PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Robbie Hall (ranked 112 p4p, 4811 weight class) and Evan Gilbert (ranked 19 p4p, 0 weight class). Hall comes to the cage accompanied by Andy Shauf: The Magician. Evan Gilbert will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Hall
vs
Gilbert

165 cm
27
135
11 - 1 - 0

184 cm
25
154
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Highland Clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Robbie Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Evan Gilbert !
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Gilbert gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hall - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Gilbert is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hall is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Hall gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Hall just leaning against Gilbert , taking a breather.
Hall is pushing Gilbert up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hall is pushing Gilbert up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Robbie Hall.

Gilbert gets tackled into the cage by Hall. Hall maintains the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hall misses with a hook from the clinch.

Hall gets control of Gilbert 's arms and successfully pulls guard. Hall will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.

Gilbert is sitting in close to Hall's body. Hall has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Gilbert is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Gilbert is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Hall.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Robbie Hall!
In his post fight interview, Robbie Hall started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.