PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Bedford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dylan Robbins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Bedford
vs
Robbins

175 cm
32
135 lbs
17 - 27 - 0

185 cm
19
135 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

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 17 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Bedford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dylan Robbins!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bedford closes the distance and clinches.
Bedford gets underhooks to prevent Robbins's takedown attempt.
Robbins wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bedford tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Robbins avoids it.

Bedford escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bedford stuffs the takedown.
Robbins looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Johnny Bedford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dylan Robbins.
Robbins with a poor takedown
and Bedford counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

Bedford clinches.
Robbins manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bedford gets control of Robbins's arms and successfully pulls guard. Bedford will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Robbins lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robbins looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Bedford really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Bedford is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Bedford is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Robbins avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Bedford.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Robbins tries to roll over but Bedford keeps him under control.
Bedford wants to pass to mount but Robbins is defending the position.
Robbins regains full guard. Nicely done.
Robbins utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bedford controlling from the top position.

Robbins has an active guard here but Bedford has managed to pass into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robbins wants to control but Bedford is keeping busy.
Bedford tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Bedford is controlling the pace.
Robbins blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bedford.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Bedford is keen to just control but Robbins is a slippery customer.
Bedford thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Robbins's head.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Bedford closes this distance looking for a takedown but Robbins circles away.
As Bedford backs off Robbins throws a huge counter combo but Bedford manages to avoid it all.
Robbins looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bedford is fending him off so far but Robbins persists. Nope, Bedford circles away and we're back to standing.
Robbins shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Robbins fails with a takedown attempt.
Bedford shoots in looking for a takedown but Robbins manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bedford's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Robbins throws a big counter head kick but Bedford avoids it with no problem.
Bedford fails with a takedown attempt.
Robbins throws a counter combo.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Robbins looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bedford is fending him off so far but Robbins persists. Nope, Bedford circles away and we're back to standing.
Robbins throws a head kick that misses

and Bedford counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bedford.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Bedford dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Robbins shoots in looking for a takedown but Bedford manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Robbins's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Robbins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bedford paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bedford tries to counter with a takedown but Robbins is quick to defend against it.
No joy there for Bedford, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Robbins changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Bedford shoots in for a double leg but Robbins sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Bedford closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Robbins did well to prevent Bedford getting side control.
Robbins gets full guard.
Bedford is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Robbins can do to turn this around?
Bedford looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Robbins working a defensive guard but Bedford manages to pass into side control anyway.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bedford creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Robbins sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bedford is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Robbins knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.

Bedford tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Bedford has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Johnny Bedford overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bedford tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Robbins is looking to regain half guard here but Bedford keeps moving and retains side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Robbins trying his best to control but Bedford has mounted him.
Robbins is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Robbins avoids a series of strikes thrown by Bedford.
Robbins looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!

Robbins defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Robbins is trying to stand back up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robbins rolls, trying to escape but Bedford keeps control of the position.
Robbins looking very determined here, making life difficult for Bedford.
Bedford slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Even with his hooks in, Bedford manages to miss with strikes from the back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Bedford has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Bedford missing with strikes.

Robbins defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Bedford avoiding Robbins 's attempts to control his hands.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bedford misses with an elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Bedford dominated that second round.
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!

Robbins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Bedford darts in and clinches Robbins up against the cage.
Robbins tries to land knees in the clinch but Bedford avoids the damage to the body.
Robbins changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Bedford fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Bedford swinging wildly here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Robbins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Horrible takedown attempt by Bedford or perhaps it was just good defense by Robbins, which made it look bad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robbins tries to clinch there but Bedford circles away.
Robbins misses with a takedown attempt - Bedford sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robbins blocks a leg kick.
As Bedford backs off Robbins throws a huge counter combo but Bedford manages to avoid it all.
Bedford takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bedford tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Robbins manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And Robbins responds with a good body kick, but Bedford manages to step out the way in time.
Robbins shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bedford but Bedford pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Johnny Bedford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dylan Robbins.
Bedford fails with the takedown.
Robbins misses with a takedown attempt - Bedford sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Bedford fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Robbins, pushing him back against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.

Bedford lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bedford is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Bedford thowing shots but they're missing.
Bedford 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.
Robbins is squirming around, avoiding Bedford's attempts to control the action.
Bedford content just to control the position here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bedford landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bedford can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Robbins is looking to escape.
Bedford throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Bedford connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Robbins is rocked!
Robbins is in all sorts of trouble here.
Robbins is still in real trouble! Can Bedford finish him?

Bedford working for a guillotine from mount but Robbins is in no mood to give up.
Bedford content just to control the position here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bedford thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!

Bedford has control of Robbins's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Robbins regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Robbins seems to have recovered his senses.
Robbins tries to improve his position but instead Bedford has taken his back!
Robbins looking very determined here, making life difficult for Bedford.
Robbins is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Dylan Robbins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Johnny Bedford is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Robbins showing good submission defense here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Bedford showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bedford 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Bedford!