PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steven Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rustu Bekcer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Roberts
vs
Bekcer

195 cm
24
273 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

198 cm
18
255 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Steven Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rustu Bekcer!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bekcer closes the distance and clinches.
Roberts blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Bekcer.

It looks like Steven Roberts has been cut.
Bekcer misses with the head strike.
Bekcer tries to throw a body punch but Roberts avoids it by throwing Bekcer back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Bekcer.
Bekcer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Roberts pulls guard effortlessly.
Bekcer's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Bekcer's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Roberts 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.
Roberts could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bekcer wants to pass the guard but Roberts is keeping the position.
Bekcer is looking to stand up but Roberts won't let him.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Roberts has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bekcer can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bekcer wanted to stand there but Roberts had control of the position.
Bekcer controls from within his opponent's guard.
Bekcer wants to pass the guard but Roberts is keeping the position.
Bekcer controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Roberts looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bekcer is one step ahead there.
Bekcer really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Roberts. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Roberts is trying to keep Bekcer in close.
Roberts is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Bekcer is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Roberts uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bekcer.
Bekcer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Bekcer moves into range and clinches up with Roberts.
Bekcer trying to land knees to the body.
Roberts looking to stall.
Bekcer working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bekcer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bekcer is pressed up against the cage. Roberts has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bekcer down to the mat. Bekcer avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Roberts dives in for a single leg takedown but Bekcer sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Bekcer swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Bekcer forces Roberts back against the cage and clinches.
Bekcer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roberts avoids it.
Bekcer lands a left hand.
Bekcer misses with a punch on the inside.
Bekcer lands a shoulder strike.
Roberts is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Steven Roberts. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roberts is looking to break free of the clinch but Bekcer has double underhooks.
Bekcer scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Bekcer.
Bekcer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bekcer scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Roberts is rocked!
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!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberts.
Oh Roberts is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bekcer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bekcer has a couple of punches blocked by Roberts.
Bekcer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bekcer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bekcer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bekcer has a couple of punches blocked by Roberts.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bekcer.
Bekcer misses with some punches.
Bekcer swings wildly with an uppercut but Roberts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bekcer misses with the head strike.
Bekcer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roberts seems to have got his legs back now.
Roberts wants to break free but Bekcer has control.
Bekcer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Roberts backwards.
Bekcer lands a big right hand that drops Roberts! The killer instinct kicks in and Bekcer finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Bekcer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rustu Bekcer!