PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Bilski (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!

Robinson
vs
Bilski

200 cm
18
270 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
270 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Death Wish Nutrition

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Bilski!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bilski keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bilski moves in looking to clinch but Robinson pushes him off.
Bilski tries for a takedown but Robinson circles away easily

and Robinson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Robinson looking to pass the guard.
Bilski throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Robinson controls from within his opponent's guard.

Bilski looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bilski working a defensive guard but Robinson manages to pass into side control anyway.
Robinson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bilski keeps working.
Bilski tries to bench press Robinson off him but Robinson keeps the position.

Robinson stands up and beckons Bilski to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Robinson shoots in and bounces Bilski off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bilski keeping moving, preventing Robinson from controlling successfully.
Bilski looking to hit a scissor sweep but Robinson is one step ahead there.
Robinson wants to control from the top but Bilski keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bilski wants to stand but Robinson is controlling the position.
Bilski looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson trying to control the position from guard on top but Bilski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Robinson forces his way into half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bilski is looking to improve his position.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bilski takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

It looks like Frank Bilski has been cut.

Robinson shoots in and bounces Bilski off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Robinson trying to control but Bilski is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bilski wants to stand but Robinson is controlling the position.
Bilski tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Bilski looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Robinson puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Robinson passes to side control.
Bilski wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.

Robinson decides to stand back up.

Robinson gets caught flat footed, as Bilski shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Bilski throwing strikes from guard but Robinson blocks nicely.
Bilski must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bilski wants to get up but he can't break Robinson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Bilski really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Robinson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bilski wants to control from the top but Robinson keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bilski is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Robinson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bilski thows a big elbow that misses.
Bilski throws and elbow that misses. Robinson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bilski's guard. Nice move by Robinson!

Bilski has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Robinson off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Bilski has his takedown stuffed

and Robinson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Bilski's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bilski has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Robinson has passed into side control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Robinson wants to control but Bilski is keeping him busy.

Robinson stands up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Robinson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Bilski's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Bilski has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bilski gets underhooks to prevent Robinson's takedown attempt.
Bilski wants a takedown but no success here.
Bilski drops down looking for an ankle pick but Robinson pulls his leg out and moves away.
Horrible takedown by Robinson or perhaps it was just good defense by Bilski which made him look bad.

Bilski feints and as Robinson raises his hands in defense, Bilski changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Bilski prevents Robinson from getting back to his feet.
Bilski scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

Robinson looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bilski throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson can't keep his opponent in guard - Bilski advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Bilski takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Robinson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bilski.
Bilski lands strikes from half guard.
Bilski lands with a punch from half guard.
Robinson wants to get back to full guard.

Bilski stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Bilski misses with a wild body shot.

Bilski changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Robinson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Robinson manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Robinson moves nicely into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bilski keeps working.
Bilski is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bilski wants to get back to his feet but Robinson drags him back down.
Robinson takes advantage of some sloppy striking from Bilski to pass into mount.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bilski can do anything to dispel that myth.
Robinson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bilski is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bilski is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bilski tries to reverse the position but Robinson maintains control.
Robinson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bilski is looking to escape.
Robinson unloads with some shots from mount but Bilski bucks and avoids them well.

Robinson wants to finish this one by submission but Bilski is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Robinson.
Bilski taking shots to the head.
Robinson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Frank Robinson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

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.
Bilski throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Bilski is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bilski throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Bilski is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bilski has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.
Bilski is trying to stand back up.
Bilski is in bad spot here.
Bilski looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Bilski trying to control the action but Robinson just sinks the hooks in.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank Bilski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Frank Bilski's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Robinson shoots in but Bilski avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Robinson with a poor takedown

and Bilski counters by moving into the clinch.
Robinson lands an elbow that stopped Bilski in his tracks for a moment.
Bilski wants a takedown but no success here.

Bilski works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Bilski stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Bilski tries to clinch up.

Bilski looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Robinson!
Robinson taking shots to the head.
Robinson tries to hold on but Bilski postures up.
Bilski has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Robinson's face.
Robinson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bilski avoids the attempt from Robinson to control.
Bilski scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Robinson wants to control but Bilski is having none of it.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Bilski cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Bilski in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Bilski scoring with strikes but Robinson is staying in there.
Bilski putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Robinson regains half guard.
Bilski is looking to advance position but Robinson won't allow it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bilski wants to lay and pray for a moment but Robinson keeps working.
Robinson trying to control from the bottom.

Bilski decides to return to a standing position.
Bilski misses with a takedown attempt

so Robinson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.

Robinson gets to his feet. Bilski looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!

Bilski gets the takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bilski lands an elbow.
Bilski misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Robinson gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Robinson is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Bilski pulls his head out easily.
Robinson wants to control but Bilski is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson wants to improve his position but Bilski is controlling well.
Bilski sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Robinson defending well though.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Bilski doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Robinson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Bilski!
Frank Robinson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Bilski.
Robinson wants to control the pace but Bilski is squirming around nicely.
You get the feeling that Bilski really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Robinson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bilski throwing hammer fists to the chest of Robinson. What's that going to do exactly?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bilski is in a horrible position here. Robinson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bilski tries to hold on but Robinson pushes him away.
Bilski looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Robinson keeps control of the position as Bilski tries to break free.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Robinson's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Bilski is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Robinson is hanging on to Bilski's back as he tries to escape.
Bilski trying to control the hands but Robinson breaks the grip.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Frank Bilski.
I think Bilski 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:29

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Frank Bilski!