PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tim Henman (ranked 5072 p4p, 508 weight class) and Bartholomew Roberts (ranked 4131 p4p, 0 weight class). Tim Henman had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Henman
vs
Roberts

189 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

RS Laundry

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tim Henman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bartholomew Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Roberts manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Henman throws an off balance right hand
and Roberts counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Henman misses with an uppercut.
Roberts misses with a body shot.
Henman misses with a right hand
and Roberts makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Henman misses with a hook. Roberts ducked under it nicely.
Henman throws a poor cross that misses
and Roberts counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Henman missing with a left hand there. Roberts was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Henman walks into a stiff left hand from Roberts.
Henman misses with a lunging right hand
and Roberts counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Roberts moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Henman throws the left hand but Roberts avoids the punch easily.

Roberts lands a left and a right that send Henman crashing to the mat, dazed. Roberts thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Henman is rocked!
Roberts circles away from the clinch attempt
and Roberts counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henman misses with a looping left.
Henman throws a poor cross that misses
and Roberts counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Henman misses with a right hand
and Roberts counters with a nice body shot.
Henman rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Roberts counters with a stiff right hand.
Henman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roberts.
Tim Henman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roberts moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

Roberts lands a big uppercut and Henman crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Henman looks OK. Roberts waves Henman back to his feet!
Oh Henman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberts cracks Henman with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bartholomew Roberts!