PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Vito Roy (ranked 6952 p4p, 0 weight class) and Farah Khan (ranked 5426 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Roy
vs
Khan

177 cm
25
140 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
25
135 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Hates pizza

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vito Roy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Farah Khan!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Khan instigates a clinch.
Roy wants a takedown.
Khan has Roy pressed against the cage.

Khan manages to break the clinch.
Khan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Roy's waist but Roy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Khan off to one side.
Roy throws a right hand that Khan ducks under and follows up with a left that Khan also avoids with ease.
Farah Khan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Khan rushes Roy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Khan manages to break the clinch.

Khan instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan lands an elbow inside that Roy shrugs off.
Khan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Khan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Khan successfully pulls guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Roy postures up in Khan's guard and throws a big left but Khan blocks it.
Roy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Khan is looking to stand up but Roy isn't so interested in that idea.
Roy throwing strikes but missing.

Roy decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Khan, up you get!

Khan moves into the clinch successfully.

Khan breaks from the clinch.

Khan moves into the clinch.
Roy blocks a body shot from Khan.
Khan has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Roy after a bit of a struggle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roy jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Khan walks away with a smile on his face. Roy gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Roy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Khan at a distance.
Roy stuffs the takedown attempt from Khan. Khan gets slowly back to his feet.
Vito Roy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Farah Khan.
Khan shoots in for a takedown but Roy shows good takedown defense.
Khan throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Roy's waist but Roy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Khan off to one side.
Roy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Khan.
Khan looks winded!

Roy pushes Khan up against the cage in a clinch.
Roy jumps guard but Khan turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Khan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Khan rushes Roy and presses him up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan misses with a knee to the head.
Khan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Roy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Khan just stands there and leans against the cage.
Khan throws an elbow that misses.
Khan is trying to maintain a safe position but Roy gets an underhook and turns Khan into the cage.
Roy tries to pull guard but Khan won't allow it.

Khan breaks the clinch.
Khan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Khan gets a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan can't break the clinch.

Roy manages to pull guard.
Roy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Khan tries to stand but Roy is controlling from the bottom.
Roy wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Khan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Roy controls Khan momentarily but Khan frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Farah Khan dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Khan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Roy, pushing him back against the cage.
Khan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Khan tries for a takedown. No joy.
Khan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Khan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Khan is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Roy pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Khan prevents a takedown attempt there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Khan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Roy. No joy for Khan on that attempt.
Vito Roy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Farah Khan.
Khan shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and Roy counters with a nice double leg into side control. Khan won't be happy with that.
Roy really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Roy tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Roy has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Khan can't do much from the bottom here.
Khan is working to avoid the ground and pound but Roy connects with a decent elbow.
An elbow from Roy crashes against the mat.

Roy wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Khan, who protects the arm well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roy working away.

Roy is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Khan is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Roy 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.
Roy working the body and head with strikes.
Khan is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Khan wants to get back to his feet.

Roy trying to work for an americana but Khan has managed to regain full guard.
Khan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Roy throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Khan throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Khan has an active guard here but Roy has managed to pass into half guard.
Khan is breathing heavily.
Khan is trying to maintain the position but Roy is very close to passing his half guard.

Roy is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Khan is just riding it out for now. Roy eventually gives up the hold.

Roy is trying to work for a kimura but Khan is defending well.
Ground and pound from Roy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Khan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Roy is working away from the top position though.

Roy is looking for a kimura here.
Vito Roy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Khan trying to hold on to Roy's head to control him but Roy postures up.

Roy is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Khan actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vito Roy dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Roy shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Khan makes his way to full guard, as Roy worked for a kimura.

Khan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Roy defends it easily.

Khan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Khan working a defensive guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roy works over Khan with some ground and pound from guard.
Roy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Khan working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Roy.
Roy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Roy cracks Khan with a solid left hand.
Roy scoring with some ground and pound.

Khan escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Roy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Khan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Roy is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Khan wants to sweep but no luck.
Roy distracts Khan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Khan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Roy is controlling him.
Roy working some strikes from top position.
Roy scoring with punches to the head and body.
Roy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Roy lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Roy working some strikes from top position.
Roy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Roy stopping the sweep attempt from Khan.
Khan has a closed guard, preventing Roy from standing up.
Roy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Roy lands a couple of digs.
Roy distracts Khan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Roy content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Roy's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Khan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Roy is one step ahead there.
Khan has momentary wrist control but Roy slips an elbow through the middle.
Roy scoring with some ground and pound.
Roy won't allow Khan to get back to his feet.

Roy stands up from Khan's guard - Roy perhaps looking for a knockout.
Roy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Khan moves away.

Roy moves into the clinch.
Farah Khan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Roy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roy tries to pull guard but Khan forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Roy tries to pull guard but Khan won't allow it.
Khan trying to control the position but instead, Roy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Khan into the cage.
Roy tries to pull guard but Khan holds him up against the cage and eventually Roy drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vito Roy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Khan jumps guard but Roy stands there with Khan around his waist. Khan gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Roy tries to pull guard but Khan won't allow it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Vito Roy showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Roy has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vito Roy!