PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Da Mian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Rojer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Mian
vs
Rojer

175 cm
28
180 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

190 cm
30
190 lbs
16 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Da Mian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ray Rojer!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Mian looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Mian not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

Mian is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Rojer has managed to free his arm - good work.
Mian has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rojer is refusing to be controlled, as Mian sits in half guard.

Mian is looking for a kimura here.

Mian is trying to work for a kimura but Rojer is defending well.
Rojer wants to improve his position but Mian is controlling well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojer keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mian takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Mian is looking for a kimura here.

Mian is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Rojer regains full guard. Nicely done.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mian wants to control from the top but Rojer keeps moving.

Mian stands up and waves to Rojer to follow him.
Mian just misses with a punch to the body.
Mian works the jab nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rojer leaves Mian with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Rojer moves in looking to clinch but Mian pushes him off.
Mian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rojer moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rojer rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mian moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mian scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rojer doesn't seem bothered though.
Ray Rojer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rojer dodges the punch combination from Mian.
Mian scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rojer doesn't seem bothered though.
Rojer tries to clinch up but Mian circles away and keeps his distance.
Mian dodges the punch combination from Rojer.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Rojer manages to break the clinch.

Rojer shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mian is trying to keep Rojer in close.
Mian has control of Rojer's left arm, preventing Rojer from doing any damage.
Mian might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Mian looking for a sweep. Not yet Mian, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rojer is pushing down on Mian's leg trying to pass to half guard. Mian is fighting to maintain full guard but Rojer has managed to sneak the leg through.
Mian wants to improve his position but Rojer is controlling well.
Mian gets back to full guard.
Mian will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Rojer wanted to stand there but Mian had control of the position.
Rojer must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

Rojer got a little sloppy there for a moment and Mian has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Rojer has managed to get both his arms back between Mian's legs - danger averted.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rojer throwing strikes but missing.

Mian looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Rojer passes into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Da Mian dominated that 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.

Rojer takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The fighters circling - Mian throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Da Mian is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice jab there from Mian.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mian is defended easily by Rojer.
Rojer pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Mian back to the cage. Rojer follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Mian fails with the takedown.
Mian looks to land a combination but Rojer avoids it well.
Rojer throws a combination that misses

and Mian counters with a nice double leg into guard.
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!
Mian trying to control but Rojer is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Mian drops back, looking for a kneebar! Rojer looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Rojer looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Rojer!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojer trying to control the action but Mian is working from the bottom.
Mian can't do much from the bottom here.
Mian gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Rojer moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from Mian.
Mian is trying to control Rojer's posture but Rojer avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mian is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mian manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!

Rojer is defending against the submission attempts here by Mian.
Mian is keen to just control but Rojer is a slippery customer.

Mian wants to work for an arm triangle but Rojer is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Rojer is refusing to be controlled, as Mian sits in half guard.

Mian is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Rojer sees it coming and defends easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mian lands with a punch from half guard.
Mian wants to stand up but Rojer has a hold of him and won't allow it.

Mian is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Rojer sees it coming and defends easily.
Da Mian overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rojer tries to get to full guard but Mian has control of the leg.
Rojer is trying to maintain the position but Mian is very close to passing his half guard.
Mian not doing much here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mian sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rojer defending well though.
Mian prevents Rojer from improving his position.

Mian is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Rojer sees it coming and defends easily.
Mian seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rojer does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Mian is stalling here. Rojer is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Mian seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Rojer has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mian struggling a bit here.
Rojer trying to control the action but Mian is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Da Mian dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Rojer slips a jab and a cross from Mian.
Rojer wants to clinch.
Mian takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mian looks for a takedown but Rojer sprawls well.
Mian looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rojer is fending him off so far but Mian persists. Nope, Rojer circles away and we're back to standing.
Mian throws a series of punches but Rojer moves out of range.
Mian circles away from the clinch attempt
and Mian counters with a nice body shot.
Mian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rojer.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mian.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Da Mian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rojer looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Mian throws a right and a left that Rojer avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Mian shoots in for a double leg but Rojer sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Rojer misses with a series of wild punches.
Mian is looking to wear down Rojer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rojer doesn't manage to clinch there - Mian circles away.
Mian has a takedown stuffed.
Mian takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mian throws a shot to the body.
Rojer tries to clinch up but Mian circles away and keeps his distance.

Rojer scores a takedown into full mount!
Mian is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rojer controlling the pace for now.
Mian taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rojer throwing strikes here but Mian is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Mian tries to reverse the position but Rojer maintains control.
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!
Rojer tries to control but Mian wriggling away.
Mian tries to hold on but Rojer pushes him away.
Mian tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rojer sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Mian is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mian sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Rojer passes to full mount!
Mian tries to hold on but Rojer pushes him away.
Mian tries to reverse the position but Rojer maintains control.
Rojer throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Mian tries to hold on but Rojer pushes him away.
Rojer lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Rojer can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mian is looking to escape.
Mian can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rojer tries to control but Mian wriggling away.
Rojer is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rojer controlling from the full mount.
Mian keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ray Rojer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rojer lands a big elbow.
Da Mian is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Mian is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Rojer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Mian 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Da Mian!
After winning the bout, Da Mian thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.