PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ken Oath (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soham Roy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Oath
vs
Roy

210 cm
26
280 lbs
15 - 5 - 0

189 cm
24
265 lbs
13 - 3 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ken Oath!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Soham Roy!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jonathan Paton and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Oath finds it's way through Roy's defenses.

It looks like Soham Roy has been cut.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Oath.
Roy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oath slaps away a takedown attempt from Roy, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Soham Roy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roy misses with a takedown
and Oath counters with a low kick, right behind Roy 's knee.
Oath stuns Roy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Roy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Oath has time to react.

It looks like Ken Oath has been cut.
Roy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roy misses with an uppercut. Oath saw that one coming.

Oath looking to score a takedown here. Roy is defending well but Oath drives through and ends up in Roy's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Oath is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Roy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Oath looking to sit in guard and control but Roy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Oath pulls Roy in to control the position.
Roy wants to control from the top but Oath keeps moving.
Oath tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Roy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roy wants to control from the top but Oath keeps moving.
Roy working some strikes from top position.
Oath working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roy with a nice head shot there.
Roy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roy trying to control but Oath is working from the bottom.
Roy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Roy lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Roy throws a big right hand that misses.
Roy throws a big elbow that misses.
Oath preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Roy trying to control the position from guard on top but Oath is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Roy throws a big right hand that misses.
Roy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Oath wants to sweep but no luck.
Oath keeping moving, preventing Roy from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oath is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Oath not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Roy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Oath.
Oath thows a huge punch but Roy dodges it nicely.
Roy trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Oath looking to ground and pound but Roy is blocking nicely.
Oath thowing shots but they're missing.
Roy is trying to escape the mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oath throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Oath throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Oath prevents Roy from getting the reversal.
Oath landing shots from mount.
Oath will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Oath punishing his opponent with strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oath cracks Roy with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Roy is rocked!

That has opened up Soham Roy's cut even more.
Oath softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Roy is out cold! Oath jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ken Oath!
Ken Oath retains his heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Ken Oath thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.