PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Keith Talu (ranked 6229 p4p, 585 weight class) and Roy Roach (ranked 6052 p4p, 573 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Talu
vs
Roach

185 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

183 cm
18
193 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Keith Talu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Roy Roach!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Eddie Farnsworth and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Talu cracks Roach with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Talu scores with a nice right hand.
Roy Roach seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Talu jabs at Roach's body.
Talu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Roach gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch on the inside from Talu fails to land.
Roach misses with a body punch.
Roach goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Roach is pushing Talu up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A shot in the inside from Roach.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roach leaning against his opponent.
Talu has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Roach has Talu pressed against the cage, preventing Talu from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Roach lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roach lands a right hand that snaps the head of Talu backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Roach.
Talu wants to break free but Roach has control.
Roach lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Talu working hard to break the clinch.
Roach lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Talu backwards.
Roach creates a bit of distance for himself, with Talu pressed up against the cage and cracks Talu with a massive uppercut! Talu goes down! He's out cold! Wow, that was some serious power there by Roach!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Roy Roach!
Roy Roach decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.