PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Thiago (ranked 1559 p4p, 244 weight class) and Wesley Roberts (ranked 1709 p4p, 265 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Thiago
vs
Roberts

193 cm
25
215 lbs
9 - 5 - 0

189 cm
25
205 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction
Bullet Proof System

Woodshins' Ship

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Thiago!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Wesley Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberts throws a sloppy body shot
and Thiago counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Roberts thinking.
Thiago swings for the body but Roberts moves out of range.
Thiago looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Thiago throws a half hearted mid kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Roberts! But no joy.
Thiago misses with a low kick as Roberts jumps back.
Roberts misses with a looping right.
Thiago uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roberts.

Roberts clinches with his opponent.
Thiago lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Roberts backwards.
Thiago doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Roberts working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Roberts breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thiago moves away from the strike by Roberts.
Thiago tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Thiago.
As Thiago backs off Roberts throws a huge counter combo but Thiago manages to avoid it all.
Thiago is looking to slow Roberts down with leg kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thiago takes one to the chin there.
Thiago misses with a head kick.
Roberts looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Roberts fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thiago takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Thiago throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Roberts. That snapped Thiago's head back.
Roberts throws a series of punches but Thiago avoids them all with ease.
Thiago ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roberts moves away.
Thiago scores with a hook to the body. Roberts takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Roberts throws a body punch but Thiago moves out of range.
Roberts throws a jab when Thiago was well out of range.
Roberts misses with a low kick.
Roberts tests Thiago's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Thiago is looking to wear down Roberts with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Thiago lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Roberts has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Roberts misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thiago.
Roberts catches Thiago with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Thiago misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roberts.
Roberts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thiago thuds a left hand into Roberts's body.
Roberts takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Thiago has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Roberts finds it's way round the side to connect with Thiago's head.
Roberts misses with a hook
and Thiago counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Roberts connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Thiago momentarily.
Thiago throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thiago slips a straight right by Roberts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Roberts closes the distance and clinches.
Thiago misses with a hook to the ribs.
Roberts is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Roberts throws a head punch that misses.
Roberts looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Roberts lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Thiago backwards.
Thiago lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Roberts makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Thiago misses with a punch on the inside.
Roberts scores with a shoulder strike.
Roberts lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Roberts blocks a body shot from Thiago.
Roberts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thiago's elbow.
Roberts works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Roberts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roberts struggles to land a body shot inside as Thiago controls his hands.
Roberts misses with a punch on the inside.
Thiago swings wildly with an uppercut but Roberts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roberts working hard to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts blocking some punches.
A shot in the inside from Roberts.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberts tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thiago lands a right hand that snaps the head of Roberts backwards.
Thiago lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thiago lands an uppercut.
Roberts lands a left hand that snaps the head of Thiago backwards.
Roberts swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thiago tries a body shot but Roberts blocks it.

Roberts breaks from the clinch.
Roberts just misses with a punch to the body.
Roberts takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Thiago throws a low kick but it's checked well by Roberts.
Thiago lands with a nice body punch.
Roberts punishes Thiago's body with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wesley Roberts dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Roberts scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Roberts wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Thiago ducks under a wild hook from Roberts.
Thiago scores with a nice body kick.
Roberts avoids a punch combination nicely.
Roberts lands a jab.
Wesley Roberts seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Roberts throws a looping overhand right but Thiago ducks down to avoid it.
Thiago appears to be looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberts misses with an uppercut.
Roberts avoids a kick to the body.
Roberts misses with a looping right.
Thiago appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Thiago moves away from the strike by Roberts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts misses with a hook to the body
and Thiago counters with an outside leg kick.
Thiago lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Roberts scores with a jab to the body.
Thiago buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thiago ducks under a wild hook from Roberts.
Roberts moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wesley Roberts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thiago lands with a nice body punch.
Roberts looks to land a left hand but Thiago moved out of range nicely.
Thiago swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A jab lands there for Roberts.
Roberts scores with a jab. Thiago acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Thiago avoids the body shot from Roberts.
Thiago scores with a crisp jab that stopped Roberts in his tracks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thiago scoring well with a low kick there.
Thiago slips under a jab from Roberts.
A swing and a miss from Roberts.
Roberts throws a predictable looking body shot
and Thiago counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Roberts looks to score with a jab to the body but Thiago is just out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Roberts.
Roberts throws out a loose jab but Thiago uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thiago is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Thiago uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roberts.
Thiago misses with a wild body shot.
Thiago circles away from the clinch attempt
and Thiago counters with a stiff right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Roberts misses.
Thiago is looking to land body kicks.
A swing and a miss from Roberts.
Roberts throws the left hand but Thiago avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Roberts does it's job there.
The fighters circling - Roberts throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Roberts throws a shot from downtown. Thiago moves away and avoids it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Thiago.
Roberts misses with a straight right.
Roberts has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Roberts throws a right hand that Thiago ducks under and follows up with a left that Thiago also avoids with ease.
Thiago is looking to counter with a body kick.
Thiago wants to slow Roberts down by chopping away at his legs.
Thiago is looking to land body kicks.
Roberts steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Thiago.
Good work by Thiago as he checks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts swings away with a body shot that misses
and Thiago counters with a straight right hand.
Thiago throws a half hearted mid kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Roberts misses the target.
Thiago throws out a leg kick but Roberts moves out of range and Thiago only half commits.
Roberts doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Roberts checks a leg kick.
Thiago throws a body punch but Roberts moves out of range.
Jab from Roberts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberts wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Thiago takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Roberts just misses with a punch to the body.
Thiago scores with a body shot.
Roberts cracks Thiago with an open hand slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wesley Roberts showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Roberts's corner calls for a 1-2. Roberts obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Thiago throws a hook but Roberts avoids it easily.
Roberts wants to counter with a clinch but Thiago pushes him away.
Roberts scores with a jab to the jaw.
Thiago is looking to score with low kicks.
Nice defenses there by Thiago.
Roberts fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thiago manages to avoid it.
Roberts throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thiago sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Thiago throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roberts misses with a double jab
enabling Thiago to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberts scores with a jab to the head.
Roberts misses with an uppercut.
Roberts walks forward, straight into a front kick from Thiago.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Thiago.
Thiago is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice straight punches there by Roberts. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Roberts.
Thiago throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thiago fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Roberts has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Thiago throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Roberts throws a shot from downtown. Thiago moves away and avoids it.
Roberts throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thiago throws a body punch but Roberts moves out of range.
Thiago moves away from the strike by Roberts.
Roberts swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Thiago counters with a nice uppercut.
Thiago Thiago has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thiago looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thiago dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Roberts. That did some damage!
Roberts misses the shot to the body.
Thiago swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Roberts throws a hook but Thiago blocks it.
Thiago uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roberts.
It looked like Thiago wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberts is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thiago.
Roberts thuds a left hand into Thiago's body.
Roberts scores with a jab to the body.
Roberts's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Thiago lands with a cross.
Thiago misses with a kick to the body.
Thiago thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Roberts if he has to take too many more of those.
A slapping body kick lands there for Thiago.
Roberts takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Roberts misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thiago was well out of range. Poor timing from Roberts.
Thiago slips under a jab.
Thiago keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roberts throws a right hand that misses
and Thiago counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice defenses there by Thiago.
Thiago lands with a straight right. Roberts didn't see that one coming.
Thiago throws a lazy body kick
and Roberts cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Roberts throws a jab when Thiago was well out of range.
A combination from Roberts does no damage.
Roberts throws a hook but Thiago avoids it easily.
Roberts misses with a few strikes there.
Thiago throwing a counter right hand but Roberts manages to avoid it.
Roberts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts throws a predictable looking body shot
and Thiago counters with a nice low kick that buckles Roberts's knee momentarily.
Thiago moves away from the strike by Roberts.
Roberts takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Thiago misses with a straight left.
Roberts misses with a body shot
and Thiago counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thiago bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
An inside leg kick lands from Thiago.
Nice body kick there by Thiago.

Thiago lands a big right hand that sends Roberts crashing to the mat! Thiago stays standing though and waves Roberts back to his feet!

Roberts is rocked!
Thiago lands with a nice body punch.
Wesley Roberts is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Roberts is still on wobbly legs! Can Thiago finish him?
A big left from Thiago misses.
Roberts switches off momentarily and Thiago cracks him with a monster right hand! Roberts topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Thiago dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Thiago!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Thiago Thiago!
A very excited looking Thiago Thiago made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.