PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jake Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pencil Neck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roberts kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Go to Sleep. Neck is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Deep Purple - Bad Attitude. This should be fireworks!

Roberts
vs
Neck

180 cm
28
183 lbs
5 - 9 - 0

182 cm
27
178 lbs
11 - 15 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jake Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 15 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Pencil Neck!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Valeri Chadov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neck shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Roberts as he jumps to the side.
Pencil Neck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Roberts moves into range and clinches up with Neck.
Neck keeps control of Roberts as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

Neck has hold of one of Roberts's legs. Roberts is fighting the takedown attempt but Neck gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Roberts looking for a sweep. Not yet Roberts, not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roberts is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Neck is controlling him.
Neckis looking to pass into half guard but Roberts pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Roberts is in guard.
Neck is trying to keep Roberts in close.
Neck keeping moving, preventing Roberts from controlling successfully.
Neck avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Roberts postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Roberts sitting in guard here, content to control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts slips nicely into half guard.
Roberts is thwarting Neck's attempts to control the position.
Neck avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Roberts.
Roberts prevents Neck from standing back up.
Neck desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Neck is staying active underneath Roberts, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Still in half guard, Roberts seems content to control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Neck enables Roberts to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Neck manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neck wants to sweep here but Roberts controlling him for the moment.
Neck keeping moving, preventing Roberts from controlling successfully.
Roberts's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Roberts postures up in Neck's guard and throws a big left but Neck blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Neck has momentary wrist control but Roberts slips an elbow through the middle.

Neck working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Roberts doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Roberts manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Roberts scoring with some ground and pound.
Neck keeping moving, preventing Roberts from controlling successfully.
Neck keeping full guard, as Roberts tries to pass.
Roberts 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.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts trying to control the position from guard on top but Neck is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Roberts sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neck keeping full guard, as Roberts tries to pass.
Neck manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Roberts is looking to improve his position but Neck isn't that keen on the idea.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Neck postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Roberts looks a forlorn figure.
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!
Neck pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Neck trying to control but Roberts is having none of it.
Roberts wants to hold on but Neck pushes him away.
Neck with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee warns Roberts that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Neck pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Neck controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pencil Neck dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Neck tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Roberts manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Neck uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Roberts.
Neck fails with the takedown.
Roberts lands a jab-cross combination.

Neck looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Roberts!
Roberts tries to reverse the position but Neck maintains control.
Roberts gets back to half guard.
Neck seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Roberts does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Roberts is trying to get back to full guard.
Neck wants to stand up but Roberts is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts wants to get back to his feet.
Neck working Roberts over with strikes.

Roberts looking for submissions off his back.
Neck misses with a head shot. Roberts uses the momentum to regain guard.
Neck wants to control from the top but Roberts keeps moving.
Neck pushing down on Roberts's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neck is trying to control. Roberts wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Roberts wants to control but Neck is keeping busy.

Neck seems to be looking for submissions.
Neck missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pencil Neck has got the better of the ground game so far.
Neck is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Neck is working for a submission of some sort.

Roberts is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Neck pulls his head out easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Roberts looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Roberts looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Neck postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Roberts to stand up.

Roberts tries to sprawl but Neck drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Roberts is trying to stand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Neck is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Neck not landing any meaningful shots this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neck is keen to just control but Roberts is a slippery customer.
Neck lands with a punch from half guard.
Neck wants to take a breather but Roberts is having none of it.
Roberts gets back to full guard.
Roberts avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
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!
Neck missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

Neck gets to his feet - Roberts follows without any prompting.

Neck gets in close and instigates a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Roberts gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Neck missing with punches from the bottom.
Neck is pressing down on Roberts's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pencil Neck showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Neck closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Roberts quickly recovers to half guard.
Neck wants to take a breather but Roberts is having none of it.
Roberts wants to get back to full guard.
Neck is stalling here. Roberts is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Neck seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Roberts has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Roberts trying to control the position but Neck is working away.
Neck tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Roberts wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
What's Neck going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Neck is trying to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Neck takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Roberts is looking to take a break and control but Neck is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Neck is looking to reverse the position.
Roberts controls the position.
Roberts misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Neck looks to move to half guard but instead Roberts has passed into mount! Damn!

Roberts is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Neck has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Neck is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neck tries to reverse the position but Roberts maintains control.
Roberts scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Roberts looking to control but Neck is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Neck tries to reverse the position but Roberts maintains control.
Neck throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Neck tries to lock up and control but Roberts gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Roberts raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts lands a nice shot to the head.
Roberts can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Neck is looking to escape.
Neck's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Roberts landing strikes from the mount and Neck is in trouble!
Neck is trying to escape the mount.
Neck is squirming around, avoiding Roberts's attempts to control the action.
Neck taking shots to the head.
Jake Roberts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neck tries to reverse the position but Roberts maintains control.

Roberts is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Neck can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Neck is working to get back to half guard.
Neck takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Neck tries to improve his position but instead Roberts has taken his back!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Neck defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Roberts has the hooks in. Neck is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jake Roberts showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Neck has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pencil Neck!