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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Robb Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kim Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kim Roberts is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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185 cm
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185 lbs
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190 cm
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185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Robb Stark! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kim Roberts! The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Stark chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Stark catches Roberts with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Roberts fails with a takedown attempt. Stark tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Roberts is able to avoid easily. Roberts moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. Roberts shoots in but no luck this time. Roberts takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards. Roberts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Roberts misses with a takedown attempt - Stark sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. Robb Stark has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kim Roberts. Stark with a jab. Stark cracks the inside of Roberts's front leg. Stark circles away from the clinch attempt and Stark connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round. Stark tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Roberts manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Stark lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Roberts circles away from the clinch attempt.
Stark fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Roberts, pushing him back against the cage. Stark stalling the fight.
I was talking to Stark's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Roberts jumps guard.
Roberts preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Stark slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up. Stark 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. Roberts throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Stark sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Roberts's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Roberts is looking to control Stark's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Roberts avoid being mounted? Stark is controlling the pace.
Roberts tries to get to full guard but Stark has control of the leg. Stark sitting and controlling from the half guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Roberts trying to hold on to Stark's head to control him but Stark postures up.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Stark is controlling the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity. No luck for Roberts with that takedown attempt. Stark connects with a right hand. Roberts shakes it off. A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Roberts. Stark tests Roberts's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Stark tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice takedown defense from Stark. No joy for Roberts on that attempt. A kick lands to the mid section there for Stark. Roberts looks for a takedown but Stark sprawls well. Roberts stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stark. Stark pushes Roberts away with a front kick. Stark scoring well with a low kick there.
Stark clinches up with Roberts and pushes him back against the cage. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Stark connects with a nasty looking knee right to Roberts's face.
The referee is keeping an eye on Stark - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Roberts wants a takedown.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. A quick uppercut on the inside from Stark. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robb Stark dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A head kick misses from Stark. Roberts plants his feet and lands a nice head kick! Roberts has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Stark. Roberts doesn't manage to clinch there - Stark circles away.
Robb Stark is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Roberts checks a leg kick. Stark misses with a two punch combination.
Stark keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Good standup being displayed there by Stark as he connects with a hook. No luck with that takedown attempt from Roberts. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Roberts fails to land the takedown. Robb Stark has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kim Roberts. Roberts is breathing heavily. Roberts shoots and misses and Stark counters with a nice body kick. A head kick misses from Roberts. Stark with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round. Stark moves into the clinch. Stark prevents Roberts from breaking the clinch. Stark looks to throw an elbow but misses. Roberts takes a knee to the side of the body. Stark lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Roberts letting Stark take a breather here. Stark connects with a knee to the head.
Stark pressing his opponent against the cage. Stark breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Stark looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Roberts moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. Roberts throws a head kick that misses and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick. Roberts keeps the fight on the outside. Stark throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Stark doesn't manage to clinch there - Roberts circles away.
Stark is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Roberts can do to turn this around? Stark lands a jab to Roberts's midsection. Stark misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Roberts is trying hard to land a takedown here. Stark sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Stark lands with a kick to the temple. Roberts shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Roberts is rocked! Roberts gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Stark gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Roberts is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robb Stark! During a confident post fight interview, Robb Stark thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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