PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ramses Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jumo Sudo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roberts comes to the cage accompanied by Gers Pardoel - Ik Neem Je Mee. Sudo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Roy Jones - Can't Be Touched kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jumo Sudo is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Roberts
vs
Sudo

209 cm
30
288 lbs
19 - 11 - 0

225 cm
29
301 lbs
16 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Hell's Balls Recovery (160)
[CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « SFL ↑ 5x160Q

Conviction
Convicted Trap House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ramses Roberts!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jumo Sudo!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberts fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sudo manages to avoid it.
Sudo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Roberts counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Roberts throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Roberts digs a good body shot into Sudo's ribs.
Roberts throws a poor cross that misses
and Sudo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good exchange - Roberts coming out on top.
Horrible takedown by Roberts or perhaps it was just good defense by Sudo which made him look bad.
Roberts fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sudo ducks under a wild hook from Roberts.
Roberts tries to clinch up but Sudo circles away and keeps his distance.
Roberts shoots in looking for a takedown but Sudo manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Roberts's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Roberts misses with a leg kick
and Sudo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Roberts throws a head kick but Sudo moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Roberts.
Roberts takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts misses with a body shot.
Roberts connects with the punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sudo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roberts.
Roberts lands with a nice body kick.
Roberts throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Sudo on the side of the head.
Roberts tries to clinch but Sudo moves out of range.
Roberts throws a lazy head kick
and Sudo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice defenses there by Roberts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sudo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Roberts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sudo moves away.
Roberts just misses with a punch to the body.
A shot to the body from Roberts misses
and Sudo counters with a leg kick.
Sudo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roberts was well out of range. Poor timing from Sudo.
Sudo misses the shot to the body.
Sudo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Roberts throws a jab but it's blocked by Sudo.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts misses with a hook
and Sudo counters with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Sudo.
Roberts throws a head kick that misses
and Sudo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Roberts is looking to clinch but Sudo is avoiding it.
Sudo avoids the body shot from Roberts.
Roberts throws a lazy uppercut
and Sudo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Roberts thinking.
Sudo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Roberts rather than just go for the knockout.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Roberts.
Sudo takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A chopping leg kick lands by Roberts.
Roberts throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Roberts tries to clinch but Sudo moves away
and Roberts takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Roberts missing with a left hand there. Sudo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sudo slaps away a takedown attempt from Roberts, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ramses Roberts. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sudo keeps the fight on the outside.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Roberts swings widly with a right hand
and Sudo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberts digs a good hook to Sudo's body.
Sudo stuffs the takedown.
Roberts scores with a leg kick.
Sudo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice jab there from Sudo.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Roberts swings widly with a right hand
and Sudo counters with a lovely straight right hand!

Sudo darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Sudo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Roberts defending well though.

Sudo is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Roberts moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Roberts will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Roberts avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Roberts controls Sudo momentarily but Sudo frees himself.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Roberts wants to sweep but no luck.
Roberts might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sudo throws a strike but Roberts rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Roberts wants to pass the guard but Sudo is keeping the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sudo is controlling Roberts's posture.
Sudo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Roberts is one step ahead there.
Roberts throwing strikes but missing.
Sudo pulls Roberts in close to prevent any damage.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Roberts trying to control the position from guard on top but Sudo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Roberts.
Sudo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sudo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Roberts moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ramses Roberts dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Roberts.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Roberts here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Sudo checks a leg kick.
Nice jab there from Roberts.

Roberts closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Sudo's guard.

Sudo is looking for a triangle but Roberts pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roberts looking to pass the guard.
Sudo controls Roberts momentarily but Roberts frees himself.
Roberts wants to control from the top but Sudo keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Sudo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Roberts wants to control from the top but Sudo keeps moving.
Sudo has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Sudo is trying to control the position but Roberts postures up.
Roberts postures up in Sudo's guard and throws a big left but Sudo blocks it.
Roberts in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Roberts missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sudo pulls Roberts in close to his closed guard and prevents Roberts from doing any damage or advancing position.
Roberts trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts postures up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Roberts accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Jumo Sudo wasn't active enough on the ground.
Sudo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sudo throws out a powerful jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sudo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Roberts misses.
Sudo tries to land a front kick but Roberts steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Roberts fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sudo moves out of range of the strikes.
Sudo has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Roberts fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sudo.
Roberts fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The fighters circling - Roberts throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An inside leg kick from Roberts misses.
Sudo chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Sudo.
Roberts dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sudo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roberts tries to clinch up
and Sudo counters with a stiff right hand.
Roberts misses with a leg kick.
Sudo moves out of range of the body kick from Roberts.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sudo lands a front kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sudo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roberts.
Sudo avoids a kick to the body.
Jab by Sudo.

It looks like Ramses Roberts has been cut.
Roberts shoots in and drives through. Sudo sprawls well.
Roberts lands a glancing blow to the side of Sudo's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberts looks to clinch
and Sudo counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Roberts throws a head kick but Sudo moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Roberts misses

so Sudo counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Roberts is controlling Sudo's posture.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Roberts is on top in guard.
Roberts slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Sudo pulls Roberts in close to his closed guard and prevents Roberts from doing any damage or advancing position.
Sudo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sudo pulls Roberts in to control the position.
Sudo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Roberts trying to control but Sudo is working from the bottom.

We're going to have a standup here because Ramses Roberts wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Sudo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Roberts attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sudo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sudo has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Roberts.
Roberts checks the leg kick.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Roberts looks to score with a jab to the body but Sudo is just out of range.
Sudo lands with a nice body kick.
Roberts moves out of range of the body kick from Sudo.
Roberts throws a looping overhand right but Sudo ducks down to avoid it.
Ramses Roberts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sudo jabs Roberts to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roberts pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sudo takes a swing at Roberts's ribcage but misses.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Roberts throws a right hand that misses
and Sudo counters with a left to the body.
Jumo Sudo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sudo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Roberts throws a leg kick
and Sudo counters with an outside leg kick.
Roberts looks to land a left hand but Sudo moved out of range nicely.
Roberts motions for Sudo to come forward. Roberts throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Roberts attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Roberts misses with a left hand
and Sudo counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jumo Sudo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Ramses Roberts's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sudo throws the kick towards the body but Roberts avoids it.
Roberts walks into a stiff left hand from Sudo.
Sudo moves forwards but Roberts connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A head kick misses from Sudo.
Roberts thows a body shot but no joy.

Roberts scores a takedown into full mount!
Sudo doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Sudo wants to control but Roberts is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts tries to control but Sudo wriggling away.
Roberts controlling from the full mount.
Sudo wants to hold on but Roberts pushes him away.
Sudo gets back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roberts works his way into full mount!
Jumo Sudo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sudo tries to hold on but Roberts pushes him away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sudo looks a forlorn figure.
Roberts can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sudo is looking to escape.
Roberts with a couple of short strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sudo tries to hold on but Roberts pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Roberts.
Roberts lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Roberts can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sudo is looking to escape.
Roberts dominating with strikes here.

Sudo is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Sudo in real trouble here! The ref calls for Sudo to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ramses Roberts!
Ramses Roberts retains his super heavyweight title!
Ramses Roberts very nearly forgot to thank [CBK] The Smashwear Corporation amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.