PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronald Reagan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Roastbeef (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reagan's entrance music is Tribute to Ronald Reagan . A fine choice. Roastbeef has chosen Jump into the fire as his entrance music. Ronald Reagan has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Reagan
vs
Roastbeef

179 cm
21
200 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

190 cm
22
213 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ronald Reagan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johnny Roastbeef!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reagan swings for the body but Roastbeef moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Reagan misses
and Roastbeef counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice shot by Reagan.
Roastbeef jabs Reagan to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Roastbeef scores with a takedown into Reagan's guard.
Reagan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Roastbeef!
Roastbeef is looking to get to half guard.
Roastbeef is squirming around, avoiding Reagan's attempts to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roastbeef wants to hold on but Reagan pushes him away.
Reagan trying to control but Roastbeef is having none of it.
Roastbeef wants to hold on but Reagan pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Roastbeef is trying desperately to improve position.
Reagan manages to capitalize on a mistake by Roastbeef to take his back!
Roastbeef is in bad spot here.
Roastbeef turns into Reagan and is now in his guard.
Roastbeef trying to control the position from guard on top but Reagan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Roastbeef throws and elbow that misses. Reagan uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Roastbeef's guard. Nice move by Reagan!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roastbeef trying to keep a closed guard but Reagan is proving a slippery customer.

Roastbeef escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Reagan gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Roastbeef not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Roastbeef is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Roastbeef pulls Reagan in to control the position.

We're going to have a standup here because Ronald Reagan wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Reagan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Reagan moves out of range of the body kick from Roastbeef.
Reagan throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Roastbeef on the side of the head.
Roastbeef takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Reagan catches Roastbeef with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Reagan throws a lazy uppercut

and Roastbeef counters with a nice double leg into guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roastbeef is stalling in the full guard.
Roastbeef throwing strikes from guard but Reagan blocks nicely.
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.
Roastbeef passes into half guard.
Nice strikes from Roastbeef there.
Reagan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Roastbeef on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roastbeef sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Reagan defending well though.
Roastbeef thows a huge punch but Reagan dodges it nicely.
Reagan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Reagan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Roastbeef is trying to control. Reagan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Roastbeef lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Roastbeef throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Roastbeef wants to pass to mount but Reagan is defending the position.
Reagan on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Reagan tries to get out of the position.
Roastbeef lands strikes from half guard.
Roastbeef uses his free foot to push down on Reagan's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Reagan.
Reagan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Roastbeef throws some wild stikes that Reagan manages to avoid easily.
Roastbeef punching from mount but Reagan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Roastbeef has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Roastbeef is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Reagan can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

It looks like Ronald Reagan has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roastbeef landing strikes from the mount.

Ronald Reagan's cut is getting worse.
Roastbeef dominating with strikes here.

Ronald Reagan's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Johnny Roastbeef!
Johnny Roastbeef is the new light heavyweight champion!