PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roman Ray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Chong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ray's entrance music is Feel me or kill me. A fine choice. Chong is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Get Down On The Ground. Chong has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ray
vs
Chong

191 cm
23
215 lbs
13 - 5 - 0

187 cm
26
217 lbs
12 - 8 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Roman Ray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Bob Chong!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Chris Edwards and James Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ray looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ray attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ray buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Ray there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Chong looks gassed!
Ray throws a leg kick but Chong sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Chong throws a lazy right hand but Ray sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ray tries to work over Chong's front leg with a kick but Chong checks it.
Ray buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Chong blocks the leg kick.
Ray looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A combination from Chong does no damage.
Ray is looking to slow Chong down with leg kicks.
Ray ducks under a wild hook from Chong.
Chong on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ray. Ray obviously looking to wear him down.
Ray tried to score with a low kick but Chong checks it.
Some bone on bone action there as Chong checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ray scoring well with a low kick there.
Ray throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ray attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ray.
Ray tries to land a leg kick but Chong saw it coming and moves away.
Chong checks a leg kick.
Ray throws and low kick but Chong moves out of range easily.
Ray thumps Chong with a low kick.
Ray throws a leg kick which misses Chong's front leg but catches the back leg as Chong tries to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ray, right into the meat.
Ray throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray wants to slow Chong down by chopping away at his legs.
Chong keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ray connects with a solid leg kick.
Ray tries to score with a low kick but Chong moves his leg out of the way.
Ray lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ray is looking to score with low kicks.
A bone on bone clash there as Chong blocks the leg kick.
Ray does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ray.
Ray throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Ray misses with a low kick.
Ray misses with a low kick.
Ray throws a quick inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Ray.
Ray lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ray throws a solid leg kick but Chong takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ray.
Roman Ray is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ray is looking to slow Chong down with leg kicks.
Ray throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Chong takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ray scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ray feints and then cracks Chong's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chong down.
Chong takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Chong checks a leg kick nicely.
Ray tries to score with a low kick but Chong moves his leg out of the way.
Chong's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ray.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ray misses with a leg kick.
Chong stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ray.
Ray throws a solid leg kick but Chong takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ray.
An inside leg kick from Ray misses.
Ray throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ray throws a quick inside leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Chong blocks the leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ray lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Chong has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chong and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ray shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Ray is looking to chop away at Chong's legs.
Ray thumps Chong with a low kick.
Ray does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Chong looks to land a left hand but Ray moved out of range nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ray. That's going to slow Chong down.
An inside leg kick from Ray misses.
Ray dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chong. That did some damage!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ray throws a low kick, looking for Chong's leg but Chong calmly moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ray.
Ray throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chong checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Chong checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ray misses with a low kick as Chong jumps back.
Ray is looking to chop away at Chong's legs.
Chong blocks a leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ray. That's going to slow Chong down.
Chong checks a leg kick.
Ray is looking to chop away at Chong's legs.
Ray scores with a leg kick.
Ray throws a leg kick but Chong moved away.
Ray shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

Chong shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Ray napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Ray sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

Ray looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Chong is thwarting Ray's attempts to control the position.
Ray gets back to full guard.

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

Chong got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ray has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Chong has managed to get both his arms back between Ray's legs - danger averted.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Ray working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Chong doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Chong manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Chong works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Ray is trying to get back to full guard.

Ray looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Ray wants to improve his position but Chong is controlling well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Chong wants to work for an arm triangle but Ray is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Chong tries to stand and escape but Ray is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Ray dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ray wants to land a leg kick but Chong is out of range.
Ray is looking to score with low kicks.
Ray misses with a low kick.
Ray fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chong.
Ray chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Some bone on bone action there as Chong checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ray tries to score with a low kick but Chong moves his leg out of the way.
Ray throws a low kick, looking for Chong's leg but Chong calmly moves out of range.
Ray moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ray connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ray.
Chong checks the leg kick.
Chong on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ray. Ray obviously looking to wear him down.
A bone on bone clash there as Chong blocks the leg kick.
Chong checks a low kick from Ray.
Ray buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ray throws a leg kick but Chong checks it.
Chong is breathing heavily.
Ray throws a leg kick but Chong checks it.
Ray buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ray lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chong blocks a low kick nicely.
Chong checks a leg kick.
Ray throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Roman Ray is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ray scores with a leg kick.
Ray fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Chong is out of range.
A good leg kick by Ray.
Ray moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ray lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chong's sensitive parts.
Some bone on bone action there as Chong checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ray with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ray throws a leg kick which misses Chong's front leg but catches the back leg as Chong tries to avoid it.
Ray throws a low kick but it's checked well by Chong.
Ray fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chong.
Ray throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ray tries to work over Chong's front leg with a kick but Chong checks it.
Ray throws a leg kick but Chong checks it.
Ray throws a low kick but Chong avoids it.
Ray does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ray fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Chong checks it well.
Chong checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ray fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Chong checks it well.
Ray connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ray attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ray throws a front kick aimed at Chong's knee but Chong avoids it well.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ray.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ray throws a low kick but Chong avoids it.
Ray motions for Chong to come forward. Ray throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ray.
Ray throws a leg kick that misses.
Ray throws and low kick but Chong moves out of range easily.
Ray lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chong on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ray. Ray obviously looking to wear him down.
Ray throws a low kick but it's checked well by Chong.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ray lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Chong has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chong and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ray shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Chong checks a low kick from Ray.
Ray turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ray turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ray cracks the inside of Chong's front leg.
Ray dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chong. That did some damage!
A good leg kick by Ray.
Ray throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ray throws a leg kick but Chong moved away.
Ray throws a leg kick that misses.
Chong keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ray scores with a leg kick.
Chong moves out of range of the leg kick from Ray.
Ray throws a low kick but Chong avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray misses with a leg kick.
Ray throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ray is looking to score with low kicks.
Ray scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ray tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Chong is able to avoid easily.
Chong chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ray can pounce on him.
Ray moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Chong keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ray attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ray.
Ray misses with a low kick as Chong jumps back.
Roman Ray is winning the standup battle so far.
Chong checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ray connects with a solid leg kick.
Ray bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ray tries a low kick but Chong avoids it.
A bone on bone clash there as Chong blocks the leg kick.
Ray throws a leg kick but Chong sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ray motions for Chong to come forward. Ray throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ray lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Chong has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chong and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ray lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Chong has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chong and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ray throws a leg kick but Chong moved away.
Ray tries to score with a low kick but Chong moves his leg out of the way.
A leg kick checked by Chong.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ray.
Ray throws a chopping leg kick but Chong manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ray lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Chong has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chong and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ray chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chong keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Ray swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ray throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ray fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Chong is out of range.
Chong checks a low kick from Ray.
Ray throws a low kick, looking for Chong's leg but Chong calmly moves out of range.
Chong stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ray.
Ray attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ray is looking to chop away at Chong's legs.
Ray scores with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Ray misses.
Ray throws a leg kick that misses.
Chong fails to land with a series of punches.
Ray throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Chong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ray misses with a low kick.
Ray motions for Chong to come forward. Ray throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ray misses with a low kick.
Ray walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Chong checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roman Ray dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Ray lands with a thumping leg kick.
Chong looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ray is fending him off so far but Chong persists. Nope, Ray circles away and we're back to standing.
Ray cracks the inside of Chong's front leg.
Chong avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ray tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ray lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ray walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Chong checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ray.
Chong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
An inside leg kick from Ray misses.
Ray throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ray looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ray tries a low kick but Chong avoids it.
Chong checks a leg kick nicely.
Ray throws a leg kick but Chong moved away.
An inside leg kick lands from Ray.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Chong checks a leg kick.
Ray throws a front kick aimed at Chong's knee but Chong avoids it well.
Ray does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Chong takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ray slips under a jab from Chong.
A bone on bone clash there as Chong blocks the leg kick.
Ray tries to score with a low kick but Chong moves his leg out of the way.
Ray throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray throws a low kick, looking for Chong's leg but Chong calmly moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as Chong blocks the low kick.
Chong checks a leg kick nicely.
Chong checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ray feints and then cracks Chong's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Chong down.
Ray connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ray tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ray throws a leg kick that misses.
Ray misses with a low kick.
Ray fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Chong is out of range.
Ray is looking to chop away at Chong's legs.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Ray lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Chong has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Chong and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Good work by Chong as he checks the leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ray, right into the meat.
Ray chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chong takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ray throws a low kick but Chong avoids it.
Ray lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ray looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ray scoring well with a low kick there.
Ray lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chong's sensitive parts.
Ray tried to score with a low kick but Chong checks it.
Bob Chong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ray connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ray chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chong checks the leg kick.
Ray is looking to slow Chong down with leg kicks.
Ray is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chong can do to turn this around?
Ray throws a solid leg kick but Chong takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Ray.
Ray throws a leg kick which misses Chong's front leg but catches the back leg as Chong tries to avoid it.
Ray with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ray swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Chong moves out of range of the leg kick from Ray.
Ray throws a nice inside leg kick.
Ray walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Chong checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Ray scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice sprawl there from Ray as Chong shoots in.
A leg kick checked by Chong.
Ray cracks the inside of Chong's front leg.
Ray is looking to chop away at Chong's legs.
Ray tried to score with a low kick but Chong checks it.
Ray scores with a leg kick.
Ray throws a front kick aimed at Chong's knee but Chong avoids it well.
Chong fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chong blocks a leg kick.
Ray throws a leg kick but Chong sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ray scoring well with a low kick there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray misses with a low kick.
Ray fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Chong checks it well.
Ray turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ray tries a low kick but Chong avoids it.
Ray wants to slow Chong down by chopping away at his legs.
Chong on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ray. Ray obviously looking to wear him down.
Ray fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Chong is out of range.
Ray throws a low kick but it's checked well by Chong.
Chong avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Chong checks a low kick from Ray.
Ray fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Chong is out of range.
Good work by Chong as he checks the leg kick.
Chong on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Ray. Ray obviously looking to wear him down.
Ray fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Chong is out of range.
Ray throws a low kick but Chong avoids it.
Ray is looking to score with low kicks.
Chong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A clash of legs there as Chong blocks the low kick.
Good leg kick by Ray there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ray attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Chong checks a leg kick.
Ray throws a front kick aimed at Chong's knee but Chong avoids it well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ray lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chong's sensitive parts.
Ray throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ray misses with a low kick.
Ray with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ray turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ray.
Ray swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Chong blocks the leg kick.
Chong checks the leg kick.
Chong takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A nice leg kick lands there from Ray.
Ray tries to land a leg kick but Chong saw it coming and moves away.
Ray lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ray slips a jab and a cross from Chong.
Ray tries to work over Chong's front leg with a kick but Chong checks it.
Ray throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Ray buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Ray connects with a solid leg kick.
Chong checks the leg kick.
Ray tries to work over Chong's front leg with a kick but Chong checks it.
Ray attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Chong checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Chong checks a low kick from Ray.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roman Ray showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ray, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:25
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:25
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roman Ray!