PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luke Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darren Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Austin has chosen Linkin Park - Bleed It Out as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Robinson
vs
Austin

175 cm
20
170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
19
179 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luke Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darren Austin!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, David Schapiro and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Austin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Robinson tries to clinch there but Austin circles away.
Robinson misses with the combination.
Austin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Robinson swivels and escapes.

Robinson moves into the clinch successfully.

Austin breaks from the clinch.

Robinson looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Austin pulls Robinson in to control the position.

Austin wriggles free and stands up.
Robinson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Austin circles away quickly and effectively.
Austin misses with a takedown attempt
and Robinson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Austin thinking.
Austin wants to clinch.

Austin closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Robinson is trying to control Austin's posture but Austin avoids it.
Robinson is not content to let Austin control the position.
Austin in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Let's hope that Austin has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Robinson is trying to get back to his feet.

Austin tries for a kimura but Robinson is defending well.
Austin fails to land a wild elbow strike.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.

Robinson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Robinson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Austin keeps working.
Austin tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Robinson tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Robinson has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Austin looks gassed!
Austin is letting Robinson control him for a moment.
Robinson trying to control the position but Austin is working away.
Robinson taking a breather here.
Austin wants to control but Robinson postures up.

That's four 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.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Austin with a lazy takedown attempt

and Robinson counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Luke Robinson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darren Austin.
Austin is trying to control the position but Robinson postures up.
Robinson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Robinson wants to control from the top but Austin keeps moving.
Robinson stays in close to Austin's body and controls the position.
Robinson wants to get up but he can't break Austin's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Robinson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Austin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Robinson misses with a double jab.
Robinson misses with a low kick.

Austin rushes Robinson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Robinson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Austin has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Robinson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Austin.
Robinson has had enough of the clinch but Austin keeps him there for the moment.
Robinson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Austin tries a body shot but Robinson blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Austin jumps guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Robinson wants to stand and escape but instead Austin has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Austin trying to control but Robinson is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson wants to stand and escape but Austin is having none of it.
Robinson trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Austin won't allow Robinson to sweep him here.
Austin trying to control the position from guard on top but Robinson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Robinson shoots in for a double leg but Austin sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

That's two 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.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Austin.
Austin is breathing heavily.
A combination from Robinson does no damage.
Robinson swinging wilding here.

Austin rushes Robinson and presses him up against the cage.
Austin tries to pull guard but Robinson won't allow it.
Luke Robinson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darren Austin.
Robinson avoiding damage as Austin throws knees to the body.

Austin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Austin tries to clinch up
and Robinson counters with a left and a right that stings Austin.
Robinson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Austin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Luke Robinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Austin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson scores with a one two! Austin had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Austin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Austin doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Robinson counters with a one-two to the body.
Robinson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Austin circles away from the clinch attempt.
Robinson wants to clinch up but Austin keeps it at a distance.

Robinson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Robinson tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Robinson tries to stand but Austin is controlling his head.
Robinson tries to advance to mount but Austin denies him.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin is looking to reverse the position.
Austin is not content to let Robinson control the position.
Robinson working away.
Austin is looking to reverse the position.
Robinson 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.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Robinson misses with a takedown

and Austin holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Robinson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Luke Robinson will probably get the nod.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Austin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Austin with a poor takedown
and Robinson counters with a one-two to the body.
Luke Robinson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Robinson clinches.
Robinson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Austin prevents Robinson from breaking the clinch.
Austin tries to pull guard but Robinson holds him up against the cage and eventually Austin drops back down to his feet.
Robinson stops a takedown attempt from Austin.
Luke Robinson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darren Austin.
Austin wants a takedown.
Robinson wants to get back to striking at distance but Austin won't allow it.
Austin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Austin looking for a takedown.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Robinson wants to break free but Austin has control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Robinson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Austin has him pressed against the cage.
Robinson wants to break free but Austin has control.

Austin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Austin shoots and misses
and Robinson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Robinson.
Robinson tries to stand but Austin is controlling his head.
Robinson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Austin on the ground.
Robinson is looking to take a break and control but Austin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Robinson working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson wants to stand but Austin is controlling his arm.
Austin is trying to get back to his feet.
Austin tries to improve position but can't.
Austin is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Robinson trying to control the action but Austin is working from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Austin checks a low kick from Robinson.
Austin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson shoots in for a double leg but Austin sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Robinson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Robinson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Austin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Robinson fails with a takedown attempt.
Robinson throws a nice looking combination but Austin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Austin lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Austin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Robinson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Robinson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Robinson moves out of range as Austin throws a body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Austin misses with a few strikes there.
Robinson misses with a takedown attempt

and Austin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Austin.
Robinson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Robinson tries to get out of the position.
Robinson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Robinson throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Austin trying to control but Robinson is working from the bottom.
Robinson pulls Austin in to control the position.
Robinson wants to stand and escape but Austin is having none of it.

Austin decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Darren Austin.
Well Robinson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight for Luke Robinson!
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight for Luke Robinson!
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight for Luke Robinson!

Luke Robinson wins by unanimous decision!