PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Restobar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Kurensson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Restobar
vs
Kurensson

172 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

189 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Self confident

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pablo Restobar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Michael Kurensson!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling eachother endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Restobar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Restobar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kurensson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kurensson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kurensson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kurensson tries to land a front kick but Restobar steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Restobar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Restobar throws a body punch but Kurensson moves out of range.
Kurensson misses with a kick to the body
and Restobar counters with a nice body shot.
Restobar is looking to wear down Kurensson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Restobar looks to score with a jab to the body but Kurensson is just out of range.
Restobar takes a swing at Kurensson's ribcage but misses.
Restobar takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kurensson is looking to land body kicks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurensson throws a body kick that misses
and Restobar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Restobar moves out of range of the body kick from Kurensson.

Restobar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kurensson trying to control the position but instead, Restobar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kurensson into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Stalling in the clinch from Restobar.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Restobar for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Restobar 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.

Restobar punishes Kurensson's body with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kurensson throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Restobar counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kurensson thinking.
Kurensson gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Restobar counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Restobar with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kurensson lands a nice looking kick to the body. Restobar takes a step back to recover.
Kurensson throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Restobar counters with a left to the body.
Restobar swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kurensson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Restobar has closed the distance and engaged Kurensson in a clinch.
Restobar displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kurensson up against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kurensson leaning his opponent against the cage.
Restobar avoiding damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Restobar gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pablo Restobar.

Restobar takes the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Restobar dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Kurensson throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Restobar counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Restobar throws a body punch but Kurensson moves out of range.

Restobar forces Kurensson back against the cage and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Restobar is pushing Kurensson 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 one minute gone in the round.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pablo Restobar.
Restobar just misses with a punch to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Restobar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kurensson tries to land a body kick
and Restobar counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

Restobar moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kurensson leaning against his opponent.
Kurensson being controlled against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

And that's the end of the fight!
Pablo Restobar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Restobar has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Bart Greer scores the fight 30:26
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 30:26
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo Restobar!