PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Roy Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Osiris Ital (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robinson comes to the cage accompanied by Redemption!!! from the movie Rocky II. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Robinson
vs
Ital

180 cm
23
154 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

178 cm
23
159 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roy Robinson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Osiris Ital!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Ital clinches up against the cage.
Ital will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Robinson up against the cage.
Ital lands a body shot.
Robinson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ital goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Robinson misses with the head strike.
Ital content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ital blocks a body shot from Robinson.
Robinson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ital working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Robinson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ital's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Ital tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Robinson's elbow.
Ital tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ital blocks a body shot from Robinson.
Robinson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Ital.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ital slows down the pace here.
Robinson blocks an uppercut.
Ital lands a shoulder strike.
Ital tries a body shot but Robinson blocks it.
Robinson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ital's elbow.
A short right from Ital.
Robinson swings wildly with an uppercut but Ital uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ital lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Robinson misses with some punches.
Ital throws a head punch that misses.
Ital is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Ital throws a head punch that misses.
Robinson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ital's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson lands a hook that snaps the head of Ital backwards.
Robinson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ital misses with a punch to the body.
Ital tries to throw a body punch but Robinson avoids it by throwing Ital back against the cage.
Robinson misses with a punch to the body.
Ital lands a hook that snaps the head of Robinson backwards.
Ital lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Robinson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ital is trying to maintain a safe position but Robinson gets an underhook and turns Ital into the cage.
Ital goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Ital escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ital just misses with a punch to the body.
A slow jab from Ital misses its intended target.
Left hook, right uppercut from Robinson.

Robinson catches Ital napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Ital to the canvas!

Ital is rocked!
Robinson arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Ital's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Roy Robinson!
Roy Robinson retains his featherweight title!
An out of breath Roy Robinson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.