PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bam Bam Joshy (ranked 1031 p4p, 983 weight class) and Rokken Roll (ranked 144 p4p, 136 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Joshy
vs
Roll

150 cm
24
152
10 - 6 - 0

178 cm
24
159
9 - 2 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Warrior's Way

Bondi MMA 🏝️
FF Gear

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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bam Bam Joshy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rokken Roll!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Sano.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Joshy pushes Roll up against the cage in a clinch.
Roll has had enough of the clinch but Joshy keeps him there for the moment.
Joshy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Roll struggles to land a body shot inside as Joshy controls his hands.
Joshy scores with a shoulder strike.
Joshy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Roll backwards.
Joshy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Joshy blocks a body shot from Roll.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roll.
A head punch on the inside from Joshy fails to land.
Joshy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Joshy takes a shot to the head.
Roll misses with a hook to the ribs.
Joshy misses with a hook from the clinch.

Roll pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Joshy misses its intended target.
Roll misses with a lunging right hand
and Joshy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roll swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Roll showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Joshy.
It seemed like Roll was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Joshy, as that shot connected.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roll swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Roll fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Joshy takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
A big right from Joshy misses.
Joshy misses with an uppercut. Roll saw that one coming.
It seemed like Roll was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Roll throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Roll fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Joshy manages to avoid it.
Joshy throws a jab but it's blocked by Roll.
Roll moves away from the strike by Joshy.
Joshy misses with an uppercut.
Roll doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Joshy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Joshy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Joshy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Roll ducks under a wild hook from Joshy.
Roll uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Joshy.
It seemed like Roll was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Roll keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Joshy.
Roll was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Joshy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roll.
Joshy is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joshy scores with a jab to the body.
Roll scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joshy has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Joshy is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Roll's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Joshy throws a jab when Roll was well out of range.
Joshy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Roll shapes to counter with a head kick.
Rokken Roll seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Joshy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big right from Joshy misses.
Roll connects with a single shot there.
Roll throws a leg kick but Joshy checks it.
Roll staying out of range there.
Joshy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roll.
Roll cracks Joshy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Roll missing with a left hand there. Joshy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Joshy throwing a counter right hand but Roll manages to avoid it.
Joshy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Joshy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Roll lands a jab to the head.
Roll scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Joshy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Joshy misses its intended target.
Roll fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Joshy is out of range.
Roll throws a jab but it's blocked by Joshy.
Joshy is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A big right from Roll misses.
Joshy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Joshy looks to land a left hand but Roll moved out of range nicely.
Roll jabs Joshy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Roll catches Joshy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Roll displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joshy throws out the jab.
Roll showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Joshy.
Roll throws a jab but it's blocked by Joshy.
Roll pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little feinted left hand from Joshy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Roll is a very stocky fighter. Infact he's such a weird shape that he's almost like some sort of comedy character - it's hard to believe he's real.
Roll throws a big shot that misses.
Roll jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A big left from Joshy misses.
Joshy connects with a body shot.
Joshy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joshy missing with a left hand there. Roll was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Joshy throws a body shot but no joy.
Joshy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roll.
Joshy throws a body punch but Roll moves out of range.
Roll works Joshy's body with a nice hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Joshy. Roll does a little dance to reset his feet.
Joshy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joshy throws a right hand that Roll ducks under and follows up with a left that Roll also avoids with ease.
A jab from Roll finds it's way through Joshy's defenses.
Joshy looks to land a left hand but Roll moved out of range nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Roll misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Joshy darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Roll throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Joshy counter with a right hand.
Joshy looks to land a left hand but Roll moved out of range nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roll tries a head kick but it misses.
Joshy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roll.
Joshy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Joshy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Roll to score with a decent uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Bam Bam Joshy will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Roll fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Joshy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Joshy misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Roll on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Roll misses with a body shot.
Roll misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Roll fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Joshy manages to avoid it.
Joshy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joshy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roll moves away.
Roll throws a head kick that half lands.
Roll lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice defenses there by Roll.
Roll swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roll throws a body punch but Joshy moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roll misses with a wild body shot.
Roll is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Joshy throws a poor cross that misses
and Roll counters with a nice uppercut.
Rokken Roll seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Joshy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joshy throws a hook to the side of Roll's head but Roll sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Roll with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Joshy loads up on a big right hand but Roll slips the punch.
Joshy moves out of range of the strikes.
Joshy swings widly with a right hand
and Roll cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Roll takes a swing at Joshy's ribcage but misses.
Roll comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Roll fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Joshy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Roll misses with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Roll.
Joshy checks a low kick from Roll.
Roll throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Joshy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Joshy. Roll does a little dance to reset his feet.
Joshy lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Roll connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Joshy's hands.
A punch lands to the side of Roll 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roll catches Joshy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Roll misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roll slips a jab from Joshy.
Joshy fails to land with a series of punches.
Joshy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Roll dodges the punch combination from Joshy.
A little jabbing left from Roll on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
No joy there for Roll, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Roll with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Joshy to score with a decent uppercut.
Roll slips under a jab from Joshy.
A big left from Joshy misses.
A nice side step and Roll releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Joshy tests Roll's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Joshy misses the target.
Joshy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from Roll misses its intended target.
Roll throws a series of punches but Joshy avoids them all with ease.
Roll thows a left - swing and a miss!
A solid leg kick lands there for Roll.
Roll displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Joshy throws out the jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joshy just misses with a punch to the body.
Joshy throws a hook but Roll avoids it easily.
Roll slips under a jab from Joshy.
Roll scores with a punch to the head.
Roll misses with a wild body shot.
Roll misses with a hook.
Roll ducks under a wild hook from Joshy.
Roll swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Joshy moves in looking to clinch but Roll pushes him off.
Roll looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Joshy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Roll misses with an uppercut. Joshy saw that one coming.
Roll slips a jab and a cross from Joshy.
Joshy misses with an uppercut.
Joshy misses with a two punch combination.
Roll keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good shot there by Roll.
Joshy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Joshy 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roll moves forwards but Joshy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Roll.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Joshy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A big left from Joshy misses.
Roll is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Roll steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Joshy.
Joshy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roll moves away.
Joshy misses the shot to the body.
Roll misses with an uppercut.
A big right from Joshy misses.
Joshy throws a series of punches but Roll avoids them all with ease.
Roll pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Roll swings for the body but Joshy moves out of range.
Roll tries a low kick but Joshy avoids it.
Roll swings for the body but Joshy moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Roll.
Roll throws a hook but Joshy blocks it.
Roll uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Joshy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Rokken Roll showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Joshy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

A big left from Joshy misses.
A little jabbing left from Roll on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Joshy slips under a jab from Roll.
Roll is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Joshy throws a lazy right hand but Roll sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Joshy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Joshy loads up on a big right hand but Roll slips the punch.
A shot to the body from Joshy misses
and Roll counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Roll swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Joshy throws out a loose jab but Roll uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roll misses with a straight left.
Joshy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Roll throws a head kick but Joshy moves out of range.
Joshy digs a good hook to Roll's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joshy throws a shot to the body.
Roll lands a nice hook to Joshy's body. Joshy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Roll is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Joshy.
Roll takes one to the side of the head.
Roll lands a jab to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roll misses with a left hand
and Joshy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Joshy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Roll throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Joshy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Joshy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Joshy lands an overhand right.
Joshy tries to clinch there but Roll circles away.
Roll tests Joshy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Joshy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Roll fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Roll throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Joshy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Roll jabs Joshy right on the nose. Joshy blinks but takes it well.
Roll cracks Joshy with an open hand slap.
Roll swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Joshy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Joshy throws a right hand that misses
letting Roll counter with a right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Joshy looks to throw the jab but Roll is out of range.
Roll throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roll looks to score with a jab to the body but Joshy is just out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joshy throws a hook but Roll avoids it easily.
Joshy throws a looping overhand right but Roll ducks down to avoid it.
Roll misses with an uppercut. Joshy saw that one coming.
Joshy was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Joshy moves away from the strike by Roll.
Roll misses with a straight left.
Roll looks to land a left hand but Joshy moved out of range nicely.
Joshy misses with a wild body shot.
Roll tries a quick counter leg kick but Joshy is wise to it.
Joshy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Joshy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A little jabbing left from Roll on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Roll looks to land a right hand but Joshy moved out of range.
It looked like Joshy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
No joy there for Joshy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A jab from Roll misses.
Roll throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joshy staying out of range there.
Joshy moves out of range as Roll strikes.
Roll moves out of range of the strikes.
Joshy jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roll misses with a straight left.
Joshy was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Joshy throws a looping overhand right but Roll ducks down to avoid it.
Joshy misses with the combination.
Roll is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Joshy with a body shot.
Roll throws out a loose jab but Joshy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Joshy swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Joshy tries to move into range but Roll moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Roll takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Joshy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Joshy takes one on the button.
Roll jabs at Joshy's body.
Joshy checks a leg kick.
A big left from Roll misses.
Roll ducks under a wild hook from Joshy.
A slapping leg kick lands for Roll.
Joshy moves away from the strike by Roll.
Roll lands with an overhand left.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roll swings widly with a right hand
and Joshy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joshy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Roll throws the left hand but Joshy avoids the punch easily.
Roll throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Joshy misses the jab.
Roll slips a jab from Joshy.
Roll takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Joshy misses with a double jab.
A big left from Roll misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Joshy misses its target.
Roll throws an overhand right that lands on Joshy's shoulder, as Joshy tries to avoid the shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Joshy misses its target.
Joshy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Roll doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Roll tries a head kick but it misses.
Roll fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Joshy is out of range.
Roll throws a body punch but Joshy moves out of range.
Roll circles away from the clinch attempt.
Joshy on the wrong end of a nice hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rokken Roll comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Roll 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rokken Roll!
Our winner, Rokken Roll, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.