PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Robert Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jarppi Huhtis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roberts comes to the cage accompanied by Vet. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Roberts
vs
Huhtis

178 cm
23
155 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

178 cm
23
165 lbs
6 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Knuckle Up Fight Wear

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Robert Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jarppi Huhtis!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, John Mangel and Damien Edna.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Roberts.
Huhtis just misses with a punch to the body.
Huhtis misses with an uppercut. Roberts saw that one coming.

Roberts shoots in and bounces Huhtis off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Roberts loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Roberts postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Huhtis utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Roberts trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Roberts is in close to Huhtis's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Huhtis is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Roberts is controlling him.
Roberts is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Roberts accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Huhtis is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Huhtis winds up and cracks Roberts with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Roberts makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Roberts.
Roberts wants to sweep but no luck.
Roberts lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Huhtis!
Roberts working the ground and pound effectively.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Huhtis can do anything to dispel that myth.
Roberts unloading with bombs!
Roberts with shots to the head and body - Huhtis looks very uncomfortable down there.
Roberts has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Huhtis in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.

Huhtis is rocked!
Roberts lands a big shot to the head and Huhtis winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Robert Roberts!