PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Camden McCray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Roberts might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to The Legion of Doom Theme. Camden McCray struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.9lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Roberts
vs
McCray

193 cm
20
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

Deadly Clothing

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jake Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Camden McCray!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Bruno Lombardi and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberts avoids a punch combination nicely.
McCray misses with a few strikes there.
Roberts changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Roberts closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A short uppercut from Roberts.
Roberts lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

Roberts's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Roberts takes the fight into the clinch.
Roberts lands a left hand that snaps the head of McCray backwards.
Still in the clinch, Roberts scores with a nice short uppercut.
Roberts has McCray pressed against the cage, preventing McCray from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
McCray is looking to break free of the clinch but Roberts has double underhooks.

Roberts breaks the clinch.
Roberts throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McCray.

McCray gets caught flat footed, as Roberts shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Roberts distracts McCray with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
McCray really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Roberts. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Roberts cracks McCray with a solid left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberts postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Roberts lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McCray looks gassed!
Roberts working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of McCray's head.

McCray is rocked!
Roberts chips away with some ground and pound.

Roberts drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Roberts jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts is working McCray over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
McCray has momentary wrist control but Roberts slips an elbow through the middle.
Roberts trying to control but McCray is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Roberts accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Roberts cracks McCray with a solid left hand.
McCray wants to stand and escape but Roberts is having none of it.
Roberts is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Roberts lands a couple of digs.

Roberts thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Roberts stands up over McCray, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Roberts scoring with some ground and pound.
McCray wants to stand and escape but Roberts is having none of it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts connects with a couple of short punches.
Roberts has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Roberts lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

Roberts drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Roberts jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Roberts is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
McCray wants to get back to his feet but Roberts passes into half guard.
Roberts scoring with strikes to the body and head.
McCray is looking to get back to is feet but Roberts passes into side control.

Roberts has hold of McCray's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! McCray tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Roberts cranks the arm and McCray screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from McCray, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Jake Roberts!