PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Gold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gold has chosen Fire Bug as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Robinson
vs
Gold

194 cm
28
240 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

199 cm
22
272 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Al Gold!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Micheangelo Fripello and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gold looks to throw the jab but Robinson is out of range.
Gold throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Robinson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gold.
Robinson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

Robinson looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Robinson wants to pass the guard but Gold is keeping the position.
Gold wants to improve his position but instead Robinson has moved into half guard.
Gold is not content to let Robinson control the position.
Robinson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Robinson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Robinson thows a huge punch but Gold dodges it nicely.
Robinson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Gold trying to control but Robinson postures up.
Gold felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Robinson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Robinson works his way into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson misses with the ground and pound.
Robinson is chipping away with strikes.
Robinson trying to control the action but Gold is working from the bottom.
Robinson is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Gold will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Gold is trying to get back to his feet.
Robinson staying calm.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson misses with the ground and pound.

Robinson working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Gold tries to escape but Robinson is in control.
Robinson moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Gold is avoiding damage well.
Robinson throws an elbow but Gold slips to the side and avoids it well.
Gold wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Robinson is looking to take a break and control but Gold is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Robinson wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gold, who protects the arm well.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gold is being controlled here.
Robinson has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Gold!
Robinson is landing with some decent strikes but Gold is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Robinson trying to control but Gold is having none of it.
Robinson controlling his opponent.
Gold blocking the ground and pound.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Robinson working the ground and pound effectively.
Robinson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robinson working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Robinson looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Robinson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Gold takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Robinson tries to control but Gold wriggling away.
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.
Robinson lands a big elbow.
Robinson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Poor strikes thrown by Robinson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Robinson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robinson lands a couple of good shots and Gold has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Robinson.
Robinson missing with strikes from the back.
Gold has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Robinson.
Gold prevents Robinson from getting a body triangle.
Robinson punches the canvas rather than the man.
Gold really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Robinson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gold looking very determined here, making life difficult for Robinson.
Robinson throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Robinson throwing wild punches that miss their target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gold is taking damage to the body and head.
Gold is keeping busy.
Gold looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nick Robinson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Robinson ducks under a wild hook from Gold.
Robinson ducks under a wild hook from Gold.
Robinson keeps the fight on the outside.

Robinson throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Gold tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Robinson is in Gold's guard.
Nick Robinson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Robinson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Robinson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gold can do to turn this around?
Robinson trying to control the position from guard on top but Gold is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Robinson passes into half guard.

Robinson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Robinson trying to mount his opponent but Gold defends it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Robinson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gold keeps working.
Robinson is looking to advance position but Gold won't allow it.
Robinson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Robinson here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Robinson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Robinson is trying to control. Gold wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Robinson controlling the action here.
Robinson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Robinson controlling the action here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Gold is staying active underneath Robinson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Nick Robinson.
Gold is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Robinson.
A punch combination from Gold misses.
Robinson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gold's waist but Gold gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Robinson off to one side.
Gold throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gold is breathing heavily.
Nice defenses there by Robinson.
Robinson misses with a two punch combination.
Gold misses with a looping right.

Robinson manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Gold on his heels. He'll look to pass Gold's guard now, I'm sure.
Robinson throwing strikes but missing.
Robinson is working Gold over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Robinson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson controlling from the top position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gold preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gold keeping moving, preventing Robinson from controlling successfully.

Robinson is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Robinson is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Robinson passes Gold's left leg - he's now in half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Gold can do anything to dispel that myth.
Robinson controlling the action here.

Gold is defending against the submission attempts here by Robinson.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Robinson is pressing down on Gold's thigh, looking to free his foot. Gold is holding on for now.
Robinson throwing shots but Gold is blocking nicely.
Robinson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Nick Robinson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.

Robinson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Still in half guard, Robinson seems content to control.

Robinson is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gold defends it well.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Robinson thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Robinson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Robinson controlling from the full mount.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Robinson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gold looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Robinson looking to control and managing it successfully.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Robinson showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Robinson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight for Nick Robinson!
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight for Nick Robinson!
Judge Josh West scores the fight for Nick Robinson!

Nick Robinson wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Nick Robinson rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.