PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Powell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Sleep (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Powell's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Thndrkss 65. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Powell
vs
Sleep

198 cm
21
257 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

225 cm
19
260 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Determined

Crushed Designs (90% return on laundry service)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Robert Powell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Arthur Sleep!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Paul Tew and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powell fails with the takedown.
Sleep is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Sleep wants to land a leg kick but Powell is out of range.
Sleep misses with a double jab.
Sleep misses with a jab, cross combination.

Powell drives through and clinches with Sleep against the ropes.
Sleep working hard to break the clinch.

Powell gets control of Sleep's arms and successfully pulls guard. Powell will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Powell looking for a sweep. Not yet Powell, not yet.
Powell pulls Sleep in to control the position.
Powell on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Powell tries to get out of the position.

Powell has his foot on Sleep's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sleep works his way back into a safe position though.
Powell throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

Powell has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sleep can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Powell might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Powell is adopting a defensive guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Powell is trying to control the position but Sleep postures up.
Sleep has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Powell is proving hard to escape from.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Powell is on top in guard.
Powell looking to pass the guard.

Sleep has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Powell off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Sleep tries to land a leg kick but Powell saw it coming and moves away.
Sleep fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sleep tries to score with a low kick but Powell moves his leg out of the way.
A nice combination there by Sleep.

It looks like Robert Powell has been cut.
Powell misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sleep keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Powell is trying hard to land a takedown here. Sleep sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robert Powell. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sleep connects with a right hand. Powell shakes it off.
Arthur Sleep is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Powell shoots for a takedown but Sleep saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sleep leaves Powell with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Powell closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Powell is breathing heavily.
Sleep is trying to stand back up but Powell is controlling him

Powell is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Powell lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Powell missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sleep wants to get back to his feet.
Powell working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Powell works his foot free and advances to mount.
Sleep is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
BOOM! Powell connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sleep really wants to buck Powell off and get back to his feet.
Powell lands with some strikes.
Powell 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Powell is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sleep can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

Sleep is rocked!
Powell loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Sleep scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Powell land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Powell stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robert Powell!
An out of breath Robert Powell thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.