PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marques Roy (ranked 460 p4p, 4729 weight class) and Deon Jeffries (ranked 61 p4p, 464 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Roy
vs
Jeffries

188 cm
26
188
10 - 2 - 0

188 cm
25
191
5 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin

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 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marques Roy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Deon Jeffries!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jeffries throws a head kick that misses.
Roy half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Jeffries misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jeffries closes the distance but Roy moves to the side

and Roy counters with a nice double leg into side control. Jeffries won't be happy with that.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Roy working the ground and pound.
Roy controls the position.
Jeffries taking punishment in the form of punches.
Jeffries takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Roy slows the pace down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roy in side control, throwing shots but Jeffries defends.
Roy sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Jeffries is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Jeffries is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Roy just content to control the position.
Roy in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Jeffries being controlled for a moment.
Roy seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Jeffries for as long as he can get away with.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roy in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
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 in side control, just content to control the action for now.
The strikes coming from Roy are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Roy lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jeffries down.
Roy lands an elbow.
Jeffries taking punishment in the form of punches.
Roy tries to score with some ground and pound. Jeffries controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roy landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Roy works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Roy in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Jeffries seems a little lost for a moment, as Roy dominates the positioning.
An elbow from Roy crashes against the mat.
The referee asks Roy politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Roy prefers to stall for the moment though.
Roy landing strikes.
Jeffries taking punishment in the form of punches.
Jeffries takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roy is chipping away with strikes.
Roy landing strikes.
Roy lands some shots froms side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jeffries is being controlled here.
Roy lands some shots froms side control.
Roy scores with a couple of short elbows.
Roy controlling from side mount.
Roy is putting a hurting on Jeffries here, landing some big shots from side control.
Jeffries looks winded!
Roy in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Jeffries takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Marques Roy dominated that round.
That's time! Roy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Jeffries with a poor takedown

and Roy counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Jeffries!
Roy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jeffries can do to turn this around?
Roy scoring with punches from side control.
Jeffries really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Roy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Roy staying calm.
Roy working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Roy lands a nice forearm strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jeffries taking a bit of punishment here - Roy scoring with strikes.
Roy working the body and head with strikes.
Jeffries is letting Roy control him for a moment.
Jeffries on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roy lands an elbow.
Roy slows the pace down.
Roy continues to stall.
Roy working the head and body with strikes.
Roy controls the position from side control.
Jeffries on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Jeffries is breathing heavily.
Roy creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Roy lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roy lands a decent elbow from side control.
Jeffries taking a bit of punishment here - Roy scoring with strikes.
Roy working the ground and pound.
Roy lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Jeffries down.
Roy works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roy working the body and head with strikes.
Roy in side control lands a decent elbow.
Roy looks up at the clock and then as Jeffries takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Roy smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!

Jeffries is rocked!
Marques Roy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Roy lands a nice forearm strike.
Jeffries is still in real trouble! Can Roy finish him?
Roy grinds an elbow into Jeffries's temple.
Roy grinds an elbow into Jeffries's temple.
Jeffries takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roy is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Jeffries will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Roy has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Jeffries!
Roy takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Jeffries seems to have recovered his senses.
Roy landing shots from mount.
The referee warns Jeffries that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Jeffries is bucking up trying to escape but Roy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jeffries is in a horrible position here. Roy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Roy is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Jeffries goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Roy!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Marques Roy!
After winning the bout, Marques Roy thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Deon Jeffries had this to say: 'I’ll be back better stronger and faster you bastards.'.