PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Roller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Temirlan Munara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

Roller
vs
Munara

180 cm
25
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
176 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stephan Roller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Temirlan Munara!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Steve Erwin and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Munara closes this distance looking for a takedown but Roller circles away.
Roller throws a hook but Munara avoids it easily.
Munara blocks a jab.
Roller throws a lazy uppercut
and Munara counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The fighters circling - Roller throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters circling - Roller throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Munara looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Roller misses with a looping right.
Munara tries to clinch up but Roller circles away and keeps his distance.
Roller misses with a hook

so Munara counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Munara prevents Roller from getting back to his feet.
Roller is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Roller on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Roller tries to get out of the position.
Roller is looking to stand up but Munara isn't so interested in that idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roller tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Munara being controlled here momentarily.
Roller is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Stephan Roller just wasn't active enough.
Roller throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Munara rushes Roller and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Roller tries to break the clinch but Munara is controlling the position.
Roller tries to stall but Munara uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munara keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Roller's efforts to push away.
Roller wants to break free but Munara has control.
Roller has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Munara is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Roller pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Roller misses with a short punch on the inside.

Munara pulls guard successfully.
Munara working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Roller.
Roller throws an elbow that misses. Munara uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Roller's guard. Nice move by Munara!
Munara trying to control the position from guard on top but Roller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Munara stopping the sweep attempt from Roller.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roller is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Roller is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Munara dives into side control.

Munara tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Munara looks gassed!

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Munara thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Roller's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Roller is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Munara is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Munara wants to lay and pray for a moment but Roller keeps working.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Munara has knee on belly and moves into mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Temirlan Munara will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Roller is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Roller connects with a right hand. Munara shakes it off.
A swing and a miss from Roller.
Roller clobbers Munara with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Roller cracks a nice hook into Munara's ribs.
Munara slips under a jab from Roller.
Roller swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Munara slips under a jab from Roller.
Roller goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Roller throws a looping overhand right but Munara ducks down to avoid it.

Munara forces Roller back against the cage and clinches.
Roller wants to get back to striking at distance but Munara won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Munara tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Munara prevents Roller from breaking the clinch.
Munara is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Roller gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Munara is breathing heavily.

Munara escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Roller scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A punch combination from Roller misses.
Roller throws a hook but Munara avoids it easily.
Munara uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Roller.
Roller jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Munara blocks a jab.
Roller misses with an uppercut. Munara saw that one coming.
Munara staying out of range there.
Roller misses with a looping left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Roller, as that shot connected.
Stephan Roller seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roller misses with a hook.
Munara takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Munara ducks under a wild hook from Roller.
Roller swats away the attempt to clinch by Munara.
Munara will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Stephan Roller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Temirlan Munara.
Munara moves away from the strike by Roller.
Munara tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Roller paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Roller lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Munara circles away quickly and effectively.
Roller throws a hook but Munara avoids it easily.
Roller lands with an uppercut that bounces Munara off the cage and back into range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roller misses with a right hand
and Munara counters with a two punch combo.
Munara misses with a takedown attempt - Roller sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Roller throws out a loose jab but Munara uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roller swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Munara.
Munara staying out of range there.
Roller swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice jab there from Roller.
Munara ducks under a wild hook from Roller.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Roller.
Roller throws a jab when Munara was well out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roller avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Roller misses with the combination.
Roller scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Munara defending well as Roller loads up on a big left hand.
Roller bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Munara's head.
Munara walks into a jab.
Munara ducks under a wild hook from Roller.
Munara slips under a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Munara takes the fight into the clinch.
Munara has Roller pressed against the cage, preventing Roller from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephan Roller dominated that second round.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Roller lands a jab to the head.
Roller lands a slapping body shot.
Roller rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Munara counters with a single leg into guard. Roller didn't expect that.
Roller controlling Munara's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roller not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Roller wants to improve his position but instead Munara has moved into half guard.
Roller tries to roll over but Munara keeps him under control.
Munara takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Munara escapes and gets back to his feet.
Roller swings widly with a right hand

and Munara moves into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roller.
Roller is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Munara keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Roller's efforts to push away.
Roller is trying to break free.
Munara keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Roller's efforts to push away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munara keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Roller's efforts to push away.
Roller wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Roller looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Roller swings wildly with an uppercut but Munara uses good head movement to avoid it.
Munara takes a shot to the head.
Roller throws a head punch that misses.
Roller trying to control the position but instead, Munara has worked for underhooks and has pushed Roller into the cage.

Munara manages to break the clinch.
Stephan Roller is winning the standup battle so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roller throws a jab but it's blocked by Munara.
Munara doesn't manage to clinch there - Roller circles away.
Munara steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roller.
Roller bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Munara's head backwards.
Nice straight punches there by Roller. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Roller.
Decent striking displayed by Roller there.
Roller missing with a left hand there. Munara was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Roller is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Roller throws a hook to the side of Munara's head but Munara sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stephan Roller is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A telegraphed right hand from Roller misses the target.
Roller keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Roller throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Munara counters by moving into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Roller fails to land.
Roller gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Munara.
Roller swings wildly with an uppercut but Munara uses good head movement to avoid it.
Munara has Roller pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Roller manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Stephan Roller has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Temirlan Munara.
Munara blocks an uppercut.
Munara blocking some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roller is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Munara keeps control of Roller as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Roller doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stephan Roller showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Roller has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stephan Roller!