PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gwarble Barble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marc Roberts (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.

Barble
vs
Roberts

190 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

187 cm
25
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gwarble Barble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marc Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Bart Greer and Sandra Marshall.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Barble fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Roberts, pushing him back against the cage.
Roberts throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The referee is keeping an eye on Roberts - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Roberts creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barble's defenses.
Barble blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Barble fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Roberts tries a knee to the head but Barble blocks it.
Roberts lands an elbow just above Barble 's eye.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Roberts lands an elbow inside that Barble shrugs off.
Barble blocks an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberts throws an elbow but it misses.
Roberts lands a nice elbow.

It looks like Gwarble Barble has been cut.
Barble takes an elbow to the temple.
Roberts tries a knee to the head but Barble blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberts gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barble blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Barble working aggressively here.
Barble drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Roberts gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Barble blocks an elbow strike from Roberts.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Roberts trying to land knees to the body.
Roberts misses with an elbow strike.
Barble is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gwarble Barble. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roberts gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Roberts throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Barble blocks it with crossed arms.
Roberts throws an elbow but it misses.
Barble avoids the elbow strike from Roberts, against the cage.
Roberts displaying some good clinch control by pressing Barble up against the cage.
Barble tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barble blocks an elbow strike.
Roberts lands a damaging elbow.
Roberts crunches a lovely knee into Barble's ribcage.
Barble is breathing heavily.
Roberts dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Barble dodges an elbow strike from Roberts.
Roberts lands a damaging elbow.
Barble letting Roberts take a breather here.
Roberts lands an elbow that stopped Barble in his tracks for a moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberts creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barble's defenses.
Roberts comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Barble takes an elbow to the forehead.
Roberts trying to land knees to the body.
Roberts lands an elbow inside that Barble shrugs off.
Barble blocks an elbow strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Roberts.
Barble avoids a wild elbow strike from Roberts.
Roberts pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Barble is trying to break the clinch but Roberts has him pressed against the cage.
Barble takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Roberts.
Roberts lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Roberts lands a nice elbow.
Roberts lands an elbow just above Barble 's eye.
Roberts lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Roberts lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Roberts lands a nice elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberts lands an elbow inside.
Roberts manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nice elbow from Roberts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Roberts comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Roberts lands an elbow that stopped Barble in his tracks for a moment.
Roberts lands an elbow that stopped Barble in his tracks for a moment.
Roberts lands a damaging elbow.
Roberts lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Roberts.
Roberts with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roberts is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Roberts comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Roberts holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roberts lands a damaging elbow.
Roberts creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barble's defenses.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the head but Barble blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marc Roberts dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gwarble Barble's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Roberts misses the shot to the body.
Barble shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Roberts defends it nicely.
Barble tries to clinch up but Roberts circles away and keeps his distance.
Roberts is looking for the big counter here.
Roberts thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gwarble Barble seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Roberts closes the distance and clinches.
Roberts lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Barble avoiding damage as Roberts throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberts landing knees to the head.
Barble on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roberts comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Roberts pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Roberts is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barble is defending well for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts lands an elbow inside that Barble shrugs off.
A frustrated look appears on Barble's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Barble tries to break the clinch but Roberts is controlling the position.
Roberts missing with knees to the body.

Barble pulls Roberts into guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Roberts wanted to stand there but Barble had control of the position.
Barble trying to control the position.
Barble keeping moving, preventing Roberts from controlling successfully.
Barble wants to sweep here but Roberts controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barble working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Roberts.
Roberts trying to control but Barble is working from the bottom.
Roberts being controlled here momentarily.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Barble has a takedown stuffed.

Roberts clinches.
Roberts lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Roberts has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts lands a damaging elbow.
Barble blocks the elbow strike.
Roberts misses with a knee to the head.
Barble is trying to maintain a safe position but Roberts gets an underhook and turns Barble into the cage.
Barble goes for a takedown in the clinch but Roberts prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gwarble Barble. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Barble takes a knee to the side of the body.
Roberts comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Roberts scores with a knee to the head.
Roberts lands a nice elbow.
Roberts lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Roberts content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Roberts lands an elbow just above Barble 's eye.
Roberts landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice elbow from Roberts.
Roberts is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Barble is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Barble blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roberts lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Roberts lands an elbow just above Barble 's eye.
Barble is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Roberts lands an elbow that stopped Barble in his tracks for a moment.
Roberts lands an elbow that stopped Barble in his tracks for a moment.
Roberts lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Roberts creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barble's defenses.
Roberts content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Barble fails to pull guard.
Roberts creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Barble's defenses.
Roberts lands a nice knee to the body.
Roberts lands an elbow that stopped Barble in his tracks for a moment.
Roberts tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Barble avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marc Roberts showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gwarble Barble's cut.
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!

Roberts clinches.
Barble takes a knee right on the jaw!
Roberts gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barble takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Roberts.
Roberts keeps control of Barble as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Roberts lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Barble is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Roberts to keep the fight standing.
Roberts gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Roberts lands a damaging elbow.
Roberts lands an elbow just above Barble 's eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberts lands an elbow inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Roberts lands an elbow inside.

Barble is rocked!
Roberts trying to land knees to the body.
Oh Barble is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Roberts tries to land knees in the clinch but Barble avoids the damage to the body.
Barble seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts pressing his opponent against the cage.
Barble takes an elbow to the temple.
Barble tries to break free but Roberts pushes him back against the cage.
Roberts lands an elbow that stopped Barble in his tracks for a moment.
Roberts tries to land knees in the clinch but Barble avoids the damage to the body.
Barble is trying to pull guard but Roberts has him pressed against the cage.
Roberts trying to land knees to the body.
Come on Roberts - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Barble avoiding damage as Roberts throws knees to the body.
Roberts lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Roberts comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Roberts lands a good knee to the midsection. Barble won't want to take too many of those.
Roberts landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Roberts.
Roberts unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roberts unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Roberts gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Roberts lands a nice elbow.
Roberts lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Roberts using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marc Roberts seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Roberts lands an elbow that stopped Barble in his tracks for a moment.
Roberts is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Roberts comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Barble avoids the elbow strike from Roberts, against the cage.
Roberts lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Roberts lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Roberts comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Barble avoids the elbow strike from Roberts, against the cage.
Barble takes an elbow to the forehead.
Roberts gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Barble.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gwarble Barble. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roberts lands a damaging elbow.
Roberts comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Roberts gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Barble takes an elbow to the temple.
The referee calls for Roberts to work.
Barble takes an elbow to the temple.
Roberts gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Barble fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Roberts lands an elbow just above Barble 's eye.
Roberts gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Roberts comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Barble on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roberts unloads a knee to the mid-section. Barble lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Barble takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Roberts.
Roberts lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Barble managing to block the knees to the body from Roberts.
Roberts tries to land knees in the clinch but Barble avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roberts lands an elbow that stopped Barble in his tracks for a moment.
Roberts lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Barble takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gwarble Barble has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marc Roberts is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Roberts lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marc Roberts comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Roberts has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 24:30
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 24:30
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 24:30

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