PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryo Chonin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Roshan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damian Roshan has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ryo Chonin's chin.

Chonin
vs
Roshan

184 cm
22
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

190 cm
22
195 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryo Chonin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Damian Roshan!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Kenichi Hosakawa and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chonin misses with a head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Roshan drops Chonin with a left and a right! Oh, Chonin is hurt - Roshan dives into side control looking to finish!

Chonin is rocked!

Roshan is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Chonin knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Oh Chonin is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

Roshan is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Chonin is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Chonin takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Chonin is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Roshan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Roshan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Roshan looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chonin is looking to regain half guard here but Roshan keeps moving and retains side control.
Chonin seems to have got his legs back now.
Chonin is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Roshan tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Roshan wants to control but Chonin is keeping him busy.
Chonin is trying to improve his position.
Chonin tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Roshan presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Roshan working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Chonin bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!

Roshan working for a triangle but Chonin defends it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roshan is looking to stand back up but Chonin counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Roshan.

Chonin swings around for an armbar but Roshan sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Chonin's guard.
Roshan won't allow Chonin to sweep him here.
Chonin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Roshan's guard.
Chonin trying to control but Roshan is working from the bottom.

Chonin drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Chonin jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Roshan looking for a guillotine here but Chonin defends easily.

Chonin thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Chonin trying to control but Roshan is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roshan tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Roshan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Roshan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

Roshan is looking for a triangle but Chonin pushes his legs off easily.
Roshan trying to keep a closed guard but Chonin is proving a slippery customer.
Chonin won't allow Roshan to sweep him here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Roshan looking for a guillotine here but Chonin defends easily.
Chonin postures up.
Roshan wants to sweep but no luck.
Roshan keeping full guard, as Chonin tries to pass.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Roshan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Chonin can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.

Roshan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Chonin doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Chonin manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

Chonin is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Roshan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Chonin has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Roshan is proving hard to escape from.

Roshan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Roshan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

Roshan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Roshan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Chonin wants to pass the guard but Roshan is keeping the position.
Roshan looking for a sweep. Not yet Roshan, not yet.
Chonin trying to control but Roshan is working from the bottom.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Roshan throws a combination. Chonin tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Roshan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Chonin throws a combination that misses
and Roshan counters with a left and a right that stings Chonin.
Roshan lands with a shot to the body.
Chonin swinging wilding here.
Roshan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Roshan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Roshan throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Chonin misses with the combination.
Chonin misses with a hook
and Roshan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Roshan closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Chonin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Roshan.
Danga de danga de dang - Roshan scores with a four punch combination!
Chonin showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roshan.
Chonin's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Chonin duly obliges.
Roshan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Chonin looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Chonin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Roshan! Chonin is backing up but he can't get away as Roshan lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Chonin and ends the fight. Great knockout.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Damian Roshan!