PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tom Haverford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Roy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haverford comes into the arena with Jay-Z & Kanye West - N** In Paris blaring out of the sound system. This should be fireworks!

Haverford
vs
Roy

180 cm
27
190 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

190 cm
21
200 lbs
8 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Just Fight

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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tom Haverford !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lucas Roy!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haverford fails with an attempt to clinch.
Haverford misses with a looping left.
Roy punishes Haverford 's body with a nice straight punch.
Haverford tries to bum rush Roy with a series of wild strikes but Roy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Haverford rushes Roy and presses him up against the cage.
Haverford tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roy avoids it.
Roy drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Roy misses with a punch on the inside.
Roy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short right from Roy.
Roy has a couple of punches blocked by Haverford .
Roy misses with a body punch.
Haverford tries a knee to the head but Roy blocks it.
Haverford tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Roy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Haverford is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Haverford tries to land a knee to the head but Roy blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roy tries for a takedown but Haverford manages to get underhooks.
Haverford tries to land a knee to the head but Roy blocks with his arms.
Roy is trying to pull guard but Haverford has him pressed against the cage.
Tom Haverford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lucas Roy.
Roy can't find room to land a body shot as Haverford controls the action.
Roy lands with a light punch inside.
Haverford is pressed up against the cage. Roy has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Haverford down to the mat. Haverford avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Roy misses with a few strikes there.
Haverford takes a swing at Roy's ribcage but misses.
Roy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Haverford moves forwards but Roy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Roy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Haverford looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Roy throws a looping overhand right but Haverford ducks down to avoid it.
Haverford swings for the body but Roy moves out of range.
Haverford throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Danga de danga de dang - Haverford scores with a four punch combination!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Haverford fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roy manages to avoid it.
Haverford smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Good shot there by Haverford .
Haverford pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Haverford moves out of range as Roy strikes.
Roy loads up on a big right hand but Haverford slips the punch.
A punch lands to the side of Haverford 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Haverford misses with a series of wild punches.
Haverford throws a nice outside leg kick.
Haverford uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roy.
Haverford closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Haverford attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Roy lands a lovely overhand right.
Haverford misses with a combination
and Roy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roy looks to land a combination but Haverford avoids it well.
Roy looks to land a left hand but Haverford moved out of range nicely.
Haverford drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Haverford blocks a jab.
Roy looks to score with a jab to the body but Haverford is just out of range.
Roy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Donk. Roy catches Haverford right on the button with a cross.
Haverford misses with a kick to the body.
Haverford lands a nice leg kick that just misses Roy's sensitive parts.
Haverford throws the left hand but Roy avoids the punch easily.
Haverford ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Haverford showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roy.
Haverford throws a shot from downtown. Roy moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roy thows a body shot but no joy.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Roy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Roy tries to advance to mount but Haverford denies him.
Haverford wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Roy passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Haverford !
Roy is landing with some decent strikes but Haverford is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Roy lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poor strikes thrown by Roy there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Roy landing strikes, looking to finish!

Roy looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lucas Roy 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.

Roy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Haverford 's head.
Haverford dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Haverford throws a big shot that misses.
Tom Haverford is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Haverford moves into the clinch.
Roy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Haverford misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roy.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Haverford misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Haverford is trying to stall.
Roy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Haverford tries to land a knee to the head but Roy blocks with his arms.
A short left from Roy.
Roy has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Haverford is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Haverford tries to land knees in the clinch but Roy avoids the damage to the body.
Roy can't find room to land a body shot as Haverford controls the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roy throws a head punch that misses.
Roy tries to throw a body punch but Haverford avoids it by throwing Roy back against the cage.
Roy tries a body shot but Haverford blocks it.
Roy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Roy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haverford 's elbow.
Haverford displaying some good clinch control by pressing Roy up against the cage.
Haverford is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roy is defending well for now.
Haverford tries a knee to the head but Roy blocks it.

Roy jumps guard and drags Haverford to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.

Roy escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Haverford gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Roy is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Haverford defends well.
Haverford wants to stand and escape but instead Roy has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haverford avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Haverford is trying to control the position but Roy postures up.
Roy postures up in Haverford 's guard and throws a big left but Haverford blocks it.
Roy lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Roy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Haverford works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Roy throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Roy working some strikes from top position.
Roy throwing strikes from guard but Haverford blocks nicely.
Roy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Roy sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Haverford 's guard.

Roy is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Roy prevents Haverford from improving his position.
Roy lands strikes from half guard.
Haverford knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Roy on the ground.

Roy maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Haverford could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Roy has cracked it and Haverford is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Roy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Lucas Roy!