PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Richard Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Cutler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jay Cutler enters the cage!

Robinson
vs
Cutler

179 cm
21
183 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

190 cm
27
186 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Richard Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jay Cutler!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cutler blocks a head kick by Robinson.

Robinson darts in and clinches Cutler up against the cage.
Nice elbow from Robinson.
Cutler pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Robinson blocks an uppercut.
Robinson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Robinson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cutler.
Robinson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cutler misses with the head strike.
Robinson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cutler blocks it with crossed arms.
Cutler on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Robinson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Robinson lands a knee to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Robinson.
Cutler misses with an elbow strike.
Robinson connects with a knee to the head.
Cutler is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Robinson is keeping busy.
Cutler lands an elbow that stopped Robinson in his tracks for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson has Cutler pushed against the cage.
A short left from Cutler.
Robinson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cutler throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Robinson throws an elbow that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Robinson obliges.
Robinson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Robinson trying to control the position but instead, Cutler has worked for underhooks and has pushed Robinson into the cage.
Cutler throws an elbow that misses.
Cutler lands an elbow inside.
Robinson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Robinson tries to land a knee to the head but Cutler blocks with his arms.
Robinson tries to land a knee to the head but Cutler blocks with his arms.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cutler lands an elbow that stopped Robinson in his tracks for a moment.
Robinson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Robinson trying to land knees to the body.
Cutler managing to block the knees to the body from Robinson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Robinson looking to throw knees to the head but Cutler is blocking nicely.
Cutler lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cutler throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Robinson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Robinson taking a breather.
Cutler throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Robinson blocks an uppercut.
Robinson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cutler is struggling to control the position.
Cutler misses with an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cutler misses with the head strike.
Robinson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Robinson blocks an uppercut.
Robinson misses with a knee to the head.
Robinson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cutler throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Robinson tries a knee to the head but Cutler blocks it.
Cutler dodges an elbow strike from Robinson.
Robinson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Robinson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Robinson tries a knee to the head but Cutler blocks it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Cutler lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cutler creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Robinson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Robinson landing knees to the body.
Robinson tries a knee to the head but Cutler blocks it.
Robinson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cutler blocks it with crossed arms.
Cutler pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cutler misses with a punch on the inside.
Robinson trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Robinson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Robinson tries a knee to the head but Cutler blocks it.
Robinson blocks an elbow strike.
Cutler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cutler being controlled against the cage.
Robinson tries to land a knee to the head but Cutler blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Robinson dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Robinson tries to close the distance and clinch but Cutler swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Robinson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cutler can do to turn this around?
Cutler closes the distance and clinches up with Robinson, looking for a takedown. Cutler pushes Robinson against the cage but Robinson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Robinson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cutler checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Robinson connects with an inside leg kick.
Robinson avoids the head kick by Cutler.
Robinson leaves Cutler with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Robinson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Robinson drives through and clinches with Cutler against the cage.
Robinson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cutler misses with some punches.
Robinson takes a shot to the head.
Robinson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cutler blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robinson landing knees to the body.
Cutler lands an elbow inside.
Robinson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cutler.
Robinson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Robinson misses with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cutler misses with a punch on the inside.
Cutler misses with a punch on the inside.
Robinson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cutler misses with the head strike.
Cutler lands a right hand that snaps the head of Robinson backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cutler throws an elbow but misses.
Robinson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Robinson looking to throw knees to the head but Cutler is blocking nicely.
Robinson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stalling in the clinch from Cutler.
Cutler avoids the elbow strike from Robinson, against the cage.
Richard Robinson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cutler pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Robinson taking a breather.
Cutler fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cutler is looking to control Robinson's arms but Robinson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cutler has his back to the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson scores with a knee to the head.
Robinson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cutler in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cutler pushes off an throws an elbow but Robinson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Robinson tries to land knees in the clinch but Cutler avoids the damage to the body.
Robinson avoids the elbow strike from Cutler, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Robinson.
Robinson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robinson blocks an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cutler just misses with a elbow thrown towards Robinson's brow.
Robinson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cutler creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Robinson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Robinson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cutler blocks it with crossed arms.
Cutler throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cutler throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Robinson misses with a knee to the head.
Robinson misses with a knee to the head.
Robinson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Robinson tries a knee to the head but Cutler blocks it.
Robinson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cutler blocks it with crossed arms.
Cutler on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cutler lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cutler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Robinson blocks an uppercut.
Cutler manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Robinson takes a shot to the head.
Cutler being controlled against the cage.
Cutler stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Robinson.
Robinson stalls.
Cutler has a couple of punches blocked by Robinson.
Cutler throws a head punch that misses.
Robinson looking to throw knees to the head but Cutler is blocking nicely.
Robinson pushes off an throws an elbow but Cutler leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Robinson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cutler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robinson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cutler as Robinson tries to tie him up.
Robinson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cutler leaning against his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Richard Robinson dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Robinson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

Cutler closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Robinson blocks an elbow strike.
Robinson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cutler is keeping busy.
Robinson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A shot in the inside from Cutler.
Cutler blocks a body shot from Robinson.
Cutler has a couple of punches blocked by Robinson.
Cutler taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cutler has a couple of punches blocked by Robinson.
Cutler throws a head punch that misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A short left from Cutler.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cutler.
A head punch on the inside from Cutler fails to land.
Robinson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Robinson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Robinson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Cutler.
Cutler throws an elbow but it misses.
A short left from Cutler.
Robinson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cutler lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Robinson backwards.
Robinson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Robinson misses with a knee strike.
Robinson avoids a wild elbow strike from Cutler.
Robinson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jay Cutler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson struggles to land a body shot inside as Cutler controls his hands.
Robinson is stalling here.
Cutler misses with an elbow over the top.
Cutler takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cutler creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Robinson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Robinson is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cutler throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Robinsons head.
A short right from Cutler on the inside.
Robinson tries to land a knee to the head but Cutler blocks with his arms.
Cutler leaning against his opponent.
Robinson tries a body shot but Cutler blocks it.
Robinson is pushing Cutler up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Robinson with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cutler throws an elbow but it misses.
Robinson misses with a knee strike.
Cutler throws an elbow that misses.
Robinson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cutler pushes off an throws an elbow but Robinson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cutler creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Robinson dodges an elbow strike from Cutler.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cutler just misses with a elbow thrown towards Robinson's brow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Robinson tries a knee to the head but Cutler blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Cutler scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cutler has Robinson pushed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cutler.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson is trying to stall.
Cutler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Robinson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cutler pushes off an throws an elbow but Robinson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Robinson missing with knees to the body.
Cutler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Robinson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cutler softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Robinson is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cutler is keeping busy.
Cutler throws an elbow but it misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Robinson obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Robinson.
Richard Robinson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Robinson blocks the elbow strike.
Cutler lands an elbow just above Robinson 's eye.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jay Cutler comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Richard Robinson!
Richard Robinson seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.