PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roy Royler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeggu Bomb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Royler kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Metallica - Fuel. Bomb has chosen Limp Bizkit - Nookie as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Royler
vs
Bomb

180 cm
24
182 lbs
15 - 3 - 0

189 cm
24
195 lbs
13 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Roy Royler!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeggu Bomb!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Illya Tyunina and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Royler looks to score with a jab to the body but Bomb is just out of range.
Bomb with a hook.
Royler keeps the fight on the outside.
Bomb throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bomb misses with a low kick.
Bomb misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Royler.
Bomb scores with a kick to the body.
Bomb throws a body punch but Royler moves out of range.
Bomb pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Royler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bomb.
Bomb moves out of range as Royler strikes.
Bomb buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bomb finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Royler scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Bomb fails in his attempt to clinch.
Royler scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bomb connects with a crisp jab.
Bomb takes a swing at Royler's ribcage but misses.
Jeggu Bomb seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bomb keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Royler.
Bomb doesn't manage to clinch there - Royler circles away.
Royler buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bomb scores with a jab. Royler acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Royler fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bomb is out of range.
Bomb digs a good hook to Royler's body.

Bomb moves into the clinch successfully.
Royler lands a body punch.
Royler lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Royler.
Bomb slows down the pace here.
Bomb throws a punch but it's blocked by Royler.
Royler lands a shot to the body.
Royler tries to throw a body punch but Bomb avoids it by throwing Royler back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Royler lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royler swings wildly with an uppercut but Bomb uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice elbow from Bomb.
Royler lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bomb.
Bomb misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Royler.
A short left from Royler.
Royler misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Royler tries to throw a body punch but Bomb avoids it by throwing Royler back against the cage.
Bomb is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Royler is defending well for now.
Royler digs a right hand into Bomb's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bomb's gas tank.
Royler avoids the elbow strike from Bomb, against the cage.
Bomb blocks a body shot from Royler.
A short uppercut from Royler.
Bomb lands an uppercut.
Royler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bomb pushes Royler back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Royler.
Royler lands a body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Bomb.
Royler throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bombs head.
Bomb swings wildly with an uppercut but Royler uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Royler fails to land.
Royler misses with a hook to the ribs.

Royler manages to break the clinch.
Royler keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Royler.
Nice straight punches there by Bomb. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bomb.
Royler throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Royler looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Royler throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Royler misses with a looping right.
Bomb lands a jab to the head.
Royler throws a body punch but Bomb moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A chopping leg kick lands by Royler.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bomb stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Danga de danga de dang - Bomb scores with a four punch combination!
Good shot there by Bomb.
A telegraphed right hand from Bomb misses the target.
Bomb walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Royler fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bomb swings widly with a right hand
and Bomb takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bomb uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Royler.
Bomb fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Royler manages to avoid it.
Royler with a nice cross.

It looks like Jeggu Bomb has been cut.
Bomb uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Royler.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Royler slips a straight right by Bomb.
Bomb swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Royler misses with a low kick.
Jab, jab by Bomb - just one landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Roy Royler will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jeggu Bomb's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Bomb moves out of range of the body kick.
Bomb scores with a jab to the body.

Bomb drives through and clinches with Royler against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bomb.
Bomb pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bomb blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bomb throws an elbow but misses.
Roy Royler has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bomb lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bomb throws an elbow but it misses.
Bomb lands an elbow that stopped Royler in his tracks for a moment.
Royler lands a left hand.
Bomb prevents a body shot from Royler.
Royler can't find room to land a body shot as Bomb controls the action.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Bomb in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Royler blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Royler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bomb uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Royler.
Jeggu Bomb seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bomb swings for the body but Royler moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bomb clinches up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bomb creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bomb throws a knee to the head but misses.
Royler tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bomb's elbow.
Bomb working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Royler.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bomb is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Royler is keeping busy.
Bomb misses with a body punch.
Royler can't find room to land a body shot as Bomb controls the action.
Bomb keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Royler's efforts to push away.
Bomb lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Royler tries to throw a body punch but Bomb avoids it by throwing Royler back against the cage.
Bomb is trying to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Royler.
Bomb pressing his opponent against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bomb swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bomb tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Royler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bomb lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Royler swings wildly with an uppercut but Bomb uses good head movement to avoid it.

Royler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Royler misses with an uppercut. Bomb saw that one coming.
Bomb throws out a powerful jab.
Royler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Royler throws a nice outside leg kick.
Royler takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bomb misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bomb throws out a powerful jab.
Bomb tries to clinch but Royler is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bomb has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bomb there as he acknowledges the shot.

Bomb clinches with his opponent.
Royler is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Royler blocking some punches.
Bomb using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Royler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Royler.
Royler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Royler tries to work over Bomb's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Bomb has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Bomb tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Royler lands a hook to the side of the head.
Royler lands a body punch in the clinch.
Bomb fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Royler.
Bomb digs a right hand into Royler's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Royler's gas tank.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Royler lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bomb struggles to land a body shot inside as Royler controls his hands.
Bomb tries to throw a body punch but Royler avoids it by throwing Bomb back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Royler - that landed with a thud.
Bomb is breathing heavily.
Royler lands a shoulder strike.
Royler lands an uppercut.
Royler misses with a punch to the body.
Royler is working Bomb over against the cage.
Royler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bomb with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bomb creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bomb misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bomb swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hand to the body from Royler.
Bomb lands a knee to the head.
Royler lands a nice shot to the body.
Royler struggles to land a body shot inside as Bomb controls his hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Royler misses with a body punch.

Royler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Royler lands an overhand right.
Bomb listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Roy Royler will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jeggu Bomb's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Bomb moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Bomb just misses with a punch to the body.
Bomb ducks under a wild hook from Royler.
Bomb uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Royler looks to score with a jab to the body but Bomb is just out of range.
Bomb lands a head kick!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Royler.
Bomb pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Royler connects with a body shot that sends Bomb's belly button to the back.
Bomb keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Royler feints and then cracks Bomb's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bomb down.
Royler cracks Bomb with a good jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Royler is looking to score with low kicks.
Bomb shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.

Bomb is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Royler misses
and Bomb cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Royler takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Royler throws a looping overhand right but Bomb ducks down to avoid it.
Bomb misses with an uppercut
and Royler counters with an inside leg kick.
Bomb takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Royler scores with a hook.
Bomb is still on wobbly legs! Can Royler finish him?
Royler thuds a left hand into Bomb's body.
Bomb seems to have recovered his senses.
A good leg kick by Royler.
Bomb tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Royler was well out of range. Poor timing from Bomb.
Bomb blocks a head kick by Royler.
Bomb fails with an attempt to clinch.
Royler misses with a body shot.
Royler throws a body kick that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Royler fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Bomb showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Royler.
Bomb throws a chopping leg kick but Royler manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royler lands with a thumping leg kick.
Royler swats away the attempt to clinch by Bomb.
Royler throws a leg kick but Bomb moved away.
Bomb walks into a left hand.
The fighters circling - Royler throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Royler chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Royler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bomb.
Royler feints and then cracks Bomb's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bomb down.
Royler cracks Bomb with a hook to the temple - Bomb is on wobbly legs here! Royler swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Bomb falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Royler wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Roy Royler!
Roy Royler retains his middleweight title!
Roy Royler thanked the fans post fight for their support.