PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Forrest Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carl Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robinson comes to the cage accompanied by Overkill-Skullcrusher. On his way into the cage it seems that Forrest Robinson has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Forrest Robinson seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Robinson
vs
Diaz

190 cm
25
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
18
188 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Tends to cut

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, Forrest Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Carl Diaz!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Robinson moves into the clinch.
Robinson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Carl Diaz has been cut.

Robinson manages to pull guard.
Diaz trying to control the position from guard on top but Robinson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Robinson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Diaz is one step ahead there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Diaz gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Robinson clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz throws an elbow that misses.

Robinson manages to pull guard.
Diaz trying to control but Robinson is working from the bottom.

Diaz decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Robinson, up you get!
Robinson throws a series of punches but Diaz avoids them all with ease.
Forrest Robinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Diaz gets tackled into the cage by Robinson. Robinson maintains the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Robinson.
Robinson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Robinson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Diaz blocks it with crossed arms.

Robinson decides to pull guard.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Robinson keeps moving.

Diaz stands and steps away. Robinson gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Diaz looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Robinson clinches.
Robinson tries to land a knee to the head but Diaz blocks with his arms.
Diaz misses with the head strike.
Diaz being controlled against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Robinson controlling the action here for a moment.

Robinson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Robinson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Diaz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Robinson.
Robinson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Diaz avoids it really well and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson shoots in for a takedown but Diaz shows good takedown defense.
Robinson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Diaz.
Robinson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Robinson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Diaz.

Diaz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Robinson, pushing him back against the cage.
Robinson trying to land knees to the body.
Diaz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Robinson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Diaz looking to stall.
Diaz has Robinson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Robinson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
The referee is keeping an eye on Diaz - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Robinson takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Diaz lands an elbow just above Robinson 's eye.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Diaz's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Robinson obliges.
Diaz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Robinson lands a damaging elbow.
The referee calls for Robinson to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Diaz trying to stall but Robinson improves his position.
Robinson creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Robinson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Diaz wants to get back to striking at distance but Robinson won't allow it.
Diaz struggles to land a body shot inside as Robinson controls his hands.
Robinson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Forrest Robinson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carl Diaz's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Robinson cracks Diaz with a good jab.

Diaz clinches up with Robinson and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Diaz.

Robinson pulls guard.

Robinson uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Diaz staying out of range there.
Diaz lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Diaz dives in for a single leg takedown but Robinson sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Diaz shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Robinson eats them both and turns towards Diaz to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Robinson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.

Diaz bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Robinson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Diaz defends well and Robinson ends up having to push Diaz into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.

Diaz clinches with his opponent.
Diaz has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.

Robinson works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Robinson decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Diaz, up you get!
Robinson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Diaz can do to turn this around?

Robinson closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Diaz did well to prevent Robinson getting side control.
Diaz is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Robinson scores with a couple of nice shots.
Robinson is thwarting Diaz's attempts to control the position.
Robinson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Diaz works his way to full guard. Good work.
Robinson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson landing with the ground and pound.

Robinson stands up from guard. Let's bang!

Diaz gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
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!
Diaz lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

Diaz throwing strikes but missing.
Robinson wants to sweep here but Diaz controlling him for the moment.
Diaz trying to control but Robinson is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson pulls Diaz in close to his closed guard and prevents Diaz from doing any damage or advancing position.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Robinson keeps moving.
Robinson is pulling down on Diaz's head to control his posture.
Diaz trying to control but Robinson is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Robinson manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Robinson lands a good knee to the midsection. Diaz won't want to take too many of those.
With the fighters up against the cage, Diaz throws an elbow but misses.
Robinson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

Robinson jumps guard.

Robinson has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Diaz has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Robinson landing knees to the head.
Robinson with a knee to the head.

Robinson turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!

Diaz explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Forrest Robinson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Carl Diaz's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Robinson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.

Diaz explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

Robinson has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Diaz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Diaz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Diaz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Robinson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

Robinson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Robinson throws a body punch but Diaz moves out of range.

Robinson bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Diaz explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

Robinson rushes Diaz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Robinson stalling the fight.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Robinson displaying some good clinch control by pressing Diaz up against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Robinson is defending well for now.

Robinson gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.

Diaz pushes Robinson off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Robinson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Diaz misses with an elbow over the top.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Diaz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Robinson's brow.
Robinson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Diaz's defenses.

Robinson ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Robinson no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Forrest Robinson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Robinson 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.
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!

Robinson has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Diaz off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Robinson has closed the distance and engaged Diaz in a clinch.

Robinson jumps guard and drags Diaz to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Robinson keeps moving.
Diaz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Robinson 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.
Diaz wants to control from the top but Robinson keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Robinson tries to get out of the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.

Diaz gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

Diaz gets tackled into the cage by Robinson. Robinson maintains the clinch.
Diaz looking to slow down the pace here.
Robinson effectively controlling the action here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.

Diaz is fighting off a takedown attempt but Robinson is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Diaz to the mat. Diaz regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Diaz manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.

Robinson breaks the clinch.
Robinson misses with a head kick.
Horrible takedown attempt by Diaz or perhaps it was just good defense by Robinson, which made it look bad.

Robinson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Diaz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Diaz trying to land knees to the body.
Carl Diaz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Forrest Robinson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Diaz takes an elbow to the temple.
Robinson lands a nice elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Carl Diaz.
Well Robinson 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 William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Forrest Robinson!
Forrest Robinson bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.