PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Otikoro Eketone (ranked 6635 p4p, 5153 weight class) and Liam Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 554 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Eketone
vs
Robinson

180 cm
18
180
0 - 1 - 0

185 cm
18
170
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Otikoro Eketone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Liam Robinson!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eketone with a lazy takedown attempt
and Robinson counters with a nice leg kick.

Robinson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Robinson avoids the strikes from the bottom by Eketone.
Robinson advances nicely into full mount.
Robinson prevents Eketone from getting the reversal.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Robinson punishing his opponent with strikes.

Robinson looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Robinson looking to control but Eketone is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Robinson landing strikes from the mount and Eketone is in trouble!
Eketone knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Robinson on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eketone is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Eketone working to try and regain half guard.
Robinson throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Eketone tries to hold on but Robinson pushes him away.
Robinson prevents Eketone from getting the reversal.
Robinson looking to control but Eketone is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eketone tries to reverse the position but Robinson maintains control.
Robinson avoids the attempt from Eketone to control.
Eketone tries to reverse the position but Robinson maintains control.
Robinson trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Eketone is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Eketone is looking to improve his position but Robinson isn't that keen on the idea.
Eketone on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Eketone tries to get out of the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson looking to ground and pound but Eketone is blocking nicely.
Robinson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Eketone can't escape the position.
Robinson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Eketone is looking to escape.
Eketone is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Eketone keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Eketone tries to hold on but Robinson postures up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson tries to control but Eketone wriggling away.
Eketone tries to reverse the position but Robinson maintains control.
Robinson avoids the attempt from Eketone to control.
Eketone tries to improve his position but instead Robinson has taken his back!

Robinson is persistently looking for the submission but Eketone is defending it well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Eketone can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Robinson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Eketone gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Robinson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Robinson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Robinson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Eketone paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Eketone stuffs the takedown.
Robinson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice combination there by Robinson.

It looks like Otikoro Eketone has been cut.
Robinson misses with a head kick.
Eketone dives in for a single leg takedown but Robinson sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Robinson throws a hook but Eketone blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eketone closes this distance looking for a takedown but Robinson circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Otikoro Eketone. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck for Eketone with that takedown attempt.
Robinson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Eketone seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Eketone misses with a takedown attempt - Robinson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Robinson misses with a body shot.
Robinson avoids a kick to the body.
Robinson wants to counter with a clinch but Eketone pushes him away.
Eketone avoids the head kick by Robinson.
Eketone misses with a takedown attempt - Robinson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Robinson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Eketone swats away the attempt to clinch by Robinson.
Eketone half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Eketone fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Robinson misses with a takedown attempt

and Eketone counters by moving into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson tries to break the clinch but Eketone is controlling the position.
Robinson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Eketone avoids it.
Eketone is trying to pull guard but Robinson turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Eketone throws an elbow but misses.
Robinson jumps guard but Eketone turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Stalling in the clinch from Eketone.
Robinson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Robinson is breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Eketone fails to land.
Robinson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Eketone's efforts to push away.

Eketone ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Eketone no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eketone pulls Robinson in close to his closed guard and prevents Robinson from doing any damage or advancing position.

Eketone working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Robinson has passed into half guard!
Robinson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Robinson trying to control the action but Eketone is working from the bottom.
Robinson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Eketone with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Eketone moves into full guard.
Eketone working a defensive guard here.
Robinson trying to control but Eketone is working from the bottom.

Eketone throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Robinson escapes and throws Eketone's legs to the side, diving into side control!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Robinson trying to control the position but Eketone is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Liam Robinson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Otikoro Eketone's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Eketone moves into the clinch successfully.
Eketone wants to get back to striking at distance but Robinson won't allow it.
Eketone just leaning against Robinson, taking a breather.
Eketone is looking to break free of the clinch but Robinson has double underhooks.
Eketone tries to break the clinch but Robinson is controlling the position.
Eketone tries a body shot but Robinson blocks it.
Robinson looking to slow down the pace here.
Eketone misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eketone has Robinson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Robinson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Eketone can't break the clinch.
Robinson stops a takedown attempt from Eketone.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Eketone keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Robinson's efforts to push away.

Robinson pulls Eketone into guard.
Eketone seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Eketone is in close to Robinson's body, working some short punches and elbows.

Eketone drops back, looking for a kneebar! Robinson looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Robinson looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Robinson!

Eketone struggling a bit here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eketone tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Eketone tries to control Robinson's body but Robinson pushes him off. Eketone squirms to his side and now Robinson has his back!
Eketone prevents Robinson from getting a body triangle.
Robinson doesn't have the hooks in and Eketone manages to turn into his guard.
Eketone pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Robinson is keeping the position for now.
Robinson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eketone has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Eketone tries to free his leg and advance position but Robinson is retaining full guard.
Eketone throws a strike but Robinson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Robinson gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Liam Robinson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Robinson lands with a hook. Eketone tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Robinson misses with an uppercut.

Robinson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Robinson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Eketone can't do much from the bottom here.
Robinson wants to stand but Eketone is controlling his arm.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson working away.
Eketone is looking for a sweep.
Eketone is trying to control Robinson's posture but Robinson avoids it.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Eketone tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Robinson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Eketone is working hard here to advance position.
Otikoro Eketone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Liam Robinson is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.

And that's the end of the fight!
Liam Robinson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Robinson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liam Robinson!