PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Derick Sprole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Robotnik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sprole comes to the ring accompanied by Youre Gonna Go Far, Kid. Robotnik has chosen Condemned 84 - Face the Aggression as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Sprole
vs
Robotnik

165 cm
20
142 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

163 cm
27
135 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Derick Sprole!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Carl Robotnik!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Sprole has Robotnik up against the ropes in a clinch.
Nice elbow from Sprole.
Sprole is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Robotnik is keeping busy.
Sprole scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Carl Robotnik has been cut.
Sprole connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sprole is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sprole tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sprole throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Robotnik blocks it with crossed arms.

Sprole breaks the clinch.
Robotnik tries for a takedown but Sprole sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

Sprole moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sprole lands a damaging elbow.
Sprole is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Sprole using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Robotnik is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sprole putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Robotnik in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sprole unloads a knee to the mid-section. Robotnik lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sprole with a knee to the head.
Sprole is trying to maintain a safe position but Robotnik gets an underhook and turns Sprole into the ropes.
Nice elbow from Sprole.
Sprole connects with a knee to the head.
Sprole using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Robotnik has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sprole blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A bit of stalling here from Sprole.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sprole connects with a nasty looking knee right to Robotnik's face.
Sprole with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sprole gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sprole lands an elbow that stopped Robotnik in his tracks for a moment.
Sprole gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Robotnik is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Sprole landing knees to the head.

That has opened up Carl Robotnik's cut even more.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sprole with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sprole throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sprole unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sprole connects with a knee to the head.
Sprole misses with a knee to the head.
Robotnik takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sprole tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sprole lands an elbow inside.
Sprole slows down the pace here.
Sprole lands a damaging elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sprole tries to land a knee to the head but Robotnik blocks with his arms.
Sprole comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Robotnik throws a punch but it's blocked by Sprole.
Robotnik is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Sprole connects with a knee to the head.
Sprole lands a knee to the body.
Robotnik takes an elbow to the forehead.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sprole lands an elbow inside.
Sprole creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Robotnik's defenses.
Robotnik takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derick Sprole dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carl Robotnik's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Robotnik forces Sprole back against the ropes and clinches.
Sprole landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sprole trying to control the position but instead, Robotnik has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sprole into the ropes.
Sprole with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sprole unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sprole displaying some good clinch control by pressing Robotnik up against the ropes.
Sprole using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sprole is trying to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robotnik looking to slow down the pace here.
Sprole lands a right hand that snaps the head of Robotnik backwards.
Sprole taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sprole manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Sprole landing knees to the head.
Sprole throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Robotnik blocks it with crossed arms.
Sprole using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Robotnik has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sprole scores a nice knee to the body.
Sprole landing knees to the head.
Sprole misses with a knee strike.
Sprole tries a knee to the head but Robotnik blocks it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Sprole.
Sprole taking a breather.
Sprole landing knees to the body.
Sprole tries to land a knee to the head but Robotnik blocks with his arms.
Sprole unloads a knee to the mid-section. Robotnik lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sprole tries to stall but Robotnik uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sprole using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Robotnik has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sprole is trying to break free.
Sprole is trying to stall.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Sprole looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sprole misses with a knee strike.
Sprole misses with a body punch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sprole lands an elbow just above Robotnik 's eye.
Sprole tries to stall but Robotnik uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sprole misses with a knee to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sprole lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Robotnik takes an elbow to the forehead.
Robotnik throws a head punch that misses.
Sprole tries to stall but Robotnik uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sprole pushes off an throws an elbow but Robotnik leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Sprole is trying to maintain a safe position but Robotnik gets an underhook and turns Sprole into the ropes.
Knees to the body from Sprole.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sprole stalls.
Sprole is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Derick Sprole dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Carl Robotnik's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Sprole tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Robotnik paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Derick Sprole is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Robotnik avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Robotnik shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Sprole is trying to defend but Robotnik finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Robotnik thows a huge punch but Sprole dodges it nicely.
Sprole slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Robotnik postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Robotnik pushes down on Sprole's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Robotnik throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Sprole to regain full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robotnik postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Robotnik accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Robotnik postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Robotnik throws a big right hand that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Robotnik looking to sit in guard and control but Sprole gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sprole with a flurry of punches that miss.
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.
Sprole pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Robotnik is keeping the position for now.
Robotnik manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robotnik landing strikes from the mount.
Sprole is bucking up trying to escape but Robotnik cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Robotnik looking to finish Sprole with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sprole!

Sprole is rocked!
Sprole is trying to escape the mount.
Oh Sprole is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A nice elbow there by Robotnik.
Robotnik has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Robotnik throwing strikes here but Sprole is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Robotnik connects with a bit shot that sees Sprole covering up! More strikes from Robotnik and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Robotnik is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Carl Robotnik!
Carl Robotnik seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.