PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brian Roper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trent Waves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Waves's choice of entrance music: ScHoolboy Q - Groovy Tony. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Roper
vs
Waves

175 cm
26
165 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

174 cm
26
155 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brian Roper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Trent Waves!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Anthony Taglia and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waves misses with a looping left.
Waves swings widly with a right hand
and Roper cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A telegraphed right hand from Roper misses the target.
A shot to the liver by Waves. Beautiful body shot.
Waves misses with the combination.

Roper forces Waves back against the cage and clinches.
Waves prevents a body shot from Roper.
Roper lands a nice shot to the body.
Roper digs a right hand underneath Waves's ribcage. Waves let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Roper scores with a shot to the side of Waves's head.
Waves tries a body shot but Roper blocks it.
Roper lands with a short shot to the head.

Waves escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Waves digs a good body shot into Roper's ribs.
Roper definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roper throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Roper bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Waves's head backwards.
Roper scores with a punch to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roper throws out a loose jab but Waves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roper with a hook.
Roper throws a right hand that misses
and Waves connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Roper lands a glancing blow to the side of Waves's head.

Waves is rocked!
Waves looks to throw the jab but Roper is out of range.
Waves is still on wobbly legs! Can Roper finish him?
Waves paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Waves seems to have recovered his senses.
Waves swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Roper slips a straight right by Waves.
Roper cracks Waves with a good jab.
The fighters circling - Waves throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Roper pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Waves throws an overhand right that lands on Roper's shoulder, as Roper tries to avoid the shot.
Waves displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roper throws out the jab.
Roper tries to clinch but Waves moves out of range.
Waves has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Waves looks to land a left hand but Roper moved out of range nicely.
Waves uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roper.
Roper tries to clinch up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Roper uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Waves.
Brian Roper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roper throws a lazy uppercut
and Waves counters with a nice body shot.
Waves just misses with a punch to the body.
Roper looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Waves lands a jab-cross combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Roper misses the target.
Roper throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Waves on the side of the head.
Roper is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
A slow jab from Roper misses its intended target.

Roper gets a clinch.
Waves takes a shot to the head.
Roper misses with a hook from the clinch.
Waves blocks a punch to the side of the head.

Waves pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roper defending well as Waves loads up on a big left hand.
Waves throws an overhand right that lands on Roper's shoulder, as Roper tries to avoid the shot.

Roper closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roper fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roper working aggressively here.
A short right from Roper.
Roper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roper misses with a short punch on the inside.

Waves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Waves throws the left hand but Roper avoids the punch easily.
Waves lands with an uppercut that bounces Roper off the cage and back into range.
Waves throws a hook to the side of Roper's head but Roper sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Roper throwing a counter right hand but Waves manages to avoid it.
Roper misses with a straight right.
Roper ducks under a wild hook from Waves.
Roper misses with a hook
enabling Waves to counter with a crisp jab.
Roper throws a good cross that connects.

Roper fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Waves, pushing him back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roper creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right hook to the body lands for Roper.
Waves looks winded!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Waves creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Waves manages to break the clinch.

Roper has taken the fight to the clinch.
Roper misses with the head strike.
Roper lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roper.
Roper lands a left hand that snaps the head of Waves backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roper.
Waves goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Roper misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Waves backwards.
Roper scores with a shoulder strike.
Roper lands with a left to the head.
Roper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roper has a couple of punches blocked by Waves.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roper tries to work over Waves's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Roper misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brian Roper dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A left lands for Roper.
Roper is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Waves can do to turn this around?
Roper misses with a straight right.

Roper lands a big right hand that sends Waves crashing to the mat! Roper stays standing though and waves Waves back to his feet!
Roper throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Waves throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Roper! Waves is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Roper!
Trent Waves spoke after the fight, saying 'This wasn't the results i wanted. I will have to rethink a few things after tonight.'.