PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Royal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ravi Raja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sam Royal is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Royal
vs
Raja

200 cm
24
216 lbs
5 - 2 - 1

190 cm
26
222 lbs
7 - 3 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sam Royal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ravi Raja!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Royal on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Royal lands a glancing blow to the side of Raja's head.
Royal looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Raja fails to land with a series of punches.
Royal throws a head kick but Raja moves out of range.
Royal throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.

It looks like Ravi Raja has been cut.
Royal fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sam Royal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Some bone on bone action there as Raja checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Raja slips a jab and a cross from Royal.
Royal throws a sloppy head kick and Raja moves out of range easily.
Raja blocks a head kick by Royal.
Royal takes one on the button.

Royal lands a big head kick that sends Raja tumbling to the mat! Royal takes a step backwards and waves Raja back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Raja is rocked!
Raja uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Royal.
Raja is still on wobbly legs! Can Royal finish him?

Raja shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Raja seems to have recovered his senses.
Royal tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Raja has advanced to mount. Uh oh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Royal tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Royal is working hard here to advance position.
Royal takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Raja with shots to the head and body - Royal looks very uncomfortable down there.
Royal takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Raja lands a big shot there that rocks Royal but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

It looks like Sam Royal has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Royal really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Raja has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Royal is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royal tries to reverse the position but Raja maintains control.
Raja lands a big shot there that rocks Royal but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Raja landing strikes from the mount and Royal is in trouble!

Sam Royal's cut is getting worse.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Raja blocks Royal's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Raja dominating with strikes here.

Sam Royal's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Raja is landing with some decent strikes but Royal is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Jeez, Sam Royal's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Sam Royal's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ravi Raja!