PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roe Jogan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiger Lily (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Jogan
vs
Lily

185 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
24
220 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roe Jogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tiger Lily!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Jogan gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lily stalling in the clinch but Jogan improves position.

Jogan manages to break the clinch.

Jogan forces Lily back against the cage and clinches.

Jogan manages to break the clinch.
Jogan avoids the body shot from Lily.
Lily wants to clinch but Jogan slips to the side
and Jogan counters with a nice leg kick.
Lily wants to clinch.
Jogan circles away from the clinch attempt

and Jogan counters with a shoot takedown. Lily fights it but they end up in guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jogan prevents Lily from getting back to his feet.
Jogan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Lily pushes Jogan off and scrambles back to his feet.
Lily tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jogan counters with a head kick. That will keep Lily thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Jogan clinches up with Lily and pushes him back against the cage.
Lily lands a left hand that snaps the head of Jogan backwards.
A short right from Lily on the inside.
Jogan letting Lily take a breather here.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jogan breaks the clinch.
Lily closes the distance but Jogan moves to the side

and Jogan moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lily.
Jogan displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lily up against the cage.
Lily throws a punch but it's blocked by Jogan.

Jogan pulls guard.

Jogan is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Lily is aware though and is defending well.
Lily not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Lily throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lily 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.
Jogan looking for a sweep. Not yet Jogan, not yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jogan is trying to control the position but Lily postures up.
Lily slips nicely into half guard.
Lily throwing shots but Jogan is blocking nicely.
Lily takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lily is trying to control. Jogan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Lily missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lily passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Jogan!
Lily putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lily controlling from the full mount.
Lily prevents Jogan from getting the reversal.
Lily controlling from mount.
Lily misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Lily looking to finish with strikes here!
Lily content just to control the position here.
Lily landing strikes, looking to finish!
Jogan is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lily takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jogan blocking the ground and pound.
Lily can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jogan is looking to escape.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lily controlling from mount.
Lily throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lily sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Lily punching from mount but Jogan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiger Lily dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Lily fails with an attempt to clinch.
Roe Jogan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lily fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lily fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jogan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lily tries to close the distance and clinch but Jogan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Lily darts in and clinches Jogan up against the cage.

Jogan breaks from the clinch.
Tiger Lily seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Jogan closes the distance and clinches.
Jogan tries to score a body lock takedown but Lily shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Jogan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Jogan pushes Lily up against the cage in a clinch.
Jogan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lily scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lily creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

Jogan's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jogan shoots in but Lily avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Lily tries to clinch but Jogan is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lily scores with a hook to the body. Jogan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lily 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.
Lily darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Lily fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jogan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jogan swats away the attempt to clinch by Lily.
Lily thuds a left hand into Jogan's body.
Lily fails in his attempt to clinch.
A nice combination there by Lily.
Lily moves in looking to clinch but Jogan pushes him off.
Jogan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Jogan clinches with his opponent.
Jogan tries to circle away but Lily has him pinned against the cage.
Lily swings wildly with an uppercut but Jogan uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Jogan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lily misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jogan.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lily looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice takedown defense from Lily. No joy for Jogan on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roe Jogan. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lily wants to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Jogan drives through and clinches with Lily against the cage.
Jogan is working for takedown but Lily is calmly controlling the position for now.
Jogan effectively controlling the action here.
Lily scores with a shoulder strike.

Jogan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lily is looking to clinch but Jogan is avoiding it.
Tiger Lily is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lily is looking to clinch but Jogan is avoiding it.
Lily fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jogan manages to avoid it.
Lily tries to clinch there but Jogan circles away.
Lily fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Jogan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jogan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lily fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jogan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lily is looking to clinch.
Jogan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jogan ducks right into an uppercut from Lily.
Tiger Lily seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lily closes the distance and clinches up with Jogan, looking for a takedown. Lily pushes Jogan against the cage but Jogan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Lily gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lily lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jogan tries to pull guard but Lily won't allow it.

Jogan manages to break the clinch.
Lily is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jogan rather than just go for the knockout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lily tries to clinch up.
Lily lands with a nice body punch.
Lily clobbers Jogan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Lily instigates a clinch.
Come on Lily - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Jogan can't break the clinch.
A short left from Lily.

Jogan is rocked!
Lily swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Oh Jogan is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jogan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lily throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lily.
Lily misses with a punch on the inside.
Jogan taking a breather.
Lily throws a head punch that misses.
Lily is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A head punch on the inside from Lily fails to land.
Jogan blocks an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stalling in the clinch from Lily.
Jogan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lily has a couple of punches blocked by Jogan.
Lily misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lily.
Nice elbow from Jogan.
Lily stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lily misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lily misses with some punches.
Jogan seems to have got his legs back now.
Jogan gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tiger Lily showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Jogan throws a leg kick but Lily sees it coming and moves out of range.
Lily moves in looking to clinch but Jogan pushes him off.
Lily tries to clinch

and Jogan counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Lily keeping moving, preventing Jogan from controlling successfully.
Tiger Lily has got the better of the ground game so far.
Jogan won't allow Lily to get back to his feet.
Lily keeping full guard, as Jogan tries to pass.
Jogan trying to control but Lily is working from the bottom.
Jogan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jogan would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Jogan looking to sit in guard and control but Lily gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Lily throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lily trying to control the position from guard on top but Jogan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lily missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lily wants to control from the top but Jogan keeps moving.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lily stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jogan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lily content to stall in guard here.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Tiger Lily wasn't active enough on the ground.
Jogan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lily avoids the head kick by Jogan.

Lily has closed the distance and engaged Jogan in a clinch.

Jogan breaks the clinch.
Lily is looking to clinch.
Lily tries to clinch up but Jogan circles away and keeps his distance.
Jogan has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jogan there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lily lands a nice looking body shot.
Lily moves in looking to clinch but Jogan pushes him off.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lily tries to clinch but Jogan moves out of range.
Lily looks to land a combination but Jogan avoids it well.

Lily closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Jogan is looking to break free of the clinch but Lily has double underhooks.
Lily dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Jogan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lily is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Jogan moves into the clinch successfully.
Lily lands with a right to the head.
Lily tries to stall but Jogan uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Jogan is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Lily is defending well.
Tiger Lily seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jogan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Lily pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Lily is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lily lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jogan avoiding damage.
Lily lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Lily lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lily can't find room to land a body shot as Jogan controls the action.
Lily holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lily pushes Jogan against the cage. Lily is working some dirty boxing. Lily pushes off with a quick right hook! Jogan goes down! Jogan tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Lily moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tiger Lily!