PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Genaro Carr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Robson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Genaro Carr has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Carr
vs
Robson

217 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

190 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut

Mizuko Wear

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Genaro Carr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bobby Robson!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, William Gold and Sam Margolis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Carr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carr throws a quick counter kick to the body but Robson avoids it.
Robson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Carr throws out the jab.
Carr fails with a takedown attempt.
Robson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Robson tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Carr counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Robson trying to control from the bottom.
Robson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robson tries to get to full guard but Carr has control of the leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Robson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Carr.
Robson wants to get back to his feet.
Carr really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Carr thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Robson tries a low kick but Carr avoids it.
Carr scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Robson misses with a body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Carr on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bobby Robson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Robson drives through and clinches with Carr against the cage.
Robson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Carr manages to break the clinch.
Robson throws a head kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robson dives in and grabs Carr's left leg, looking for a takedown. Carr pushes down on Robson's head and hops out.
Robson looks winded!

Carr gets a clinch.

Carr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

Carr gets the takedown into side control.
Robson struggling a bit here.
Carr connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Robson some visible discomfort.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Carr lands a few punches from side control.
Robson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Carr lands a few punches from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Carr.

Carr stands up and we're back to a striking position.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Carr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Carr closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Carr missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Carr tries to stand but can't do so whilst Robson controls his leg.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robson has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Carr is working away from the top position though.
Carr sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Robson defending well though.
Robson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Carr.
Carr working over Robson with some ground and pound. Robson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Carr decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Carr looking to score a takedown here. Robson is defending well but Carr drives through and ends up in Robson's guard.

Carr gets to his feet. Robson looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Genaro Carr dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Genaro Carr's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Carr fails with a takedown attempt.
Robson misses with a two punch combination.
Robson tries to clinch but Carr moves out of range.
Bobby Robson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Robson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Carr has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Robson manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Carr on his heels. He'll look to pass Carr's guard now, I'm sure.
Robson prevents Carr from getting back to his feet.
Carr has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Carr looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Robson is breathing heavily.
Carr has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Carr is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Carr seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Carr wants to sweep but no luck.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

That's two 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.
Carr fails in his attempt to clinch.

Robson feints and as Carr raises his hands in defense, Robson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.

Carr wriggles free and stands up.
Robson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Carr wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Robson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Robson is looking to clinch but Carr is avoiding it.

Carr rushes Robson and presses him up against the cage.

Carr jumps guard.
Robson wants to stand but Carr is controlling his posture from full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Carr holds on and takes a little breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robson trying to control but Carr is working from the bottom.
Robson won't allow Carr to get back to his feet.
Carr pulls Robson in close to prevent any damage.

That's four 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.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Robson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Robson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A good leg kick by Carr.

Carr takes the fight into the clinch.
Robson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Genaro Carr will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Genaro Carr's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Robson stuffs the takedown attempt from Carr. Carr gets slowly back to his feet.

Robson gets tackled into the cage by Carr. Carr maintains the clinch.
Carr is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Robson can do to turn this around?
Carr tries to pull guard but Robson holds him up against the cage and eventually Carr drops back down to his feet.

Carr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Carr tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Robson was well out of range. Poor timing from Carr.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robson attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Carr wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Carr is looking to clinch.
Genaro Carr is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice takedown defense from Carr. No joy for Robson on that attempt.
Robson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Robson instigates a clinch.

Carr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Carr.
Carr appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Carr will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Genaro Carr. That's going to take a lot out of him.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Robson enables Carr to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Robson manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Carr throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Robson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Robson trying to control the position.
Carr wants to stand and escape but instead Robson has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Carr seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Carr manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Robson scores with a leg kick.
Robson misses with a low kick.

Carr has closed the distance and engaged Robson in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Carr takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Carr keeps control of Robson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Carr breaks the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Carr scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Carr stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Carr connects with a looping right hand.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Carr is defended easily by Robson.

Carr shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Robson is trying to defend but Carr finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Carr throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robson is looking to control Carr's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Robson avoid being mounted?
Robson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bobby Robson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Carr missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Genaro Carr is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Carr stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.

And that's the end of the fight!
Genaro Carr showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Carr 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Genaro Carr!