PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Soham Roy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Wojatzek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wojatzek has chosen Somebody to Love as his entrance music. Soham Roy had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Roy
vs
Wojatzek

189 cm
26
265 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

168 cm
27
242 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Soham Roy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Adam Wojatzek!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, David Schapiro and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wojatzek misses with a double jab
and Roy counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Adam Wojatzek has been cut.

Roy gets a double leg takedown into Wojatzek's guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Wojatzek pulls Roy in to control the position.
Roy throwing strikes from guard but Wojatzek blocks nicely.
Wojatzek 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.

Wojatzek is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Wojatzek trying to keep a closed guard but Roy is proving a slippery customer.
Roy trying to control the position from guard on top but Wojatzek is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wojatzek avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roy throws a big right hand that misses.
Wojatzek is trying to keep Roy in close.
Wojatzek throws some sloppy strikes off his back.

Wojatzek working for submissions but it's allowed Roy to get to half guard.
Roy with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Roy trying to control the action but Wojatzek is working from the bottom.
We've been hearing good reports from Roy's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Roy throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Roy wants to take a breather but Wojatzek is having none of it.
Roy uses his free foot to push down on Wojatzek's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Wojatzek.
Roy connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roy punching from mount but Wojatzek doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Wojatzek is trying desperately to improve position.
Roy lands a big elbow.
Roy controlling the pace for now.
Roy will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Wojatzek keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Roy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Wojatzek hang on?

Wojatzek is rocked!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Roy! Wojatzek is hurt baaadly! Roy is firing away with more strikes - Wojatzek is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Soham Roy!
A very excited looking Soham Roy made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.