PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rey Roy Roy (ranked 1391 p4p, 199 weight class) and Dalinar Kholin (ranked 2051 p4p, 279 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Roy Roy
vs
Kholin

187 cm
21
220 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

187 cm
21
217 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Rey Roy Roy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dalinar Kholin!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roy Roy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kholin shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Roy Roy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kholin thinking.
Roy Roy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kholin wants to clinch.
Kholin is looking to clinch but Roy Roy is avoiding it.
Jab by Roy Roy.
Kholin tries to clinch there but Roy Roy circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Roy Roy misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roy Roy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kholin manages to avoid it.

Kholin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kholin throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roy Roy.
A short right from Kholin.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kholin misses with the head strike.
Kholin tries a body shot but Roy Roy blocks it.
Kholin tries to work over Roy Roy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kholin is looking for a takedown.
Kholin misses with a body punch.
Roy Roy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Roy Roy tries to circle away but Kholin has him pinned against the ropes.
Kholin misses with a body punch.
Kholin scores with a nice hook to the head.

It looks like Rey Roy Roy has been cut.
Kholin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roy Roy is looking to break free of the clinch but Kholin has double underhooks.
Kholin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Roy Roy gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rey Roy Roy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dalinar Kholin.
Kholin drops down looking for an ankle pick but Roy Roy pulls his leg out and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kholin tries to clinch there but Roy Roy circles away.
Roy Roy is looking for a counter combo.
Kholin moves to clinch but Roy Roy breaks away
and Roy Roy counters with a right hand to the body.
Roy Roy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kholin tries to clinch up.
Kholin shoots in and drives through. Roy Roy sprawls well.

Roy Roy gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Kholin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Roy Roy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kholin throws a big right hand that misses.
Roy Roy wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roy Roy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kholin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kholin throws a big elbow that misses.
Roy Roy keeping full guard, as Kholin tries to pass.
Kholin lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kholin is looking to work some ground and pound but Roy Roy has wrist control.
Kholin has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Roy Roy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kholin tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Roy Roy has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Roy Roy content just to control the position here.
Roy Roy wants to control the pace but Kholin is squirming around nicely.
Roy Roy controlling his opponent.
Kholin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kholin is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Roy Roy controlling from the full mount.
Roy Roy has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Roy Roy throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Kholin because Roy Roy loaded up on that one.
Kholin tries to reverse the position but Roy Roy maintains control.
Roy Roy sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Kholin is looking to improve his position but Roy Roy isn't that keen on the idea.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Roy Roy trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Roy Roy controlling his opponent.
Roy Roy prevents Kholin from getting the reversal.
Kholin is still trying to improve position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Roy Roy tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Kholin is squirming around, avoiding Roy Roy's attempts to control the action.
Kholin gets back to half guard.
Kholin is trying to get back to full guard.
Roy Roy stalling.
Roy Roy continues to stall.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Roy Roy's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Kholin is trying to get back to full guard.
Kholin trying to hold on to Roy Roy's head to control him but Roy Roy postures up.
Kholin wants to get back to full guard.
Roy Roy is taking a breather. Kholin says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Kholin wants to get back to full guard but Roy Roy has mounted him!

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Roy Roy controlling from mount.
Kholin is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Kholin is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Roy Roy tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Kholin tries to lock up and control but Roy Roy gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Roy Roy tries to control but Kholin wriggling away.
Kholin is trying desperately to improve position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rey Roy Roy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rey Roy Roy's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Kholin wants to clinch but Roy Roy slips to the side
and Roy Roy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kholin tries to clinch up but Roy Roy circles away and keeps his distance.
It looked like Roy Roy was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kholin.
Kholin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Roy Roy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
It looked like Roy Roy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Kholin tries to clinch up
and Roy Roy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kholin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
An attempted straight right counter from Roy Roy misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kholin fails with a takedown attempt.
Roy Roy stuffs the takedown.
Roy Roy is looking to counter punch.
Rey Roy Roy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dalinar Kholin.
Kholin scores with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kholin darts in looking for a takedown but Roy Roy gets double underhooks and turns Kholin into the ropes.
Kholin wants to clinch
letting Roy Roy counter with a right hand.
Roy Roy stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Roy Roy wants it to stay on the feet.
Kholin shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Roy Roy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

It looks like Dalinar Kholin has been cut.
Kholin is breathing heavily.
Roy Roy just misses with a punch to the body.
Rey Roy Roy is winning the standup battle so far.
Kholin tries to clinch there but Roy Roy circles away.
A left lands for Roy Roy.
Kholin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Roy Roy finds it's way round the side to connect with Kholin's head.
Dalinar Kholin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Roy Roy lands a big uppercut and Kholin crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Kholin looks OK. Roy Roy waves Kholin back to his feet!

Kholin is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roy Roy throws a monster overhand right that drops Kholin! Roy Roy follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rey Roy Roy!
Rey Roy Roy decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.