PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Rancher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abraham Issai roman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Rancher
vs
Issai roman

200 cm
18
259 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

192 cm
22
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony Rancher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Abraham Issai roman!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

roman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Rancher has clasped his hands together around roman's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
roman is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Rancher has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Rancher grinds an elbow into roman's temple.
Rancher working the ground and pound from side control.
roman is pushing Rancher's head away, looking to escape. Rancher manages to hold on to the position though.
roman is trying to control Rancher's posture but Rancher avoids it.
roman tries to buck Rancher off but Rancher is having none of it.
Rancher working the ground and pound.
roman is looking to regain half guard here but Rancher keeps moving and retains side control.
roman misses with an elbow from the bottom.
roman tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rancher grinds an elbow into roman's temple.
roman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rancher. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rancher connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused roman some visible discomfort.
Rancher lands a few punches from side control.

Rancher decides to stand back up.
Rancher checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.

Rancher gets a takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
roman tries to roll over but Rancher keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rancher lands with a punch from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
roman is trying to stand back up but Rancher is controlling him
Rancher landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Rancher drops an elbow to the side of roman's head.
Rancher trying to control from half guard but roman is working away.
Rancher with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
roman wants to get back to full guard.
Rancher lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ground and pound from Rancher.

roman looking for submissions off his back.
roman looks gassed!
Rancher is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
roman taking some punishment here, with Rancher in his half guard.
Rancher winds up and cracks roman with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
roman trying to control from the bottom.
Rancher takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rancher lands a nice short elbow.
roman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rancher scores with a couple of nice shots.
roman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rancher scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rancher not landing any meaningful shots this time.
roman is looking for a sweep. Rancher is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rancher landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rancher checks a low kick from roman.
roman stalks Rancher and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rancher's face. Rancher staggers backwards, shaken.
roman tries to close the distance and clinch but Rancher swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
roman doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Rancher counters with a nice double leg into side control. roman won't be happy with that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
roman misses with a strike from the bottom.
Rancher trying to control the action but roman is working from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if roman can do anything to dispel that myth.
roman is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Rancher's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Rancher not landing any meaningful shots this time.
roman wants to get back to his feet.
roman trying to control from the bottom.
roman on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

roman looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Rancher strikes from his own guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rancher looking for a sweep. Not yet Rancher, not yet.
Rancher will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.

Rancher working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. roman doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. roman manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
roman has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Rancher is proving hard to escape from.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Rancher thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Rancher trying to strike off his back.
roman working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

roman moves into the clinch.

roman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
roman misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rancher tries to close the distance and clinch up but roman swats him away and circles back towards the center.

roman shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
roman wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tony Rancher dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

roman misses with the combination.
roman throws a series of strikes that have Rancher backpedaling.

roman scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
roman not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rancher moves into full guard.
Rancher throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Rancher working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from roman.
Rancher is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
roman is trying to stand back up but Rancher is controlling him
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
roman has hold of Rancher's hands but Rancher slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rancher moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from roman.
Rancher working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
roman is pushing Rancher's head away, looking to escape. Rancher manages to hold on to the position though.
Rancher cracks roman with a big elbow.
roman is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Rancher asserts his dominance and retains side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
roman is trying to get back to half guard.
Rancher is working roman over with some ground and pound from side control.
Rancher is chipping away with strikes.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
roman tries to clinch

and Rancher counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Rancher lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Rancher 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.
roman keeping moving, preventing Rancher from controlling successfully.
Tony Rancher overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rancher accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
roman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rancher looking to pass the guard.
roman is trying to control the position from the bottom.

roman is looking for a triangle but Rancher pushes his legs off easily.
Rancher connects with a couple of short punches.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Rancher waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract roman.
roman lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A right-left combo lands from roman.
roman throws a low kick but Rancher avoids it.
Rancher walks into a straight right hand from roman.

roman shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than roman was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
roman prevents Rancher from getting the reversal.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
roman landing shots from mount.
roman dominating with strikes here.
roman fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
roman dominating with strikes here.
roman blocks Rancher's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Rancher slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Rancher punching from the bottom.
Rancher tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Nice strikes from roman there.
Rancher is looking to control roman's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Rancher avoid being mounted?
Nice strikes from roman there.
Rancher misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Rancher punching from the bottom.
Rancher flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
roman lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rancher's sensitive parts.
Abraham Issai roman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rancher swats away the attempt to clinch by roman.

roman gets the takedown into side control.
Rancher sneaks back into half guard.
Rancher missing with punches from the bottom.

roman looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Rancher landing a few short strikes.
roman winds up and cracks Rancher with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
roman trying to control the action but Rancher is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Abraham Issai roman will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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!

Rancher with a poor takedown

and roman counters with a single leg into guard. Rancher didn't expect that.
roman postures up and lands a big shot to Rancher's brow.
Rancher trying to strike off his back.
roman must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
roman is in close to Rancher's body, working some short punches and elbows.
roman is in close to Rancher's body, working some short punches and elbows.
roman is working Rancher over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

Rancher escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. roman gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

Rancher escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. roman gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
roman landing with the ground and pound.
Rancher keeping full guard, as roman tries to pass.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

roman drops back looking for a leg! Rancher is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Rancher manages to kick roman off! roman jumps back into Rancher's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rancher controls roman momentarily but roman frees himself.
roman wants to stand but Rancher is controlling his posture from full guard.
roman trying to control but Rancher is working from the bottom.
Rancher scores with a short punch from the bottom.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Rancher shoots for a takedown but roman saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Good work by Rancher as he checks the leg kick.

roman shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Rancher is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Rancher in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
roman postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rancher looks a forlorn figure.
Rancher is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rancher manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Rancher punching from the bottom.
Rancher is trying to control but can't.
Rancher missing with punches from the bottom.
Rancher missing with punches from the bottom.

roman escapes and gets back to his feet.
Rancher has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from roman finds it's way round the side to connect with Rancher's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rancher scores with a takedown into roman's guard.
Rancher keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of roman's head.
Rancher scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Rancher throwing strikes from guard but roman blocks nicely.
roman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rancher accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

roman working for a triangle but Rancher defends it easily.
Rancher distracts roman with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rancher postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

roman darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
roman working the head and body with strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rancher tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
roman working the head and body with strikes.
Rancher works his way to full guard. Good work.
roman lands a couple of decent looking shots.
roman lands a couple of decent looking shots.
roman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rancher keeping full guard, as roman tries to pass.
Rancher controls roman momentarily but roman frees himself.
roman trying to control but Rancher is working from the bottom.

Rancher has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but roman can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
roman connects with a couple of short punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Abraham Issai roman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think roman has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Abraham Issai roman!