PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Iku Roe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan D Lyons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dan D Lyons will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Roe
vs
D Lyons

177 cm
23
185 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

188 cm
21
198 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Iku Roe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dan D Lyons!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Roe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Roe avoids the head kick by Lyons.
Lyons misses with a two punch combination.

Roe moves into the clinch successfully.
Roe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lyons lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Roe dodges an elbow strike from Lyons.
Roe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lyons lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lyons throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roe blocks it with crossed arms.
Roe landing knees to the body.
Roe landing knees to the head.

It looks like Dan D Lyons has been cut.
Lyons looks gassed!
Roe blocks an elbow strike from Lyons.
Roe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roe tries to land a knee to the head but Lyons blocks with his arms.
Roe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lyons has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Roe as Lyons tries to tie him up.
Roe prevents a takedown attempt there.
Roe with a knee to the head.
Roe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Roe stalling against the cage.
Roe landing knees to the head.
Roe with a knee to the head.
Roe lands a knee to the head.
Roe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A knee to the head by Roe.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roe with a knee to the head.
Come on Roe - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Roe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lyons lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Roe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Roe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lyons's face.
Roe tries a knee to the head but Lyons blocks it.
Lyons looking to stall.
Roe landing knees to the head.
Roe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lyons's face.
Roe crunches a lovely knee into Lyons's ribcage.
Roe tries to land a knee to the head but Lyons blocks with his arms.
Lyons unloads a knee to the mid-section. Roe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Roe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lyons goes for a takedown attempt but Roe pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Roe tries to clinch there but Lyons circles away.
Roe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Roe closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lyons is trying to break the clinch but Roe has him pressed against the cage.
Roe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Roe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lyons has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Roe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lyons with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Roe lands a knee to the head.
Roe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lyons has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Roe takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lyons changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Roe fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Iku Roe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dan D Lyons.
Roe fails with an attempt to clinch.

Roe clinches with his opponent.
Roe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Roe crunches a lovely knee into Lyons's ribcage.
Roe landing knees to the body.
Roe misses with a knee to the head.
Roe managing to block the knees to the body from Lyons.
Roe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roe with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lyons throws a punch but it's blocked by Roe.
Roe lands a knee to the body.
Stalling in the clinch from Lyons.
Roe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Roe misses with a knee to the head.
Roe misses with a knee to the head.
Roe on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lyons blocks it with crossed arms.
Lyons lands a nice knee to the body.
Lyons takes a knee right on the jaw!
Roe tries to land a knee to the head but Lyons blocks with his arms.
Lyons misses with a knee strike.
Roe avoids the elbow strike from Lyons, against the cage.
Roe lands a knee to the head.
Roe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Roe.
Roe tries to land a knee to the head but Lyons blocks with his arms.
Roe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lyons has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Roe.
Roe lands a nice knee to the body.
Roe landing knees to the body.
Roe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lyons.
Lyons creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Roe's defenses.
Roe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lyons tries to land a knee to the head but Roe blocks with his arms.
Roe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lyons misses with an elbow strike.
Roe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lyons blocks it with crossed arms.
Roe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Roe tries a knee to the head but Lyons blocks it.
Lyons is trying to break the clinch but Roe has him pressed against the cage.
Roe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lyons's face.
Roe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Roe trying to land knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Roe as Lyons tries to tie him up.
Roe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roe is trying to maintain a safe position but Lyons gets an underhook and turns Roe into the cage.
Lyons stalling in the clinch but Roe improves position.
Roe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lyons managing to block the knees to the body from Roe.
Roe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lyons is trying to break the clinch but Roe has him pressed against the cage.
Roe landing knees to the head.
Roe tries a knee to the head but Lyons blocks it.

Lyons escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iku Roe dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dan D Lyons's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Roe wants to clinch.
Lyons swats away the attempt to clinch by Roe.
Roe throws a half hearted mid kick.
Roe wants to clinch up but Lyons keeps it at a distance.
Roe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Roe wants to clinch up but Lyons keeps it at a distance.
Lyons throws a sloppy head kick and Roe moves out of range easily.
Lyons keeps the fight on the outside.
Lyons closes the distance looking to clinch

and Roe counters by clinching up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roe misses with a knee to the head.
Roe lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lyons trying to land knees to the body.
Roe tries a knee to the head but Lyons blocks it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Roe with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lyons wants to stall.
Roe misses with a knee strike.
Roe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Roe.
Roe connects with a knee to the head.
Roe throws a knee to the head but misses.

Lyons escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick misses from Roe.
Roe clinches but Lyons breaks the clinch
and Lyons counters with a big head kick but Roe shrugs it off.
Lyons shoots in but Roe avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Roe tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lyons counters with an outside leg kick.
Roe tries to close the distance and clinch but Lyons swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Roe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Roe tries to clinch there but Lyons circles away.
Lyons tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Roe has closed the distance and engaged Lyons in a clinch.
Roe lands a knee to the body.
Roe has Lyons pressed against the cage.
Roe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lyons's face.
Roe tries a knee to the head but Lyons blocks it.
Roe taking a breather.
Roe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lyons has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lyons trying to stall but Roe improves his position.
Roe landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Roe misses with a knee strike.
Roe connects with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lyons just misses with a elbow thrown towards Roe's brow.
Roe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Roe using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Roe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Roe tries to land a knee to the head but Lyons blocks with his arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Lyons.
Roe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lyons has Roe pressed against the cage.
Roe is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Roe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lyons throws an elbow that misses.
Roe avoids the elbow strike from Lyons, against the cage.
Roe manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Roe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lyons lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lyons trying to control the position but instead, Roe has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lyons into the cage.
A knee to the head by Roe.
Roe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lyons being controlled against the cage.
Roe connects with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Roe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Roe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lyons misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roe.
Roe avoids the elbow strike from Lyons, against the cage.
Roe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lyons's face.
Lyons is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Iku Roe has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Roe tries a knee to the head but Lyons blocks it.
Lyons throws a punch but it's blocked by Roe.
Roe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lyons has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lyons throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Roe looking to throw knees to the head but Lyons is blocking nicely.
Roe avoiding damage.
Lyons blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Roe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lyons misses with a punch on the inside.
Roe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lyons has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lyons wants to break the clinch but can't.
Roe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lyons blocks it with crossed arms.
Roe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lyons wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Iku Roe dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dan D Lyons's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Lyons keeps the fight on the outside.
Roe tries to clinch but Lyons moves out of range.
Roe blocks a head kick by Lyons.
Roe tries to clinch but Lyons is having none of it.
Roe tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lyons counters with a one-two to the body.
Iku Roe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Roe gets a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Roe.
Roe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lyons blocks it with crossed arms.
Roe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Roe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lyons blocks it with crossed arms.
Roe is struggling to control the position.
Roe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Lyons wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Roe has him pressed against the cage.
Roe lands a knee to the body.
Roe blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Roe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Roe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lyons being controlled against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roe tries a knee to the head but Lyons blocks it.
Lyons looking to stall.
Roe connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Roe.
Roe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Roe misses with a knee strike.
Roe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lyons has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lyons looking to stall.
Roe connects with a nasty looking knee right to Lyons's face.
Roe tries to land a knee to the head but Lyons blocks with his arms.
Roe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Roe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lyons is keeping busy.
Lyons throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Roes head.
Roe with a knee to the head.
Lyons missing with knees to the body.
Lyons tries a knee to the head but Roe blocks it.
Roe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lyons blocks it with crossed arms.
Roe slows down the pace here.
Roe lands a knee to the head.

That's two 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.
Roe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lyons.
Roe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lyons has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Roe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lyons.
Lyons tries to stall but Roe uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Roe throws a knee to the head but misses.

Lyons breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Roe fails in his attempt to clinch.
Roe darts in trying to clinch
and Lyons counters with a slapping leg kick.
Iku Roe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Roe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lyons swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Roe tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lyons swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lyons throws a right and a left that Roe avoids nicely.
Roe is looking to clinch but Lyons is avoiding it.

Roe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lyons, pushing him back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Roe.
Roe tries to land a knee to the head but Lyons blocks with his arms.
Lyons swings wildly with an uppercut but Roe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Roe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lyons blocks it with crossed arms.
Lyons lands an elbow inside.
Roe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Roe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lyons has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Roe misses with a knee to the head.
Roe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Roe tries to land a knee to the head but Lyons blocks with his arms.
Lyons tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Lyons looking to throw knees to the head but Roe is blocking nicely.
Lyons takes a knee right on the jaw!
Roe connects with a knee to the head.
Lyons missing with knees to the body.
Roe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lyons has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Roe lands a knee to the body.
Roe with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Roe misses with a knee strike.
Roe scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Roe scores with a knee to the head.
Roe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lyons takes a knee right on the jaw!
With the fighters up against the cage, Lyons throws an elbow but misses.
Lyons misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Roe.
Roe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Roe using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lyons has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lyons misses with a knee strike.
Roe scores with a knee to the head.
Roe avoids a wild elbow strike from Lyons.
Roe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lyons lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lyons using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Roe has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Roe scores a nice knee to the body.
Roe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Roe lands a nice knee to the body.
Roe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roe with a knee to the head.
Dan D Lyons has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lyons throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roe blocks it with crossed arms.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Roe crunches a lovely knee into Lyons's ribcage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lyons throws an elbow but misses.
Roe scores with a knee to the head.
Roe looking to throw knees to the head but Lyons is blocking nicely.
Iku Roe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lyons.
Roe misses with a knee to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Iku Roe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Roe, 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Iku Roe!