks it
and Roshan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Roshan misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roshan misses the shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Roshan.
Challa on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Roshan misses with a shot to the body
and Challa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Roshan stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roshan misses with a kick to the body.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Roshan. Challa shrugs it off though.
Roshan scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Challa doesn't seem bothered though.
Challa throws a head kick that misses.
Roshan shoots in looking for a takedown but Challa manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Roshan's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
T Challa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Challa defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Roshan.
Roshan misses with a takedown attempt
and Challa counters with a straight right hand.
T Challa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Damian Roshan.
Challa thows a leg kick but Roshan checks it
and Roshan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Roshan closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Roshan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Challa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's four 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.
Roshan shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Challa as he avoids it easily.
Roshan misses with a hook
and Challa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Damian Roshan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roshan misses with a combination
and Challa makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Roshan is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Challa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Damian Roshan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Challa has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 48:47
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 48:47
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 48:47

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... T Challa!
T Challa retains his middleweight title!