PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joey Shabadoo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trevor Robertson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robertson has chosen The Proclaimers - 500 Miles as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Joey Shabadoo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Shabadoo
vs
Robertson

168 cm
25
141 lbs
14 - 9 - 0

170 cm
26
144 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Great elbows
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joey Shabadoo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Trevor Robertson!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Robertson tenderised Shabadoo's leg. Shabadoo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Robertson swings widly with a right hand
enabling Shabadoo to counter with a crisp jab.
Robertson throws a leg kick
and Shabadoo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Robertson dodges the punch combination from Shabadoo.
Shabadoo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Shabadoo throws out a loose jab but Robertson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Robertson.
Robertson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shabadoo was well out of range. Poor timing from Robertson.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Robertson!
Robertson with a jab.
Trevor Robertson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robertson throws a combination that misses

and Shabadoo holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robertson presses Shabadoo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Shabadoo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Robertson has Shabadoo pressed against the cage, preventing Shabadoo from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Robertson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Robertson is looking to land body kicks.
Robertson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Robertson misses with a hook. Shabadoo ducked under it nicely.
Shabadoo fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Shabadoo counters with a leg kick.
Robertson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Shabadoo counters with a low kick, right behind Robertson 's knee.
Shabadoo slaps away a takedown attempt from Robertson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Shabadoo throws a chopping leg kick but Robertson manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nice defenses there by Shabadoo.
Robertson loads up on a big right hand but Shabadoo slips the punch.
Shabadoo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Robertson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shabadoo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Robertson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Robertson throws a lazy head kick
and Shabadoo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Robertson thinking.
Robertson looks gassed!
Shabadoo misses the jab.
Shabadoo throws a body punch but Robertson moves out of range.
Shabadoo misses with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robertson throws a sloppy head kick and Shabadoo moves out of range easily.
Shabadoo takes a jab right on the kisser.
Shabadoo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Robertson manages to avoid it.
Shabadoo lands a really nice looking cross but Robertson seems unphased.

Shabadoo gets a clinch.
Robertson tries to stall but Shabadoo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Shabadoo breaks the clinch.
Robertson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Robertson misses with a body punch
enabling Shabadoo to counter with a crisp jab.

Shabadoo moves into the clinch.
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!
Robertson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shabadoo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Robertson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Shabadoo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shabadoo scoring well with a low kick there.
Shabadoo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Robertson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Robertson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shabadoo throws a hook but Robertson avoids it easily.
The crowd cheers as Shabadoo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Robertson doesn't seem phased though.
Nice jab there from Shabadoo.
Robertson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shabadoo lands with a shot to the body.
Shabadoo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Robertson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Shabadoo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Shabadoo misses with a wild combination.
Robertson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Good leg kick by Shabadoo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Robertson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Shabadoo connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Shabadoo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Robertson. Shabadoo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shabadoo lands a nice shot that snaps Robertson's head back.
Robertson misses with a hook
and Shabadoo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Shabadoo moves into the clinch.
Shabadoo lands a body punch.

Shabadoo breaks from the clinch.
Shabadoo lands with a good body shot.
Shabadoo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Robertson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Shabadoo looks to land a combination. Robertson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Robertson throws a predictable looking body shot
and Shabadoo counters with an inside leg kick.
Shabadoo is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nice shot by Shabadoo.
Shabadoo lands a leg kick that knocks Robertson off balance momentarily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shabadoo scores with a decent looking hook.
Shabadoo lands with a nice combination. Robertson backs away looking to recover.

Shabadoo forces Robertson back against the cage and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Shabadoo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

A punch combination from Shabadoo misses.
Robertson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Shabadoo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Robertson's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Shabadoo throws a big right hand that misses.
Shabadoo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Robertson is keeping the position for now.
Shabadoo makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Shabadoo wants to stand but Robertson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Shabadoo landing with the ground and pound.

Shabadoo is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Robertson seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Robertson looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Shabadoo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Robertson is breathing heavily.
Robertson keeping moving, preventing Shabadoo from controlling successfully.
Shabadoo passes Robertson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Shabadoo prevents Robertson from improving his position.
Shabadoo passes the guard and advances to mount!
Shabadoo is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Shabadoo lands a heavy elbow.
Robertson can't escape the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shabadoo postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Robertson looks a forlorn figure.
A nice elbow there by Shabadoo.
Robertson is trying desperately to improve position.
Shabadoo raining down shots from the mount!
Robertson tries to reverse the position but Shabadoo maintains control.
Shabadoo lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Shabadoo connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Shabadoo lands a nice shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Shabadoo looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shabadoo cracks Robertson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shabadoo landing punches.
Robertson wants to hold on but Shabadoo pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Shabadoo.
Robertson is looking to get to half guard.
Robertson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Shabadoo scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Robertson can't escape the position.
Shabadoo wants to control the pace but Robertson is squirming around nicely.
Shabadoo raining down hammerfists from mount.
Robertson is bucking up trying to escape but Shabadoo cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shabadoo breaks from Robertson's wrist control and lands an elbow.

Robertson defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Shabadoo.
Robertson wants to control but Shabadoo is having none of it.
Shabadoo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Robertson can do to turn this around?
Robertson is trying desperately to improve position.

Shabadoo looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shabadoo landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joey Shabadoo dominated that second round.
That's time! Shabadoo's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Shabadoo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Robertson circles away.
Robertson misses with a head kick.
Robertson catches Shabadoo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Shabadoo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Robertson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Robertson looks to land a left hand but Shabadoo moved out of range nicely.
Robertson looks to land a right hand but Shabadoo moved out of range.
Shabadoo tries to clinch but Robertson is having none of it.
Robertson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Shabadoo's waist but Shabadoo gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Robertson off to one side.
A jab from Robertson finds it's way through Shabadoo's defenses.
Robertson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Robertson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shabadoo can pounce on him.
Shabadoo tries to bum rush Robertson with a series of wild strikes but Robertson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Robertson throws a series of punches but Shabadoo moves out of range.
Shabadoo 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 Shabadoo off to one side.
Robertson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Shabadoo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A big left from Robertson misses.
Robertson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shabadoo.
Joey Shabadoo is winning the standup battle so far.
Shabadoo is looking to clinch but Robertson is avoiding it.
Shabadoo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Robertson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Shabadoo is out of range and Robertson settles back down.
The fighters circle momentarily. Shabadoo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Shabadoo scores with a nice strike.
Shabadoo digs a good hook to Robertson's body.
Robertson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shabadoo scores with a shot to the body.
Shabadoo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Trevor Robertson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robertson misses with a leg kick
and Robertson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shabadoo fails to land with a series of punches.
Trevor Robertson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice shot lands for Shabadoo.
Robertson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shabadoo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Shabadoo lands a slapping body shot.
Shabadoo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shabadoo wants to clinch up but Robertson keeps it at a distance.
Nice body punch from Shabadoo.
Shabadoo's corner calls for a 1-2. Shabadoo obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Shabadoo connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Shabadoo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Robertson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robertson blocks a jab.
Shabadoo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Shabadoo has managed to clinch.

Shabadoo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Robertson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Robertson throws a head kick that misses
and Shabadoo counters with a nice leg kick.
Robertson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Robertson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Shabadoo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Shabadoo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Robertson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shabadoo looks for a takedown but Robertson sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joey Shabadoo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shabadoo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Robertson throws a leg kick
and Shabadoo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shabadoo shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Robertson eats them both and turns towards Shabadoo to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Shabadoo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Shabadoo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Robertson.
Joey Shabadoo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shabadoo misses with a body shot.
Shabadoo tries to clinch up but Robertson circles away and keeps his distance.
Shabadoo walks into a stiff left hand from Robertson.
Robertson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Shabadoo counters with an outside leg kick.
Robertson throws a hook to the side of Shabadoo's head but Shabadoo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Robertson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Robertson takes one to the side of the head.
Shabadoo lands a head shot.
Robertson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Robertson throws a lazy uppercut
and Shabadoo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

Shabadoo closes the distance and clinches.

Shabadoo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shabadoo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shabadoo cracks Robertson with a good jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Shabadoo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Shabadoo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Shabadoo!