PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roc Le Phat (ranked 2238 p4p, 1852 weight class) and Joey Bob Potatohauler (ranked 320 p4p, 273 weight class). Le Phat comes to the cage accompanied by Bonita Applebum. Roc Le Phat has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Le Phat
vs
Potatohauler

189 cm
30
185
16 - 14 - 0

178 cm
35
202
15 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Vegan Gains

Conquer

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 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Roc Le Phat!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joey Bob Potatohauler!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Phat pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Le Phat throws a lazy uppercut
and Potatohauler counters with a series of strikes. Le Phat will be more careful next time no doubt.
A telegraphed right hand from Le Phat misses the target.

Le Phat clinches up with Potatohauler and pushes him back against the cage.
Potatohauler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Le Phat misses with a short punch on the inside.
Le Phat working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Le Phat throws a punch but it's blocked by Potatohauler.
Le Phat swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Potatohauler is trying to force a seperation but Le Phat has the dominant position.
Potatohauler is trying to break the clinch but Le Phat is controlling him.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Potatohauler.
Le Phat has a couple of punches blocked by Potatohauler.
Potatohauler presses Le Phat against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Le Phat.
Le Phat lands with a short shot to the head.
Potatohauler scores with a shot to the side of Le Phat's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Potatohauler can't find room to land a body shot as Le Phat controls the action.
Le Phat lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Potatohauler avoiding damage.
Le Phat misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potatohauler tries to circle away but Le Phat has him pinned against the cage.
Le Phat misses with some punches.
Potatohauler slows down the pace here.
Potatohauler is trying to break free.
Le Phat makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Le Phat prevents Potatohauler from breaking the clinch.
Le Phat tries to pull guard but Potatohauler holds him up against the cage and eventually Le Phat drops back down to his feet.

Potatohauler breaks the clinch.
Potatohauler shoots in but no luck this time.

Potatohauler shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Potatohauler was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Potatohauler in the domination position with Le Phat hanging on.
Le Phat can't do much from the bottom here.
My spies in Kalashnikov ELITE MMA Gym inform me that Potatohauler has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Phat gets back to half guard.
Le Phat gets full guard.
Potatohauler trying to control but Le Phat is working from the bottom.
Le Phat manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Potatohauler manages to get himself to full guard.

Potatohauler wants to stand up but Le Phat is controlling him.
Potatohauler working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Le Phat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Potatohauler keeping moving, preventing Le Phat from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Potatohauler looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Le Phat will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Le Phat cracks Potatohauler with a solid left hand.
Le Phat trying to control but Potatohauler is working from the bottom.
Potatohauler wants to stand and escape but Le Phat is having none of it.
Le Phat showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We've been hearing that Le Phat has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Le Phat tries to free his leg and advance position but Potatohauler is retaining full guard.
Le Phat slips nicely into half guard.
Le Phat content to control rather than advance.
Le Phat thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Potatohauler's head.
Le Phat 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.

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.
Le Phat stops Potatohauler from getting back to his feet.
Still in half guard, Le Phat seems content to control.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Le Phat looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Le Phat wants to control but Potatohauler is keeping him busy.
Le Phat looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Le Phat wants to lay and pray for a moment but Potatohauler keeps working.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Potatohauler throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Le Phat's waist but Le Phat gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Potatohauler off to one side.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roc Le Phat dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A jab from Potatohauler misses.
Potatohauler fails to land with a series of punches.
Potatohauler tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Le Phat seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Potatohauler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Potatohauler steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Le Phat.
Potatohauler shoots in for a takedown but Le Phat shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Le Phat has a takedown stuffed.
Potatohauler lands with a nice combination. Le Phat backs away looking to recover.
Le Phat misses with a hook. Potatohauler ducked under it nicely.
Roc Le Phat is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Potatohauler does no damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Potatohauler dives in and grabs Le Phat's left leg, looking for a takedown. Le Phat pushes down on Potatohauler's head and hops out.
Le Phat throws a push kick but Potatohauler slaps the foot to one side.
Potatohauler wants to counter the offense by Le Phat and move into the clinch position.
Le Phat delivers a nice body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Le Phat.
Potatohauler is breathing heavily.
Le Phat avoids a kick to the body.
Le Phat misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Potatohauler takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Le Phat stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Le Phat wants it to stay on the feet.
Roc Le Phat has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joey Bob Potatohauler.
Potatohauler thows a leg kick but Le Phat checks it
and Le Phat counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Le Phat throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Potatohauler stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Le Phat follows into mount!

Potatohauler is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le Phat drops a big elbow. That's hurt Potatohauler! More shots from Le Phat and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roc Le Phat!
A less than humble Roc Le Phat misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.