PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Diego Biamonte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Roofer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roofer has chosen Jonesmann Feat. Azad - Der Soldat James Rhyme as his entrance music. Diego Biamonte is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Biamonte
vs
Roofer

185 cm
22
195 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

188 cm
21
194 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Diego Biamonte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ben Roofer!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, David Schapiro and Dean Styles.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Biamonte throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roofer is looking to land body kicks.
Roofer throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Biamonte misses the shot to the body.
Roofer throws a leg kick that is checked
and Biamonte counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Biamonte avoids the body shot from Roofer.
Biamonte tries to clinch but Roofer is having none of it.
Biamonte looks to land a left hand but Roofer moved out of range nicely.
Roofer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Biamonte gets a clinch.
Roofer managing to block the knees to the body from Biamonte.
Biamonte is trying to maintain a safe position but Roofer gets an underhook and turns Biamonte into the cage.
Roofer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roofer managing to block the knees to the body from Biamonte.
Roofer misses with the head strike.
Biamonte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roofer is defending well for now.
Roofer is trying to stall.

Roofer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Roofer scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Biamonte doesn't seem bothered though.
Biamonte feints and then cracks Roofer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Roofer down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Roofer.
Roofer plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Roofer scoring well with a low kick there.

Biamonte closes the distance and clinches.
Roofer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Biamonte pushes off an throws an elbow but Roofer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Roofer managing to block the knees to the body from Biamonte.
Biamonte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roofer is defending well for now.
Biamonte trying to land knees to the body.
Roofer looking to slow down the pace here.
Biamonte lands a knee to the body.
A short uppercut from Roofer.
Roofer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Roofer lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Biamonte gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Biamonte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roofer is defending well for now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roofer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Biamonte tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roofer avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roofer trying to stall but Biamonte improves his position.
Biamonte blocks an elbow strike from Roofer.
Roofer swings wildly with an uppercut but Biamonte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roofer working aggressively here.
Roofer scores with a shot to the side of Biamonte's head.

It looks like Diego Biamonte has been cut.
Biamonte has Roofer pressed against the cage, preventing Roofer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Biamonte missing with knees to the body.
Roofer has a couple of punches blocked by Biamonte.
Roofer misses with a punch on the inside.
Biamonte misses with a knee strike.
Roofer lands an elbow inside that Biamonte shrugs off.
Biamonte looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Biamonte misses with an elbow over the top.
Biamonte lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Ben Roofer has been cut.
Roofer lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Biamonte.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roofer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Biamonte is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Roofer is keeping busy.
Roofer struggles to land a body shot inside as Biamonte controls his hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Biamonte creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Roofer is trying to stall.
Biamonte comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Biamonte taking a breather.
Biamonte throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roofer blocks it with crossed arms.
Biamonte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roofer.
Roofer throws a punch but it's blocked by Biamonte.
Roofer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Biamonte.
Biamonte lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Roofer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Biamonte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roofer.
Biamonte lands an elbow inside that Roofer shrugs off.

That has opened up Ben Roofer's cut even more.
Biamonte misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roofer.
Roofer throws a head punch that misses.
Biamonte missing with knees to the body.
Roofer misses with the head strike.
Roofer takes an elbow to the temple.
Roofer blocks an elbow strike from Biamonte.
With the fighters up against the cage, Biamonte throws an elbow but misses.
Roofer trying to stall but Biamonte improves his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Biamonte trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roofer pressing his opponent against the cage.

Roofer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Biamonte is looking to chop away at Roofer's legs.
Roofer throws a sloppy head kick and Biamonte moves out of range easily.
Roofer misses with a low kick.
Biamonte moves to clinch but Roofer breaks away
and Roofer counters with a stiff right hand.
Biamonte takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Roofer moves out of range as Biamonte strikes.

Roofer gets tackled into the cage by Biamonte. Biamonte maintains the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Roofer blocks an elbow strike.
Roofer misses with a knee strike.
Roofer misses with a body punch.

Roofer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Diego Biamonte will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

A head kick misses from Biamonte.
A combination from Biamonte does no damage.
Biamonte throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Biamonte throws a head kick but Roofer moves out of range.
Biamonte misses with an attempted mid kick.
Roofer scores with a head kick. Biamonte tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Roofer throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Biamonte tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Roofer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Biamonte blocks a head kick by Roofer.
Roofer misses the jab.
Roofer misses with a low kick as Biamonte jumps back.
Biamonte is looking to clinch but Roofer is avoiding it.
That kick from Biamonte tenderised Roofer's leg. Roofer is trying to keep his angry face on.
Roofer misses with an attempted mid kick.

Biamonte drives through and clinches with Roofer against the cage.
Biamonte throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Biamonte missing with knees to the body.

Roofer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Roofer looks for the body kick but Biamonte saw that one coming.
Biamonte moves out of range of the leg kick from Roofer.
Roofer keeps the fight on the outside.
Roofer throws a leg kick but Biamonte sees it coming and moves out of range.
Biamonte wants to clinch.
Biamonte fails in his attempt to clinch.
Roofer misses with a low kick as Biamonte jumps back.
Biamonte throws a series of punches but Roofer moves out of range.
Biamonte is looking to clinch but Roofer is avoiding it.
Roofer lands with a kick to the temple. Biamonte shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Biamonte fails in his attempt to clinch.
Roofer throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roofer looks for the body kick but Biamonte saw that one coming.
Roofer misses with a straight right.
Roofer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Biamonte tries a head kick but it misses.
Biamonte fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Roofer on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Biamonte. Biamonte obviously looking to wear him down.
Biamonte looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roofer misses with a wild body shot.
Biamonte takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick misses from Roofer.
Roofer lands a nice looking kick to the body. Biamonte takes a step back to recover.
Biamonte tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Biamonte tries to close the distance and clinch but Roofer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Roofer lands a nice looking kick to the body. Biamonte takes a step back to recover.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Biamonte darts in trying to clinch
and Biamonte takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Biamonte closes the distance looking to clinch
and Roofer counters with a nice low kick that buckles Biamonte's knee momentarily.
Biamonte chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Roofer can pounce on him.
Roofer lands a high kick!
Roofer lands a nice leg kick that just misses Biamonte's sensitive parts.
Biamonte checks a low kick from Roofer.
Biamonte throws a lazy head kick
and Roofer counters with a leg kick.
Biamonte moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Roofer lands a high kick!

Diego Biamonte's cut is getting worse.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roofer digs a good hook to Biamonte's body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roofer goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Biamonte looks to score with a jab to the body but Roofer is just out of range.

Biamonte darts in and clinches Roofer up against the cage.
Biamonte throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Roofer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Biamonte tries a knee to the head but Roofer blocks it.
Roofer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Biamonte is defending well for now.
Roofer lands a right hand.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Roofer avoiding damage as Biamonte throws knees to the body.
Biamonte pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Biamonte.
Roofer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Biamonte lands an elbow inside that Roofer shrugs off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Roofer managing to block the knees to the body from Biamonte.
Roofer swings wildly with an uppercut but Biamonte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roofer tries a body shot but Biamonte blocks it.
Roofer misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ben Roofer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Biamonte tries to clinch up but Roofer circles away and keeps his distance.
Biamonte slips under a jab.
Biamonte avoids the head kick by Roofer.
Roofer tries to score with a low kick but Biamonte moves his leg out of the way.
Biamonte just misses with a punch to the body.
Roofer connects with a solid leg kick.
Biamonte tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roofer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Biamonte ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Biamonte tries to close the distance and clinch but Roofer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Biamonte stuns Roofer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Biamonte tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Biamonte lands with a right hand.
Biamonte is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Biamonte tries to clinch up.
Roofer connects with a right hand. Biamonte shakes it off.
Biamonte throws a sloppy head kick and Roofer moves out of range easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Biamonte has taken the fight to the clinch.
Biamonte tries to land knees in the clinch but Roofer avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Roofer can't find room to land a body shot as Biamonte controls the action.
Biamonte lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Biamonte misses with an elbow strike.
Biamonte pushes off an throws an elbow but Roofer leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Roofer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roofer is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Roofer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Biamonte lands an elbow that stopped Roofer in his tracks for a moment.
Biamonte tries to land a knee to the head but Roofer blocks with his arms.
Roofer tries a body shot but Biamonte blocks it.
Roofer managing to block the knees to the body from Biamonte.
Biamonte misses with a knee to the head.
Roofer tries to circle away but Biamonte has him pinned against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Biamonte.
Biamonte misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Biamonte.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roofer avoids a wild elbow strike from Biamonte.
Diego Biamonte has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Biamonte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roofer is defending well for now.
A short uppercut from Roofer.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Biamonte throws an elbow but it misses.
Roofer wants to break free but Biamonte has control.
Roofer trying to stall but Biamonte improves his position.
Roofer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Biamonte missing with knees to the body.
Roofer is working Biamonte over against the cage.
Roofer avoiding damage as Biamonte throws knees to the body.
Roofer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Roofer scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Biamonte.

Roofer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Biamonte.
Biamonte stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Roofer.
Roofer looks to throw the jab but Biamonte is out of range.
Roofer throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Roofer throws a low kick, looking for Biamonte's leg but Biamonte calmly moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Biamonte connects with a single shot there.
A big right from Roofer misses.
Biamonte tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roofer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick misses from Roofer.

Biamonte rushes Roofer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Roofer is trying to stall.
Biamonte throws a knee to the head but misses.
Biamonte blocks an elbow strike from Roofer.
Roofer misses with a knee to the head.
Biamonte is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roofer is defending well for now.
Biamonte gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Biamonte with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Biamonte blocks a body shot from Roofer.
Roofer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

Roofer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Roofer misses with a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Biamonte lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Biamonte tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Roofer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Biamonte tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roofer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roofer cracks the inside of Biamonte's front leg.
A solid leg kick lands there for Roofer.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Biamonte throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roofer connects with a leg kick. Biamonte looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Biamonte tries to clinch up but Roofer circles away and keeps his distance.
Biamonte catches Roofer with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Roofer wants to land a leg kick but Biamonte is out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roofer throws a head kick that misses.
Roofer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Roofer throws a body kick that misses.
A low kick from Roofer misses
and Biamonte counters with a straight right hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ben Roofer.
I think Roofer has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ben Roofer!