PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Josh Robertson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rob Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robertson comes to the cage accompanied by State of the union by Rise Against. Josh Robertson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rob Tate's chin.

Robertson
vs
Tate

182 cm
20
198 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

185 cm
20
192 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Josh Robertson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rob Tate!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Anthony Taglia and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Robertson misses with a hook. Tate ducked under it nicely.

Robertson closes the distance and clinches.
Tate goes for a takedown in the clinch but Robertson prevents it.

Tate gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Tate accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Robertson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tate lands a couple of digs.
Tate working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tate throwing strikes but missing.
Robertson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Robertson keeping full guard, as Tate tries to pass.
Tate keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Robertson's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson keeping moving, preventing Tate from controlling successfully.
Tate stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Robertson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Robertson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Tate fails with the takedown.
A clash of legs there as Tate blocks the low kick.
Robertson throws a low kick but Tate moves out of range easily.
Robertson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tate moves out of range as Robertson throws a body kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tate throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Robertson's waist but Robertson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Tate off to one side.
Josh Robertson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rob Tate.

Tate fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Robertson sprawls well initially but Tate persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Tate wants to pass the guard but Robertson is defending well.
Robertson works his way to full guard. Good work.
Robertson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tate is one step ahead there.
Tate throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Robertson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Robertson wants to stand up but Tate is controlling him.
Tate throws and elbow that misses. Robertson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Tate's guard. Nice move by Robertson!
Tate keeping moving, preventing Robertson from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Tate is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Robertson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Rob Tate has been cut.

Robertson breaks the clinch.
Tate fails to land the takedown.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tate tries a head kick but it misses.
Good leg kick by Robertson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Tate shoots in and drives through. Robertson sprawls well.
A good leg kick by Robertson.
Robertson throws a leg kick which misses Tate's front leg but catches the back leg as Tate tries to avoid it.
No joy there for Robertson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Robertson cracks the inside of Tate's front leg.
Robertson slaps away a takedown attempt from Tate, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Robertson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Robertson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Josh Robertson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rob Tate's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Robertson tries to land a leg kick but Tate saw it coming and moves away.
Robertson throws a leg kick that misses.
Tate misses with a takedown attempt - Robertson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Tate misses the shot to the body.
Robertson displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tate.
A combination from Robertson does no damage.
Tate will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Josh Robertson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rob Tate.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robertson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tate.
Tate misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Robertson.
Tate shoots in but Robertson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Tate shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Robertson sprawls well. Robertson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Tate gets slowly back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tate backs up against the cage.
Robertson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tate takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.

Robertson gets a clinch.
Tate blocks the elbow strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Robertson misses with a knee strike.
Robertson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tate looking for a takedown.

Robertson breaks from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robertson tests Tate's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tate shoots in but no luck this time.
Robertson misses with a series of wild punches.
Josh Robertson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Robertson.
Robertson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tate.

Tate drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Robertson regains half guard, as Tate was trying to land strikes.
Tate wants to stand up but Robertson manages to regain full guard.
Tate is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robertson keeping moving, preventing Tate from controlling successfully.
Tate thows a big elbow that misses.
Robertson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Robertson working a defensive guard here.
Tate must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Tate throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Robertson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tate moves out of range of the leg kick from Robertson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tate shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Robertson as he jumps to the side.
No luck for Tate with that takedown attempt.
Tate shoots in but Robertson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Tate shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Robertson defends it nicely.
Robertson misses with the combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Josh Robertson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rob Tate's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Robertson throws a wild body kick that Tate sees coming a mile off.
Robertson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tate works over Robertson's head and body with a nice combination.
Tate fails with the takedown.

Robertson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.

Robertson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Robertson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Robertson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Tate is controlling him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tate.
Tate throws a big right hand that misses.
Tate wants to control from the top but Robertson keeps moving.
Tate loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Nice defenses there by Tate.
Robertson throws a wild body kick that Tate sees coming a mile off.
Robertson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tate looks to land a combination. Robertson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like Josh Robertson has been cut.

Tate shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Robertson is working to get back to half guard.
Tate scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Robertson?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tate is landing with some decent strikes but Robertson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Robertson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Robertson is bucking up trying to escape but Tate cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tate looking to finish Robertson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Robertson!

Robertson is rocked!
A nice elbow there by Tate.
Oh Robertson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Robertson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Tate is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Robertson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Tate postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Robertson bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Tate and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rob Tate!
Rob Tate is the new middleweight champion!