PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hai Robbins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Connor Hepburn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Robbins
vs
Hepburn

209 cm
20
177 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

180 cm
19
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Hai Robbins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Connor Hepburn!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hepburn thows a leg kick but Robbins checks it
and Robbins counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hepburn's knee momentarily.
Connor Hepburn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Hepburn feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Robbins trying to control the position.
Hepburn is looking to work some ground and pound but Robbins has wrist control.
Hepburn postures up.
Robbins working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hepburn.

Hepburn avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hepburn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hepburn distracts Robbins with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hepburn throws a big right hand that misses.
Hepburn is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Hepburn trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Robbins pulls Hepburn in close to his closed guard and prevents Hepburn from doing any damage or advancing position.
Robbins will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hepburn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hepburn has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Hepburn lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Robbins controls Hepburn momentarily but Hepburn frees himself.
Hepburn with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Hepburn controlling from the top position.

Robbins is looking for a triangle here but Hepburn uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hepburn working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robbins can't do much from the bottom here.
Hepburn content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Robbins taking punishment in the form of punches.
Hepburn misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Robbins really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sloppy strikes there by Hepburn.
Robbins wants to control but Hepburn postures up.
Hepburn scores with punches from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robbins is trying to control Hepburn's posture but Hepburn avoids it.
Hepburn lands a few punches from side control.
Hepburn lands a nice forearm strike.
Robbins is looking to regain half guard here but Hepburn keeps moving and retains side control.
Hepburn trying to control the position but Robbins is working away.
Hepburn wants to control for a moment but Robbins uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hepburn wants to lay and pray for a moment but Robbins keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Connor Hepburn dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Hepburn shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hepburn not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hepburn stalling away here and it's allowed Robbins to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.

Robbins looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hepburn working some strikes from top position.
Hepburn distracts Robbins with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Robbins looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hepburn has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hepburn throwing strikes but missing.
Hepburn keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Robbins's head.
Hepburn is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Hepburn working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hepburn trying to control but Robbins is working from the bottom.
Hepburn lands a couple of elbows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hepburn is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hepburn wants to control from the top but Robbins keeps moving.
Hepburn is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Hepburn wants to control from the top but Robbins keeps moving.
Hepburn working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hepburn trying to control but Robbins is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hepburn throws a strike but Robbins rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Robbins is looking to stand up but Hepburn won't let him.
Robbins prevents Hepburn from getting back to his feet.
Connor Hepburn has got the better of the ground game so far.
Robbins would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

Robbins stands and steps away. Hepburn gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Hepburn throws a sloppy head kick and Robbins moves out of range easily.

Hepburn feints and as Robbins raises his hands in defense, Hepburn changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hepburn throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Robbins works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hepburn with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hepburn throwing strikes but missing.
Hepburn postures up in Robbins's guard and throws a big left but Robbins blocks it.

Robbins throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Robbins throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hepburn postures up and lands a big shot to Robbins's brow.
Hepburn is in close to Robbins's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Connor Hepburn showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Robbins's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Hepburn tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Hepburn moves into range and clinches up with Robbins.
Robbins tries to break the clinch but Hepburn is controlling the position.
Robbins lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hepburn tries to break the clinch but Robbins is controlling the position.

Robbins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Robbins tries to close the distance and clinch but Hepburn swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Robbins has taken the fight to the clinch.
Robbins working hard to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robbins managing to block the knees to the body from Hepburn.

Robbins is fighting off a takedown attempt but Hepburn is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Robbins to the mat. Robbins regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Hepburn with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hepburn controlling from the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hepburn's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Robbins keeping moving, preventing Hepburn from controlling successfully.
Hepburn is looking to work some ground and pound but Robbins has wrist control.
Hepburn works over Robbins with some ground and pound from guard.
Robbins keeping moving, preventing Hepburn from controlling successfully.
Hepburn pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Robbins is keeping the position for now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hepburn throws a big right hand that misses.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Hepburn looking to score a takedown here. Robbins is defending well but Hepburn drives through and ends up in Robbins's guard.
Hepburn throwing strikes but missing.
Hepburn controls from within his opponent's guard.
Hepburn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robbins being controlled here, momentarily.

Robbins is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hepburn defends well.
Hepburn is looking to work some ground and pound but Robbins has wrist control.
Hepburn trying to control the position from guard on top but Robbins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hepburn postures up.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Robbins has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hepburn.

Hepburn looking to score a takedown here. Robbins is defending well but Hepburn drives through and ends up in Robbins's guard.
Robbins 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.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hepburn content to stall in guard here.
Hepburn postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Connor Hepburn comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hepburn winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 27:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Connor Hepburn!