PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leg Day (ranked 3650 p4p, 4323 weight class) and David Robert (ranked 487 p4p, 537 weight class). Leg Day has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Day
vs
Robert

185 cm
26
190
2 - 3 - 0

178 cm
21
185
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Leg Day!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, David Robert!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Day throws a nice outside leg kick.
Day connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Robert wants to clinch
and Day counters with a nice low kick that buckles Robert's knee momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Day. That's going to slow Robert down.
Robert shoots and misses

and Day counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Day.
Day connects with a nasty looking knee right to Robert's face.

It looks like David Robert has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Day.
Day scores a nice knee to the body.
Robert looking to slow down the pace here.
Day with a knee to the head.
Robert looks winded!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Day lands a good knee to the midsection. Robert won't want to take too many of those.
Our sources have told us that Day has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Day landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Day is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Day unloads a knee to the mid-section. Robert lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Day scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Day.
Robert takes a knee to the side of the body.

Day breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Day connects with a solid leg kick.
Day scores with a head kick.

Day gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Day lands a nice knee to the body.
Day unloads a knee to the mid-section. Robert lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Day utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Day using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Robert takes a knee to the side of the body.
Day utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Day unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Day lands a good knee to the midsection. Robert won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Day.

Day escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Day lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

Day lands a big head kick that sends Robert tumbling to the mat! Day takes a step backwards and waves Robert back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Robert is rocked!
Day thumps Robert with a low kick.
Robert is still on wobbly legs! Can Day finish him?
Robert on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Both fighters circling a little - Day finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Robert crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Day - the referee stops the clock and Robert gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Day. Robert manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Robert takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Robert wants to stay close but Day steps back to make room for something. Robert seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Day and Robert drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Leg Day!
After winning the bout, Leg Day thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.