PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Robin Roy (ranked 781 p4p, 51 weight class) and Slammy Neckbreaker (ranked 985 p4p, 68 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Roy
vs
Neckbreaker

155 cm
23
136 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

168 cm
23
140 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

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Groove Gear
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robin Roy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Slammy Neckbreaker!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neckbreaker misses with a jab to the body
and Roy counters with a lovely straight right hand!

It looks like Slammy Neckbreaker has been cut.
Roy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Neckbreaker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roy.
Neckbreaker throws a shot to the body.
Neckbreaker blocks a jab.

Roy drives through and clinches with Neckbreaker against the cage.
Roy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Roy has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Neckbreaker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Neckbreaker looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Neckbreaker working aggressively here.
Neckbreaker blocks an elbow strike.
Roy blocks a body shot from Neckbreaker.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Neckbreaker.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roy is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Roy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roy blocking some punches.
Roy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Neckbreaker scores with a hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot in the inside from Neckbreaker.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neckbreaker digs a right hand into Roy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Roy's gas tank.
Roy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Neckbreaker tries to break the clinch but Roy is controlling the position.
Neckbreaker tries to pull guard but Roy holds him up against the cage and eventually Neckbreaker drops back down to his feet.
Neckbreaker avoids a wild elbow strike from Roy.
Neckbreaker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Neckbreaker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Neckbreaker blocks an elbow strike from Roy.
Neckbreaker is trying to push Roy away but Roy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Roy misses with a hook from the clinch.

Neckbreaker wants the takedown. Roy is fighting it off but Neckbreaker persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Roy's guard against the cage.
Roy bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Neckbreaker's guard.

Roy throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neckbreaker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Neckbreaker trying to keep a closed guard but Roy is proving a slippery customer.
Neckbreaker looking to hit a scissor sweep but Roy is one step ahead there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neckbreaker avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Neckbreaker controlling Roy's posture.
Roy postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Neckbreaker is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roy throwing strikes but missing.
Neckbreaker lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Neckbreaker chips away with some ground and pound.
Neckbreaker is fighting to break Roy's control of his arms but Roy is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Neckbreaker working some strikes from top position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Neckbreaker.
Neckbreaker landing with the ground and pound.
Roy is looking to sweep but instead, Neckbreaker has passed into half guard.
Roy is trying is best to control the position here.
Neckbreaker looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Roy looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roy is looking to get back to full guard here but Neckbreaker has managed to pass to side control instead.
Neckbreaker working the body and head with strikes.
Neckbreaker grinds an elbow into Roy's temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roy tries to bench press Neckbreaker off him but Neckbreaker keeps the position.
Neckbreaker looks up at the clock and then as Roy takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Neckbreaker smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Roy tries to buck Neckbreaker off but Neckbreaker is having none of it.
Roy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Roy is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Roy regains half guard.
Roy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Roy regains full guard. Nicely done.
Roy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Neckbreaker chips away with some ground and pound.
Neckbreaker is working Roy over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Neckbreaker working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Neckbreaker lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Slammy Neckbreaker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Slammy Neckbreaker's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Roy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Roy throws a front kick aimed at Neckbreaker's knee but Neckbreaker avoids it well.
Neckbreaker smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Roy doesn't manage to clinch there - Neckbreaker circles away.
Neckbreaker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Roy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Neckbreaker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Neckbreaker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roy.
Neckbreaker lands a nice shot to the body.
Neckbreaker digs a good hook to Roy's body.
Neckbreaker connects with a good right hand that stumbles Roy. Roy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Roy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Neckbreaker moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neckbreaker connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Neckbreaker tries to keep at a distance but Roy has taken the fight into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Roy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Neckbreaker is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Roy is defending well.
Stalling in the clinch from Neckbreaker.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neckbreaker avoids a wild elbow strike from Roy.

Neckbreaker turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Neckbreaker manages to end up in side control.
Roy manages to get back to half guard.
Slammy Neckbreaker has got the better of the ground game so far.
Roy is looking to control Neckbreaker's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Roy avoid being mounted?
Neckbreaker looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Neckbreaker looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Roy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Neckbreaker seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Roy trying to control from the bottom.

Roy looking for submissions off his back.
Roy trying to control here.
Roy is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Neckbreaker is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roy taking some punishment here, with Neckbreaker in his half guard.
Roy wants to get back to his feet.
Roy is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Roy manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Roy working a defensive guard here.
Neckbreaker tries to free his leg and advance position but Roy is retaining full guard.
Roy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roy trying to control the position here.
Roy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Neckbreaker is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Neckbreaker has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neckbreaker lands a couple of digs.
Neckbreaker wants to pass the guard but Roy is keeping the position.
Neckbreaker preventing the sweep.
Neckbreaker lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Neckbreaker works over Roy with some ground and pound from guard.
Roy wants to sweep but no luck.
Roy is trying to control the position but Neckbreaker postures up.
Neckbreaker postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Neckbreaker connects with a couple of short punches.
Neckbreaker working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Roy's head.
Neckbreaker preventing the sweep.
Roy is looking to sweep but instead, Neckbreaker has passed into half guard.
Neckbreaker landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neckbreaker drops an elbow to the side of Roy's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Neckbreaker lands a nice short elbow.
Neckbreaker tries to pass the half guard into mount. Roy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Neckbreaker working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

Roy is rocked!
Roy on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Oh Roy is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Roy regains full guard. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Neckbreaker keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Roy's head.
Neckbreaker landing with the ground and pound.
Roy working a defensive guard here.
Neckbreaker lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Roy keeping moving, preventing Neckbreaker from controlling successfully.
Neckbreaker keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Roy's head.
Roy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Neckbreaker landing with the ground and pound.
Neckbreaker is in close to Roy's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Neckbreaker loads up on a big left hand. Roy felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Neckbreaker looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Roy can't hide his disappointment, as Neckbreaker celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Slammy Neckbreaker!
A very excited looking Slammy Neckbreaker 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.