PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reece Robertson (ranked 2778 p4p, 3130 weight class) and Malus Traeger (ranked 348 p4p, 386 weight class). The key to victory for Reece Robertson has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Robertson
vs
Traeger

185 cm
19
167
2 - 3 - 0

181 cm
20
165
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Reece Robertson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Malus Traeger!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Joseph Jones and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Traeger lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Robertson at a distance.
Traeger gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Traeger takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Traeger wants to clinch.
Traeger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Robertson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Traeger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Robertson tries to bum rush Traeger with a series of wild strikes but Traeger uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Horrible takedown attempt by Traeger or perhaps it was just good defense by Robertson, which made it look bad.
Traeger misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Traeger slips a jab and a cross from Robertson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Traeger shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Robertson as he avoids it easily.
It looked like Robertson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Reece Robertson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Malus Traeger.
Traeger just misses with a punch to the body.
Donk. Robertson catches Traeger right on the button with a cross.
Robertson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Traeger moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A nice combination there by Robertson.

Traeger is rocked!
Robertson seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Traeger throws a looping overhand right but Robertson ducks down to avoid it.
Traeger is still on wobbly legs! Can Robertson finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson throws a right hand that Traeger ducks under and follows up with a left that Traeger also avoids with ease.
Traeger fails with a takedown attempt.

Robertson cracks Traeger with an uppercut from hell and Traeger crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Robertson's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
Traeger is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Robertson stopping the sweep attempt from Traeger.
Traeger wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Traeger seems to have recovered his senses.
Traeger tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Traeger with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Robertson to score with a decent uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robertson fails to land with a series of punches.
Traeger feints the counter takedown.
Traeger is looking to clinch but Robertson is avoiding it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Traeger looks to land a right hand but Robertson moved out of range.
Traeger scores with the left hand. Robertson knows he should have avoided that one.
Robertson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Robertson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Traeger was well out of range. Poor timing from Robertson.
Traeger slips a jab and a cross from Robertson.
Robertson cracks Traeger with an open hand slap.
Traeger misses the jab.
Reece Robertson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robertson avoids the body shot from Traeger.
Robertson throws a big counter combination but Traeger scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Traeger on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Robertson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Traeger.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Traeger swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Traeger manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Robertson on his heels. He'll look to pass Robertson's guard now, I'm sure.
Traeger throws a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Traeger is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Traeger throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Robertson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Traeger sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Robertson's guard.
Traeger lands strikes from half guard.
Robertson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Robertson tries to get out of the position.
Traeger is trying to control the action in half guard but Robertson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Traeger looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Traeger has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Traeger looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Traeger looking to ground and pound but Robertson is blocking nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Traeger looking to control but Robertson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Traeger scoring with strikes but Robertson is staying in there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Traeger cracks Robertson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Robertson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Traeger on the ground.
Traeger raining down shots from the mount!
Robertson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Robertson is bucking up trying to escape but Traeger cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Reece Robertson dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sloppy strikes from Robertson. Those never looked like landing.
Traeger goes for a double leg but Robertson avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Robertson continues to drive forward.
Traeger tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Robertson swivels and escapes.
A little feinted left hand from Robertson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Robertson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Reece Robertson is winning the standup battle so far.
Traeger ducks right into an uppercut from Robertson.
A jab from Traeger does it's job there.
Good exchange - Traeger coming out on top.

Traeger closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Robertson did well to prevent Traeger getting side control.
Traeger frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Robertson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Robertson is squirming around, avoiding Traeger's attempts to control the action.
Traeger lands a nice shot to the head.
Robertson is squirming around, avoiding Traeger's attempts to control the action.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Traeger scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Robertson?
Traeger thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Traeger throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Traeger lands a nice shot to the head.
Robertson tries to buck Traeger off but he can't manage it.
Traeger looking to control but Robertson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
You get the feeling that Robertson really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Traeger landing punches.
Traeger with good strikes from the mount here!
Robertson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The referee warns Robertson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Traeger landing punches.
Traeger cracks Robertson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Traeger tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Traeger is landing with some decent strikes but Robertson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.

Robertson is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Traeger cracks Robertson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Oh Robertson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Traeger raining down hammerfists from mount.
Traeger lands a heavy elbow.
Traeger lands a big shot to the head and Robertson winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Malus Traeger!