PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benjy Roberts (ranked 3721 p4p, 5674 weight class) and Larry Underwood (ranked 0 p4p, 607 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Roberts
vs
Underwood

191 cm
24
216
2 - 1 - 0

191 cm
21
210
3 - 4 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Benjy Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Larry Underwood!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Aafke Stam and Daniel Blasius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberts lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Roberts has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Area 51 MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Underwood jabs Roberts to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Underwood has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Roberts misses with an uppercut.
Underwood scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Larry Underwood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roberts bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Roberts appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Underwood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roberts was well out of range. Poor timing from Underwood.
Roberts was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Underwood changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Underwood tries to bum rush Roberts with a series of wild strikes but Roberts uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Roberts showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Underwood.
Roberts throws out a powerful jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Underwood looks to land a left hand but Roberts moved out of range nicely.
Underwood throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Roberts connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Underwood missing with a left hand there. Roberts was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Underwood throws a right hand that Roberts ducks under and follows up with a left that Roberts also avoids with ease.
Underwood takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Roberts!

Roberts feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Underwood sprawling to the canvas! Underwood rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Roberts finish him?!

Underwood is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roberts darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Underwood's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Roberts before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Benjy Roberts!
A relieved looking Benjy Roberts thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.