PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dest Royer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Do (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Royer's entrance music is 2Г5Р1О7Т - Дым. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Royer
vs
Do

188 cm
27
181 lbs
13 - 2 - 0

182 cm
24
181 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

[CBK] The Smashwear Corporation

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dest Royer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Billy Do!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Royer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Do manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Royer dodges the punch combination from Do.
Some wild striking there from Do.
Do throws a right hand that Royer ducks under and follows up with a left that Royer also avoids with ease.

Do looking to score a takedown here. Royer is defending well but Do drives through and ends up in Royer's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Royer utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Do with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Do makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Do stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Royer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Do is fighting to break Royer's control of his arms but Royer is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Do pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Royer is keeping the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Royer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Do.
Royer looking for a sweep. Not yet Royer, not yet.
Do stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Royer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Do throwing strikes but missing.
Do postures up in Royer's guard and throws a big left but Royer blocks it.
Do throwing strikes from guard but Royer blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Royer avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Do throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Royer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Royer looking for a sweep. Not yet Royer, not yet.
Royer keeping moving, preventing Do from controlling successfully.
Royer is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Royer controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up. Billy Do was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Royer tries to close the distance and clinch but Do swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Do just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Do misses its intended target.
A head kick misses from Do.
Royer lunges at Do with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Do's hand.
The fighters circling - Do throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Do throws a right and a left that Royer avoids nicely.
Royer lands a head kick!

Royer closes the distance and clinches.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Royer lands a nice elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do misses with a hook to the ribs.
Do misses with a hook to the ribs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Royer turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Royer fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Do takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Do has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Royer trying to control the position but Do is working away.
Do is trying to control Royer's posture but Royer avoids it.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Do regains half guard.
Royer with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Royer is looking to advance position but Do won't allow it.
Royer is keen to just control but Do is a slippery customer.

That's six minutes gone in the round.

Dest Royer has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Do throws a lazy right hand but Royer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Royer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Royer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Billy Do seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Do throws an overhand right that lands on Royer's shoulder, as Royer tries to avoid the shot.
Royer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Royer wants to clinch.
Royer tries to clinch up.
Horrible takedown by Royer or perhaps it was just good defense by Do which made him look bad.
Do throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Donk. Do catches Royer right on the button with a cross.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Royer ducks right into an uppercut from Do.
Do swats away the attempt to clinch by Royer.
Royer closes the distance and clinches up with Do, looking for a takedown. Royer pushes Do against the cage but Do circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Royer.
Royer looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Do is fending him off so far but Royer persists. Nope, Do circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dest Royer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Do throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Royer's head.

Royer gets tackled into the cage by Do. Do maintains the clinch.

Do's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Royer wants a takedown.
A nice right hand lands inside from Royer.
Royer's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Royer lands with a left to the head.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Do trying to control the position but instead, Royer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Do into the cage.
Do misses with a body punch.
Do is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Royer is defending well for now.
Do misses with a hook from the clinch.
Do struggles to land a body shot inside as Royer controls his hands.
Do tries a body shot but Royer blocks it.
Royer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Do.
Royer blocks a body shot from Do.
Do tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Royer's elbow.
Royer pushes Do back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Do tries to land knees in the clinch but Royer avoids the damage to the body.
Do lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Do fails to land.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Royer.
Royer tries for a takedown but Do manages to get underhooks.
Do tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Royer avoids it.
Royer avoids the elbow strike from Do, against the cage.
Do tries to work over Royer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Royer is trying to drag Do to the mat but Do just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Do struggles to land a body shot inside as Royer controls his hands.
Do on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Royer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Do backwards.
Royer blocks a body shot from Do.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Do tries to throw a body punch but Royer avoids it by throwing Do back against the cage.
Royer takes an elbow to the temple.
Do misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Billy Do dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Do misses with a two punch combination.
Do has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Royer is looking to clinch.
Royer shoots in for a takedown but Do shows good takedown defense.

Do drives through with a takedown into guard.
Do throws and elbow that misses. Royer uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Do's guard. Nice move by Royer!
Royer working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Royer has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Do is trying to keep Royer in close.
Royer missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Royer wants to control from the top but Do keeps moving.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Royer is looking to work some ground and pound but Do has wrist control.
Royer trying to control the position from guard on top but Do is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Dest Royer just wasn't active enough.
Royer on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Royer.

Royer pushes Do up against the cage in a clinch.

Royer gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Do regains guard.
Royer makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Royer trying to control the position from guard on top but Do is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Do pulls Royer in close to prevent any damage.
Royer is looking to advance position but Do has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Do punching from mount but Royer doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Royer is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Royer tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Do controlling from mount.
A nice elbow there by Do.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Do looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Royer tries to hold on but Do postures up.
Do throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Royer blocking the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Royer keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Do looking to finish with strikes here!
Do looking to control and managing it successfully.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Do working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Poor strikes thrown by Do there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Do tries to control but Royer wriggling away.
Do landing punches.
Royer tries to hold on but Do pushes him away.
Do thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Do prevents Royer from getting the reversal.
Do misses with a head shot.
Royer is desperately trying to improve his position but Do has a good base and remains in mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Do content just to control the position here.
Royer blocking the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Royer is desperately trying to improve his position but Do has a good base and remains in mount.
Do throws some wild stikes that Royer manages to avoid easily.
Royer avoids a series of strikes thrown by Do.
BOOM! Do connects with a massive shot to the dome!

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Do is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Do misses with a head shot.
Royer is bucking up trying to escape but Do cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Do throwing strikes here but Royer is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Do trying to control but Royer is having none of it.
Royer tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Do wants to control the pace but Royer is squirming around nicely.
Do throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Do has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Royer's face.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Do trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Do postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Royer looks a forlorn figure.
Billy Do has got the better of the ground game so far.
Do tries to control but Royer wriggling away.
Do putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Royer is rocked!
Do looking to control and managing it successfully.
Oh Royer is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Do misses with a head shot.
Do can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Royer is looking to escape.
Royer seems to have got his legs back now.
Do postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Royer looks a forlorn figure.
Do loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Royer scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Do land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Do stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Do!
Billy Do is the new welterweight champion!
Billy Do very nearly forgot to thank [CBK] The Smashwear Corporation amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.