PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jake Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Roberts
vs
West

185 cm
19
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
18
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Basic striking
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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jake Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fred West!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberts connects with a crisp jab.
Roberts smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
West swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roberts throws a series of punches but West avoids them all with ease.
Roberts moves out of range as West strikes.
Roberts uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before West has time to react.
Roberts connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
West throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Roberts smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jab by Roberts.
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!
West throws a hook to the side of Roberts's head but Roberts sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Roberts lands with a nice combination. West backs away looking to recover.
West throws a hook but Roberts avoids it easily.
A punch combination from West misses.
West throws a right hand that Roberts ducks under and follows up with a left that Roberts also avoids with ease.
Roberts lands a jab.
Roberts connects with the punch.
Roberts takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts lands a nice shot that snaps West's head back.
Roberts cracks West with a right hand to the side of the head.
West swings widly with a right hand
and Roberts connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
West steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roberts.
West is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roberts.
West throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Roberts counters with a stiff right hand.
West misses with an uppercut
enabling Roberts to counter with a crisp jab.
West misses with a two punch combination.
A little feinted left hand from Roberts on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
West throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Roberts counters with a left and a right that stings West.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberts jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fred West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
West throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Roberts counter with a right hand.
West walks into a left hand.
Roberts throws a right and a left that West avoids nicely.
Roberts is breathing heavily.
No joy there for West, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
West throws a right and a left that both miss.
West throws a right and a left that both miss.
Roberts is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Roberts blocks the leg kick.
Roberts is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
West swings for the body but Roberts moves out of range.
Roberts throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
West is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
West tries to bum rush Roberts with a series of wild strikes but Roberts uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Roberts is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
West throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Roberts sees it coming and avoids it easily.
West dodges the punch combination from Roberts.
Roberts keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
West swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
West misses with a lunging right hand
letting Roberts counter with a right hand.
West throws a series of punches but Roberts avoids them all with ease.
Roberts was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
West misses with the combination.
Roberts misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from West misses.
It looked like Roberts wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
West misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roberts.
Roberts fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
West throws the left hand but Roberts avoids the punch easily.
West rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Roberts moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
West has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A big right from Roberts misses.
Roberts scores with a jab. West acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sloppy strikes from West. Those never looked like landing.
West misses with an uppercut.
Nice straight punches there by Roberts. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Roberts.
West moves out of range as Roberts strikes.
West misses with a two punch combination.
Roberts throws a right hand that West ducks under and follows up with a left that West also avoids with ease.
Roberts ducks under a wild hook from West.
West misses with a straight right.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West swings away with a body shot that misses
and Roberts counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
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!
Roberts throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Roberts ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
West throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Roberts.
An attempted straight right counter from Roberts misses the target.
A swing and a miss from West.
Roberts scores with a jab.
Roberts looks to land a combination. West sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
West swinging wildly here.
An attempted straight right counter from Roberts misses the target.
West throws a hook but Roberts blocks it.
Roberts swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
West misses the jab.
West has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Roberts finds it's way round the side to connect with West's head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
West misses with a hook
and Roberts counters with a straight right hand.
West misses with a right hand
and Roberts counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Roberts connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
West throws a big shot that misses.
Roberts is looking for a counter combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Roberts dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Roberts throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
West throws a nice looking combination but Roberts bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jake Roberts is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
West misses the body punch
and Roberts cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jake Roberts is winning the standup battle so far.
West has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
West misses with a wild combination.
West blocks a jab.
Roberts lands with a cross.
Some wild striking there from West.
Roberts listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A jab from West misses.
Roberts was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
West throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sloppy strikes from West. Those never looked like landing.
A punch combination from West misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West throws a leg kick but Roberts sees it coming and checks it nicely.
West swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
It looked like Roberts wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Roberts lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
West throws a left and a right that both miss
and Roberts cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
West takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Roberts scores with a crisp jab that stopped West in his tracks.
Roberts misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Roberts closes the distance and lands a one-two.
West avoids a punch combination nicely.
West misses the jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
West looks to land a right hand but Roberts moved out of range.
West rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Roberts moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Roberts throws a hook but West avoids it easily.
West throws a lazy uppercut
and Roberts counters with a straight right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West throws a lazy uppercut
and West takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Roberts connects with a looping right hand.
Roberts fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches West on the side of the head.
A punch combination from West misses.
West swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Roberts counters with a nice uppercut.
West throws a series of punches but Roberts moves out of range.
West throws a right and a left that Roberts avoids nicely.
West takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
West misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roberts.
Roberts throws a combination but it was largely blocked by West.
West looks to score with a jab to the body but Roberts is just out of range.
Roberts cracks West with an open hand slap.
West misses with a wild combination.
West throws a predictable looking body shot
and Roberts counters with a nice uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West throws a series of punches but Roberts moves out of range.
West throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roberts fails to land with a series of punches.
West swings for the body but Roberts moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from West. Roberts does a little dance to reset his feet.
West on the wrong end of a nice hook.
West takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
West swings and misses with a hook to the body.
West misses the shot to the body.
Roberts slips a jab from West.
West throws a body shot but no joy.
Roberts is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that West can do to turn this around?
West rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Roberts counters with a left and a right that stings West.
West showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roberts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts slips a straight right by West.
Roberts uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by West.
It looked like Roberts wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
West looks to throw the jab but Roberts is out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberts uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from West.
A jab from West misses.
West misses with a double jab
letting Roberts counter with a right hand.
West misses with a series of wild punches.
Roberts is looking to counter punch.
West looks to land a combination but Roberts avoids it well.
West misses with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roberts fails to land with a series of punches.
Roberts lands with a straight right. West didn't see that one coming.
Roberts avoids the body shot from West.
West fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roberts manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Roberts dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

West throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
West lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Roberts circles away quickly and effectively.
Roberts's corner calls for a 1-2. Roberts obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Roberts lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A left lands for Roberts.
West throws a series of punches but Roberts avoids them all with ease.
West takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
West swings away with a body shot that misses
and Roberts counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
West throws a series of punches but Roberts moves out of range.
Roberts lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
West ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
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!
West throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
West throws a shot from downtown. Roberts moves away and avoids it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
West throws a lazy uppercut
and Roberts counters with a lovely straight right hand!
West moves out of range of the strikes.
West looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
West throws a hook but Roberts avoids it easily.
West throws a leg kick but Roberts sees it coming and checks it nicely.
West misses with a lunging right hand
and Roberts connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A swing and a miss from West.
West pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
West ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roberts moves away.
Donk. Roberts catches West right on the button with a cross.
Roberts slips a jab from West.
West throws a lazy uppercut
and Roberts counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Roberts throws a combination but it was largely blocked by West.
West misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roberts.
Roberts keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Roberts blocks a jab.
Roberts scores with a decent looking hook.
Roberts slips a straight right by West.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
West takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
West slips under a jab from Roberts.
Despite the aggression on West's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
West swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Roberts counter with a right hand.
West will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
West swings for the body but Roberts moves out of range.
West throws a poor cross that misses
and Roberts cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Roberts checks a leg kick.
West misses with an uppercut
enabling Roberts to counter with a crisp jab.
West fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A little feinted left hand from Roberts on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Roberts slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Roberts slips a straight right by West.
West throws a left and a right that both miss
and Roberts counters with a stiff right hand.
Roberts blocks a jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
West misses with a body shot
and Roberts counters with a lovely straight right hand!
West swings for the body but Roberts moves out of range.
Roberts misses with an uppercut.
West misses with a looping left.
Roberts looks to land a right hand but West moved out of range.
West throws a leg kick
and Roberts counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Some wild striking there from West.
Roberts slips under a jab.
West misses with a few strikes there.
Roberts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roberts lands with a straight right. West didn't see that one coming.
West loads up on a big right hand but Roberts slips the punch.
West slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
West throws an overhand right that lands on Roberts's shoulder, as Roberts tries to avoid the shot.
Roberts loads up on a big right hand but West slips the punch.
West throws a big shot that misses.
West misses the jab.
Roberts smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
West throws out a loose jab but Roberts uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like Roberts wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
West misses with an uppercut
letting Roberts counter with a right hand.
West blocks a jab.
West throws out a counter right but Roberts avoids it with no problem.
West lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Roberts circles away quickly and effectively.
West has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from West there as he acknowledges the shot.
Roberts connects with a crisp jab.
West takes a swing at Roberts's ribcage but misses.
West will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Roberts showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Roberts 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27

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