PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hulio Hinlares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Robson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Hinlares
vs
Robson

185 cm
21
176 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

173 cm
21
169 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hulio Hinlares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nathan Robson!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

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

Hinlares is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Robson has escaped the position, nice work there.

Hinlares is trying to get an arm triangle but Robson is defending well.
Hinlares tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Robson is looking for a sweep.
Robson sneaks back into half guard.
Hinlares tries to stand and escape but Robson actually recovers to full guard.
Robson keeping moving, preventing Hinlares from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Hinlares drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Robson manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Hinlares has Robson in his guard.
Robson slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Hinlares regains half guard.
Hinlares is looking for a sweep. Robson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Robson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Robson has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hinlares tries to reverse the position but Robson maintains control.
Robson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hinlares is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Hinlares is breathing heavily.
Hinlares is working hard here to advance position.
Robson is landing with some decent strikes but Hinlares is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hinlares is working to get back to half guard.
Hinlares tries to hold on but Robson pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Robson with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Hinlares is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

Robson with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Robson with good strikes from the mount here!
Hinlares working to try and regain half guard.
Hinlares is in a horrible position here. Robson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robson landing punches.
Hinlares is trying to escape the mount.
Robson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hinlares's face.
Hinlares is trying to stand up.
The referee warns Hinlares that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Robson scoring with strikes but Hinlares is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Robson dominated that round.
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.

Robson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Robson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hulio Hinlares is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Robson fails to land with a series of punches.
Robson misses with a low kick.
Hinlares misses with a series of wild punches.
Robson stuffs the takedown attempt from Hinlares. Hinlares gets slowly back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robson tries to clinch but Hinlares moves out of range.
Robson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hinlares misses with a straight left.
Hinlares shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hinlares blocks a head kick by Robson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nice takedown defense from Robson. No joy for Hinlares on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hulio Hinlares. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hinlares throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Robson tries to clinch up but Hinlares circles away and keeps his distance.
Robson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hinlares fails to land the takedown.
Robson wants to clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Robson does no damage.
Robson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hinlares misses with a hook.
Robson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Robson throws a head kick but Hinlares moves out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hinlares blocks a head kick by Robson.
Robson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hinlares rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Robson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hinlares tries to clinch there but Robson circles away.
Nice defenses there by Robson.
Hinlares blocks a low kick nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Nathan Robson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Robson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hinlares swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hinlares shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Robson as he jumps to the side.
Hinlares throws a series of punches but Robson avoids them all with ease.
Hinlares moves out of range of the body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hinlares moves out of range of the body kick.
Hinlares fails with a takedown attempt from distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hinlares lands the left hand.
A combination from Robson does no damage.
Hinlares throws a nice looking combination but Robson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Nice takedown defense from Robson. No joy for Hinlares on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hulio Hinlares. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Robson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Robson tries to clinch up.
Hinlares shoots in for a double leg but Robson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A punch combination from Robson misses.
Hinlares swats away the attempt to clinch by Robson.
Robson misses with a wild combination.
Robson wants to clinch up but Hinlares keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hinlares lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Robson circles away quickly and effectively.
Robson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Robson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Robson shoots in but Hinlares avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Hinlares fails with the takedown

and Robson counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Robson.
Hulio Hinlares has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Hinlares is looking for a triangle here but Robson uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hinlares is trying to get back to half guard.
Hinlares looking for a sweep but Robson has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Robson lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hinlares is in a horrible position here. Robson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Hinlares keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Nathan Robson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Robson 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Robson!