PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Bartholomew Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and lamb chops (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). lamb chops is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Roberts
vs
chops

173 cm
20
130 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

200 cm
22
140 lbs
11 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bartholomew Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, lamb chops!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Wagner Zegers and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberts throws a leg kick but chops sees it coming and checks it nicely.
chops shoots in for a double leg but Roberts sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Roberts throws a nice outside leg kick.
Roberts throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Roberts throws a leg kick which misses chops's front leg but catches the back leg as chops tries to avoid it.
chops tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
chops tries to score a power double leg takedown but Roberts sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten chops somewhat.
chops looks gassed!
chops has a takedown stuffed.
Bartholomew Roberts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of lamb chops.
chops takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Roberts lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Roberts pushes chops away with a front kick.
Roberts turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
chops avoids a kick to the body.
Roberts connects with a solid leg kick.
chops chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Roberts can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts keeps chops at a distance using the push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roberts connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Roberts stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Roberts wants it to stay on the feet.
chops 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.
Roberts fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and chops has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
chops chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Roberts can pounce on him.
An inside leg kick lands from Roberts.
Roberts fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and chops has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Roberts scoring well with a low kick there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts is looking to slow chops down with leg kicks.
Roberts dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on chops. That did some damage!
chops 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.
A slapping leg kick lands for Roberts.
Roberts connects with a leg kick. chops looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Roberts lands a nice looking body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Roberts.
chops's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Roberts lands a high kick!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberts misses with an attempted mid kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Roberts finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Roberts throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Roberts scores with a nice body kick.
chops has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Roberts.
Roberts really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
chops tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
chops takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Roberts lands a leg kick that knocks chops off balance momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

A slapping leg kick lands for Roberts.
Roberts is looking to slow chops down with leg kicks.
Roberts tries a head kick but it misses.
Good leg kick by Roberts there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from chops.
chops fails with a takedown attempt.
Roberts fakes the leg kick and cracks chops in the body.
chops is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
chops has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Roberts.
Roberts misses with a body kick.
Roberts moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Roberts throws a quick inside leg kick.
chops steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Roberts. That one must have hurt.
chops has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Roberts.
chops has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Roberts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
chops takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Roberts looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
chops takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Bartholomew Roberts is winning the standup battle so far.
Roberts connects with a solid leg kick.
Roberts lands a nice leg kick that just misses chops's sensitive parts.
A slapping body kick lands there for Roberts.
Roberts lands a leg kick that knocks chops off balance momentarily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Roberts. That's going to slow chops down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
chops throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Roberts's waist but Roberts gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing chops off to one side.
Bartholomew Roberts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of lamb chops.
Roberts connects with a solid leg kick.
Roberts throws a leg kick which misses chops's front leg but catches the back leg as chops tries to avoid it.
Roberts lands a nice looking kick to the body. chops takes a step back to recover.
A slapping leg kick lands for Roberts.
Roberts buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
chops misses with an uppercut.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Roberts lands with a thumping leg kick.
chops is trying desperately to land a takedown but Roberts is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for chops.
Roberts feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to chops's calf.
Roberts stuffs the takedown.
Roberts throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Good leg kick by Roberts there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! chops crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Roberts - the referee stops the clock and chops gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Roberts. chops manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Roberts is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that chops can do to turn this around?
Roberts throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bartholomew Roberts dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

chops chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Roberts can pounce on him.
chops on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Roberts. Roberts obviously looking to wear him down.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but chops might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Roberts has got the better of the exchanges.
chops fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A jab from chops misses.
Roberts throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
chops takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Roberts turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Roberts lands a nice leg kick that just misses chops's sensitive parts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Roberts.
Roberts lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Roberts moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Roberts fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt chops.
Roberts moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Roberts connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Roberts with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Roberts lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
lamb chops has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
chops takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberts throws a sloppy head kick and chops moves out of range easily.
Roberts chopping away at his opponent's legs.
chops looks for a takedown but Roberts sprawls well.
Roberts is looking to slow chops down with leg kicks.
chops misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roberts.
Bartholomew Roberts is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
chops takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Roberts throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
chops has a takedown stuffed.
Bartholomew Roberts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of lamb chops.
Roberts lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Roberts lands with a kick to the temple. chops shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
chops has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Roberts.
Roberts lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bartholomew Roberts is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Roberts lands with a thumping leg kick.
Roberts displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as chops throws out the jab.
chops misses with a looping right.
chops misses with a hook. Roberts ducked under it nicely.
Roberts tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roberts with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Roberts connects with a leg kick. chops looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bartholomew Roberts showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Roberts has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Nard Betker scores the fight for Bartholomew Roberts!
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight for Bartholomew Roberts!
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for Bartholomew Roberts!

Bartholomew Roberts wins by unanimous decision!