PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pappy Roofie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pappy Roofie has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Roofie
vs
West

177 cm
24
168 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

180 cm
27
166 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank

DJs Locker

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pappy Roofie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Randy West!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roofie throws a combination. West tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Roofie misses the shot to the body.
Roofie throws an overhand right that lands on West's shoulder, as West tries to avoid the shot.
Roofie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. West tries to avoid it but Roofie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag West to the ground. West escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Roofie has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from West.
West moves away from the strike by Roofie.
Roofie takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Roofie is trying hard to land a takedown here. West sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Roofie fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pappy Roofie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
West throws a nice inside leg kick.
Roofie misses the body punch
and West counters with a slapping leg kick.
Roofie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Roofie moves out of range of the body kick.
Roofie checks a leg kick.
Roofie darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
West throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Roofie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from West.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Roofie.
Roofie throws a low kick, looking for West's leg but West calmly moves out of range.
Roofie turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Roofie on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
West slips under a jab from Roofie.
Roofie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but West manages to avoid it.
West throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roofie throws a series of punches but West avoids them all with ease.
West scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Roofie misses with a hook
and West counters with a nice body kick.
West throws a low kick but Roofie avoids it.

Roofie shoots in and gets a takedown into West's guard.
Roofie stopping the sweep attempt from West.
West pulls Roofie in to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Roofie postures up.
West looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Roofie makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Roofie lands a couple of elbows.
Roofie in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
West tries to strike from the bottom.
West is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Roofie is controlling West's trapped leg to prevent West from advancing to side control.
West trying to control from Roofie's half guard. Roofie has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
West wants to control from the top but Roofie keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West passes into half guard.
Roofie is looking to improve his position.
Roofie keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
West wants to lay and pray for a moment but Roofie keeps working.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

West is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Roofie is just riding it out for now. West eventually gives up the hold.
West prevents Roofie from standing back up.
Roofie avoiding damage under a succession of punches from West.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
West is trying to control the action in half guard but Roofie is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Roofie is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Randy West will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

West throws a lazy right hand but Roofie sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Roofie connects with a nice looking jab.
West uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
West throws a big shot that misses.
Roofie misses with a straight left.
West throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
West connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Roofie swings widly with a right hand
and West counters with an outside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by West.
West misses with a looping right.
Roofie fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
West stuffs the takedown.
Roofie misses with an uppercut. West saw that one coming.
West throws a shot from downtown. Roofie moves away and avoids it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Roofie looks to throw the jab but West is out of range.
Roofie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Randy West is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
West lands a nice leg kick that just misses Roofie's sensitive parts.
Roofie misses with a hook. West ducked under it nicely.
West works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Roofie misses the jab.
Roofie thows a body shot but no joy.
Pappy Roofie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roofie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
West works Roofie's body with a nice hook.
West thuds his right hand into Roofie's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Roofie pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces West back to the cage. Roofie follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
West lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Roofie throws a hook to the side of West's head but West sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Roofie throws a right hand that misses
and West counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
West is looking to chop away at Roofie's legs.
Roofie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but West was well out of range. Poor timing from Roofie.

West tries to sprawl but Roofie drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Roofie wants to take a breather but West is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
West tries to get to full guard but Roofie has control of the leg.
Roofie is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Roofie prevents West from improving his position.
West on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Roofie throwing shots but West is blocking nicely.
West moves into full guard.
Roofie distracts West with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roofie throwing strikes but missing.
West wants to sweep here but Roofie controlling him for the moment.
Roofie stands up over West, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
West is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Roofie lands a couple of decent looking shots.

West working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Roofie doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Roofie manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
West keeping moving, preventing Roofie from controlling successfully.
Roofie has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Roofie working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roofie throwing strikes from guard but West blocks nicely.
West looking to control.
Roofie postures up in West's guard and throws a big left but West blocks it.
Pappy Roofie overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
West trying to control the position here.
West utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Roofie throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as West works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Roofie trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roofie with a nice head shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roofie scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
West keeping moving, preventing Roofie from controlling successfully.
Roofie with a nice head shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pappy Roofie dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

A big right from Roofie misses.
Roofie walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Randy West seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Roofie closes this distance looking for a takedown but West circles away.
Roofie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by West.
Roofie changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. West tries to avoid it but Roofie manages to keep hold of a leg and drag West to the ground. West escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
West connects with a solid leg kick.
Roofie throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Roofie tries to move into range but West moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
West cracks Roofie with a good jab.
West throws a nice outside leg kick.
West tries to move into range but Roofie moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Roofie lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
West blocks a head kick by Roofie.
Roofie lands a jab to the nose.
Roofie thows a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roofie connects with a crisp jab.
West connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice uppercut there from West.
West misses with a shot to the body
and Roofie counters with a nice uppercut.
West fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Roofie has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
West checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Roofie scores with a jab to the body.
West shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from West, right into the meat.
Some wild striking there from West.
West scores with a jab to the jaw.
Roofie lands the left hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from West.
Jab from West.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
West connects with a looping right hand.
Roofie does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Roofie fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pappy Roofie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Roofie is defended easily by West.
West throws a low kick, looking for Roofie's leg but Roofie calmly moves out of range.
West dodges the punch combination from Roofie.
Roofie avoids a punch combination nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Roofie misses the target.
West fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roofie manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for West.
West looks to land a combination but Roofie avoids it well.
West connects with a good right hand that stumbles Roofie. Roofie circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
West throws a half hearted mid kick.
Roofie will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Roofie tried to score with a low kick but West checks it.
West swings for the body but Roofie moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for West.
West dips to his left and cracks Roofie with an uppercut!
West motions for Roofie to come forward. West throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Roofie fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and West has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Roofie is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Roofie fails to land with a series of punches.
Roofie takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
West slips a jab and a cross from Roofie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Roofie sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Roofie tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but West swivels and escapes.
Roofie tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
West misses with a low kick.
West connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Roofie looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for West!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Roofie in the domination position with West hanging on.
West tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roofie cracks West with a big elbow.
Roofie taking a break here but West is having none of it and regains half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Randy West comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think West 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 Arvi Lind scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 28:29
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy West!
Randy West decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.