PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joao Stawarski (ranked 2430 p4p, 2184 weight class) and Bradley Robertson (ranked 284 p4p, 258 weight class). Stawarski comes to the cage accompanied by They Donâ€™t Care About Us. This should be fireworks!

Stawarski
vs
Robertson

199 cm
28
273
10 - 4 - 0

197 cm
28
250
5 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

H!lo
Voodoo Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joao Stawarski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bradley Robertson!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.

Robertson clinches up against the cage.

Robertson jumps guard.
Stawarski pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Robertson is keeping the position for now.
Robertson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Stawarski manages to get himself to full guard.

Robertson postures up and lands a big shot to Stawarski's brow.
Robertson cracks Stawarski with a solid left hand.
Robertson trying to control the position from guard on top but Stawarski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Robertson tries to free his leg and advance position but Stawarski is retaining full guard.
Robertson working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Stawarski is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Robertson is aware though and is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robertson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Robertson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Stawarski's head.
Stawarski can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Robertson controls the pace.
Stawarski has momentary wrist control but Robertson slips an elbow through the middle.
Robertson wants to control from the top but Stawarski keeps moving.
Robertson is in close to Stawarski's body, working some short punches and elbows.

That's one minute gone in the round.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Joao Stawarski!
Joao Stawarski seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.