PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Robert Roszkowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bert Ernie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Roszkowski
vs
Ernie

175 cm
25
163 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

179 cm
29
131 lbs
17 - 24 - 0

Good takedowns
Brawler
Self confident

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Robert Roszkowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 24 - 0, fighting out of London, Bert Ernie!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ernie shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Ernie was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Roszkowski is looking to get to half guard.
Ernie avoids the attempt from Roszkowski to control.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ernie cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

Ernie gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Roszkowski fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ernie throws a nice looking combination but Roszkowski bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Ernie pushes Roszkowski up against the cage in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Ernie breaks the clinch.
Ernie stuffs the takedown.

Ernie decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ernie slips a nice elbow through Roszkowski's hands, connecting with Roszkowski's forehead.
Roszkowski has hold of Ernie's hands but Ernie slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roszkowski is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Roszkowski works his way to full guard. Good work.
Ernie trying to control but Roszkowski is working from the bottom.
Ernie controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ernie postures up in Roszkowski's guard and throws a big left but Roszkowski blocks it.
Ernie slips nicely into half guard.

Roszkowski actively working from the bottom here.

Ernie escapes and gets back to his feet.

Ernie drives through with a takedown into guard.

Roszkowski is looking for a triangle but Ernie pushes his legs off easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ernie postures up.
Roszkowski is breathing heavily.
Ernie working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Ernie passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Roszkowski is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Ernie has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Ernie has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Roszkowski is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Ernie yanks on the arm and Roszkowski is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Ernie.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bert Ernie!
Bert Ernie decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.