PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robbie Luatua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rasputin Erasmus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Erasmus is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rasputin. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Luatua
vs
Erasmus

189 cm
20
262 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

201 cm
21
288 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robbie Luatua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rasputin Erasmus!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Luatua misses.

Erasmus forces Luatua back against the cage and clinches.
Luatua lands a hook to the side of the head.

It looks like Rasputin Erasmus has been cut.
Luatua tries to work over Erasmus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice right hand lands inside from Luatua.
Luatua can't find room to land a body shot as Erasmus controls the action.
Erasmus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luatua has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Luatua is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Luatua lands an uppercut.
Erasmus has a couple of punches blocked by Luatua.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Erasmus struggles to land a body shot inside as Luatua controls his hands.
With the fighters up against the cage, Luatua throws an elbow but misses.
Luatua misses with a hook from the clinch.
Luatua blocking some punches.
Luatua prevents a body shot from Erasmus.
A short left from Luatua.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Luatua.
Luatua lands with a light punch inside.
Luatua throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Luatua lands with a short shot to the head.
Luatua blocks an uppercut.
Erasmus can't find room to land a body shot as Luatua controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Erasmus fails to land.
A body shot lands from Luatua.
Erasmus swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Luatua lands a nice elbow.
Erasmus softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Luatua misses with a hook to the ribs.

Luatua drops Erasmus onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Erasmus is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Erasmus is rocked!

That has opened up Rasputin Erasmus's cut even more.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luatua blocks an uppercut.
Erasmus is still on wobbly legs! Can Luatua finish him?
Erasmus misses with a hook from the clinch.
Erasmus seems to have recovered his senses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erasmus tries to throw a body punch but Luatua avoids it by throwing Erasmus back against the cage.
Luatua misses with a short punch on the inside.
Erasmus avoids a wild elbow strike from Luatua.
Erasmus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Luatua lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Luatua can't find room to land a body shot as Erasmus controls the action.
Erasmus misses with the head strike.
Erasmus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luatua lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Erasmus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Luatua lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Erasmus fails to land.
Luatua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Luatua - that landed with a thud.
Nice body punch from Luatua - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Erasmus.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luatua misses with a hook to the ribs.
Erasmus takes a shot to the head.

The cut above Rasputin Erasmus's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Luatua digs a right hand into Erasmus's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Erasmus's gas tank.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Erasmus.
Luatua misses with a hook from the clinch.
Luatua working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Luatua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Erasmus scores with a nice short uppercut.
Luatua lands with a left to the head.
Luatua misses with a punch to the body.
Luatua misses with a hook from the clinch.
Erasmus tries a body shot but Luatua blocks it.
Erasmus misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luatua.
Luatua tries to throw a body punch but Erasmus avoids it by throwing Luatua back against the cage.
Luatua tries to throw a body punch but Erasmus avoids it by throwing Luatua back against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Luatua.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Luatua.
Luatua misses with a punch to the body.
Luatua tries to land knees in the clinch but Erasmus avoids the damage to the body.
Luatua cracks Erasmus with a nice body shot.
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!
Luatua misses with a body punch.
Luatua blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luatua stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Erasmus misses with a punch on the inside.
Erasmus taking a breather.
Erasmus has a couple of punches blocked by Luatua.
Erasmus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Luatua blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Erasmus fails to land.
Erasmus tries to stall but Luatua uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robbie Luatua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rasputin Erasmus's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Luatua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Erasmus moves away.
Erasmus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Luatua moves away.
Nice jab there from Luatua.
Erasmus tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Erasmus avoids a punch combination nicely.
Erasmus throws a hook but Luatua blocks it.
Luatua throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luatua misses the shot to the body.

Erasmus moves into range and clinches up with Luatua.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luatua.
Erasmus blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luatua blocks a body shot from Erasmus.
Erasmus stalling.
Luatua tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Luatua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Erasmus is defending well for now.
Erasmus blocks a body shot from Luatua.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luatua struggles to land a body shot inside as Erasmus controls his hands.
Luatua can't find room to land a body shot as Erasmus controls the action.
Erasmus is looking to control Luatua's arms but Luatua gets an underhook and turns him. Now Erasmus has his back to the cage.
Luatua struggles to land a body shot inside as Erasmus controls his hands.
Erasmus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Luatua keeps control of Erasmus as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Luatua trying to land knees to the body.
Erasmus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luatua working aggressively here.
Luatua lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Luatua misses with a punch to the body.
Luatua scores with a shoulder strike.
Luatua has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Luatua working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Robbie Luatua has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Luatua lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Rasputin Erasmus's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Luatua has Erasmus pressed against the cage, preventing Erasmus from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erasmus is trying to break the clinch but Luatua is controlling him.
Luatua blocks an uppercut.
Erasmus working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Luatua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Luatua blocks a body shot from Erasmus.
Luatua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Luatua tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Erasmus throws a head punch that misses.
Luatua blocks a body shot from Erasmus.
Erasmus throws a punch but it's blocked by Luatua.
Luatua is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Erasmus can do to turn this around?
Luatua gets through Erasmus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Erasmus struggles to land a body shot inside as Luatua controls his hands.
Luatua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Erasmus tries to break the clinch but Luatua is controlling the position.
Erasmus can't find room to land a body shot as Luatua controls the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erasmus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Luatua backwards.
Erasmus can't find room to land a body shot as Luatua controls the action.
Luatua fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luatua.
Luatua blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Luatua lands with a right to the head.
Luatua tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Erasmus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luatua softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luatua.
Erasmus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Luatua.
Erasmus misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Luatua.
Luatua tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Erasmus's elbow.
Luatua blocking some punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luatua working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Luatua struggles to land a body shot inside as Erasmus controls his hands.
Erasmus struggles to land a body shot inside as Luatua controls his hands.
Luatua presses Erasmus against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Luatua tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Erasmus's elbow.
Luatua is leaning against Erasmus and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Erasmus is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short left from Luatua.
A head punch on the inside from Erasmus fails to land.
Luatua can't find room to land a body shot as Erasmus controls the action.
Erasmus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Erasmus tries a body shot but Luatua blocks it.
A short uppercut from Luatua.
Luatua stalling in the clinch.
Luatua presses Erasmus against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Luatua prevents a body shot from Erasmus.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robbie Luatua dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rasputin Erasmus's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Luatua does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Luatua just misses with a punch to the body.
Erasmus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luatua was well out of range. Poor timing from Erasmus.
Luatua takes a swing at Erasmus's ribcage but misses.
Luatua scores with a three punch combo!
Luatua looks to throw the jab but Erasmus is out of range.
Luatua looks to land a left hand but Erasmus moved out of range nicely.
Erasmus throws an off balance right hand

and Luatua counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Luatua.
Erasmus looking to slow down the pace here.
Erasmus blocking some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Erasmus lands a body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Luatua.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Erasmus.
Luatua scores with a shot to the side of Erasmus's head.
Luatua misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Luatua scores with a shoulder strike.
Erasmus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Erasmus trying to stall but Luatua improves his position.
Erasmus working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Luatua lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Erasmus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Luatua.
Erasmus can't find room to land a body shot as Luatua controls the action.
Erasmus misses with a hook to the ribs.
Luatua can't find room to land a body shot as Erasmus controls the action.
Luatua lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Erasmus.
Luatua lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Luatua pushes Erasmus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Luatua.
Luatua lands with a right to the head.
Rasputin Erasmus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Luatua.
Luatua lands a nice uppercut.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Rasputin Erasmus's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Robbie Luatua!
After winning the bout, Robbie Luatua thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.