QFC Tournament 969 Round 4 PBP Commentary

Main event

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lets Go (ranked 3886 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeff Roberts (ranked 3921 p4p, 401 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Go
vs
Roberts

186 cm
25
180 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

178 cm
25
175 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Very quick

Good takedowns
Brawler
Intelligent

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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Lets Go!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jeff Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Go doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Roberts counters with a shoot takedown. Go fights it but they end up in guard.
Go tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Roberts postures up.
Roberts stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Go swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Roberts trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

Go is looking for a triangle but Roberts pushes his legs off easily.
Go manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Roberts manages to get himself to full guard.

Go trying to control but Roberts is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Roberts holds on and takes a little breather.
Go wants to control from the top but Roberts keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Roberts holds on and takes a little breather.
Go missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Go trying to control the position from guard on top but Roberts is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Go postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Go wants to control from the top but Roberts keeps moving.
Go in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Go drops back, looking for a kneebar! Roberts looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Roberts looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Roberts!

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Go tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Go takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Go wants to control but Roberts postures up.
Roberts lands a decent elbow from side control.
Go gets back to half guard.
Roberts seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Roberts working over Go with some ground and pound. Go looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Go is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Roberts scores with a couple of nice shots.
Roberts lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Roberts working over Go with some ground and pound. Go looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The fighters are battling for position here. Go manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Go throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Go trying to strike off his back.

Go is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Roberts defends well.
Roberts working some strikes from top position.

Go is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Go looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Go working a defensive guard here.
Roberts is working Go over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts landing some decent shots from guard.
Roberts is in close to Go's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Go is trying to keep Roberts in close.
Roberts stands up over Go, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

Go is rocked!

Go had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Roberts defends it easily.
Roberts scoring with punches to the head and body.
Oh Go is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Roberts loads up on a big left hand. Go felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Roberts looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Go can't hide his disappointment, as Roberts celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeff Roberts!