PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Isiah Doyle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fred Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fred Roberts has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Doyle
vs
Roberts

178 cm
24
162 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

175 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Isiah Doyle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fred Roberts!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Doyle forces Roberts back against the cage and clinches.
Roberts is trying to break the clinch but Doyle has him pressed against the cage.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the head but Doyle blocks with his arms.

Roberts breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Doyle darts in and clinches Roberts up against the cage.
Roberts tries a knee to the head but Doyle blocks it.

Roberts breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Doyle has Roberts up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Roberts escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Roberts gets tackled into the cage by Doyle. Doyle maintains the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Doyle closes the distance and clinches.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Doyle takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Roberts is trying to break free.
Roberts working hard to break the clinch.
Roberts wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Doyle has him pressed against the cage.
Roberts wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Doyle has him pressed against the cage.
Roberts using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Doyle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.

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

Doyle moves into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Doyle blocks it with crossed arms.
Roberts throws a knee to the head but misses.
Roberts with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Roberts lands a knee to the head.
Doyle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Roberts's efforts to push away.
Roberts tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Roberts misses with a knee to the head.

Roberts breaks from the clinch.

Doyle moves into the clinch.
Doyle is pushing Roberts up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Doyle displaying some good clinch control by pressing Roberts up against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Doyle for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts lands a knee to the head.
Doyle tries to circle away but Roberts has him pinned against the cage.
Roberts wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Doyle has him pressed against the cage.
Roberts tries a knee to the head but Doyle blocks it.
Roberts tries to break the clinch but Doyle is controlling the position.
Roberts looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Roberts is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Roberts misses with a knee strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts misses with a knee to the head.
Roberts looks winded!
A knee to the head by Roberts.
Doyle is stalling here.
Doyle is struggling to control the position.
Roberts tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Roberts tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Roberts is trying to break the clinch but Doyle has him pressed against the cage.
Roberts wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee is keeping an eye on Doyle - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Doyle slowing the pace effectively.
Doyle stalls.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fred Roberts dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Doyle misses with a jab, cross combination.

Doyle gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the head but Doyle blocks with his arms.
Roberts tries a knee to the head but Doyle blocks it.
Roberts misses with a knee to the head.

Roberts breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Doyle has Roberts up against the cage in a clinch.
Doyle 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.

Roberts breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Doyle closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Roberts is looking to break free of the clinch but Doyle has double underhooks.
Roberts is trying to break the clinch but Doyle has him pressed against the cage.
Roberts misses with a knee strike.
Roberts misses with a knee to the head.
Roberts tries to break the clinch but Doyle is controlling the position.
Roberts throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Doyle blocks it with crossed arms.
Roberts is breathing heavily.

Doyle breaks the clinch.

Doyle clinches with his opponent.
Roberts throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Doyle blocks it with crossed arms.
Roberts misses with a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doyle keeps control of Roberts as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Doyle wants to break the clinch but can't.
Roberts with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Roberts misses with a knee to the head.
Roberts working hard to break the clinch.
Doyle stalling the fight.
Fred Roberts seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.

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

Roberts tries to keep at a distance but Doyle has taken the fight into the clinch.

Doyle manages to break the clinch.

Doyle drives through and clinches with Roberts against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Doyle has Roberts pressed against the cage.
Roberts scores with a knee to the head.
Roberts throws a knee to the head but misses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Doyle dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

Roberts breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Doyle moves into the clinch.
Roberts throws a knee to the head but misses.
Doyle keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Roberts's efforts to push away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Roberts is trying to force a seperation but Doyle has the dominant position.
Roberts has had enough of the clinch but Doyle keeps him there for the moment.
Roberts working hard to break the clinch.
Doyle prevents Roberts from breaking the clinch.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the head but Doyle blocks with his arms.
Roberts has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Doyle breaks the clinch.

Doyle moves into the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Roberts breaks from the clinch.

Doyle closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
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 Isiah Doyle will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Doyle instigates a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the head but Doyle blocks with his arms.
Doyle prevents Roberts from breaking the clinch.
Doyle avoiding damage.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Roberts throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Doyle blocks it with crossed arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberts throws a knee to the head but misses.
Roberts tries a knee to the head but Doyle blocks it.
Doyle takes a knee right on the jaw!
Roberts takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the head but Doyle blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the head but Doyle blocks with his arms.

Roberts manages to break the clinch.

Doyle fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Roberts, pushing him back against the cage.
Doyle is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Roberts keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Doyle's efforts to push away.
Roberts connects with a nasty looking knee right to Doyle's face.

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

Doyle darts in and clinches Roberts up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts is trying to push Doyle away but Doyle has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Doyle is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roberts is defending well for now.
Roberts looking to throw knees to the head but Doyle is blocking nicely.
Doyle scores with a shoulder strike.

Roberts breaks the clinch.

Doyle forces Roberts back against the cage and clinches.
Doyle misses with a knee to the head.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Roberts's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Roberts looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Roberts using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Doyle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Doyle stalling the fight.
Roberts is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Doyle.
Doyle controlling the action here for a moment.
Roberts looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Roberts throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Doyle blocks it with crossed arms.
Doyle will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Roberts up against the cage.
Doyle manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Roberts looking to throw knees to the head but Doyle is blocking nicely.
Doyle has Roberts pushed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Isiah Doyle.

Doyle clinches up with Roberts and pushes him back against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Roberts using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Doyle has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Roberts is trying to break free.
Doyle leaning against his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Fred Roberts.
I think Roberts has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 George Francis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fred Roberts!
Fred Roberts thanked the fans post fight for their support.