PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aster Roid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damian Attasio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damian Attasio has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Roid
vs
Attasio

193 cm
21
260 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

194 cm
26
250 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

LOD: Affordable Quality
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Aster Roid!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Damian Attasio!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Attasio fails with an attempt to clinch.
Roid chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Attasio can pounce on him.
Attasio scoring well with a low kick there.
A good leg kick by Attasio.
Roid checks the leg kick nicely there.
Roid uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Attasio.
A clash of legs there as Roid blocks the low kick.
Roid attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Roid fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Roid.
Roid connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Attasio swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roid bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Attasio has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Attasio bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Roid's head.
Nice defenses there by Roid.
Roid looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Attasio is fending him off so far but Roid persists. Nope, Attasio circles away and we're back to standing.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Roid gets a double leg takedown into Attasio's guard.
Roid controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Roid throws a big right hand that misses.
Roid throwing strikes but missing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Roid accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Roid throws an elbow that misses. Attasio uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Roid's guard. Nice move by Attasio!

Roid working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Attasio doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Attasio manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Roid tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Roid has an active guard here but Attasio has managed to pass into half guard.
Attasio is thwarting Roid's attempts to control the position.
Roid works his way to full guard. Good work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roid lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Attasio!
Poor strikes thrown by Roid there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Attasio really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Roid. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Roid is stalling here but it's allowed Attasio to get half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roid throwing shots but Attasio is blocking nicely.
The fighters are battling for position here. Attasio manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Attasio working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Roid.
Roid trying to control the position from guard on top but Attasio is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Roid postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Roid 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.
Roid throws a strike but Attasio rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Attasio avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Roid looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Roid looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Attasio advances to half guard.

Roid with the active half guard here but Attasio passes nicely into side control.
Roid wants to control but Attasio postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roid tries to buck Attasio off but Attasio is having none of it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roid is trying to control Attasio's posture but Attasio avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Aster Roid dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Attasio just misses with a punch to the body.
Roid shoots in for a takedown but Attasio shows good takedown defense.
A swing and a miss from Attasio.
Roid throws a lazy uppercut
and Attasio counters with a slapping leg kick.
Attasio slips a jab and a cross from Roid.
Attasio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roid was well out of range. Poor timing from Attasio.
Attasio avoids the body shot from Roid.
Attasio blocks the body kick.
Roid shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Attasio but Attasio pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Attasio doesn't manage to clinch there - Roid circles away.
Attasio thuds a left hand into Roid's body.
Roid looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Roid misses with a looping right.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Attasio as Roid shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aster Roid. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roid. Attasio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roid looks for the body kick but Attasio saw that one coming.
Attasio fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Attasio just misses with a punch to the body.
Attasio jabs at Roid's body.

Attasio has taken the fight to the clinch.
Attasio misses with a punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Attasio tries to land knees in the clinch but Roid avoids the damage to the body.
Roid lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Roid avoiding damage as Attasio throws knees to the body.
Attasio can't find room to land a body shot as Roid controls the action.
Attasio presses Roid against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Attasio misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Roid.
Attasio pushes off an throws an elbow but Roid leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Attasio is leaning against Roid and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Attasio misses with a hook to the ribs.
Roid has a couple of punches blocked by Attasio.
Roid digs a right hand underneath Attasio's ribcage. Attasio let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A left hand lands to the body for Roid.
Attasio misses with a body punch.
Roid misses with the head strike.
Attasio lands a right hand that snaps the head of Roid backwards.
Roid tries to circle away but Attasio has him pinned against the cage.
Attasio pushes Roid back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roid goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Roid misses with a punch to the body.
Attasio blocking some punches.
Attasio doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Roid pulls guard successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roid looking to hit a scissor sweep but Attasio is one step ahead there.

Roid is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Attasio defends well.
Roid looking for a sweep. Not yet Roid, not yet.

Roid is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Roid working for submissions but it's allowed Attasio to get to half guard.
Aster Roid overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Roid is looking to control Attasio's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Roid avoid being mounted?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roid tries to roll over but Attasio keeps him under control.

Roid looking for submissions off his back.

Roid with the active half guard here but Attasio passes nicely into side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Roid struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Damian Attasio showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Attasio connects with a body shot.
Nice body kick from Roid.
Attasio lands a nice shot to the body.
Attasio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Roid paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Attasio connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Attasio tries to close the distance and clinch but Roid swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Roid thows a left - swing and a miss!
Attasio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roid fails to land the takedown.
Damian Attasio seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Attasio wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roid on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Attasio misses with a kick to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Attasio circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Roid to the canvas! Roid doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Attasio keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:07 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damian Attasio!