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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Franz Schubert (ranked 4338 p4p, 555 weight class) and Wesley Roberts (ranked 1725 p4p, 257 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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221 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
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205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Franz Schubert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Wesley Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schubert tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roberts swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roberts throws a body punch but Schubert moves out of range.
Schubert ducks right into an uppercut from Roberts.
Roberts leaves Schubert with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Schubert tries to clinch there but Roberts circles away.
Roberts looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Roberts lands a jab to the nose.
Roberts dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Roberts misses with a looping right.
Schubert tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Roberts defends well and Schubert ends up having to push Roberts into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Roberts swats away the attempt to clinch by Schubert.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberts throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Schubert defending well as Roberts loads up on a big left hand.
Schubert takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Schubert is breathing heavily.
Schubert closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts digs a right hand into Schubert's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Schubert's gas tank.
Roberts lands a shoulder strike.
Roberts scores with a shoulder strike.
Roberts lands a shoulder strike.
Roberts misses with the head strike.
Roberts lands a hook that snaps the head of Schubert backwards.
Roberts working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Roberts misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Schubert has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A short uppercut from Roberts.
Roberts swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Schubert blocking some punches.
Schubert is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Roberts is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Franz Schubert. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A nice left hand lands by Roberts.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schubert is trying to stall.
Schubert is trying to maintain a safe position but Roberts gets an underhook and turns Schubert into the cage.
Schubert can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Roberts blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Roberts.
Schubert blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Roberts fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roberts.
A bit of stalling here from Schubert.
Schubert working aggressively here.
Schubert avoiding damage.
Roberts blocks an uppercut.
Roberts misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roberts lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Roberts lands with a short shot to the head.
Schubert trying to control the position but instead, Roberts has worked for underhooks and has pushed Schubert into the cage.
Roberts lands a hook to the side of the head.
Schubert tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Roberts just stands there and leans against the cage.
Roberts gets through Schubert's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Roberts blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Schubert's elbow.
Roberts has a couple of punches blocked by Schubert.
Schubert swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Schubert misses with a punch to the body.
Schubert has a couple of punches blocked by Roberts.
Roberts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Schubert blocks an uppercut.
Schubert blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roberts has a couple of punches blocked by Schubert.
Schubert works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Schubert blocking some punches.
Roberts lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Schubert or not.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roberts.
Roberts tries to throw a body punch but Schubert avoids it by throwing Roberts back against the cage.
Roberts throws a punch but it's blocked by Schubert.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roberts creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Roberts lands a left hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roberts creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roberts.
Schubert takes a shot to the head.
Schubert is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hook to the body lands for Roberts.
Oh Schubert is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Schubert blocking some punches.
Roberts swings wildly with an uppercut but Schubert uses good head movement to avoid it.
Schubert blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roberts has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Schubert uses from the top position.
Schubert seems to have got his legs back now.
Roberts is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Roberts looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Roberts is still trying to improve position.
Schubert advances to half guard.
Schubert is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Roberts is just riding it out for now. Schubert eventually gives up the hold.
Schubert is nestled in close to Roberts, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wesley Roberts 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.
Schubert shoots in and drives through. Roberts sprawls well.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roberts. Schubert does a little dance to reset his feet.
No luck for Schubert with that takedown attempt.
Roberts throws out a counter right but Schubert avoids it with no problem.
Roberts throws a body shot but no joy.
Schubert tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Roberts defends well and Schubert ends up having to push Roberts into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Franz Schubert. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roberts throws a body shot but no joy.
Schubert shoots in but Roberts avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Franz Schubert is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roberts keeps the fight on the outside.
Schubert tries to close the distance and clinch but Roberts swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberts throws a right and a left that both miss.
Roberts has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Schubert tries to clinch up.
Schubert walks into a left hand.
Roberts avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Roberts misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Roberts avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Schubert closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wesley Roberts is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Roberts listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Roberts drops Schubert with a straight right hand, right on the button! Roberts follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wesley Roberts!
Wesley Roberts decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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