PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mikey Pepper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Robida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robida comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Walk kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Mikey Pepper could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Danny Robida's chin.

Pepper
vs
Robida

180 cm
20
190 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

198 cm
24
194 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Knockout power

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 New York, Mikey Pepper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Robida!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Alyssa Summers and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Pepper instigates a clinch.

Pepper tightens his grip and picks Robida up, before dumping him to the ground. Robida manages to land in guard.

Pepper stands and steps away. Robida gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
The fight stays on the outside here - Robida looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Pepper pushes Robida up against the cage in a clinch.
Robida trying to land knees to the body.
Good body shot from Pepper.
Robida is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Robida tries to land a knee to the head but Pepper blocks with his arms.
Robida tries to land knees in the clinch but Pepper avoids the damage to the body.
Pepper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Robida backwards.
Robida throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pepper gets through Robida's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Robida has a couple of punches blocked by Pepper.
Pepper stalling the fight.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pepper.
A right handed body shot lands from Robida.
Pepper lands a right hand.
Pepper's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.

Pepper manages to break the clinch.

Pepper shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Robida is trying to defend but Pepper finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice strikes from Pepper there.

Robida is rocked!
Pepper seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Pepper tries to pass to full mount but Robida defends it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pepper looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Robida scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Pepper manages to mount him!
Pepper scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Pepper landing strikes, looking to finish!
Robida wants to get back to his feet.
Pepper with a couple of short strikes.
Robida is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Pepper has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Robida's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pepper tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Robida is bucking up trying to escape but Pepper cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Pepper wants to control the pace but Robida is squirming around nicely.
Robida's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Robida in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
You get the feeling that Robida really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Robida looks gassed!
Robida is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Pepper content just to control the position here.
Pepper lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Robida hang on?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pepper looking to control and managing it successfully.
Robida is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Robida is squirming around, avoiding Pepper's attempts to control the action.
Pepper cracks Robida with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pepper is in the full mount, landing strikes.
A nice elbow there by Pepper.
Robida is still in real trouble! Can Pepper finish him?
Robida tries to buck Pepper off but he can't manage it.
Robida seems to have recovered his senses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pepper with good strikes from the mount here!
Pepper won't let Robida get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Pepper controlling the position easily from mount.
You get the feeling that Robida really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Pepper sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pepper scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mikey Pepper dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Pepper closes the distance and clinches.
Pepper lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Robida backwards.
Robida looking to throw knees to the head but Pepper is blocking nicely.
Pepper taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Pepper gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Pepper makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pepper managing to block the knees to the body from Robida.
Robida can't find room to land a body shot as Pepper controls the action.

Robida is fighting off a takedown attempt but Pepper is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Robida to the mat. Robida regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

Pepper gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Pepper moves into the clinch.
Pepper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Robida tries to land a knee to the head but Pepper blocks with his arms.
Pepper changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Robida fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Robida is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Robida pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Robida tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Pepper clinches with his opponent.
Pepper throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Robidas head.
Robida's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Robida is breathing heavily.
Pepper lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Pepper lands a takedown into guard.
Pepper stops Robida from standing up.

Robida is working an open guard so Pepper takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.

Pepper moves into range and clinches up with Robida.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Robida.
Pepper blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pepper fails to pull guard.
A short left from Pepper.
Robida letting Pepper take a breather here.
Robida swings wildly with an uppercut but Pepper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pepper lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Pepper pulls Robida into guard.
Robida trying to stand up but can't free himself from Pepper's guard.
Pepper is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Pepper might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Robida trying to stand up but can't free himself from Pepper's guard.
Pepper controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pepper striking off his back but it's not causing Robida any problems.
Robida tries to stand but Pepper is controlling from the bottom.
Pepper throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Pepper pushes Robida off and scrambles back to his feet.
Pepper uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Robida.

Pepper looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Robida!
Pepper is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Robida can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Robida squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pepper cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pepper lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Pepper controlling from the full mount.
Robida is trying to stand up.
Pepper looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Robida is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Pepper is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Robida can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Pepper lands a big shot there that rocks Robida but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Pepper fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Pepper with good strikes from the mount here!
Pepper lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pepper putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Pepper cracks Robida with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Pepper lands a big shot to the head and Robida winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mikey Pepper!