PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Allen Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Rave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rave has chosen What Happened? as his entrance music. Allen Robinson had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Robinson
vs
Rave

190 cm
28
201 lbs
15 - 6 - 1

185 cm
39
193 lbs
33 - 24 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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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 15 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Allen Robinson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Craig Rave!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robinson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rave throws a body shot but no joy.
Robinson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rave has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rave misses with a looping right.
Robinson getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rave throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Robinson lands a right hook to the body.
Robinson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rave.
Robinson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rave shoots in but Robinson avoids the takedown attempt easily.
As Rave tries to get set, Robinson tries to push him back and clinch up but Rave manages to avoid the attempt.
Rave keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Robinson .
Robinson lands a nice shot that snaps Rave's head back.
A swing and a miss from Robinson .
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!
Robinson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Craig Rave seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That kick from Rave tenderised Robinson 's leg. Robinson is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rave lands with an overhand left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rave misses with a body shot.
Rave finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Robinson throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Rave to counter with a crisp jab.
Robinson throws a poor cross that misses
and Rave counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Robinson throws a body shot but no joy.
Robinson throws a shot from downtown. Rave moves away and avoids it.
Rave misses with a jab to the body
and Robinson makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rave connects with a body shot that sends Robinson 's belly button to the back.
Robinson loads up on a big right hand but Rave slips the punch.
Rave steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Robinson .
Sloppy strikes from Robinson . Those never looked like landing.
Rave tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Robinson was well out of range. Poor timing from Rave.
Robinson tries to counter by clinching up but Rave breaks away and moves out of range.
Robinson throws a body punch but Rave moves out of range.
Rave circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rave throws a head kick but Robinson moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Robinson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rave keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rave is looking to score with low kicks.
Robinson scores with a jab to the body.
Rave moves out of range as Robinson strikes.
Robinson moves out of range as Rave strikes.
Robinson swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Rave misses the jab.
A lazy left from Robinson finds it's target.
Rave slips under a jab.
Rave drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Robinson defends it well.

Robinson has closed the distance and engaged Rave in a clinch.

Rave gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Robinson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Rave's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Rave's back!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Rave doesn't escape.
Rave is really stuck here.
Robinson really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Rave.
Robinson is hanging on to Rave's back as he tries to escape.
Rave staying busy and making it hard for Robinson to control.
Rave rolls, trying to escape but Robinson keeps control of the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Robinson is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Rave is really stuck here.
Robinson controls the position.
Rave prevents Robinson from getting a body triangle.
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 Allen Robinson will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Rave fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Robinson manages to avoid it.
Robinson seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Rave misses with a wild body shot.
Rave ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rave lands a lovely overhand right.
Robinson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Good leg kick by Rave there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Robinson looks to land a left hand but Rave moved out of range nicely.
Robinson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Robinson moves into the clinch successfully.
Robinson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Raves head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robinson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Robinson is trying to stall.
Robinson prevents the takedown attempt.
Rave misses with an elbow over the top.
Robinson lands with a short 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!
Robinson gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rave.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rave wants to take the fight to the mat but Robinson manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Allen Robinson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Craig Rave.
Robinson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rave wants to break free but Robinson has control.
Rave lands a good knee to the midsection. Robinson won't want to take too many of those.
Rave manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Robinson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rave has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rave wants a takedown but no success here.
Robinson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rave has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Robinson after a bit of a struggle.

Rave gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.

Rave is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Rave is breathing heavily.
Rave prevents Robinson from standing back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rave stalling away here and it's allowed Robinson to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Rave preventing the sweep.
Rave postures up in Robinson 's guard and throws a big left but Robinson blocks it.
Rave pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Robinson is keeping the position for now.
Robinson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rave manages to get himself to full guard.

The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rave wants to sweep but no luck.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.

Rave throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Robinson escapes and throws Rave's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Rave is looking for a sweep.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Robinson trying to control the action but Rave is working from the bottom.
Rave tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Robinson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Robinson wants to control for a moment but Rave uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Rave is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Robinson controlling the pace.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Allen Robinson will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Robinson checks a low kick from Rave.
Robinson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Robinson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rave is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Rave cracks the inside of Robinson 's front leg.
Robinson tries to clinch up.
Robinson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Robinson tries to counter by clinching up but Rave breaks away and moves out of range.
Robinson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Rave tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Robinson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As Rave tries to get set, Robinson tries to push him back and clinch up but Rave manages to avoid the attempt.
Rave uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Robinson .
Rave misses with a body kick.
Craig Rave seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Robinson clinches.
Rave blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Robinson misses with a knee strike.

Rave breaks from the clinch.
Rave thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson throws a series of strikes that have Rave backpedaling.
Rave scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rave is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Robinson .
Robinson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Allen Robinson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Robinson moves out of range as Rave strikes.
Robinson tries to clinch but Rave is having none of it.
Rave misses with a low kick.
Rave throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Robinson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Robinson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rave manages to avoid it.
It seemed like Rave was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rave jabs Robinson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rave goes for a double leg but Robinson avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Robinson continues to drive forward.
Rave is looking to chop away at Robinson 's legs.
Rave throws a solid leg kick but Robinson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rave.
Robinson wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Robinson moves to clinch but Rave breaks away
and Rave counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Craig Rave has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Allen Robinson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Robinson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rave.
Rave swings widly with a right hand
and Robinson counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rave thinking.
Rave fails with a takedown attempt.
Robinson wants to clinch but Rave slips to the side
and Rave connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rave keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Robinson .
Robinson misses with a looping left.
Rave takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Robinson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Robinson smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Robinson lands a nice shot that snaps Rave's head back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson moves out of range of the leg kick from Rave.
Rave misses with an uppercut. Robinson saw that one coming.
Robinson avoids the body shot from Rave.
Rave shoots in for a takedown but Robinson shows good takedown defense.
Allen Robinson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Craig Rave.
Robinson cracks Rave with an open hand slap.
Robinson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Rave misses with an uppercut
and Robinson counters with a right hand to the body.
Rave misses with a hook to the body
letting Robinson counter with a right hand.
Rave scores with a hook.
Rave takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rave misses with a looping left.
Robinson throws a shot to the body.
Jab from Rave.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Robinson drives through and clinches with Rave against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rave tries to score a body lock takedown but Robinson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Rave wants a takedown but no success here.

Rave gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Robinson regains guard.
Rave takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rave throws a big right hand that misses.
Robinson wants to get back to his feet but Rave is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Robinson managing to control the position.
Rave distracts Robinson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Allen Robinson .
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Robinson , winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Allen Robinson !
Our winner, Allen Robinson , made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.