PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabryel Catchmaer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Djalu Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roberts has chosen Sepultura - Attitude as his entrance music. Djalu Roberts has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Gabryel Catchmaer's chin.

Catchmaer
vs
Roberts

196 cm
24
246 lbs
7 - 5 - 0

199 cm
23
284 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gabryel Catchmaer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Djalu Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Roger Salmon and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Catchmaer scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Catchmaer has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Gabryel Catchmaer has been cut.
Catchmaer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roberts.
Roberts jabs at Catchmaer's body.
Catchmaer looks to throw the jab but Roberts is out of range.
Catchmaer misses with a few strikes there.
Catchmaer throws a shot from downtown. Roberts moves away and avoids it.
Catchmaer throws out a powerful jab.
Catchmaer throws a leg kick but Roberts sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Roberts tries to counter by closing the distance.
Catchmaer misses with a wild combination.
Catchmaer connects with a right hand. Roberts shakes it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Catchmaer rushes Roberts and presses him up against the cage.
We've been informed that Roberts has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Roberts misses with a hook from the clinch.
Catchmaer lands with a left to the head.
Catchmaer trying to land knees to the body.
Catchmaer throws a punch but it's blocked by Roberts.
Catchmaer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short uppercut from Roberts.
Roberts misses with some punches.
Catchmaer throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roberts.
Roberts lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Catchmaer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Roberts.
Roberts lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Catchmaer backwards.
Roberts avoids a wild elbow strike from Catchmaer.

Roberts breaks the clinch.
Catchmaer misses with a wild combination.
Catchmaer just misses with a punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Roberts. Those never looked like landing.
Roberts lands with an overhand left.
Roberts scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roberts is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Catchmaer.
Catchmaer fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Roberts on the side of the head.
Roberts waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Catchmaer.
Roberts throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Catchmaer looks to land a right hand but Roberts moved out of range.
Roberts tries to counter by closing the distance.
Catchmaer moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Catchmaer misses.
Roberts wants to clinch up but Catchmaer keeps it at a distance.
Roberts takes one to the chin there.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roberts looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Catchmaer moves into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Catchmaer.
Catchmaer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Roberts backwards.
Catchmaer lands a shoulder strike.
Roberts blocking some punches.
Catchmaer pushes Roberts back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Roberts blocks an uppercut.
Roberts lands with a light punch inside.
Catchmaer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Roberts swings wildly with an uppercut but Catchmaer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Catchmaer throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Roberts misses with a punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Catchmaer escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Catchmaer connects with a body shot that sends Roberts's belly button to the back.
Roberts tries to clinch but Catchmaer moves away
and Catchmaer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Roberts tries to clinch but Catchmaer moves out of range.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Roberts misses with the head strike.
Roberts lands a hook that snaps the head of Catchmaer backwards.
Roberts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Catchmaer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Catchmaer on the inside.
Catchmaer blocks an uppercut.

Catchmaer manages to break the clinch.
Catchmaer is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Catchmaer misses with a jab to the body
and Roberts counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Catchmaer misses the target.
Roberts tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Catchmaer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Roberts manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Catchmaer loads up on a big right hand but Roberts slips the punch.
Roberts wants to counter with a clinch but Catchmaer pushes him away.
Catchmaer closes the distance and lands a one-two.

Catchmaer rushes Roberts and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short right from Catchmaer.
Catchmaer swings wildly with an uppercut but Roberts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roberts misses with some punches.

Catchmaer manages to break the clinch.
A jab from Roberts does it's job there.
Roberts slips under a jab.
Catchmaer throws a hook but Roberts blocks it.
Catchmaer lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Roberts tries to clinch but Catchmaer moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roberts throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Catchmaer takes the fight into the clinch.
Roberts tries to break the clinch but Catchmaer is controlling the position.
Catchmaer misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabryel Catchmaer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gabryel Catchmaer's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Catchmaer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roberts tries to counter by closing the distance.

Catchmaer gets a clinch.
Catchmaer is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Catchmaer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roberts blocks it with crossed arms.
A short right from Catchmaer on the inside.
Roberts has a couple of punches blocked by Catchmaer.
Roberts cracks Catchmaer with a nice body shot.
Catchmaer lands with a short shot to the head.
Catchmaer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Roberts blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Catchmaer tries to work over Roberts's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberts.
Catchmaer 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Catchmaer blocking some punches.
Roberts prevents Catchmaer from breaking the clinch.
Catchmaer misses with some punches.
Roberts misses with a punch on the inside.
Roberts slowing the pace effectively.
Roberts is trying to break free.
Gabryel Catchmaer has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roberts.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Roberts pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Catchmaer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roberts.
Roberts displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Catchmaer throws out the jab.
We've been told by Catchmaer's head coaches at Midnight MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Catchmaer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roberts manages to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Catchmaer.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Roberts! But no joy.
Catchmaer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Roberts tries to counter by closing the distance.
Catchmaer takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Catchmaer throws a hook to the side of Roberts's head but Roberts sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Catchmaer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Roberts can do to turn this around?
Roberts lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Roberts bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Catchmaer's head backwards.
Catchmaer loads up on a big right hand but Roberts slips the punch.
A slow jab from Catchmaer misses its intended target.
Catchmaer pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Catchmaer keeps the fight on the outside.
Catchmaer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roberts swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Catchmaer tries to counter by clinching up but Roberts breaks away and moves out of range.
Roberts missing with a left hand there. Catchmaer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Catchmaer was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A looping hook to the body misses from Catchmaer. Roberts does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts scoring well with a low kick there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberts avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Roberts throws a series of punches but Catchmaer moves out of range.
Catchmaer misses with a hook. Roberts ducked under it nicely.
Roberts takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

Roberts fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Catchmaer, pushing him back against the cage.
Roberts blocking some punches.
Catchmaer blocking some punches.
Roberts misses with some punches.
Catchmaer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Roberts lands with a short shot to the head.

Roberts breaks from the clinch.
Catchmaer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Roberts cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Roberts fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Catchmaer takes one to the chin there.
Catchmaer connects with a crisp jab.
Roberts scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Roberts keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Catchmaer swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Roberts misses with an uppercut.
Roberts thuds a left hand into Catchmaer's body.
Roberts uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Catchmaer.
Roberts misses with a wild combination.
Catchmaer attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Roberts digs a good hook to Catchmaer's body.
Djalu Roberts seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Catchmaer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Roberts manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Roberts wants to counter the offense by Catchmaer and move into the clinch position.
Roberts walks into a stiff left hand from Catchmaer.
Catchmaer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.

Roberts closes the distance and clinches.
Roberts stalling in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Roberts.
Roberts swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roberts pushes Catchmaer back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberts scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Roberts.

Catchmaer is rocked!
A head punch on the inside from Roberts fails to land.
Catchmaer misses with the head strike.
Catchmaer looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Catchmaer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Catchmaer lands a damaging elbow.
Catchmaer lands an elbow that stopped Roberts in his tracks for a moment.
Roberts goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Catchmaer is trying to force a seperation but Roberts has the dominant position.
Roberts blocks the elbow strike.
Catchmaer effectively controlling the action here.
Catchmaer blocks an uppercut.
Roberts stalls.

Catchmaer manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Djalu Roberts showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gabryel Catchmaer's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Roberts misses with a body shot.
Roberts takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Roberts throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Catchmaer stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Roberts ducks under a wild hook from Catchmaer.
Roberts fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Catchmaer throws a shot from downtown. Roberts moves away and avoids it.
Roberts fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Roberts. Those never looked like landing.
Roberts thuds a left hand into Catchmaer's body.

Roberts closes the distance and clinches.
Catchmaer lands an elbow just above Roberts 's eye.
Catchmaer misses with an elbow over the top.
A short right from Roberts on the inside.
Roberts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberts leaning against his opponent.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Catchmaer takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Roberts letting Catchmaer take a breather here.
Roberts wants to break free but Catchmaer has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Roberts pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Catchmaer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Roberts swats away the attempt to clinch by Catchmaer.
Catchmaer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Roberts looks to land a left hand but Catchmaer moved out of range nicely.
Roberts keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Catchmaer.
Catchmaer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roberts manages to avoid it.
Roberts throws a leg kick that misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

Roberts gets a clinch.
Roberts's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Catchmaer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Roberts misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Catchmaer.
Roberts throws a lazy right hand but Catchmaer sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Roberts fails in his attempt to clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Roberts there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Catchmaer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Roberts manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Catchmaer fails with an attempt to clinch.

Roberts sends Catchmaer crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Roberts is motioning to the referee to let Catchmaer up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberts takes a jab right on the kisser.

Roberts instigates a clinch.
Catchmaer looking to stall.
Catchmaer throws a punch but it's blocked by Roberts.
Roberts stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A shot in the inside from Roberts.
A short uppercut from Roberts.
Oh Catchmaer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Catchmaer misses with the head strike.
Catchmaer seems to have got his legs back now.
Catchmaer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Roberts is keeping busy.
Roberts wants to stall.
Roberts just leaning against Catchmaer, taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Roberts breaks the clinch.
Roberts throws a hook to the side of Catchmaer's head but Catchmaer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Catchmaer stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Roberts.
Catchmaer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Catchmaer throws a leg kick but Roberts sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Roberts looks to throw the jab but Catchmaer is out of range.
A big right from Roberts misses.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch but Catchmaer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Roberts scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Catchmaer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Roberts looks to land a right hand but Catchmaer moved out of range.
Catchmaer misses with a low kick.
Catchmaer moves out of range of the strikes.
Catchmaer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Catchmaer throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Catchmaer misses with a hook.
Roberts jabs Catchmaer right on the nose. Catchmaer blinks but takes it well.
Roberts ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roberts lands with a nice body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Roberts fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Roberts scores with a crisp jab that stopped Catchmaer in his tracks.
Roberts tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Catchmaer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Some bone on bone action there as Catchmaer checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Catchmaer avoids the body shot from Roberts.
Catchmaer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roberts.
Roberts connects with a body shot.
A leg kick checked by Catchmaer.

Roberts feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Catchmaer sprawling to the canvas! Catchmaer rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Roberts finish him?!
Catchmaer is aggressively charging in as Roberts backs up avoiding any damage. Roberts tosses out a jab and Catchmaer runs right into it face first! Catchmaer is out cold! Roberts dropped down on all fours and is barking in Catchmaer's face like a pit bull in celebration until the ref was finally able to pull him away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Djalu Roberts!
Djalu Roberts very nearly forgot to thank Milwaukee's Best 160 (85% laundry) amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.