PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Stone Cold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Real Deal Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cold's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Stone Cold Steve Austin Theme. Real Deal Roberts has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Stone Cold's chin.

Cold
vs
Deal Roberts

190 cm
19
135 lbs
5 - 9 - 0

187 cm
25
134 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Heavy handed

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 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Stone Cold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Real Deal Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Damien Edna and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cold with a poor takedown
and Roberts counters with a low kick, right behind Cold 's knee.
Cold rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Roberts counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cold fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cold fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stone Cold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roberts fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cold showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roberts.
Roberts displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cold.
Roberts scores with a three punch combo!
A nice leg kick lands there from Roberts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Roberts wants it to stay on the feet.
Cold shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Roberts sprawls well. Roberts wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cold gets slowly back to his feet.
Roberts lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cold misses with a takedown

and Roberts holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Cold looking to stall.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Roberts.
Roberts tries to break the clinch but Cold is controlling the position.
Roberts is pushing Cold up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts is looking to break free of the clinch but Cold has double underhooks.
Cold can't get the takedown.

Roberts breaks the clinch.
A combination from Cold does no damage.
Cold doesn't manage to clinch there - Roberts circles away.
Roberts misses with a two punch combination.
Horrible takedown by Cold or perhaps it was just good defense by Roberts which made him look bad.
Cold throws a head kick but Roberts moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cold.
Roberts lands a two punch combo.
Roberts throws a series of strikes that have Cold backpedaling.
Left hook, right uppercut from Roberts.
Roberts looks winded!
Roberts throws a one two combo.
Cold really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cold tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cold has a takedown stuffed.
Roberts misses with a combination
and Cold counters with a head kick. That will keep Roberts thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Roberts pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cold back to the cage. Roberts follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Cold throws a wild body kick that Roberts sees coming a mile off.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cold's sensitive parts.
Cold shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cold scores with a head kick.
Cold throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cold fails with a takedown attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roberts throws a half hearted mid kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cold fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cold throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Real Deal Roberts will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Cold slips a jab and a cross from Roberts.
Roberts displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cold.
Real Deal Roberts seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cold showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roberts.
Danga de danga de dang - Roberts scores with a four punch combination!
Roberts scores with a one two! Cold had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Cold is defended easily by Roberts.
Roberts connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Roberts is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts avoids the body shot from Cold.
Cold tries to clinch there but Roberts circles away.
Roberts stuffs the takedown attempt from Cold. Cold gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stone Cold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roberts lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Roberts will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Roberts keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Roberts throws a leg kick which misses Cold's front leg but catches the back leg as Cold tries to avoid it.
Roberts is working the combinations to good effect here.
Roberts closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Stone Cold is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Roberts looks to land a combination but Cold avoids it well.
Cold fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Cold throws a head kick that misses.
Roberts stuffs the takedown.
Roberts avoids a kick to the body.
Cold tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Roberts defends well and Cold ends up having to push Roberts into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Roberts has had enough of the clinch but Cold keeps him there for the moment.
Roberts is trying to maintain a safe position but Cold gets an underhook and turns Roberts into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cold has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Roberts avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Roberts is looking to break free of the clinch but Cold has double underhooks.

Cold breaks the clinch.
Stone Cold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cold will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
We've been informed that Roberts has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Cold looks for the body kick but Roberts saw that one coming.
Roberts lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Cold shoots in for a takedown but Roberts shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A combination from Roberts does no damage.
Cold throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Roberts takes a head kick and keeps coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Roberts.
Cold tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Roberts swats away the attempt to clinch by Cold.
Roberts throws a solid leg kick but Cold takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Roberts.
Roberts displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cold.
Cold will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Roberts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Real Deal Roberts showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

The fight stays on the outside here - Cold looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cold.
Cold shoots in for a double leg but Roberts sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cold misses with a body kick.
Cold takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Roberts throws a one two combo.
Cold takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cold shoots in for a takedown but Roberts shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stone Cold. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roberts scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cold doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cold shoots in but Roberts avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Roberts slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Roberts lands a nice shot that snaps Cold's head back.
Cold tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Roberts stuffs the takedown attempt from Cold. Cold gets slowly back to his feet.
Roberts scores with a jab to the head.
Cold shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Roberts as he avoids it easily.
Roberts shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Cold eats them both and turns towards Roberts to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cold tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Roberts lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cold tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Roberts manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Roberts misses with a series of wild punches.
Sloppy strikes from Roberts. Those never looked like landing.
Cold wants to clinch up but Roberts keeps it at a distance.
Cold is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cold moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts avoids the body shot from Cold.
Roberts lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Cold shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Roberts but Roberts pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cold tries to close the distance and clinch but Roberts swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cold is looking to chop away at Roberts's legs.
Roberts displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cold.
Cold lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Roberts circles away quickly and effectively.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cold wants to clinch.
Roberts stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Roberts wants it to stay on the feet.
Roberts throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Roberts throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cold fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cold slips a jab and a cross from Roberts.
Cold looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Stone Cold has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Real Deal Roberts is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Roberts with a body punch. A glancing blow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Real Deal Roberts comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Roberts has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Real Deal Roberts!