PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marty Robbins (ranked 442 p4p, 72 weight class) and Bobby McBarz (ranked 4239 p4p, 471 weight class). Robbins's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Big Iron. McBarz has chosen Pharrell - How does it feel? as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Robbins
vs
McBarz

186 cm
24
187 lbs
14 - 4 - 0

183 cm
26
180 lbs
11 - 15 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Power Matrix Nutrition

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 14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marty Robbins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bobby McBarz!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McBarz lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Marty Robbins has been cut.
McBarz throws a nice looking combination but Robbins bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
McBarz lands a jab.
McBarz misses with a hook
and Robbins counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Bobby McBarz has been cut.
McBarz swings for the body but Robbins moves out of range.

Robbins drives through and clinches with McBarz against the cage.
Robbins working aggressively here.
Robbins lands an elbow just above McBarz 's eye.
I was talking to Robbins's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Robbins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
McBarz tries to bum rush Robbins with a series of wild strikes but Robbins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

The fight moves into the clinch position.

McBarz breaks from the clinch.
Robbins looks to land a left hand but McBarz moved out of range nicely.
Robbins lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
McBarz throws a hook but Robbins blocks it.

McBarz gets tackled into the cage by Robbins. Robbins maintains the clinch.
Robbins looks to throw an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robbins gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McBarz takes an elbow to the forehead.

Robbins breaks from the clinch.
Robbins lands a glancing blow to the side of McBarz's head.
McBarz throws a combination that misses
and Robbins counters with a straight right hand.
Robbins's hands are dropping dangerously low here and McBarz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Robbins scrambles back to his feet.
Robbins connects with a looping right hand.
Sloppy strikes from McBarz. Those never looked like landing.
McBarz fails to land with a series of punches.
McBarz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Robbins.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sloppy strikes from McBarz. Those never looked like landing.

Robbins has closed the distance and engaged McBarz in a clinch.

Robbins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Robbins forces McBarz back against the cage and clinches.
Robbins lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch on the inside from Robbins fails to land.
Robbins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McBarz's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Robbins.
Robbins misses with a short punch on the inside.
McBarz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Robbins has him pressed against the cage.

Robbins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Robbins cracks McBarz with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That has opened up Bobby McBarz's cut even more.
A slow jab from McBarz misses its intended target.
No joy there for McBarz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Robbins paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
McBarz has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Robbins scores with a nice right hand.
McBarz looks to score with a jab to the body but Robbins is just out of range.
Robbins throws a right and a left that both miss.
McBarz lands a nice shot that snaps Robbins's head back.
McBarz throws a series of punches but Robbins avoids them all with ease.
McBarz swats away the attempt to clinch by Robbins.
McBarz throws a hook but Robbins avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McBarz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Robbins clobbers McBarz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

The cut above Bobby McBarz's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Robbins misses with a two punch combination.
McBarz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Robbins closes the distance and pushes McBarz back into the cage.
Robbins misses with an elbow strike.
Robbins misses with an elbow over the top.
Robbins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
McBarz avoids the elbow strike from Robbins, against the cage.

Robbins manages to break the clinch.
McBarz takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Robbins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McBarz.
Robbins's jab looks to have found its range, popping McBarz under the eye.
Robbins slips a jab and a cross from McBarz.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McBarz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from McBarz misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McBarz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Robbins blocks a jab.
Robbins fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McBarz looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McBarz misses with a lunging right hand
and Robbins counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps McBarz thinking.
McBarz just misses with a punch to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from McBarz.
McBarz misses with a body punch
and Robbins counters with a two punch combo.

Robbins closes the distance and pushes McBarz back into the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Robbins just misses with a elbow thrown towards McBarz's brow.
McBarz has had enough of the clinch but Robbins keeps him there for the moment.
McBarz is trying to break free.

Robbins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Robbins lands a really nice looking cross but McBarz seems unphased.

Bobby McBarz's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Robbins closes the distance and lands a one-two.
McBarz misses with a shot to the body
letting Robbins counter with a right hand.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bobby McBarz's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Marty Robbins!
Marty Robbins took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Get Right Supplements for their support in the buildup to the fight.