PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Brown
vs
Roberts

185 cm
25
178 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
19
170 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Paul Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeff Roberts!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberts misses with a wild body shot.
Brown lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Brown lands a nice shot that snaps Roberts's head back.
A nice combination there by Brown.
Brown with a nice cross.
Roberts misses with a wild body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Brown.
Roberts blocks a jab.
Roberts throws a body kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roberts looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Roberts takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Roberts walks into a straight right hand from Brown.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Roberts eats them both and turns towards Brown to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Some wild striking there from Brown.
A right-left combo lands from Brown.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts misses with a few strikes there.
Brown loads up on a big right hand but Roberts slips the punch.
Brown connects with a crisp jab.
Brown comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Brown lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Roberts backs up against the cage.
Brown showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roberts.
Roberts is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Roberts tries a head kick but it misses.
Roberts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brown lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Roberts at a distance.
Brown throws a body punch but Roberts moves out of range.
Roberts misses with an attempted mid kick.
Brown throws a shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown scores with a one two! Roberts had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brown punishes Roberts's body with a nice straight punch.
Brown is working the combinations to good effect here.
Roberts is looking to score with low kicks.
Some wild striking there from Brown.
Roberts will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Roberts is looking to clinch but Brown is avoiding it.
Brown fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Brown lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Roberts is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Brown scores with a jab.
Roberts showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brown.
Roberts tries to clinch up.
Brown lands a nice looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brown blocks the body kick.
Roberts throws a front kick aimed at Brown's knee but Brown avoids it well.
Brown connects with a looping right hand.
Brown throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Roberts on the side of the head.
Brown lands a right hook to the body.
Roberts throws the kick towards the body but Brown avoids it.
Brown slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Roberts, as that shot connected.
Brown scores with a hook to the body. Roberts takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Roberts is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brown.
Roberts looks gassed!
Brown rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Roberts moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Roberts throws out a powerful jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown keeps the fight on the outside.
Brown slips a straight right by Roberts.
Brown lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Roberts throws a nice looking combination but Brown bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Paul Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roberts walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Brown scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nice jab there from Brown.
Roberts fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Brown is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Roberts shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown's corner calls for a 1-2. Brown obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Brown misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brown scores with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Brown dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Roberts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roberts.
Roberts slips a jab and a cross from Brown.
Roberts thows a body shot but no joy.
Brown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Brown. That snapped Roberts's head back.
Brown cracks Roberts with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Roberts looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Paul Brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brown misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roberts.
Brown scores with a nice right hand.
Good exchange - Brown coming out on top.
Brown scores with a sloppy right hand. Roberts should have avoided that one.
Nice shot by Brown.

Roberts moves into the clinch successfully.
Roberts has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Brown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Roberts keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brown.
Good exchange - Brown coming out on top.
Brown staying out of range there.
Nice shot by Brown.

Roberts has closed the distance and engaged Brown in a clinch.
Roberts can't get the takedown.

Roberts escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brown rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Roberts moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Roberts misses with an uppercut. Brown saw that one coming.
Roberts slips a straight right by Brown.
Paul Brown is winning the standup battle so far.
Brown scores with a three punch combo!
Roberts blocks a jab.
Brown blocks a head kick by Roberts.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts throws a sloppy head kick and Brown moves out of range easily.
A slow jab from Brown misses its intended target.
Brown fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Roberts on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown lands an overhand right.
Brown swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Roberts tries a head kick but it misses.
Brown takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Brown takes a swing at Roberts's ribcage but misses.
Brown connects with a crisp jab.
Roberts lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Roberts throws a wild body kick that Brown sees coming a mile off.
Roberts drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Brown duly obliges.
Brown scores with a jab to the head.
Brown slips a jab and a cross from Roberts.
Roberts throws a half hearted mid kick.
Brown lands with a good body shot.
A punch combination from Brown misses.
Roberts takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Roberts looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Brown throws a combination. Roberts tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Brown looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brown misses with a hook
and Roberts counters with a one-two to the body.
Roberts tries to clinch but Brown moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a series of punches but Roberts moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberts throws a head kick but Brown moves out of range.
Brown throws a shot to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Brown there.
Left hook, right uppercut from Brown.

Roberts pushes Brown up against the cage in a clinch.
Brown wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brown wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Roberts has him pressed against the cage.

Brown breaks the clinch.
Brown lands a really nice looking cross but Roberts seems unphased.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brown loads up on a big right hand but Roberts slips the punch.
Brown misses with an uppercut. Roberts saw that one coming.
Brown stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Brown dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Roberts clinches up against the cage.
Brown is trying to push Roberts away but Roberts has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Brown tries to break the clinch but Roberts is controlling the position.

Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Roberts gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch but Brown swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Roberts keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brown.
Brown rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Roberts moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Good work by Brown as he checks the leg kick.
A slow jab from Brown misses its intended target.
A big right from Brown misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Brown misses the target.
Brown throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Roberts sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Roberts.
Roberts misses with a kick to the body.
Brown swinging wildly here.
Roberts throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Roberts displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brown throws out the jab.
Brown throws an overhand right that lands on Roberts's shoulder, as Roberts tries to avoid the shot.
Brown looks to land a right hand but Roberts moved out of range.
Roberts tries to clinch up.
The fighters circle momentarily. Roberts darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Roberts is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Brown misses with a left hand
and Roberts counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Roberts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts doesn't manage to clinch there - Brown circles away.
Brown cracks Roberts with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Roberts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brown circles away quickly and effectively.
Sloppy strikes from Brown. Those never looked like landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters circling - Roberts throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brown swings for the body but Roberts moves out of range.
Roberts tries a head kick but it misses.
Roberts takes a jab right on the kisser.
Roberts misses with a head kick.
Roberts misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
Brown dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Roberts is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Robertss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Brown fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Roberts on the side of the head.
Brown's corner calls for a 1-2. Brown obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Roberts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brown circles away quickly and effectively.
Brown feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Robertss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Roberts tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brown misses with a wild combination.
Roberts looks to land a body kick but Brown moved away.
Brown getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nice cross by Brown.
Brown misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brown.
Brown misses the jab.
Brown looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Roberts tries a head kick but it misses.
Brown throws a series of punches but Roberts avoids them all with ease.
Roberts throws a front kick aimed at Brown's knee but Brown avoids it well.
A jab lands there for Brown.
Roberts has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Brown finds it's way round the side to connect with Roberts's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roberts throws a half hearted mid kick.
Brown with a jab.
Jeff Roberts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roberts throws a head kick that misses.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Brown showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Brown, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Brown!