PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Aroon Rojumanong (ranked 1326 p4p, 1933 weight class) and John Lennon (ranked 70 p4p, 97 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?

Rojumanong
vs
Lennon

169 cm
25
136
9 - 2 - 0

167 cm
39
142
24 - 25 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

Brooklyn Threads
Brooklyn Apothecary

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aroon Rojumanong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Lennon!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rojumanong drives through and clinches with Lennon against the cage.
Lennon avoids the elbow strike from Rojumanong, against the cage.
Lennon working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've been informed that Lennon has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Lennon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rojumanong just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lennon's brow.
Lennon lands a left hand.
Lennon throws an elbow but it misses.
Rojumanong lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rojumanong is leaning against Lennon and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rojumanong swings wildly with an uppercut but Lennon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rojumanong lands a nice shot to the body.
Rojumanong lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lennon backwards.
Lennon blocks an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Rojumanong.

It looks like John Lennon has been cut.
Good body shot from Rojumanong.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lennon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rojumanong creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lennon's defenses.
Lennon working aggressively here.
Lennon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rojumanong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rojumanong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lennon pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lennon takes an elbow to the temple.
Rojumanong lands a nice shot to the body.
Rojumanong blocks a body shot from Lennon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojumanong throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rojumanong lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lennon.
Rojumanong lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lennon backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lennon.
Rojumanong misses with a body punch.
Rojumanong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rojumanong misses with an elbow strike.
Lennon throws a head punch that misses.
Lennon can't find room to land a body shot as Rojumanong controls the action.
Lennon lands an elbow that stopped Rojumanong in his tracks for a moment.
Rojumanong pushes off an throws an elbow but Lennon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rojumanong lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rojumanong creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lennon's defenses.
Lennon throws a head punch that misses.
Lennon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rojumanong's defenses.
Lennon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lennon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lennon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lennon swings wildly with an uppercut but Rojumanong uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lennon.
Lennon takes an elbow to the temple.
Rojumanong blocking some punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rojumanong throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rojumanong pushes off an throws an elbow but Lennon leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rojumanong lands a damaging elbow.
A short right from Lennon on the inside.
Rojumanong creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lennon's defenses.
Lennon takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch on the inside from Lennon fails to land.
Lennon tries a body shot but Rojumanong blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lennon.
Rojumanong cracks Lennon with a nice body shot.
Lennon misses with an elbow strike.
Lennon blocks a body shot from Rojumanong.
Lennon lands a body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Lennon fails to land.
Rojumanong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lennon throws an elbow but misses.
Rojumanong throws an elbow but it misses.
Rojumanong lands an elbow just above Lennon 's eye.
Rojumanong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lennon takes an elbow to the temple.
Rojumanong blocks an elbow strike from Lennon.
Lennon swings wildly with an uppercut but Rojumanong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rojumanong lands a left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lennon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lennon lands a shot to the body.
Rojumanong throws a punch but it's blocked by Lennon.
A short right from Rojumanong on the inside.
Lennon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lennon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lennon dodges an elbow strike from Rojumanong.
Lennon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rojumanong.
Rojumanong scores with a hook to the body.
Lennon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rojumanong's elbow.
Lennon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lennon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lennon takes an elbow to the temple.
Lennon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rojumanong's defenses.
Lennon takes an elbow to the temple.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rojumanong tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lennon blocks the elbow strike.
Lennon blocks the elbow strike.
Lennon tries to throw a body punch but Rojumanong avoids it by throwing Lennon back against the cage.
Rojumanong has a couple of punches blocked by Lennon.
Lennon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lennon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lennon.
Lennon misses with some punches.
Rojumanong is leaning against Lennon and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lennon is leaning against Rojumanong and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rojumanong lands a nice elbow.
Rojumanong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rojumanong avoids a wild elbow strike from Lennon.
Rojumanong tries to throw a body punch but Lennon avoids it by throwing Rojumanong back against the cage.
Lennon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rojumanongs head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rojumanong.
Lennon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rojumanong lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Lennon is rocked!
With the fighters up against the cage, Rojumanong throws an elbow but misses.
Lennon is still on wobbly legs! Can Rojumanong finish him?
Rojumanong lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rojumanong pushes Lennon against the cage. Rojumanong is working some dirty boxing. Rojumanong pushes off with a quick right hook! Lennon goes down! Lennon tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Rojumanong moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aroon Rojumanong!
Aroon Rojumanong really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Brooklyn Apothecary logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.