Play by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary

Event: C296: Marley vs Lehto II
Date: Apr 14, 2024

#R1#
Tosen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roberto was well out of range. Poor timing from Tosen.#CL2#
Roberto instigates a clinch.
Tosen is trying to maintain a safe position but Roberto gets an underhook and turns Tosen into the cage.
Tosen working hard to break the clinch.
Roberto tries a knee to the head but Tosen blocks it. #TD#
Tosen drags the fight down to the ground. #SUB#
Tosen is looking for a triangle but Roberto pushes his legs off easily.
Tosen has a closed guard, preventing Roberto from standing up. #SUB#
Tosen working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Roberto doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Roberto manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberto is looking to stand up but Tosen won't let him. #SUB#
Tosen looking for subs off his back but Roberto has passed one foot through into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T1##SUB#
Tosen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Roberto wants to stand up but Tosen is controlling the position. #SUB#
Tosen is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Roberto is tapping! Great win for Tosen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mama Tosen!
Mama Tosen decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

Event: C288: Albatross vs Femme IV
Date: Mar 17, 2024

#R1##CL2#
Roberto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Roberto cracks Ferkingstad with a nice body shot.
Ferkingstad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Roberto throws a head punch that misses.
Roberto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Roberto blocking some punches.
I was talking to Ferkingstad's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ferkingstad struggles to land a body shot inside as Roberto controls his hands.
Roberto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice left hand lands by Roberto.
Ferkingstad has a couple of punches blocked by Roberto.
Roberto trying to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Ferkingstad - that landed with a thud.
Roberto unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ferkingstad lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Roberto throws a punch but it's blocked by Ferkingstad.
A head punch on the inside from Roberto fails to land.
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!
Roberto misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ferkingstad.
Roberto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ferkingstad is defending well for now.
Roberto throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Roberto.
Ferkingstad stalling in the clinch but Roberto improves position.
Ferkingstad can't find room to land a body shot as Roberto controls the action.
Roberto misses with a hook from the clinch. #T1#
Ferkingstad throws a punch but it's blocked by Roberto.
Ferkingstad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Roberto lands an uppercut.
Ferkingstad avoiding damage as Roberto throws knees to the body.
Roberto lands with a short shot to the head.
Roberto blocks the elbow strike.
Ferkingstad lands with a short shot to the head.
Ferkingstad gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Roberto swings wildly with an uppercut but Ferkingstad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferkingstad lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ferkingstad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ferkingstad lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Roberto throws a head punch that misses.
Knees to the body from Roberto.
Roberto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. #CUT2#It looks like Keith Kenneth Ferkingstad has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ferkingstad misses with the head strike.
Ferkingstad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ferkingstad has a couple of punches blocked by Roberto.
Ferkingstad avoiding damage as Roberto throws knees to the body. #T2#
Ferkingstad misses with a body punch.
Ferkingstad tries a body shot but Roberto blocks it.
Roberto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A hook to the body from Ferkingstad.
Roberto trying to land knees to the body.
Roberto misses with a punch on the inside.
Roberto tries to land knees in the clinch but Ferkingstad avoids the damage to the body.
Ferkingstad throws a punch but it's blocked by Roberto.
Ferkingstad misses with some punches.
Ferkingstad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ferkingstad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ferkingstad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ferkingstad misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ferkingstad lands a body punch in the clinch.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Ferkingstad blocks an uppercut.
Roberto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ferkingstad can't find room to land a body shot as Roberto controls the action.
Roberto tries to land a knee to the head but Ferkingstad blocks with his arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberto.
Ferkingstad throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.#T3#
Roberto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roberto scores with a shot to the side of Ferkingstad's head.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Roberto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Roberto.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roberto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ferkingstad's brow.
Roberto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Roberto fails to land.
Ferkingstad working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ferkingstad swings wildly with an uppercut but Roberto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roberto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ferkingstads head.
Ferkingstad misses with a punch on the inside.
Ferkingstad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ferkingstad blocks an elbow strike.
Roberto lands with a right to the head.
Roberto lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ferkingstad is working Roberto over against the cage.
Roberto misses with some punches.
Roberto misses with a hook to the ribs. #T4#
Ferkingstad blocking some punches.
Ferkingstad scores with a hook to the body.
Roberto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ferkingstad scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Ferkingstad on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberto.
Ferkingstad throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Roberto looks winded!
Ferkingstad blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Ferkingstad fails to land.
Roberto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ferkingstad lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferkingstad.
Ferkingstad lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ferkingstad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roberto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Roberto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Ferkingstad.
Roberto throws a punch but it's blocked by Ferkingstad.
Roberto takes a shot to the head. #ROC#Roberto is rocked!
Roberto takes a shot to the head.
Roberto is still on wobbly legs! Can Ferkingstad finish him?
Ferkingstad unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Roberto! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Ferkingstad is unloading with more strikes now! Roberto drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Keith Kenneth Ferkingstad!
Our winner, Keith Kenneth Ferkingstad, 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.

Event: WVT 222: Steve v Simone
Date: Feb 10, 2024

#R1#
Bang scores with a jab.
Roberto lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Roberto tries to clinch there but Bang circles away. #CL2#
Roberto rushes Bang and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bang stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Bang tries to circle away but Roberto has him pinned against the cage.
Roberto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Roberto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. #BC#
Bang breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bang ducks under a wild hook from Roberto.
Bang throws a combination. Roberto tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bang attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Roberto fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Roberto takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Bang lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.#ROC#Roberto is rocked!
Bang moves in close and cracks Roberto with a massive right hand! Roberto, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Bang!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lemmy Bang!
Lemmy Bang seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

Event: WVT 214: Johnson v Minoru
Date: Jan 24, 2024

#R1#
Zhao throws a right and a left that Roberto avoids nicely.
Zhao on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Roberto takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Zhao thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zhao slips a jab from Roberto.
Paulo Roberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roberto takes a swing at Zhao's ribcage but misses.
Zhao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roberto.
Roberto scores with a punch to the head.
Roberto with a hook.
Roberto lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Roberto takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberto lands a nice hook to Zhao's body. Zhao takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Zhao is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Zhao throws out a powerful jab.
Roberto looks to land a left hand but Zhao moved out of range nicely.
Roberto misses with an uppercut. Zhao saw that one coming.
Zhao lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.#ROC#Roberto is rocked!
Roberto swinging wildly here.
Roberto is still on wobbly legs! Can Zhao finish him?#T1#
Roberto moves in looking to clinch but Zhao pushes him off.
Roberto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zhao fakes the body blow, causing Roberto to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Roberto goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jian Zhao!
Jian Zhao decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

Event: WVT 209: Anderson v Hightower
Date: Jan 12, 2024

#R1#
Cervenka dodges the punch combination from Roberto.
Cervenka throws a big shot that misses.
Roberto moves out of range of the strikes.
Cervenka avoids a lazy jab quite easily.#CL2#
Roberto clinches.
Cervenka looking to throw knees to the head but Roberto is blocking nicely.
Roberto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Roberto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cervenka avoids a wild elbow strike from Roberto.
Roberto lands an uppercut.
Cervenka landing knees to the head.
Cervenka throws a punch but it's blocked by Roberto.
Cervenka blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Roberto fails to land.
Cervenka misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Roberto fails to land.
Cervenka prevents a body shot from Roberto.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roberto misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Cervenka fails to land.
Cervenka tries to land a knee to the head but Roberto blocks with his arms.
Roberto scores with a hook to the body.#T1#
Roberto works on Cervenka's body with a couple of short punches.
Roberto lands with a right to the head.
Roberto misses with a punch to the body.
A hook to the body from Cervenka.
Roberto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cervenka is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Roberto. #CUT2#It looks like Marek Cervenka has been cut.
Roberto lands with a short shot to the head.
Good body shot from Roberto.
Roberto works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roberto.
Roberto lands a damaging elbow.
Cervenka on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roberto throws a head punch that misses.
Roberto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cervenka backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cervenka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cervenka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roberto blocks it with crossed arms.
Roberto throws a head punch that misses.
Roberto stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Still in the clinch, Roberto scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Roberto. #T2#
Roberto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cervenka.
Roberto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roberto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Roberto tries to land knees in the clinch but Cervenka avoids the damage to the body.
Roberto lands a hook that snaps the head of Cervenka backwards.
Nice body punch from Cervenka.
Cervenka lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Roberto backwards.
Cervenka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roberto is defending well for now.
A shot in the inside from Roberto.
Roberto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Roberto tries a body shot but Cervenka blocks it.
Cervenka working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cervenka lands a body punch in the clinch.
Roberto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cervenka.
Roberto working aggressively here.
Roberto throws a head punch that misses.
Roberto scores with a shot to the side of Cervenka's head.
Cervenka throws a head punch that misses.
Cervenka tries to land a knee to the head but Roberto blocks with his arms.
Roberto misses with a punch on the inside. #T3#
Roberto misses with a punch to the body.
Cervenka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roberto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cervenka backwards.
Roberto lands a nice shot to the body.
Roberto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Roberto lands a left hand.
Roberto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cervenkas head.
A head punch on the inside from Roberto fails to land.
Cervenka scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Roberto misses with a punch on the inside.
Cervenka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Roberto has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A short body shot lands from Roberto as the two fighters clinch.
Cervenka throws a head punch that misses.
Roberto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cervenka misses with the head strike.
Cervenka lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cervenka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cervenka prevents a body shot from Roberto.
Roberto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cervenka misses with some punches. #T4#
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roberto.
Cervenka avoids the elbow strike from Roberto, against the cage.
Cervenka misses with a knee strike.
Cervenka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Roberto misses with the head strike.
Roberto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cervenka misses with some punches.
Roberto lands with a short shot to the head.
Cervenka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roberto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Cervenka misses with a knee strike.
Cervenka lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Roberto backwards.
Cervenka has a couple of punches blocked by Roberto.
Cervenka takes an elbow to the temple.
Roberto misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roberto misses with a punch to the body.
Roberto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Roberto lands with a short shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Roberto. #ROC2#Cervenka is rocked!
Cervenka misses with the head strike.
Oh Cervenka is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Still in the clinch, Cervenka scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Roberto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marek Cervenka's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!#R2#
Donk. Cervenka catches Roberto right on the button with a cross.
Cervenka seems to have got his legs back now.
Cervenka scores with a hook to the body. Roberto takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Roberto walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cervenka loads up on a big right hand but Roberto slips the punch.
A punch combination from Cervenka misses. #CL#
Cervenka has closed the distance and engaged Roberto in a clinch.
Cervenka has a couple of punches blocked by Roberto.
Roberto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roberto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Roberto lands with a left to the head.
Roberto is leaning against Cervenka and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Cervenka fails to land.
Roberto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cervenka blocks a body shot from Roberto.
Cervenka missing with knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Roberto scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roberto throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberto lands a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cervenka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Roberto blocks it with crossed arms.
Roberto scores with a shot to the side of Cervenka's head.
Cervenka misses with a short punch on the inside. #T1#
Roberto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cervenka misses with a punch on the inside.
Cervenka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Roberto is working Cervenka over against the cage.
Roberto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roberto misses with a body punch.
Roberto lands a nice shot to the body.
Roberto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cervenka avoids it.
Roberto pushes Cervenka back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Roberto lands with a short shot to the head.
Roberto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Roberto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roberto unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Cervenka! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Roberto is unloading with more strikes now! Cervenka drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Roberto!
Paulo Roberto tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.

Event: WVT 202: Haggar v Anderson
Date: Dec 23, 2023

#R1##CL2#
Roberto instigates a clinch.
Haudegen is trying to stall.
Haudegen dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Roberto can't find room to land a body shot as Haudegen controls the action.
Haudegen stalling.
Roberto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Haudegen backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Roberto.
A nice left hand lands by Roberto.
Roberto pushes off an throws an elbow but Haudegen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.#TD#
Haudegen pulls Roberto into guard.
Haudegen is trying to control the position but Roberto postures up.
Roberto wanted to stand there but Haudegen had control of the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB#
Haudegen is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Haudegen is trying to hold Roberto in close to prevent damage but Roberto has managed to pass into half guard. #T1#
Roberto tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.#SU2#
Roberto decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet. #TD#
Roberto gets caught flat footed, as Haudegen shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haudegen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Roberto swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Roberto is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Haudegen is controlling him. #T2#
Haudegen trying to control but Roberto is working from the bottom.
Haudegen is really struggling to control Roberto but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Haudegen wants to pass the guard but Roberto is keeping the position.
Haudegen wants to control from the top but Roberto keeps moving. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.#T3#
Roberto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Haudegen throws out the jab.
Roberto tries to clinch but Haudegen is having none of it.
Roberto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Roberto is looking to clinch.
Roberto is looking to clinch but Haudegen is avoiding it.
Haudegen half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Roberto misses with a wild combination.
Roberto fails with an attempt to clinch. #CL2#
Roberto clinches up with Haudegen and pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roberto.
Roberto putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Haudegen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Haudegen taking a breather. #TD#
Haudegen jumps guard.
Haudegen trying to control the position here. #T4##SUB#
Haudegen is looking to cinch up a triangle. Roberto throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Haudegen's body to avoid the submission. Haudegen has instead reached around Roberto's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Haudegen arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Svalbard Haudegen!
During a confident post fight interview, Svalbard Haudegen thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

Event: WVT 195: Hagger v Zakharov
Date: Dec 09, 2023

#R1##CL#
Chugman moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chugman.
Roberto lands with a short shot to the head.
Chugman tries to work over Roberto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Roberto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Roberto lands a body shot.
Chugman avoids the elbow strike from Roberto, against the cage. #TD#
Roberto is fighting off a takedown attempt but Chugman is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Roberto to the mat. Roberto regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Chugman throwing strikes from guard but Roberto blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roberto wants to get back to his feet but Chugman is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Chugman looking to sit in guard and control but Roberto gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVB#
Roberto postures up. #T1##SUB#
Chugman looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Roberto passes into half guard.
Chugman tries to roll over but Roberto keeps him under control.#SUB#
Chugman looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Chugman is trying to control but can't. #T2#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Chugman wants to get back to full guard.
Chugman controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
It looks like Roberto is going to stand back up.
Chugman trying to control from the bottom.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.#REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roberto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.#T3##CL2#
Roberto moves into range and clinches up with Chugman.
Chugman looking to slow down the pace here.
Roberto lands an elbow inside.
Roberto pushes Chugman back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right from Roberto.
Roberto blocks an uppercut.
Roberto keeps control of Chugman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Roberto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Chugman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Roberto lands a nice uppercut.
Roberto lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roberto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Roberto on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice left hand lands by Roberto.
Chugman looking to slow down the pace here.
Roberto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Roberto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.#T4#
Chugman wants a takedown.
Chugman is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Roberto is defending well.
Chugman is breathing heavily.
A short left from Roberto.
Roberto lands a hook that snaps the head of Chugman backwards.
Roberto prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Klaus Chugman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Roberto.
Roberto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Chugman's face.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberto.
Roberto is leaning against Chugman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Roberto connects with a knee to the head.
A shot in the inside from Roberto.
Roberto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Chugman misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roberto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Roberto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Roberto is working Chugman over against the cage.
Roberto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Roberto obliges.
Still in the clinch, Roberto scores with a nice short uppercut.
Roberto lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Chugman or not.
Roberto landing knees to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Roberto dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R2##CL2#
Roberto closes the distance and clinches.
Chugman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Paulo Roberto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Chugman can't find room to land a body shot as Roberto controls the action.
Roberto swings wildly with an uppercut but Chugman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roberto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chugman has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Roberto after a bit of a struggle.
Roberto stops a takedown attempt from Chugman.
Roberto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chugman goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Roberto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chugman backwards.
Roberto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Roberto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chugman backwards.
Chugman is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Klaus Chugman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberto lands an elbow just above Chugman 's eye.
Chugman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roberto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roberto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Chugman blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roberto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chugman backwards.
Roberto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roberto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. #T1#
Chugman tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Roberto gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Chugman.
Chugman tries to pull guard but Roberto holds him up against the cage and eventually Chugman drops back down to his feet.
Roberto lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roberto misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Roberto - that landed with a thud.
Roberto trying to land knees to the body.
Roberto landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chugman takes an elbow to the temple.
Roberto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Roberto.
Chugman avoiding damage as Roberto throws knees to the body.
Roberto lands a body punch.
Roberto pushes Chugman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roberto lands a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roberto tries to land knees in the clinch but Chugman avoids the damage to the body.
A shot in the inside from Roberto. #T2#
Roberto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chugman backwards.
Roberto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chugman taking a breather.
Roberto presses Chugman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Roberto presses Chugman against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Chugman takes a shot to the head.
Chugman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Chugman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Roberto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Roberto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roberto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. #ROC2#Chugman is rocked!
Roberto gets through Chugman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Oh Chugman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Roberto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Roberto lands with a light punch inside.
Roberto creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Chugman! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Roberto.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Roberto!
After the fight, Paulo Roberto was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.

Event: WVT 189: Andrei v Hagger 3
Date: Nov 25, 2023

#R1#
Roberto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Corona is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Roberto takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Roberto blocks a jab.#CL#
Roberto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Roberto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Roberto misses with some punches.
Roberto tries to work over Corona's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #TD2#
Corona drags the fight down to the ground.
Corona looking to control.
Corona wants to sweep but no luck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corona is trying to control the position but Roberto postures up.
Corona is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.#T1##REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Roberto takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.#CL#
Roberto rushes Corona and presses him up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Corona as the two fighters clinch. #TD2#
Corona decides to pull guard.
Corona is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Corona has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Roberto has passed into side control.
Corona wants to control but Roberto postures up.#SU#
Roberto decides to stand back up. Roberto steps back and let's Corona get back to his feet.#CL#
Roberto moves into the clinch.#T2#
Roberto misses with the head strike.
Corona working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Roberto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Corona tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Roberto just stands there and leans against the cage.
Corona tries to pull guard but Roberto won't allow it.
Roberto tries to work over Corona's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Roberto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Corona's elbow.
Nice body punch from Roberto.
Roberto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roberto lands an uppercut.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Roberto lands a body punch in the clinch.
Corona is trying to maintain a safe position but Roberto gets an underhook and turns Corona into the cage.
Corona misses with a punch to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roberto.
Roberto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Corona makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Corona blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roberto pushes Corona back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roberto blocks an uppercut. #T3#
Nice body punch from Corona - that landed with a thud.
Corona blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roberto misses with some punches.
Corona prevents a body shot from Roberto.
Roberto lands a nice shot to the body.
Corona throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Roberto on the inside.
Corona tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roberto's elbow.
Roberto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Roberto.
Roberto lands a left hand.
Roberto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Corona on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body. #TD2#
Corona pulls guard effortlessly.
Corona is trying to control the position from the bottom. #SU#
Roberto decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Corona, up you get! #T4##CL#
Roberto moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Corona lands a right hand.
Corona blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roberto lands a hook that snaps the head of Corona backwards.
Roberto throws a head punch that misses.
Roberto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Corona blocks it with crossed arms.
Roberto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Roberto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Roberto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Corona backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Roberto fails to land.
Corona fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Paulo Roberto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Corona.
Corona tries a body shot but Roberto blocks it.
Roberto working aggressively here.
Roberto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Corona blocks it with crossed arms.
Corona blocks an uppercut.
Corona tries to pull guard but Roberto holds him up against the cage and eventually Corona drops back down to his feet.
Corona tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Roberto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've been informed that Corona has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Roberto lands with a short shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Roberto dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R2#
Roberto tries to clinch up but Corona circles away and keeps his distance.#CL#
Roberto forces Corona back against the cage and clinches.
Roberto blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Corona misses with a body punch.
Roberto lands a left hand.
Roberto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Corona can do to turn this around?
Corona lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Roberto misses with some punches.
Roberto lands with a left to the head.
Roberto throws a punch but it's blocked by Corona.
Corona tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
A shot in the inside from Roberto.
Paulo Roberto has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Roberto scores with a hook to the body.
Corona is trying to pull guard but Roberto has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberto takes a shot to the head.
Roberto struggles to land a body shot inside as Corona controls his hands.
A short uppercut from Roberto.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Corona is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Roberto to keep the fight standing.
Paulo Roberto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Corona.
A short left from Roberto.
A short uppercut from Roberto.
Roberto lands a shot to the body.
Corona is breathing heavily.#T1#
Corona tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Roberto just stands there and leans against the cage.#TD2#
Corona pulls guard.
Corona working a defensive guard but Roberto manages to pass into side control anyway.
Corona can't do much from the bottom here. #SU#
Roberto stands up and beckons Corona to his feet.
Corona lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Corona misses with a left hand
letting Roberto counter with a right hand.
Roberto drops Corona with a naaaaasty hook - Corona is in real trouble here! Roberto dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Roberto!
Paulo Roberto was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
In defeat, Juan Corona stepped up to the mic, saying 'Wow! He is more badass than I thought.'.

Event: WVT 183: Haggar v Railio
Date: Nov 11, 2023

#R1#
Roberto swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Cheese to counter with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Roberto misses its intended target.
It looked like Cheese wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Roberto staying out of range there.
Roberto looks to land a left hand but Cheese moved out of range nicely.
Cheese is looking to counter punch.
Cheese keeps the fight on the outside.
Cheese is looking to counter punch.
Cheese defending well as Roberto loads up on a big left hand.
A little feinted left hand from Cheese on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cheese displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roberto throws out the jab.
Cheese was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Roberto misses with a left hand
and Cheese counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Roberto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cheese drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cheese slips under a jab from Roberto.
Roberto swings widly with a right hand #KD#
and Cheese counters with a crisp right hand that drops Roberto! Cheese lets Roberto back up to his feet, looking for a finish!#ROC#Roberto is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cheese uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Roberto.
Roberto is still on wobbly legs! Can Cheese finish him?
Roberto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Cheese counters with a huge right that knocks Roberto out cold! Cheese is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Charles Eric Cheese!
After winning the bout, Charles Eric Cheese thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

Event: WVT 178: Fedetenko v Railio 2
Date: Oct 28, 2023

#R1#
Badass misses the jab.
Roberto let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Roberto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Badass throws out the jab.
Roberto let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Badass looks to land a body kick but Roberto moved away.
Badass loads up on a big right hand but Roberto slips the punch.
Roberto has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Badass is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Badass uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roberto.
Badass keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Badass throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roberto misses with a straight left.
Roberto bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Badass's head.
Badass misses with a wild combination.
Roberto scores with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Badass keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Roberto.
Badass paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Roberto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Badass swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Roberto connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberto throws a shot from downtown. Badass moves away and avoids it.
Badass looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Badass misses with a lunging right hand
and Badass takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #ROC2#Badass is rocked!#T1#
Roberto rushes Badass with punches - Badass moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Badass goes down! Roberto follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Roberto!
Paulo Roberto bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.

Event: SPFT #10
Date: Sep 10, 2023

#R1#
Roberto misses with an uppercut.
Walcott's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Roberto connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Walcott scrambles back to his feet.
A jab from Roberto does it's job there.
Roberto feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Walcotts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!#ROC#Walcott is rocked!
Walcott misses with a hook. Roberto ducked under it nicely.
Walcott is still on wobbly legs! Can Roberto finish him?
Nice shot by Roberto.
Roberto throws a shot to the body.
Walcott throws a low kick, looking for Roberto's leg but Roberto calmly moves out of range.
Roberto throws a looping overhand right but Walcott ducks down to avoid it.
Walcott seems to have recovered his senses.
Paulo Roberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walcott dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Roberto. That did some damage!
Roberto swings for the body but Walcott moves out of range.
Roberto misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Walcott.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberto misses with the combination.
Walcott steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roberto.#T1#
No joy there for Roberto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Walcott is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Roberto with a body shot.
Walcott ducks under a wild hook from Roberto.
Roberto throws a shot from downtown. Walcott moves away and avoids it.
Walcott is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Roberto swings for the body but Walcott moves out of range.
Walcott doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Roberto throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Walcott to counter with a crisp jab.
Roberto connects with a good right hand that stumbles Walcott. Walcott circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Roberto looks to land a left hand but Walcott moved out of range nicely.
Walcott scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Roberto doesn't seem bothered though.
Roberto tries to clinch up but Walcott circles away and keeps his distance.
Walcott takes a swing at Roberto's ribcage but misses.
Roberto looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Roberto throws a body shot but no joy.
Walcott flicks out a counter leg kick but Roberto steps away.
A jab from Roberto misses.
Roberto swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Walcott cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Roberto throws a body punch but Walcott moves out of range.
It seemed like Walcott was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Walcott 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.
Nice uppercut lands for Roberto. That snapped Walcott's head back. #T2#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A telegraphed right hand from Roberto misses the target.
Walcott looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Walcott connects with a single shot there.
Roberto on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Walcott is looking to chop away at Roberto's legs.
Roberto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walcott paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Walcott bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Roberto's head.
Walcott lands a right hook to the body.
Roberto cracks Walcott with an open hand slap.
Walcott lands a nice hook to Roberto's body. Roberto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Walcott slips a jab from Roberto.
Roberto scores with a hook to the body. Walcott takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Walcott slips under a jab.
Walcott blocks a jab.
Roberto moves away from the strike by Walcott. #T3#
Nice defenses there by Walcott.#CL2#
Walcott clinches up against the cage.#BC#
Roberto breaks from the clinch.
Roberto swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Walcott.
Walcott throws a chopping leg kick but Roberto manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Walcott loads up on a big right hand but Roberto slips the punch.
Roberto connects with a body shot.
Roberto lands the left hand.
Roberto wants to clinch but Walcott slips to the side
and Walcott counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A leg kick checked by Roberto.
A little feinted left hand from Roberto on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Walcott ducks under a wild hook from Roberto.
Roberto takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Walcott motions for Roberto to come forward. Walcott throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Walcott tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roberto was well out of range. Poor timing from Walcott.
Roberto misses with a jab to the body
and Walcott makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.#T4#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walcott slips under a jab.
Roberto lunges at Walcott with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Walcott's hand.
Roberto throws a body punch but Walcott moves out of range.
Roberto throws a looping overhand right but Walcott ducks down to avoid it.
Roberto jabs Walcott right on the nose. Walcott blinks but takes it well.
Roberto with a jab.
Roberto checks the leg kick.
Roberto throws a lazy right hand but Walcott sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Walcott steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roberto.#KD#
Oh, that's a big right hand from Roberto and Walcott goes tumbling to the canvas! Roberto follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
It looks like Roberto is going to stand back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Roberto dominated that 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.#R2#
Sloppy strikes from Roberto. Those never looked like landing.
Walcott ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Roberto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Walcott moves out of range of the strikes.
A countering left hand to the body from Walcott misses.
Roberto misses with an uppercut
and Walcott counters with a stiff right hand.
Walcott takes one on the button.
Roberto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Walcott can do to turn this around?
An inside leg kick lands from Walcott.
A swing and a miss from Roberto.
Roberto rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Walcott counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Roberto misses with a lunging right hand
and Walcott counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Walcott swings for the body but Roberto moves out of range.
Roberto misses with a straight right.
Walcott looks to throw the jab but Roberto is out of range.
Walcott moves out of range as Roberto strikes.
Roberto throws an overhand right that lands on Walcott's shoulder, as Walcott tries to avoid the shot. #T1#
Walcott looks to land a left hand but Roberto moved out of range nicely.
Roberto swings widly with a right hand
and Walcott counters with a two punch combo.
Walcott takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Paulo Roberto is winning the standup battle so far.
Walcott misses with an uppercut. Roberto saw that one coming.
Walcott misses with the combination.
Roberto is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Roberto scores with a sloppy right hand. Walcott should have avoided that one.
Roberto misses with a looping right.
And Walcott responds with a good body kick, but Roberto manages to step out the way in time.
Roberto lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Walcott at a distance.
Roberto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roberto takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
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!
Roberto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Walcott sees it coming and avoids it easily.#T2#
A left and a right from Walcott both land. Nice combination.
Walcott connects with a crisp jab.
Roberto throws a jab when Walcott was well out of range.
Roberto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Roberto rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Walcott counters with a stiff right hand.
Roberto scores with a jab. Walcott acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Walcott throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Walcott getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Roberto misses with a left hand
and Walcott counters with a nice body shot.
Walcott throws a hook to the side of Roberto's head but Roberto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Walcott takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Walcott displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roberto throws out the jab.
Walcott let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Walcott avoids a punch combination nicely. #T3#
Roberto slips under a jab from Walcott.
Roberto misses with a straight left.
Roberto wants to clinch but Walcott slips to the side
and Walcott counters with an outside leg kick. #CL2#
Walcott gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Walcott misses with a hook to the ribs.
Roberto is trying to break free.
Roberto is trying to push Walcott away but Walcott has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Walcott gets through Roberto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Walcott swings away with an uppercut that misses. #BC#
Roberto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Roberto misses the shot to the body.
Roberto misses with a left hand
and Walcott connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Roberto thows a left - swing and a miss!
Walcott slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A slow jab from Roberto misses its intended target.
Walcott appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.#T4#
Walcott clobbers Roberto with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A nice leg kick lands there from Walcott.
Roberto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Walcott lands a jab to the nose.#CL#
Roberto pushes Walcott up against the cage in a clinch.
Roberto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.#BC#
Roberto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Walcott scores with a jab to the body.
Roberto is looking to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Roberto.
Walcott drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Walcott ducks under a wild hook from Roberto.
Walcott takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tommy Walcott will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!#R3##CL#
Roberto drives through and clinches with Walcott against the cage.
Walcott misses with a shot to the kidneys. #BC#
Roberto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Walcott keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Roberto.
Roberto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Roberto rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Walcott counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Walcott lands with a shot to the body. #KD#
Roberto lands a left and a right that sends Walcott crashing to the canvas! Roberto dives into mount looking to finish!
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!
Walcott is wriggling around trying to escape.
Roberto wants to stand but Walcott is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up. #T1#
Walcott is looking to improve his position but Roberto isn't that keen on the idea.
Walcott tries to lock up and control but Roberto gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Walcott is in all sorts of trouble here.
Walcott tries to hold on but Roberto pushes him away. #T2#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Walcott might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Roberto haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.#SU#
Roberto get's back to his feet.
A swing and a miss from Roberto.
Roberto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Roberto swings away with a body shot that misses
and Walcott connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Roberto fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Roberto misses with an uppercut
and Walcott counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Roberto scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Roberto moves to clinch but Walcott breaks away
and Walcott counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Walcott has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.#T3#
Roberto paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Walcott fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Roberto.
The fighters circling - Roberto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Roberto misses with an uppercut. Walcott saw that one coming.
Walcott let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A big left from Roberto misses.
A little jabbing left from Walcott on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Walcott lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Roberto throws a looping overhand right but Walcott ducks down to avoid it.
Walcott is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Roberto with a body shot.
Walcott avoids the body shot from Roberto.
Walcott slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Roberto throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Roberto misses with a combination
letting Walcott counter with a right hand.
Walcott just misses with a punch to the body. #T4#
A nice leg kick from Walcott, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walcott uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roberto.
Walcott takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Roberto lands a two punch combo.
Roberto ducks under a wild hook from Walcott.
Roberto drops Walcott with a naaaaasty hook - Walcott is in real trouble here! Roberto dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Roberto!
In his post fight interview, Paulo Roberto started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.

Event: SPFT #6
Date: Aug 20, 2023

#R1#
Evans takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Roberto looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Roberto changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Roberto scores with a body shot. #TD2#
Evans closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Roberto did well to prevent Evans getting side control.

Roberto pushes Evans off and gets back to his feet.
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!#TD2#
Evans looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Evans accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Evans is stalling in the full guard.
Evans with a flurry of punches that miss.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Evans working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Evans won't allow Roberto to get back to his feet. #T1#
Roberto working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Evans.
Roberto working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Evans.
Roberto wants to stand but Evans is controlling the position.
Evans controls the pace of the fight for a moment.#REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Roberto lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Evans at a distance.
Evans takes one to the chin there.#TD2#
Evans changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Roberto looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Evans throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Evans remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Evans misses with the ground and pound.#T2#
An elbow from Evans crashes against the mat.
Evans working the ground and pound but Roberto is defending the strikes.
Evans misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Evans working the strikes but Roberto uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Roberto blocking the ground and pound attempt from Evans.
Evans throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Well, if Evans is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Evans throws a strike but Roberto avoids it easily and moves to full guard.#T3#
Evans throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Roberto works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Evans stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Roberto swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Evans stops Roberto from standing up. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Roberto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Roberto with a body punch. A glancing blow. #CL2#
Evans has taken the fight to the clinch. #BC#
Roberto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roberto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Evans manages to avoid it.#T4#
A big left from Roberto misses.
Roberto sizes up Evans with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Roberto wants to clinch up but Evans keeps it at a distance.
Evans tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Roberto throws a body punch but Evans moves out of range.
Evans is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Some wild striking there from Evans.
Evans misses with a hook.
A little feinted left hand from Roberto on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Evans ducks under a wild hook from Roberto.
Roberto looks to score with a jab to the body but Evans is just out of range.
Evans with the counter takedown but Roberto avoids it easily.
Roberto throws a jab when Evans was well out of range.
Evans changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Evans takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donk. Roberto catches Evans right on the button with a cross.
Roberto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Evans jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Paulo Roberto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roberto. Evans does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Roberto dominated that 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.#R2#
Roberto throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Roberto is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Evans can do to turn this around?
Roberto misses with a lunging right hand
and Evans counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Roberto's corner calls for a 1-2. Roberto obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Roberto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Evans.
Roberto throws a right and a left that both miss.
A swing and a miss from Roberto.
A little jabbing left from Evans on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Evans avoids the body shot from Roberto.
Evans keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Roberto throws a looping overhand right but Evans ducks down to avoid it.
Roberto looks to land a combination but Evans avoids it well.
A little jabbing left from Evans on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Paulo Roberto is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Evans takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Evans circles away from the clinch attempt. #TD2#
Roberto gets caught flat footed, as Evans shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evans seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up. #T1#
Roberto utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Roberto preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Evans throws a big right hand that misses.
Evans throws a big elbow that misses.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Roberto wants to stand but Evans is controlling the position. #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.#T2#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Evans throws a hook but Roberto blocks it.
Roberto just misses with a punch to the body.
Roberto wants to clinch but Evans slips to the side#TD2#
and Evans counters with a takedown into side control.
Evans misses with the ground and pound.
Evans tries to score with some ground and pound. Roberto controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Evans lands an elbow.
Evans wants to control for a moment but Roberto uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Evans working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Roberto is trying to stand. #T3#
Evans thows a huge punch but Roberto dodges it nicely.
Evans lands with a punch from half guard.
Roberto is refusing to be controlled, as Evans sits in half guard.
Evans throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Evans with the ground and pound but Roberto uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Evans is looking to work some ground and pound but Roberto has wrist control.
Cody Evans has got the better of the ground game so far.
Evans missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Evans tries to free his leg and advance position but Roberto is retaining full guard.
Evans postures up in Roberto's guard and throws a big left but Roberto blocks it. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.#T4#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Roberto misses with an uppercut.
Paulo Roberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evans misses with a hook
and Roberto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Roberto scores with a decent looking hook.
Roberto lands an overhand right.
Nice cross by Evans.
Jab, jab by Evans - just one landing.
Some wild striking there from Roberto.
Roberto takes a swing at Evans's ribcage but misses.
Roberto drops his hands momentarily and Evans takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Evans takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Evans lands a nice hook to Roberto's body. Roberto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Evans throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Cody Evans will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
Evans uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roberto. #CL#
Roberto moves into range and clinches up with Evans.
Evans has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Roberto avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Evans is stalling here. #BC#
Roberto manages to break the clinch.
Roberto throws a right and a left that both miss.
Roberto lands a nice shot that snaps Evans's head back.
Evans lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Evans keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberto throws a looping overhand right but Evans ducks down to avoid it.
Roberto listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Evans scores with a sloppy right hand. Roberto should have avoided that one.
Roberto cracks Evans with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Evans might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roberto throws a hook but Evans avoids it easily.#T1#
Roberto misses with an uppercut.
Roberto misses with a right hand
and Evans counters with a right hand to the body.
Evans misses with a body shot.
Roberto lunges at Evans with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Evans's hand.
Evans with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Roberto to score with a decent uppercut.
Roberto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Evans manages to avoid it.
Roberto looks to land a right hand but Evans moved out of range.
Evans lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Evans lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Evans slips a jab and a cross from Roberto.
Evans lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Roberto lands with an uppercut that bounces Evans off the cage and back into range.#CL#
Roberto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evans drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it. #T2##BC#
Roberto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roberto uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Evans has time to react.
The fighters circle momentarily. Evans darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Roberto jabs at Evans's body.
Roberto looks to throw the jab but Evans is out of range.
Evans shoots in but Roberto avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Paulo Roberto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cody Evans.
Evans scores with a decent looking hook.
Decent striking displayed by Roberto there.
Evans shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Roberto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.#T3#
Roberto tests Evans's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Evans moves out of range of the strikes.#TD2#
Evans looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Evans thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Roberto blocking the ground and pound attempt from Evans.
Evans is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Evans thows a huge punch but Roberto dodges it nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Roberto wants to get back to his feet.#T4#
Evans throwing shots but Roberto is blocking nicely.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Evans sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Roberto defending well though.
Evans scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Roberto blocking the ground and pound attempt from Evans.
Evans landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nice strikes from Evans there.
Roberto is trying to stand up here but Evans is controlling him well.
Roberto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Evans scores with a couple of nice shots.
Evans throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Evans thows a huge punch but Roberto dodges it nicely. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paulo Roberto showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Roberto has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:28
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paulo Roberto!
Paulo Roberto decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.

Event: ENIGMA 177
Date: Jul 23, 2023

#R1#
Roberto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Colt with a nice cross.
Colt scores with a spinning back kick!
Roberto drops his hands momentarily and Colt takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've been told by Colt's head coaches at Slaughterhouse that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Colt throws a body shot but no joy.
Colt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roberto.
An attempted straight right counter from Colt misses the target.
Roberto misses with a hook. Colt ducked under it nicely.
Colt connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Colt throws a leg kick which misses Roberto's front leg but catches the back leg as Roberto tries to avoid it.
Colt defending well as Roberto loads up on a big left hand.
Colt throws an off balance right hand
enabling Roberto to counter with a crisp jab.
Paulo Roberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roberto walks into a left hand.
Colt clobbers Roberto with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberto throws a jab but it's blocked by Colt.
Roberto scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Roberto throws a nice looking combination but Colt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Colt misses the jab.
Colt jabbing away but nothing is landing. #T1#
Roberto loads up on a big right hand but Colt slips the punch.
Colt throws a poor cross that misses
and Roberto counters with a stiff right hand.
Roberto takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Roberto checks a low kick from Colt.
Nice body punch from Roberto.
Roberto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Colt.
Colt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice body punch from Roberto.
Roberto misses with a looping left.
Roberto throws the left hand but Colt avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Colt misses.
It seemed like Roberto was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Colt.
Roberto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Colt was well out of range. Poor timing from Roberto.
Roberto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Colt throws a jab but it's blocked by Roberto.
Colt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roberto.
Colt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roberto. #T2#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Roberto misses the target.
Colt throwing a counter right hand but Roberto manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Roberto.
Colt fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Colt scores with a sloppy right hand. Roberto should have avoided that one.
Roberto throws a hook but Colt avoids it easily.
Colt fires out a quick counter leg kick but Roberto just manages to avoid it.
Roberto just misses with a punch to the body.
Roberto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Colt.
Colt connects with a right hand. Roberto shakes it off.
Colt scores with a jab to the head.
Roberto thows a left - swing and a miss!
Roberto shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Roberto throws a body shot but no joy.
Colt throws an overhand right that lands on Roberto's shoulder, as Roberto tries to avoid the shot. #CL2#
Roberto pushes Colt up against the cage in a clinch.#BC2#
Roberto breaks the clinch.
Roberto throws a hook but Colt avoids it easily.
Roberto misses with a right hand
and Colt counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.#T3#
A big left from Roberto misses.
Roberto misses with a straight left.
A cross from Roberto lands.
Colt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roberto was well out of range. Poor timing from Colt.
Colt works the jab nicely.
Colt moves out of range of the strikes.
Colt thumps Roberto with a low kick.
Colt is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Roberto ducks under a wild hook from Colt.
Roberto is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Colt with a body shot.
Colt throws a body shot but no joy.
A low kick lands for Colt.
Roberto's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Colt connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Roberto scrambles back to his feet.
Colt slips under a jab.
A slow jab from Colt misses its intended target.
Roberto looks to throw the jab but Colt is out of range.
A nice combination there by Roberto.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Colt misses with a body kick.
Roberto swings for the body but Colt moves out of range. #T4#
Colt gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Roberto.
Roberto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Colt connects with an inside leg kick.
Colt misses with a wild body shot.
Roberto tries to close the distance and clinch but Colt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Colt misses with a right hand
letting Roberto counter with a right hand.
Roberto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Colt swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A solid body kick from Colt.
Colt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Roberto.
As Roberto backs away, Colt returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Colt throws a leg kick but Roberto sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Roberto on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Colt thuds a left hand into Roberto's body.
Colt lands a head shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roberto drops his hands momentarily and Colt takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Roberto lands a really nice looking cross but Colt seems unphased.
Colt sizes up Roberto with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Colt - that will leave a mark!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Henry Colt will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.#R2#
A slow jab from Colt misses its intended target.
Colt throws a hook but Roberto avoids it easily.
Roberto misses the shot to the body.
Roberto misses with a right hand
and Roberto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Colt.
Good standup being displayed there by Colt as he connects with a hook.
Roberto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Colt.
Colt half committed to a counter leg kick.
Colt throws a solid leg kick but Roberto takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Colt.
Roberto throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Roberto connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Colt momentarily.
Colt getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Roberto tries to clinch up.
Colt fails to land with a series of punches.
A nice leg kick lands there from Colt.
Roberto connects with a body shot that sends Colt's belly button to the back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
That kick from Colt tenderised Roberto's leg. Roberto is trying to keep his angry face on.
Colt misses with a wild body shot. #T1#
Colt avoids the clinch attempt nicely. #CL2#
Roberto has closed the distance and engaged Colt in a clinch.
Roberto tries a body shot but Colt blocks it. #BC2#
Roberto breaks the clinch.
Colt scores with a jab.
Colt takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Roberto misses with a straight right.
Colt looks to land a left hand but Roberto moved out of range nicely.
Roberto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Colt fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Roberto.
Roberto missing with a left hand there. Colt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Colt tries to land a front kick but Roberto steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Roberto slips under a jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Colt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roberto. Colt does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roberto. Colt does a little dance to reset his feet.#T2#
A looping hook to the body misses from Colt. Roberto does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roberto swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Roberto's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Roberto misses with a looping left.
Roberto misses with a lunging right hand
and Colt counters with a leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#CL2#
Roberto takes the fight into the clinch.
Roberto is trying to force a seperation but Colt has the dominant position.#BC#
Colt breaks the clinch.
Colt lands a nice shot to the body.
Roberto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Colt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roberto was well out of range. Poor timing from Colt.
Roberto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Roberto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Colt.
Colt misses with a hook
and Roberto connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Colt bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Colt tried to counter with a leg kick but Roberto avoided it.
Colt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Roberto has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Colt.#T3#
Colt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Roberto throws out a counter right but Colt avoids it with no problem.
Roberto takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Colt displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roberto throws out the jab.
Roberto misses with a hook
and Colt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Roberto takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Roberto moves in looking to clinch but Colt pushes him off.
Roberto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Colt sees it coming and avoids it easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Colt misses the target.
Colt cracks Roberto with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Roberto wants to clinch.
Colt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Roberto defending well as Colt loads up on a big left hand.
Roberto misses with a wild body shot.
Colt thows a left - swing and a miss!
A nice leg kick lands there from Colt. #T4#
Colt lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roberto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Colt dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roberto is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Colt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Roberto.
Roberto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Colt throws out the jab.
A punch lands to the side of Roberto 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Colt throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Roberto misses the jab.
Colt throws a low kick but Roberto moves out of range easily.
Colt throws a head kick that Roberto semi-blocks.
Roberto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Roberto scores with a nice strike.
A clash of legs there as Roberto blocks the low kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Henry Colt dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!#R3#
Roberto throws a body shot but no joy.
Colt clobbers Roberto with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Roberto lands the left hand.
Colt swats away the attempt to clinch by Roberto.
Colt throwing a counter right hand but Roberto manages to avoid it.
Roberto ducks under a wild hook from Colt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Roberto! But no joy.
Roberto sizes up Colt with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Roberto throws a big shot that misses.
Roberto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Colt swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Colt attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Henry Colt is winning the standup battle so far.
Colt moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Colt lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Roberto has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Roberto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Roberto takes one to the chin there.
Colt misses with a low kick as Roberto jumps back.
Roberto throws out a counter right but Colt avoids it with no problem.
Colt uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roberto.
Decent striking displayed by Roberto there.#T1#
Colt lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A telegraphed right hand from Roberto misses the target.
Roberto throws a body punch but Colt moves out of range.
Colt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Roberto.
Colt pivots, looking for a leg kick but Roberto is out of range and Colt settles back down.
Roberto misses with a hook
and Colt makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Colt misses with an uppercut. Roberto saw that one coming.
A little jabbing left from Roberto on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Roberto throws a right hand that misses
and Colt counters with a nice leg kick.
Colt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A big left from Colt misses.
Colt lands a leg kick that knocks Roberto off balance momentarily.
Roberto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Colt.
Colt ducks under a wild hook from Roberto.
Colt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Roberto.#T2#
Colt throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Roberto counters with a nice uppercut.
Colt defending well as Roberto loads up on a big left hand.
Colt lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Colt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Colt lands a right hook to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Colt there.
Roberto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Colt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Roberto swinging wildly here.
Colt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roberto.
A little jabbing left from Roberto on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Colt throws the kick towards the body but Roberto avoids it.
Paulo Roberto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Colt moves out of range of the strikes.
Colt lands a jab to Roberto's midsection.
Roberto smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Colt scores with a kick to the body.
Colt swats away the attempt to clinch by Roberto.
Colt tried to counter with a leg kick but Roberto avoided it.#T3#
Colt lands a head shot.
Colt with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Roberto to score with a decent uppercut.
Colt scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Colt listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Colt tries to score with a low kick but Roberto moves his leg out of the way.
Roberto scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Colt doesn't seem bothered though.
Colt throws the left hand but Roberto avoids the punch easily.
Roberto lands a body shot.
Roberto misses the jab.
Jab from Colt.
Roberto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Colt.
Roberto blocks the body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Roberto! But no joy.
Colt rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Roberto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.#T4#
Colt swats away the attempt to clinch by Roberto.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberto wants to clinch but Colt slips to the side
and Colt counters with a stiff right hand.
Roberto throws a jab but it's blocked by Colt.
Colt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roberto.#CL2#
Roberto clinches up with Colt and pushes him back against the cage.
Colt stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Colt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Colt lands with a left to the head.
Roberto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Roberto lands a left hand. #BC#
Colt breaks from the clinch.
Colt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Roberto.
Colt lands a nice shot to the body.
Colt slips under a jab from Roberto.
Roberto throws a shot to the body.

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 Henry Colt.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Colt, 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Colt!
A very excited looking Henry Colt made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.

Event: ENIGMA 175
Date: Jul 02, 2023

#R1##CL#
Graham closes the distance and clinches.
Roberto lands a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Graham.
Graham is trying to pull guard but Roberto has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Roberto.
A shot in the inside from Roberto.
Roberto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Graham is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Roberto to keep the fight standing.
Roberto throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Graham fails to land.
Graham misses with a hook to the ribs.
Graham is trying to pull guard but Roberto has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randy Graham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roberto misses with a punch on the inside.
Roberto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Graham is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Roberto to keep the fight standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#TD#
Graham pulls guard successfully. #SUB#
Graham has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Roberto is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Graham.
Roberto working away.#T1#
Graham is looking for a sweep.#SU2#
Roberto stands up and we're back to a striking position. #CL2#
Roberto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Graham, pushing him back against the cage.
Graham tries to pull guard but Roberto holds him up against the cage and eventually Graham drops back down to his feet.
Roberto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Graham backwards.
Roberto throws a punch but it's blocked by Graham.
Graham tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Roberto smiles and moves away. #CL2#
Roberto moves into range and clinches up with Graham.
Graham prevents a body shot from Roberto.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Roberto. #T2#
Graham jumps guard but Roberto stands there with Graham around his waist. Graham gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Graham tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Roberto just stands there and leans against the cage.
Roberto lands a body shot in the clinch.
Roberto blocks a body shot from Graham.
Graham blocks an uppercut.
Roberto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Grahams head.
Roberto lands a nice uppercut.#ROC2#Graham is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Still in the clinch, Roberto scores with a nice short uppercut.
Oh Graham is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Roberto blocks a body shot from Graham.
A nice left hand lands by Roberto.
Roberto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Roberto lands a big right hand that drops Graham! The killer instinct kicks in and Roberto finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Roberto!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Roberto!
After winning the bout, Paulo Roberto thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

Event: ENIGMA 173
Date: Jun 18, 2023

#R1#
Roberto throws a body punch but Asakura moves out of range.
Asakura tests Roberto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Paulo Roberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#CL2#
Roberto instigates a clinch.
Asakura blocks an uppercut.
Roberto misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Asakura fails to land. #BC#
Asakura escapes the clinch and we're back to striking. #CL2#
Roberto drives through and clinches with Asakura against the cage.
Roberto misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberto lands a left hand. #BC#
Asakura escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Roberto wants to clinch.#T1#
Roberto is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Roberto tries to close the distance and clinch but Asakura swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looked like Asakura wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.#CL2#
Roberto takes the fight into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Roberto as the two fighters clinch.
Asakura misses with an elbow over the top.
Roberto tries a body shot but Asakura blocks it. #BC#
Asakura escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Roberto is looking to clinch but Asakura is avoiding it.
Roberto doesn't manage to clinch there - Asakura circles away. #CL2#
Asakura gets tackled into the cage by Roberto. Roberto maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Roberto fails to land. #T2#
Asakura blocks a body shot from Roberto. #BC#
Asakura pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Asakura keeps the fight on the outside.
Roberto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Asakura.
Asakura ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.#CL2#
Roberto clinches up against the cage.
Asakura blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roberto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roberto lands a nice uppercut.
Roberto misses with a body punch.
Asakura blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #BC#
Asakura breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Asakura avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Roberto moves in looking to clinch but Asakura pushes him off.
Asakura throws a body shot but no joy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Roberto! But no joy.#T3#
Roberto tries to clinch there but Asakura circles away. #CL2#
Roberto rushes Asakura and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.#BC#
Asakura breaks the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Roberto there.
Roberto is looking to clinch but Asakura is avoiding it. #CL2#
Roberto gets a clinch.
Roberto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Roberto working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Roberto fails to land.
Roberto scores with a nice hook to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roberto throws an elbow but misses.
Roberto throws an elbow but it misses.
Asakura avoids the elbow strike from Roberto, against the cage.
Roberto blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #T4#
Asakura blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roberto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Roberto throws a head punch that misses.
Roberto tries to work over Asakura's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Roberto lands an elbow inside. #CUT2#It looks like Kotaro Asakura has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Asakura blocks a body shot from Roberto.
Roberto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberto.
Asakura blocking some punches.
Roberto struggles to land a body shot inside as Asakura controls his hands.
Asakura lands a left hand.
Roberto working aggressively here.
Asakura misses with some punches.
Asakura blocking some punches.
Roberto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Roberto lands a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Roberto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kotaro Asakura's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.#R2#
Asakura circles away from the clinch attempt
and Asakura counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Asakura lands a jab to the nose.
Asakura keeps the fight on the outside.
Roberto is looking to clinch. #CL2#
Roberto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Paulo Roberto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Asakura throws a punch but it's blocked by Roberto.
Roberto throws a punch but it's blocked by Asakura.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberto throws a knee to the head but misses.
Roberto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Asakura.
Roberto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.#BC#
Asakura breaks from the clinch.
Roberto darts in trying to clinch
and Asakura counters with a nice body shot. #T1#
Roberto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Asakura.
Asakura appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Asakura loads up on a big right hand but Roberto slips the punch.
Asakura drops Roberto with a naaaaasty hook - Roberto is in real trouble here! Asakura dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kotaro Asakura!
A relieved looking Kotaro Asakura thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

Event: ENIGMA 370 FINALE I
Date: Jun 04, 2023

#R1##CL#
Roberto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Roberto is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Roberto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roberto lands an elbow just above Santana 's eye.
Roberto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Roberto lands a nice elbow.
Roberto digs a right hand underneath Santana's ribcage. Santana let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Roberto pushes Santana back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Roberto.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Roberto.
Santana wants a takedown.
Roberto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roberto pushes Santana back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roberto digs a right hand into Santana's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Santana's gas tank.
A short right from Roberto on the inside.
Roberto lands a nice elbow.
Santana has Roberto pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Roberto manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Paulo Roberto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Erica Santana.
Santana takes an elbow to the temple. #ROC#Santana is rocked!#CUT#It looks like Erica Santana has been cut.
Santana takes a shot to the head.
Santana is still on wobbly legs! Can Roberto finish him?
Santana drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Santana looks winded!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roberto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Roberto lands a hook that snaps the head of Santana backwards.
Roberto lands a nice elbow.
Roberto digs a right hand underneath Santana's ribcage. Santana let out a lung full of air as it connected.#T1#
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roberto.
Roberto lands a big right hand that drops Santana! The killer instinct kicks in and Roberto finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Roberto!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Roberto!
A victorious Paulo Roberto thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

Event: TWGC 39 (170lbs, D3): Tokyo Qualifier - Round 2
Date: May 16, 2023

173 cm
26 yrs
149 lbs

172 cm
19 yrs
155 lbs

Roberto

Edison

This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the welterweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Tokyo, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Paulo Roberto! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Tokyo, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 1 losses; Addy Edison!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Hirohito Nitta.

The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Roberto looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Edison is fending him off so far but Roberto persists. Nope, Edison circles away and we're back to standing.
Edison displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Roberto.
Roberto looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.#CL2#
Edison gets a clinch.
Roberto tries to score a body lock takedown but Edison shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paulo Roberto. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Edison gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Roberto. #TD#
Roberto has hold of one of Edison's legs. Edison is fighting the takedown attempt but Roberto gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Roberto (2) vs (0) Edison
Roberto postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB2#
Edison is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Edison working a defensive guard but Roberto manages to pass into side control anyway.
Score +3 for passing guard: Roberto (5) vs (0) Edison#T1#
Roberto working away.
Roberto controlling the position from side mount.
Edison is trying to get back to half guard.
Edison tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Roberto easily slips into full mount!
Score +2 for reaching mount: Roberto (7) vs (0) Edison
Edison tries to hold on but Roberto pushes him away. #T2#
Roberto tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Edison keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Roberto sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Edison tries to reverse the position but Roberto maintains control.#T3#
Edison wants to control but Roberto is having none of it.
Roberto prevents Edison from getting the reversal.
Roberto controlling from mount.
Roberto has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Edison is in all sorts of trouble here. #T4#
Roberto content just to control the position here.
Edison is trying to escape the mount.
Edison bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Roberto (7) vs (2) Edison
Roberto is pulling down on Edison's head to control his posture.
Roberto manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Edison manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Roberto (9) vs (2) Edison
Roberto has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.#SUB2#
Edison is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Roberto is aware though and is defending well.#T5#
Roberto 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. #SUB2#
Roberto has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Edison to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Roberto is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Edison pulls down on the head and he's put Roberto to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Addy Edison!

Event: TWGC 39 (170lbs, D3): Tokyo Qualifier - Round 1
Date: May 15, 2023

170 cm
18 yrs
145 lbs

173 cm
26 yrs
149 lbs

Eros

Roberto

This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the welterweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Sydney, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Atilla Eros! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Tokyo, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Paulo Roberto!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Roberto fails with a takedown attempt.
Eros tries to counter with a takedown but Roberto is quick to defend against it.
Eros slaps away a takedown attempt from Roberto, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Roberto shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Eros but Eros pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Atilla Eros has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paulo Roberto.
Roberto shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Eros defends it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberto shoots for a takedown but Eros saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Eros feinted with a counter takedown.
Paulo Roberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Roberto is defended easily by Eros.#T1#
Roberto shoots in but Eros avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Roberto shoots in for a takedown but Eros shows good takedown defense.
Eros feinted with a counter takedown.
Horrible takedown attempt by Roberto or perhaps it was just good defense by Eros, which made it look bad.
Eros tries to counter with a takedown but Roberto is quick to defend against it.
Roberto shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Eros half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Roberto shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Eros as he jumps to the side.
Roberto fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Eros avoids it really well and circles away.#T2#
Roberto shoots for a takedown but Eros saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Eros appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Roberto fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Eros feinted with a counter takedown.
Roberto fails to land the takedown.
Roberto tries for a takedown but Eros circles away easily#TD#
and Eros counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Eros (2) vs (0) Roberto
Eros trying to control but Roberto is working from the bottom.
Eros has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Eros stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Roberto swivels though and keeps the full guard. #T3#
Eros is working hard here to advance position.
Roberto keeping moving, preventing Eros from controlling successfully.
Eros is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Eros trying to control but Roberto is working from the bottom.
Eros is really struggling to control Roberto but he's trying to hold on to the position.#T4#
Eros is looking to pass into half guard but Roberto pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Roberto is in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Eros (2) vs (2) Roberto
Eros is controlling Roberto's posture.
Eros trying to keep a closed guard but Roberto is proving a slippery customer.
Eros looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Roberto showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Eros wants to improve his position but instead Roberto has moved into half guard.
Eros tries to roll over but Roberto keeps him under control.#T5#
Roberto is thwarting Eros's attempts to control the position.
Eros won't allow Roberto to pass to mount.
Roberto stalling.
Eros is controlling Roberto's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Eros tries to roll over but Roberto keeps him under control.#T6#
Eros trying to control but Roberto postures up.
Eros is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Roberto jumps into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Eros (2) vs (5) Roberto
Roberto tries to advance to mount but Eros denies him.
Eros tries to buck Roberto off but Roberto is having none of it.
Eros manages to work his way to half guard, despite Roberto's best efforts.#T7#
Eros is looking to improve his position.
Roberto tries to pass to full mount but Eros defends it.
Eros is looking to control Roberto's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Eros avoid being mounted?
Roberto perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Eros is looking to control Roberto's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Eros avoid being mounted?
Eros manages to get to full guard. #T8#
Roberto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Eros is keeping the position for now.
Eros is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Eros has control of Roberto's left arm, preventing Roberto from doing any damage.
Eros tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Eros not looking particularly offensive just at the moment. #T9#
Eros seems keen to control Roberto's posture.
Eros looking to hit a scissor sweep but Roberto is one step ahead there.
Roberto looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Eros trying to control the position. #T10#
Eros wants to hit a sweep here but Roberto passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Eros there!
Score +3 for passing guard: Eros (2) vs (8) Roberto
Eros is desperately trying to improve his position but Roberto has a good base and remains in mount.
Eros wants to control but Roberto is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roberto takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Eros is in all sorts of trouble here.
Roberto controlling from the full mount.
Eros tries to hold on but Roberto pushes him away. #T11#
Roberto controlling the position easily from mount.
Eros is trying desperately to improve position.
Eros prevents any damage by holding on tight.
Roberto controlling the position easily from mount.
Eros tries to lock up and control but Roberto gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.#T12#
Roberto controlling his opponent.
Roberto avoids the attempt from Eros to control.
Roberto tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Eros wants to hold on but Roberto pushes him away.
Eros can't escape the position.
Eros wants to control but Roberto is having none of it.#T13#
Eros is in all sorts of trouble here.
Roberto avoids the attempt from Eros to control.
Eros is looking to improve his position but Roberto isn't that keen on the idea.
Roberto takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Eros sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.#T14#
Roberto wants to free his trapped foot but Eros is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Eros is trying to get back to full guard.
Roberto is taking a breather. Eros says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Eros has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Roberto is working away from the top position though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Eros wants to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roberto wins on points by 8 to 2.
A very excited looking Paulo Roberto made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.

Event: ENIGMA 168
Date: May 07, 2023

#R1##CL2#
Roberto darts in and clinches Quake up against the cage.
Quake lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Roberto has Quake pressed against the cage, preventing Quake from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Quake scores with a shoulder strike. #BC#
Quake escapes the clinch and we're back to striking. #CL2#
Roberto rushes Quake and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberto.
Quake misses with some punches.
Quake misses with a punch to the body.
Quake misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roberto trying to land knees to the body.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Quake fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Roberto as the two fighters clinch.
Roberto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Quake backwards.
Quake blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roberto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!#BC#
Quake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Quake defending well as Roberto loads up on a big left hand.
Roberto takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.#ROC2#Quake is rocked!
Roberto scores with a shot to the body. #CL2#
Roberto closes the distance and pushes Quake back into the cage.#T1#
Quake can't find room to land a body shot as Roberto controls the action.
A body shot lands from Roberto.
Roberto misses with the head strike. #BC2#
Roberto breaks from the clinch. #CL2#
Roberto closes the distance and clinches.
Quake tries to break the clinch but Roberto is controlling the position.
Roberto gets through Quake's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Roberto lands a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Roberto.
I was talking to Quake's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Roberto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Quake misses with a shot to the kidneys. #BC#
Quake manages to break the clinch.
Quake looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Roberto swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Quake stuns Roberto with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Roberto lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roberto is looking to clinch but Quake is avoiding it.
Roberto lands a really nice looking cross but Quake seems unphased.
Oh Quake is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!#KD2#
Roberto waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Quake. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Quake to the canvas! Can he finish him!? #SU2#
Roberto stands up from guard. Let's bang! #T2#
Quake misses the jab.
Quake takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Quake seems to have got his legs back now.
A big right from Roberto misses.
Roberto misses with a looping right.
Quake slips under a jab from Roberto.
Roberto slips a straight right by Quake.#CL2#
Roberto moves into the clinch successfully.
Roberto lands a nice elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Roberto.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Quake takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberto.
A short left from Quake. #BC#
Quake breaks the clinch. #KD2#
Oh, that's a big right hand from Roberto and Quake goes tumbling to the canvas! Roberto follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard. #T3#
Roberto is controlling the pace.
Quake keeping hold of Roberto's head, controlling as best he can. #SU2#
Roberto stands up and beckons Quake to join him on the feet. #T4#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Roberto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quake looks to score with a jab to the body but Roberto is just out of range.
Quake wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Roberto ducks under a wild hook from Quake.
Quake on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A telegraphed right hand from Quake misses the target.
Roberto throws a right hand that misses
and Quake counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Quake takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Quake takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Quake gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Roberto.
Roberto might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Roberto fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.#CL2#
Roberto moves into the clinch.#BC2#
Roberto breaks from the clinch.
Roberto connects with a nice looking jab. #CL2#
Roberto closes the distance and pushes Quake back into the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Roberto dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R2#
Decent striking displayed by Quake there.
Roberto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Quake misses with a hook. Roberto ducked under it nicely.
Roberto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Quake.
Quake is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roberto.
Roberto looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Roberto misses with an uppercut.
Roberto wants to clinch up but Quake keeps it at a distance.
Roberto lands a head shot.
Roberto has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Quake connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Roberto momentarily.
Roberto's corner calls for a 1-2. Roberto obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Quake throws a hook to the side of Roberto's head but Roberto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Roberto! But no joy.
Quake closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Quake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Quake misses the shot to the body.
Quake swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!#CL2#
Roberto closes the distance and clinches.
Quake is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Roberto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Quake's defenses. #T1#
Roberto throws an elbow that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Roberto.
Paulo Roberto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Roberto.
Roberto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Roberto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Quake backwards.
Quake misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Roberto. #CUT2#It looks like Earth Quake has been cut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Roberto obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short uppercut from Roberto.
Quake misses with a short punch on the inside.
Quake is trying to push Roberto away but Roberto has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Roberto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Roberto lands a shoulder strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roberto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Quake's brow.
Roberto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Quake's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberto presses Quake against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.#BC2#
Roberto breaks from the clinch.
Roberto lands a jab to Quake's midsection.#CL2#
Roberto darts in and clinches Quake up against the cage.
Quake's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!#T2#
Roberto misses with a knee to the head. #BC2#
Roberto breaks from the clinch. #CL2#
Roberto moves into range and clinches up with Quake.
Roberto scores with a hook to the body.
Quake misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Roberto scores with a nice short uppercut.
Roberto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Quake backwards.
Roberto tries to throw a body punch but Quake avoids it by throwing Roberto back against the cage.
Quake pushes Roberto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roberto prevents Quake from breaking the clinch.
Roberto lands a body shot. #BC#
Quake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big right from Quake misses.
Roberto tries to close the distance and clinch but Quake swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Roberto gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A combination from Quake does no damage.
Roberto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Quake manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Quake is looking to counter punch.
Paulo Roberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Quake misses. #T3#
Roberto blocks a jab.
Roberto looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.#KD2#
Roberto catches Quake napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Quake to the canvas! #SU2#
Roberto stands and steps away. Quake gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Quake loads up on a big right hand but Roberto slips the punch.
Quake scores with a jab to the head. #ROC#Roberto is rocked!
Quake slips under a jab from Roberto.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roberto lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Quake throws a lazy right hand but Roberto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Quake throws an overhand right that lands on Roberto's shoulder, as Roberto tries to avoid the shot. #CL2#
Roberto moves into the clinch successfully.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Quake lands a left hand that snaps the head of Roberto backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Roberto. #BC2#
Roberto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Roberto looks to score with a jab to the body but Quake is just out of range.
Quake lands with a good body shot.#T4#
Quake gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Roberto gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Roberto!
After winning the bout, Paulo Roberto thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

Event: ENIGMA 164
Date: Apr 16, 2023

#R1#
Aladeen drops his hands momentarily and Roberto takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. #CUT2#It looks like AdmiralGeneral Aladeen has been cut.
A shot to the liver by Roberto. Beautiful body shot.
Roberto misses with a looping right.
Roberto swings away with a body shot that misses
and Aladeen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A shot to the liver by Roberto. Beautiful body shot.
Aladeen tries to move into range but Roberto moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Roberto misses with a looping right.#CL#
Aladeen has Roberto up against the cage in a clinch.
Aladeen has a couple of punches blocked by Roberto.
Roberto tries to break free but Aladeen pushes him back against the cage.
Roberto lands a shot to the body.#BC2#
Roberto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Aladeen defending well as Roberto loads up on a big left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Aladeen slips under a jab from Roberto.#CL2#
Roberto has managed to clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Aladeen fails to land. #T1#
Aladeen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Aladeen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Aladeen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Roberto is looking to break free of the clinch but Aladeen has double underhooks.
Aladeen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Aladeen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roberto misses with the head strike.
Roberto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Roberto blocks an uppercut.
Roberto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Aladeen tries to throw a body punch but Roberto avoids it by throwing Aladeen back against the cage. #BC2#
Roberto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Roberto, as that shot connected.
Aladeen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roberto.
A telegraphed right hand from Roberto misses the target.
Roberto misses with a right hand
and Roberto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #T2#
Aladeen lands with a right hand.
Paulo Roberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roberto tries to clinch up.
A jab from Aladeen misses.
Nice uppercut there from Aladeen.
This has been an exciting period of action!#CL2#
Roberto rushes Aladeen and presses him up against the cage.
Roberto misses with an elbow strike.
Roberto throws an elbow that misses.
Roberto has a couple of punches blocked by Aladeen.
Roberto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Roberto wants to break free but Aladeen has control.
Roberto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Aladeen throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Roberto misses with a hook from the clinch. #BC2#
Roberto manages to break the clinch.
Aladeen takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing. #ROC2#Aladeen is rocked!
Aladeen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.#T3#
Roberto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Oh Aladeen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters circle momentarily. Aladeen darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Aladeen.
A countering left hand to the body from Roberto misses.
Roberto misses with a hook.
Aladeen seems to have got his legs back now.
A big right from Roberto misses.
A little feinted left hand from Aladeen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Roberto fails to land with a series of punches.
Aladeen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A jab from Roberto misses.
Roberto throws a jab when Aladeen was well out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Aladeen misses the target.
Aladeen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Aladeen scores with a nice head shot.
Aladeen cracks Roberto with an open hand slap.
Roberto throws a poor cross that misses
and Aladeen counters with a straight right hand.
Aladeen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot. #T4#
A jab from Roberto does it's job there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Some wild striking there from Aladeen.
Aladeen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Roberto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Aladeen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Roberto works Aladeen's body with a nice hook.
Aladeen is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Aladeen throws an off balance right hand
and Roberto counters with a stiff right hand.
Roberto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roberto looks to land a left hand but Aladeen moved out of range nicely.#KD2#
Roberto lands a big uppercut and Aladeen crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Aladeen looks OK. Roberto waves Aladeen back to his feet!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roberto cracks Aladeen with a hook to the temple - Aladeen is on wobbly legs here! Roberto swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Aladeen falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Roberto wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Paulo Roberto!
A very excited looking Paulo Roberto made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.

Event: ENIGMA 160
Date: Mar 19, 2023

#R1#
Askren dives in for a single leg takedown but Roberto sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Roberto is pressed up against the cage. Askren has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Roberto down to the mat. Roberto avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Roberto connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Roberto leaves Askren with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Roberto looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Askren. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A jab from Roberto does it's job there.
Askren shoots for a takedown but Roberto saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roberto. Askren does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roberto takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Askren tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Roberto manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Askren ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Askren shoots in for a takedown but Roberto shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.#CL2#
Roberto takes the fight into the clinch.
Roberto tries to throw a body punch but Askren avoids it by throwing Roberto back against the cage. #TD#
Askren gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Roberto regains guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Askren postures up in Roberto's guard and throws a big left but Roberto blocks it.
Askren throwing strikes but missing. #T1#
Askren throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roberto is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Askren is controlling him.
Askren makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Askren postures up in Roberto's guard and throws a big left but Roberto blocks it.
Askren scores with a decent looking elbow strike.#ES2#
Roberto has his feet on Askren's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Roberto lands a really nice looking cross but Askren seems unphased.
Decent striking displayed by Roberto there.
Roberto looks to land a left hand but Askren moved out of range nicely.#CL2#
Roberto moves into range and clinches up with Askren.
Roberto lands a shoulder strike.
Roberto lands a nice uppercut.#T2#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberto misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Roberto fails to land.
Askren blocks a body shot from Roberto.
Roberto misses with some punches.
Askren is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Roberto pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Roberto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.#TD#
Askren has hold of one of Roberto's legs. Roberto is fighting the takedown attempt but Askren gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Askren postures up in Roberto's guard and throws a big left but Roberto blocks it.
Askren stops Roberto from standing up.
Askren is looking to work some ground and pound but Roberto has wrist control.
Askren trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Askren lands a couple of digs.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Askren accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Askren 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.
Roberto utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Askren lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Askren throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Askren throws a strike but Roberto rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVB##T3#
Roberto trying to stand up but can't free himself from Askren's guard.
Askren pulls Roberto in close to prevent any damage.
Roberto is looking to stand up but Askren won't let him. #T4#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Roberto preventing the sweep.
Roberto trying to stand up but can't free himself from Askren's guard.
Askren wants to sweep here but Roberto controlling him for the moment.
Roberto would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.#REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Roberto dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R2#
Askren tries to move into range but Roberto moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.#CL2#
Roberto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Roberto can't find room to land a body shot as Askren controls the action.
A short uppercut from Roberto.
Roberto scores with a hook to the body.
Roberto scores with a hook to the body.
Roberto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. #BC2#
Roberto breaks the clinch. #CL2#
Roberto closes the distance and clinches. #BC2#
Roberto manages to break the clinch.
Askren moves out of range of the strikes.#CL2#
Roberto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Askren, pushing him back against the cage.
Askren is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Roberto is defending well.#BC2#
Roberto breaks from the clinch.
Paulo Roberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roberto works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.#CL2#
Roberto gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Roberto scores with a shoulder strike. #BC2#
Roberto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#T1##CL2#
Roberto moves into range and clinches up with Askren.#BC#
Askren escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Paulo Roberto seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Askren fails with an attempt to clinch. #TD#
Askren scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Roberto is pushing Askren's head away, looking to escape. Askren manages to hold on to the position though.
Askren tries to move to mount but Roberto blocks the move with his legs.
Roberto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Roberto wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Askren creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Roberto sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Askren throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Askren throws a strike aimed at the side of Roberto's head but Roberto avoids it well.
Askren has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Roberto!#T2#
Askren misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Askren thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Roberto is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Roberto takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Askren pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Askren looking to finish Roberto with some ground and pound. This is bad for Roberto!
Askren working the ground and pound effectively.
Askren lands with some strikes.#ROC#Roberto is rocked!
Askren lands with some strikes.
Roberto is still in real trouble! Can Askren finish him?
Roberto taking shots to the head.
A big strike lands for Askren! That's really hurt Roberto and he's turned his back - Askren keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Askren jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Askren!
A very excited looking Jake Askren made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.

Event: ENIGMA 156
Date: Feb 26, 2023

#R1#
A telegraphed right hand from Medeiros misses the target.
Medeiros takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Medeiros dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Roberto comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Roberto swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Medeiros throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Medeiros cracks Roberto with a right hand to the side of the head.
Medeiros lunges at Roberto with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Roberto's hand.
Roberto punishes Medeiros's body with a nice straight punch.
Medeiros takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roberto missing with a left hand there. Medeiros was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Medeiros throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Roberto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Roberto wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Medeiros moves away from the strike by Roberto. #CL2#
Roberto clinches up with Medeiros and pushes him back against the cage.
Roberto lands a nice uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Medeiros. #T1##BC2#
Roberto breaks the clinch.
Medeiros defending well as Roberto loads up on a big left hand.
Medeiros throwing a counter right hand but Roberto manages to avoid it.
Medeiros looks to land a left hand but Roberto moved out of range nicely.
Medeiros has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Ludus Magnus in the buildup to the fight.
Medeiros on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Medeiros jabs Roberto right on the nose. Roberto blinks but takes it well.
Roberto throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Paulo Roberto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Medeiros tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roberto was well out of range. Poor timing from Medeiros.
Medeiros misses with a body shot
and Roberto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Medeiros misses with a body shot
and Roberto counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Medeiros misses with a hook. Roberto ducked under it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Roberto on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.#CL2#
Roberto has closed the distance and engaged Medeiros in a clinch.
Roberto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Roberto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Medeiros avoids it.
Roberto looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roberto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Medeiross head.
Medeiros tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Medeiros stalling the fight. #T2##BC2#
Roberto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Medeiros walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Roberto misses with a looping right.
Medeiros closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. #CL2#
Roberto closes the distance and clinches.
Medeiros is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Medeiros has a couple of punches blocked by Roberto. #BC2#
Roberto breaks the clinch.
Medeiros shoots and misses
and Roberto counters with a three punch combo that has Medeiros backing up. Medeiros nods at Roberto to acknowledge the strikes.
Roberto tries to clinch up but Medeiros circles away and keeps his distance.
Roberto moves out of range as Medeiros strikes.
Medeiros swings for the body but Roberto moves out of range.
Medeiros misses with an uppercut.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Roberto! But no joy.
Medeiros shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Roberto as he jumps to the side.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Roberto! But no joy.#T3#
Medeiros throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Roberto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Medeiros swats away the attempt to clinch by Roberto.
Roberto avoids the body shot from Medeiros.
Medeiros walks into a jab.
Roberto digs a good body shot into Medeiros's ribs.
Medeiros looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Medeiros thows a left - swing and a miss! #TD#
Medeiros looking to score a takedown here. Roberto is defending well but Medeiros drives through and ends up in Roberto's guard.
Medeiros won't allow Roberto to get back to his feet.
Medeiros postures up in Roberto's guard and throws a big left but Roberto blocks it.
Medeiros with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Medeiros postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
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!
Roberto being controlled here, momentarily. #T4#
Medeiros looking to sit in guard and control but Roberto gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVB#
Roberto looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Roberto trying to stand up but can't free himself from Medeiros's guard.
Medeiros is looking to sweep but instead, Roberto has passed into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Roberto dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R2#
Medeiros on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Roberto with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Roberto jabs Medeiros right on the nose. Medeiros blinks but takes it well.
Medeiros misses with a hook
and Roberto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Medeiros takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.#KD2#
Roberto cracks Medeiros with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Medeiros looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Roberto finish him? #ROC2#Medeiros is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roberto darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Medeiros's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Roberto before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Paulo Roberto!
During a confident post fight interview, Paulo Roberto thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

Event: ENIGMA 151
Date: Feb 05, 2023

#R1#
Roberto connects with a crisp jab.
Roberto missing with a left hand there. Sitsongrit was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Roberto jabs Sitsongrit to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Roberto throws the left hand but Sitsongrit avoids the punch easily.
Sitsongrit replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Roberto blocks it well.
Roberto works the jab nicely.
Roberto throws a hook but Sitsongrit blocks it.
A little jabbing left from Sitsongrit on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Sitsongrit looks to score with a jab to the body but Roberto is just out of range.
It looked like Roberto was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Sitsongrit.
Sitsongrit slips a jab from Roberto.
Roberto looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Roberto throws the left hand but Sitsongrit avoids the punch easily.
Sitsongrit looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sitsongrit misses with a hook
and Roberto counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Sitsongrit lands an overhand right.
Roberto cracks Sitsongrit with a good jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sitsongrit misses with an uppercut. Roberto saw that one coming.
An attempted straight right counter from Roberto misses the target.
Sitsongrit lands with a right hand.
Roberto throws out a token jab with nothing on it.#T1#
Sitsongrit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roberto.
A punch combination from Sitsongrit misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sitsongrit. Roberto does a little dance to reset his feet.
An attempted straight right counter from Roberto misses the target.
Sitsongrit takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Paulo Roberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good shot there by Roberto.
Roberto ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sitsongrit moves away.
A little jabbing left from Sitsongrit on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Roberto ducks under a wild hook from Sitsongrit.
A telegraphed right hand from Sitsongrit misses the target.
Sitsongrit avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Roberto misses with a wild body shot.
Roberto throws a big shot that misses.
Roberto misses with a hook.
Roberto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sitsongrit throws out the jab. #T2#
Sitsongrit fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roberto manages to avoid it.
Roberto throws a lazy uppercut
and Sitsongrit counters with an inside leg kick.
Sitsongrit steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roberto.
It seemed like Sitsongrit was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Roberto lands a really nice looking cross but Sitsongrit seems unphased.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberto misses with a left hand
and Roberto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #ROC2#Roberto is rocked!
Roberto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sitsongrit circles away quickly and effectively.
Roberto looks to throw the jab but Sitsongrit is out of range.
Roberto throws an off balance right hand
and Sitsongrit scores with a counter punch that sends Roberto to the canvas! Sitsongrit smells blood - he's punishing Roberto with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Roberto has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaengsaklek Sitsongrit!

Event: ENIGMA 144
Date: Dec 25, 2022

#R1#
Larsen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Larsen throws out a counter right but Roberto avoids it with no problem.
Larsen slips under a jab from Roberto.
Roberto looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Roberto misses with a right hand
and Roberto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Magnus Larsen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roberto misses with a straight left.
Larsen throws an off balance right hand
and Roberto counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Larsen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Roberto throws a hook to the side of Larsen's head but Larsen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big right from Larsen misses.
Roberto doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Roberto moves out of range of the leg kick from Larsen.
A little feinted left hand from Roberto on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Larsen misses the shot to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Roberto. That snapped Larsen's head back.
Larsen misses with a low kick as Roberto jumps back.
Roberto misses with a jab, cross combination.
Larsen defending well as Roberto loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice defenses there by Larsen.
Larsen throws out a counter right but Roberto avoids it with no problem.
Larsen throws a body shot but no joy.
Larsen slips a straight right by Roberto.
Larsen slips under a jab.
A little jabbing left from Larsen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.#T1#
Larsen slips under a jab from Roberto.
Roberto with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Larsen to score with a decent uppercut.
Roberto misses with a looping right.
Larsen missing with a left hand there. Roberto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Larsen scores with a nice head shot.
Roberto avoids the body shot from Larsen.
Roberto lands a jab to the head.
Roberto's corner calls for a 1-2. Roberto obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Roberto lands with a cross.
Larsen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Roberto drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Larsen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Larsen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Larsen slips a jab from Roberto.
Roberto throws out a loose jab but Larsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roberto looks to land a right hand but Larsen moved out of range.
Roberto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Larsen.
Larsen swings for the body but Roberto moves out of range. #T2#
Larsen looks to land a right hand but Roberto moved out of range.
Larsen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Roberto throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Larsen throws a body shot but no joy.
Roberto misses the jab.
Larsen lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Larsen lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Larsen jabs Roberto right on the nose. Roberto blinks but takes it well.
Roberto slips a jab from Larsen.
Larsen misses with a hook
and Roberto counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Larsen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Roberto throws a shot from downtown. Larsen moves away and avoids it.
Larsen throws out a counter right but Roberto avoids it with no problem.
Roberto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice defenses there by Roberto.
Larsen swings for the body but Roberto moves out of range.
Larsen throws a body punch but Roberto moves out of range.
Roberto connects with a looping right hand.
Roberto moves in looking to clinch but Larsen pushes him off.#T3#
Larsen works the jab nicely.
Larsen staying out of range there.
A cross from Roberto lands.
Larsen slips a jab from Roberto.
Larsen swings for the body but Roberto moves out of range.
Roberto was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Larsen throws a head kick that misses.
Larsen staying out of range there.
Larsen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Roberto had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Larsen throws a hook but Roberto blocks it.
Roberto lands a glancing blow to the side of Larsen's head.#CL#
Roberto clinches up against the cage.
Larsen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Larsen lands a shoulder strike. #BC#
Roberto breaks from the clinch.
Roberto is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Larsen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Roberto counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Larsen.
Roberto misses the shot to the body. #T4#
Roberto just misses with a punch to the body.
Roberto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Larsen.
Larsen lands the left hand.
Roberto throws the left hand but Larsen avoids the punch easily.
Larsen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roberto throws out the jab.
Roberto displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A combination from Larsen does no damage.
Roberto takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Roberto moves forwards but Larsen connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Larsen tests Roberto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Larsen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Larsen connects with a right hand. Roberto shakes it off.#ROC2#Roberto is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roberto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Larsen looks for the body kick but Roberto saw that one coming.
Roberto fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Larsen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A swing and a miss from Larsen.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Paulo Roberto will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!#R2#
Roberto looks to throw the jab but Larsen is out of range.
Roberto fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Larsen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roberto.
Larsen unleashes a big counter combination but Roberto bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Roberto's jab looks to have found its range, popping Larsen under the eye.
Larsen throws a body shot but no joy.
Roberto doesn't manage to clinch there - Larsen circles away.
Roberto scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Roberto lunges at Larsen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Larsen's hand.
Roberto stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Larsen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Roberto misses with a series of wild punches.
Larsen scores with a leg kick.
Roberto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice defenses there by Larsen.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big right from Roberto misses.
Larsen looks to land a right hand but Roberto moved out of range.#T1#
Roberto slips a jab from Larsen.
Larsen misses with a straight left.
Roberto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Larsen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Larsen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Larsen uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Roberto.
Larsen throws out a counter right but Roberto avoids it with no problem.
Larsen scores with a three punch combo!
Oh Roberto is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Larsen lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Roberto falls backwards - clearly groggy! Larsen dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Magnus Larsen!
After winning the bout, Magnus Larsen thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

Event: ENIGMA 138
Date: Dec 04, 2022

#R1#
Zoro is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Roberto.
Roberto lands with a straight right. Zoro didn't see that one coming.
Some wild striking there from Roberto.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Zoro has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Roberto scores with a sloppy right hand. Zoro should have avoided that one.
Roberto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zoro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zoro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roberto manages to avoid it.
Roberto cracks a nice hook into Zoro's ribs.
Zoro takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Roberto thows a left - swing and a miss!
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!
Zoro fails miserably with a takedown attempt.#T1#
Roberto wants to clinch#TD2#
and Zoro counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Zoro controlling the pace.
Zoro sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Roberto defending well though.
Roberto is trying to stand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zoro thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Roberto's head.
Roberto tries to kick Zoro off but Zoro keeps his base steady and stays in half guard. #SUB2#
Zoro is looking for a kimura but Roberto is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Zoro to get the leverage.
Roberto is staying active underneath Zoro, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Roberto wants to get back to his feet.#T2#
Zoro thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Roberto's head.
Zoro wants to lay and pray for a moment but Roberto keeps working.
Zoro thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Roberto on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Roberto blocking the ground and pound attempt from Zoro.
Zoro takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Zoro stops Roberto from getting back to his feet.
Zoro throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Zoro passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Roberto!
Zoro scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Roberto? #T3#
Zoro breaks from Roberto's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Roberto is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Roberto avoids a series of strikes thrown by Zoro.
Roberto is trying to stand.
Roberto on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Roberto tries to get out of the position.
Zoro thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Zoro unloading with bombs!
Zoro lands with some strikes.#SUB2#
Zoro goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Roberto turns into him and now he's in Zoro's guard.
Roberto engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Roberto has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Roberto wants to control from the top but Zoro keeps moving. #T4#
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Zoro is on top in guard. #REVB#
Roberto wants to stand but Zoro is controlling the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zoro wants to control from the top but Roberto keeps moving.
Zoro throws a big right hand that misses.
Zoro pushing down on Roberto's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Zoro thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. #SUB2#
Zoro is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Zoro seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Roberto does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roronoa Zoro dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!#R2#
Roberto doesn't manage to clinch there - Zoro circles away.
Roberto digs a good body shot into Zoro's ribs.
Zoro buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zoro throws a body shot but no joy.
Zoro looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Roberto is fending him off so far but Zoro persists. Nope, Roberto circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice uppercut there from Roberto.
Zoro takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Roberto connects with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Zoro.
Jab from Roberto.#T1#
Roberto misses with a body shot.
And Zoro tries to counter it with a takedown but Roberto pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Roberto misses with a hook.
Roberto tries to clinch up#TD2#
and Zoro counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Zoro working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Zoro is looking to work some ground and pound but Roberto has wrist control.
Zoro won't allow Roberto to get back to his feet.
Zoro missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Zoro with a flurry of punches that miss. #T2#
Roberto keeping moving, preventing Zoro from controlling successfully.
Zoro lands a couple of elbows.
Roberto preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Zoro in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Zoro throwing strikes but missing.
Zoro postures up and lands a big shot to Roberto's brow.
Roberto avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Zoro postures up in Roberto's guard and throws a big left but Roberto blocks it.
Zoro is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Zoro content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Zoro slips nicely into half guard.
Zoro has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.#T3#
Zoro looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Roberto with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Zoro moves nicely into side control. #SUB2#
Zoro tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Zoro working the head with strikes.
Zoro throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Roberto works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Roberto is in trouble now - Zoro has advanced to mount! #T4#
Roberto is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Zoro with the ground and pound from mount.
Zoro raining down hammerfists from mount.
Zoro trying to control but he's not successful this time. #SUB2#
Zoro looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.#SUB2#
Zoro working for a submission but Roberto is keeping him at bay.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
You get the feeling that Roberto really doesn't like being in this position too much.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Roronoa Zoro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.#R3#
Roberto scores with a hook to the body. Zoro takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Zoro gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Roberto misses with a hook #TD2#
and Zoro counters with a nice double leg into side control. Roberto won't be happy with that.
Roberto parries the strikes from Zoro easily there. Zoro is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Roberto to escape.
Zoro in side control lands a decent elbow.
Zoro throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Zoro lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Roberto down.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB2#
Zoro swings around for an armbar but Roberto sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Zoro's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#SUB2#
Roberto avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Roberto trying to control but Zoro is working from the bottom. #SUB2#
Zoro looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar. #T1#
Roberto throws a big right hand that misses.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Zoro is on top in guard. #REVB#
Zoro with a nice head shot there.
Roberto definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Zoro accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Roberto knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Zoro on the ground.
Zoro with a flurry of punches that miss.
Roberto wants to stand but Zoro is controlling the position.
Zoro throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Roberto works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Zoro tries to free his leg and advance position but Roberto is retaining full guard. #T2#
Zoro postures up in Roberto's guard and throws a big left but Roberto blocks it.
Zoro is in close to Roberto's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Zoro looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Zoro stops Roberto from standing up.
Zoro slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Zoro pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Roberto is keeping the position for now.
Paulo Roberto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#T3#
Zoro postures up in Roberto's guard and throws a big left but Roberto blocks it.
Zoro throwing strikes but missing. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roberto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zoro is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Roberto wants to clinch.
And Zoro tries to counter it with a takedown but Roberto pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A decent looking cross lands there for Zoro.
Roronoa Zoro is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.#T4#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Zoro drops his hands momentarily and Roberto takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Zoro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roberto throws out the jab.
Zoro slips under a jab.
Zoro with the counter takedown but Roberto avoids it easily.
Roberto connects with a body shot that sends Zoro's belly button to the back.
Nice defenses there by Zoro.
Roberto missing with a left hand there. Zoro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Zoro tries to move into range but Roberto moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Roberto looks to land a left hand but Zoro moved out of range nicely.#TD2#
Zoro looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Roberto!

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Roronoa Zoro.
I've got Zoro winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roronoa Zoro!
A relieved looking Roronoa Zoro thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.

Event: ENIGMA 129
Date: Oct 02, 2022

#R1#
Santos connects with a body shot.
Santos jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent. #CL2#
Santos has Roberto up against the cage in a clinch.
Santos lands with a short shot to the head.
Roberto missing with knees to the body.
Santos misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Santos.
Santos blocks a body shot from Roberto.
Santos blocking some punches. #BC2#
Santos breaks from the clinch.
Santos throws a lazy uppercut
and Roberto counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A big left from Roberto misses. #CL2#
Santos closes the distance and clinches. #BC2#
Santos breaks the clinch.
Roberto seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roberto jabs Santos right on the nose. Santos blinks but takes it well.
Roberto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Santos 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.
Santos throws the left hand but Roberto avoids the punch easily.
Roberto is looking to counter punch.
Santos takes one to the side of the head. #T1#
Santos lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Roberto circles away quickly and effectively.
Santos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Santos throws a right hand that misses
and Roberto counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A lazy left from Santos finds it's target.
Roberto takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Roberto connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Santos swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Santos moves out of range of the strikes.
Santos swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Santos moves out of range of the strikes.
Santos looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Roberto misses with a left hand
letting Santos counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roberto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.#CL2#
Santos drives through and clinches with Roberto against the cage.
Roberto misses with a body punch.
Roberto wants to break free but Santos has control.
Roberto blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #BC2#
Santos breaks the clinch. #T2#
Roberto staying out of range there.
Santos staying out of range there.
Santos uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roberto.
Roberto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Roberto jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Santos doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Roberto avoids a punch combination nicely. #CL2#
Santos clinches.
Santos throws a head punch that misses.
Santos throws a head punch that misses. #BC2#
Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos misses with a right hand
and Roberto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.#CL2#
Santos instigates a clinch.
Santos misses with a hook from the clinch.
Roberto misses with a hook from the clinch. #BC#
Roberto manages to break the clinch. #T3#
Santos loads up on a big right hand but Roberto slips the punch.#CL2#
Santos darts in and clinches Roberto up against the cage.
Santos struggles to land a body shot inside as Roberto controls his hands.
Santos lands with a right to the head.
Roberto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Roberto. #BC2#
Santos breaks from the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roberto. Santos does a little dance to reset his feet.#CL2#
Santos moves into range and clinches up with Roberto.
Santos lands with a left to the head.
A short left from Roberto.
Santos displaying some good clinch control by pressing Roberto up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roberto.
Roberto blocks an uppercut.
Santos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!#T4#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roberto is working Santos over against the cage.
Santos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Roberto lands with a left to the head. #ROC#Santos is rocked!
Roberto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Santos is still on wobbly legs! Can Roberto finish him?
Roberto lands a big right hand that drops Santos! The killer instinct kicks in and Roberto finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Roberto!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Roberto!
A less than humble Paulo Roberto misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.

Event: ENIGMA 123
Date: Aug 28, 2022

#R1#
Donk. Roberto catches Klitschko right on the button with a cross.
Roberto looks to land a combination. Klitschko sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Roberto connects with a body shot that sends Klitschko's belly button to the back.
Roberto scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice uppercut lands for Roberto. That snapped Klitschko's head back.
Paulo Roberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#TD#
A momentary lapse in concentration from Roberto enables Klitschko to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Roberto manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
We've been hearing that Klitschko has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roberto wants to stand up but Klitschko is controlling him. #ES2#
Roberto pushes Klitschko off and gets back to his feet.
Klitschko looks to land a left hand but Roberto moved out of range nicely.
Klitschko throws the kick towards the body but Roberto avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Roberto! But no joy.
Roberto lands a lovely overhand right.
Klitschko throws a hook but Roberto blocks it.
Roberto lands with a good body shot.#CL2#
Roberto has Klitschko up against the cage in a clinch.
Klitschko is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roberto is defending well for now.#T1#
Klitschko stalls.
Roberto lands with a right to the head.
Roberto gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Klitschko.
A short right from Roberto on the inside.
Roberto lands a nice uppercut.
Klitschko is looking to take this one to the mat.
Roberto working Klitschko over with knees to the body.
A short right from Roberto on the inside.
Klitschko changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Roberto fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yuri Klitschko. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Roberto lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.#T2##KD2#
Roberto drops Klitschko with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Klitschko looks back up at him and smiles so Roberto waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed. #ROC2#Klitschko is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberto circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Klitschko tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Roberto wins by KO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Paulo Roberto!
A very excited looking Paulo Roberto rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.

Event: ENIGMA 120
Date: Aug 07, 2022

#R1#
Bremner throws an overhand right that lands on Roberto's shoulder, as Roberto tries to avoid the shot.
Bremner misses with a hook. Roberto ducked under it nicely.
Roberto connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Roberto getting the better of the striking in that exchange.#CL#
Bremner rushes Roberto and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bremner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roberto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bremner has a couple of punches blocked by Roberto.
Bremner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roberto lands a nice shot to the body.
Roberto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bremner backwards.
Roberto misses with a shot to the kidneys. #BC2#
Roberto manages to break the clinch.
Roberto misses with a few strikes there.
Roberto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bremner looks to throw a body kick
enabling Roberto to counter with a crisp jab.
Roberto uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bremner.
Bremner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect. #T1#
Roberto digs a good hook to Bremner's body.
Roberto blocks a head kick by Bremner.
Bremner takes a swing at Roberto's ribcage but misses. #CL#
Bremner closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bremner has a couple of punches blocked by Roberto.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bremner tries to work over Roberto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Roberto blocks an uppercut.
Roberto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Roberto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Roberto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bremner tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberto.
Bremner makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Roberto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bremner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roberto's elbow. #T2#
Roberto lands a nice elbow.
Roberto lands a nice shot to the body.
Bremner can't find room to land a body shot as Roberto controls the action.
Roberto pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.#BC2#
Roberto breaks the clinch.
Roberto stuns Bremner with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bremner takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Roberto has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Roberto lands with an overhand left.
Bremner slips under a jab.
Roberto throws an off balance right hand
and Roberto takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bremner looks to land a combination but Roberto avoids it well.
Roberto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bremner manages to avoid it.
Bremner lands a jab to the head.
Roberto stalks Bremner and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Bremner's face. Bremner staggers backwards, shaken.
Bremner wants to land a leg kick but Roberto is out of range.
Roberto scores with a nice right hand. #ROC2#Bremner is rocked!#T3#
Roberto lands with a shot to the body.
Oh Bremner is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bremner lands a leg kick that knocks Roberto off balance momentarily.
Roberto catches Bremner with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!#CL2#
Roberto fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bremner, pushing him back against the cage.
Bremner lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Roberto or not.
Bremner misses with a punch to the body.
Roberto cracks Bremner with a nice body shot.
Bremner tries to throw a body punch but Roberto avoids it by throwing Bremner back against the cage.
Bremner is trying to break free.
The referee calls for Bremner to work. #BC2#
Roberto breaks the clinch.
Roberto misses with a looping right.
Bremner seems to have got his legs back now.
Bremner tries to move into range but Roberto moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bremner tries to land a leg kick but Roberto saw it coming and moves away.
Bremner fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bremner scores with the left hand. Roberto knows he should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bremner looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bremner throws a big shot that misses.#T4##KD2#
Roberto cracks Bremner with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Roberto has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Bremner to stand back up!
Bremner gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Roberto gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Bremner 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 4:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Roberto!
A very excited looking Paulo Roberto rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.

Event: ENIGMA 109
Date: Jun 12, 2022

#R1#
Larsen staying out of range there.
Roberto misses the shot to the body.
Roberto tries to clinch up
and Larsen counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Larsen throws a shot from downtown. Roberto moves away and avoids it.
Roberto looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Larsen misses with a double jab.
Roberto lands a head shot.
Larsen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Roberto throws a hook but Larsen avoids it easily.
Larsen half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Roberto has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Roberto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Larsen was well out of range. Poor timing from Roberto.
Roberto takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Larsen misses with a body punch
and Roberto counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Roberto misses with a left hand
and Larsen counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberto scores with a crisp jab that stopped Larsen in his tracks.
Larsen swings for the body but Roberto moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Roberto! But no joy.
Larsen tries to move into range but Roberto moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Larsen has been working on his boxing with his coaches at BDS in the buildup to the fight.#T1#
Larsen blocks a jab.
Larsen throws an overhand right that lands on Roberto's shoulder, as Roberto tries to avoid the shot.
Larsen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A solid leg kick lands there for Larsen.
Roberto wants to clinch
and Larsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The fighters circling - Roberto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Roberto throws a series of punches but Larsen moves out of range.
Larsen lands with a hook. Roberto tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Larsen misses with a looping right.
Larsen's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Roberto connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Larsen scrambles back to his feet.
Larsen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Roberto counter with a right hand.
Paulo Roberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Larsen takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Roberto scores with a sloppy right hand. Larsen should have avoided that one.
Roberto might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Larsen lands a lovely overhand right.#CL2#
Roberto moves into range and clinches up with Larsen.#T2#
Larsen with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Roberto misses with a punch to the body.
Larsen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Roberto up against the cage.
Larsen has Roberto pressed against the cage.
Larsen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roberto misses with a knee to the head.
Larsen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Larsen.
Larsen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roberto's elbow. #BC#
Larsen breaks the clinch.
Larsen connects with the punch.
Roberto misses with an uppercut.
A slapping body kick lands there for Larsen.
Larsen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range. #T3#
Roberto misses with a hook. Larsen ducked under it nicely.
A slow jab from Roberto misses its intended target.
Larsen seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Roberto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Larsen manages to avoid it.
Roberto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roberto misses with a right hand
and Larsen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Larsen misses with a hook.
The fighters circle momentarily. Roberto darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Good leg kick by Larsen.
Roberto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Larsen slips a jab from Roberto.
A quick step to the side and Larsen tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Larsen ducks under a wild hook from Roberto.
Roberto misses with a hook
and Larsen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Roberto. Those never looked like landing.
Larsen throws a series of punches but Roberto avoids them all with ease.
Roberto moves out of range of the strikes.#T4#
Roberto dips to his left and cracks Larsen with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberto swings widly with a right hand
and Larsen counters with a body kick.
Roberto misses with a looping left.
Roberto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Roberto misses with a right hand
and Larsen counters with a nice uppercut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Larsen.
Larsen misses the shot to the body.
Roberto connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Roberto misses with a straight right.
An attempted straight right counter from Larsen misses the target.
Roberto tries to clinch there but Larsen circles away.
Roberto misses with a hook. Larsen ducked under it nicely. #CL2#
Roberto rushes Larsen and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice right hand lands inside from Roberto.
Roberto working aggressively here.
Larsen lands a knee to the body.
Larsen tries to land knees in the clinch but Roberto avoids the damage to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Magnus Larsen will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!#R2#
Roberto misses with an uppercut
and Larsen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Roberto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Larsen.
Larsen staying out of range there.
Larsen throws a lazy uppercut
and Roberto counters with a left to the body.
Larsen slips a straight right by Roberto.
Roberto defending well as Larsen loads up on a big left hand.
Larsen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roberto.
Roberto takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Larsen defending well as Roberto loads up on a big left hand.
Larsen appears to be looking for a big counter.
Larsen throws a leg kick which misses Roberto's front leg but catches the back leg as Roberto tries to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larsen catches Roberto with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Roberto throws a hook but Larsen avoids it easily.
Larsen avoids the body shot from Roberto.
Larsen throws an overhand right that lands on Roberto's shoulder, as Roberto tries to avoid the shot.
Roberto misses with a hook.#T1#
Roberto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Larsen manages to avoid it.
Roberto misses the shot to the body.
Roberto cracks Larsen with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Larsen takes one to the side of the head.
Roberto lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Roberto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Larsen throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Roberto lands an overhand right.
Roberto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Larsen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Roberto moves into range and connects with a jab.
Roberto looks to land a left hand but Larsen moved out of range nicely.
Roberto lands a lovely overhand right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Larsen throws a head kick that misses.
Roberto uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Larsen has time to react.#T2#
Roberto's jab looks to have found its range, popping Larsen under the eye.
Roberto bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Donk. Roberto catches Larsen right on the button with a cross.
Roberto lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Larsen circles away quickly and effectively.
A swing and a miss from Roberto.
Roberto takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Roberto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Larsen.
Roberto throws an overhand right that lands on Larsen's shoulder, as Larsen tries to avoid the shot.
Larsen throwing a counter right hand but Roberto manages to avoid it.
Roberto loads up on a big right hand but Larsen slips the punch.
Larsen lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Roberto scores with a sloppy right hand. Larsen should have avoided that one.
Larsen misses with a series of wild punches.
Roberto throws the left hand but Larsen avoids the punch easily.
It looked like Larsen wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Roberto throws a right hand that misses
and Larsen counters with a leg kick. #T3#
Larsen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Roberto stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Roberto misses with an uppercut.
Roberto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Roberto connects with a nice looking jab.
Roberto throws out a loose jab but Larsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
It looked like Larsen was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Roberto.
Roberto throws a jab when Larsen was well out of range.
Roberto checks the leg kick nicely there.
Larsen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Paulo Roberto seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Larsen throws a solid leg kick but Roberto takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Larsen.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Larsen stuns Roberto with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Roberto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Roberto throws a looping overhand right but Larsen ducks down to avoid it.
Roberto looks to land a left hand but Larsen moved out of range nicely.
Roberto uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Larsen.
Roberto misses with a body shot. #T4#
Roberto throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Roberto defending well as Larsen loads up on a big left hand.
Roberto throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Larsen takes one to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roberto throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Larsen.
Roberto misses with a wild combination.
Roberto just misses with a punch to the body.
Roberto throws a shot from downtown. Larsen moves away and avoids it.
Roberto looks to land a left hand but Larsen moved out of range nicely.
Larsen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Roberto scores with a hook.
Roberto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Roberto loads up on a big right hand but Larsen slips the punch.
Roberto throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Larsen counters with a right hand to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo Roberto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!#R3#
Larsen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Larsen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Larsen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Roberto counters with a nice uppercut.
Roberto pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Nice defenses there by Larsen.
Larsen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roberto moves away.
Roberto let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Roberto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Good shot there by Roberto.
Roberto misses with an uppercut. Larsen saw that one coming.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Larsen, as that shot connected.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Larsen.
Nice uppercut lands for Larsen. That snapped Roberto's head back.
Larsen scores with a sloppy right hand. Roberto should have avoided that one.
Larsen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Larsen is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Roberto.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberto fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.#T1#
Roberto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Larsen slips under a jab from Roberto.
Roberto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Roberto needs to keep his hands up - Larsen had a free shot at his head there.
Larsen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Roberto throws a body shot but no joy.
It appears Larsen was looking to counter with a kick there.
Roberto dodges the punch combination from Larsen.
Larsen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Roberto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Larsen slips under a jab from Roberto.
Larsen slips a straight right by Roberto.
Roberto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.#T2#
Roberto misses with a lunging right hand
and Larsen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Roberto thows a left - swing and a miss!
Larsen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Roberto moves out of range of the leg kick from Larsen.
Roberto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Larsen tests Roberto's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Larsen cracks Roberto with a good jab.
Roberto throws a body punch but Larsen moves out of range.
Larsen slips a straight right by Roberto.
Roberto waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Larsen.
Larsen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Roberto doesn't seem bothered though.
Larsen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Larsen throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Roberto to counter with a crisp jab. #T3#
Roberto misses with a double jab.
Larsen moves away from the strike by Roberto.
Nice uppercut lands for Roberto. That snapped Larsen's head back.
Larsen scores with a punch to the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Roberto misses the target.
Larsen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roberto moves away.
Roberto throws out a counter right but Larsen avoids it with no problem.
Roberto rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Larsen makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Larsen digs a good hook to Roberto's body.
Larsen throws a right hand that Roberto ducks under and follows up with a left that Roberto also avoids with ease.
Larsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roberto lunges at Larsen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Larsen's hand.
Roberto misses with a looping right.
Roberto throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Roberto backs away, Larsen returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Larsen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Roberto's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberto scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.#T4#
Larsen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Roberto throws a body punch but Larsen moves out of range.
Larsen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
It seemed like Roberto was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Roberto swings widly with a right hand
and Larsen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Roberto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Larsen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Larsen half committed to a counter leg kick.
Larsen throws a right and a left that Roberto avoids nicely.
Larsen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Roberto has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Larsen lands with an uppercut that bounces Roberto off the cage and back into range.
Roberto throws a jab when Larsen was well out of range.
Roberto has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Larsen.
Larsen connects with a leg kick.
Larsen ducks under a wild hook from Roberto.
Larsen misses with a hook. Roberto ducked under it nicely.
A shot to the body from Roberto misses
and Larsen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

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 Magnus Larsen.
I think Larsen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!

Event: ENIGMA 99
Date: May 08, 2022

#R1#
Roberto listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Prince looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Roberto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Prince.#CL2#
Roberto darts in and clinches Prince up against the cage.#BC#
Prince breaks the clinch. #CL2#
Roberto gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Prince lands with a left to the head. #BC2#
Roberto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Prince throws a hook but Roberto blocks it.
Prince has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Yellow Lotus Center of Healing and Meditative Arts in the buildup to the fight.
Prince throws a body punch but Roberto moves out of range.
Roberto throws a jab but it's blocked by Prince.
Roberto defending well as Prince loads up on a big left hand.
Prince fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roberto manages to avoid it.
Nice shot by Roberto.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Prince throws a hook but Roberto blocks it.
Roberto throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Prince connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Prince uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roberto.
Roberto lands a right hook to the body. #T1#
Roberto scores with a jab to the head.
Roberto takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Prince fails to land with a series of punches.
Roberto on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Roberto misses with a left hand
and Prince counters with a right hand to the body.
Roberto misses the jab.
A slow jab from Prince misses its intended target.
Nice defenses there by Roberto.
Roberto has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Roberto throws the left hand but Prince avoids the punch easily.
Prince moves out of range of the strikes.
Prince swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roberto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Prince.
Roberto bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A slow jab from Prince misses its intended target. #T2#
Prince uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roberto.
Roberto misses the jab.
Roberto loads up on a big right hand but Prince slips the punch.
The fighters circling - Roberto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Prince is looking to counter punch.
Roberto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Prince keeps the fight on the outside.
Roberto fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Roberto takes a swing at Prince's ribcage but misses.
A combination from Prince does no damage.
Roberto doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Roberto scores with a crisp jab that stopped Prince in his tracks.
Prince throws out a loose jab but Roberto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roberto looks to land a right hand but Prince moved out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Prince on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Prince.
Prince ducks right into an uppercut from Roberto. #T3#
Roberto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Prince was well out of range. Poor timing from Roberto.
Roberto throws a poor cross that misses
and Prince counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Prince swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Prince chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Roberto slips under a jab from Prince.
Prince takes one to the side of the head.
Prince takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Roberto ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A decent looking cross lands there for Prince.
Roberto misses with a left hand
and Prince connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice uppercut lands for Roberto. That snapped Prince's head back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#CL2#
Roberto moves into the clinch successfully.
Roberto has a couple of punches blocked by Prince.
Prince struggles to land a body shot inside as Roberto controls his hands.
Prince blocks an uppercut. #T4#
Roberto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Prince tries to work over Roberto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Prince misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roberto blocks a body shot from Prince.
Roberto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Prince misses with a punch on the inside.
Roberto working aggressively here.
Prince blocks a body shot from Roberto.
Roberto digs a right hand into Prince's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Prince's gas tank.
Prince throws a punch but it's blocked by Roberto.
Prince with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time. #BC#
Prince's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Roberto misses with a looping right.
Prince throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Prince dodges the punch combination from Roberto.
Prince takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Paulo Roberto will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.#R2#
A swing and a miss from Prince.
Roberto jabs Prince to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A slow jab from Prince misses its intended target.
Prince lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Roberto circles away quickly and effectively.
A little jabbing left from Roberto on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Roberto throws a hook but Prince avoids it easily.
A quick step to the side and Prince tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Prince connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Roberto momentarily.
Roberto takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Prince looks to throw the jab but Roberto is out of range.
Prince throws a hook but Roberto blocks it.
Prince staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberto throws a sloppy body shot
and Prince counters with a body kick.
The fighters circling - Roberto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Paulo Roberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prince slips under a jab from Roberto.
Roberto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Prince.
Roberto is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Prince. #T1#
Prince bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.#ROC#Roberto is rocked!
Prince takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Prince misses the jab.
Prince is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Roberto misses with a looping right.
Roberto misses with a hook
and Prince counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Roberto is still on wobbly legs! Can Prince finish him?
Roberto throws a jab but it's blocked by Prince.
Roberto wants to clinch
and Prince counters with a crisp right that sends Roberto to the canvas! Prince follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nasir Prince!

Event: ENIGMA 91
Date: Apr 10, 2022

#R1#
Prince blocks a jab.
Nasir Prince seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Prince with a nice calf kick.
Roberto throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Prince.
Good standup being displayed there by Prince as he connects with a hook.#CL#
Prince tries to keep at a distance but Roberto has taken the fight into the clinch.
Roberto lands with a light punch inside.
Prince misses with the head strike.
Roberto is leaning against Prince and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.#BC#
Roberto breaks from the clinch. #CL2#
Prince closes the distance and clinches.
Prince has Roberto pressed against the cage.
Prince misses with a body punch.
Prince throws a punch but it's blocked by Roberto.
A short right from Roberto.
Prince is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberto has had enough of the clinch but Prince keeps him there for the moment.
Prince fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roberto swings wildly with an uppercut but Prince uses good head movement to avoid it. #T1##BC#
Roberto breaks from the clinch.
Prince walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Some wild striking there from Roberto.
Roberto connects with a jab.
Prince scores with a hook.
Prince throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Roberto to counter with a crisp jab.
Roberto throws a jab when Prince was well out of range.
Prince throws a series of punches but Roberto moves out of range.
Prince falls off balance throwing a combination
and Roberto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Roberto slips under a jab.
A slow jab from Roberto misses its intended target.
Roberto swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prince lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Prince misses with a series of wild punches.
Prince ducks under a wild hook from Roberto.#T2#
Roberto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Prince swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A decent looking cross lands there for Roberto.
Prince throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice defenses there by Prince.#CL#
Roberto rushes Prince and presses him up against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Prince.
Prince lands a hook to the side of the head.
Prince misses with a hook from the clinch.
Prince misses with a punch on the inside.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Roberto lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberto.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Prince.
Roberto misses with a body punch.
Prince misses with the head strike.
Prince lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Roberto backwards.
Roberto throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Prince working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Prince working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Roberto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Prince backwards. #T3#
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Prince throws a head punch that misses.
Prince lands a hook that snaps the head of Roberto backwards.
Prince goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Prince has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Roberto seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Prince can turn it around.
Roberto wants to break the clinch but can't.
Prince goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Roberto on the inside.
Prince lands an uppercut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Roberto as Prince tries to tie him up.
Prince goes for a body shot but it's blocked. #BC#
Roberto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Prince throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Roberto on the side of the head.
Prince tries to land a leg kick but Roberto saw it coming and moves away.
A slow jab from Prince misses its intended target.
Prince takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Roberto connects with a crisp jab.
Prince throws a right and a left that Roberto avoids nicely.
A punch combination from Prince misses. #T4#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberto is looking to clinch but Prince is avoiding it.
Prince pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Roberto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Roberto seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A swing and a miss from Prince.#CL2#
Prince moves into the clinch successfully.
Prince lands a left hand that snaps the head of Roberto backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Prince.
Roberto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roberto is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Roberto lands a good knee to the midsection. Prince won't want to take too many of those.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Prince creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Prince tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roberto has a couple of punches blocked by Prince.
Prince lands with a left to the head.
Prince working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roberto lands with a left to the head.
Prince lands with a right to the head.
Prince misses with a body punch. #BC#
Roberto manages to break the clinch.
Prince misses with a body shot
and Roberto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Nasir Prince will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!#R2#
Roberto lands a slapping body shot.
Roberto doesn't manage to clinch there - Prince circles away.
Prince uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Roberto.
A punch combination from Prince misses.
Prince does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Roberto throws an overhand right that lands on Prince's shoulder, as Prince tries to avoid the shot.
Prince comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Prince takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jab from Roberto.
Prince scores with a jab to the jaw.
Prince slips under a jab.#CL2#
Prince gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Prince misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prince.
Prince stalling the fight. #BC#
Roberto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Prince lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Roberto takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Prince tries to bum rush Roberto with a series of wild strikes but Roberto uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Roberto swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Prince ducks right into an uppercut from Roberto. #T1#
Roberto throws a jab but it's blocked by Prince.
Prince scoring well with a low kick there.
Roberto throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Roberto misses with a body shot.
Roberto throws a series of punches but Prince moves out of range. #CL2#
Prince moves into range and clinches up with Roberto.#BC#
Roberto breaks from the clinch. #CL2#
Prince closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. #BC#
Roberto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roberto tries to clinch there but Prince circles away.
A big right from Roberto misses.
Nasir Prince is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roberto throws a body punch but Prince moves out of range.
Roberto takes one to the chin there.
Roberto misses with a hook.
Prince lands with a straight right. Roberto didn't see that one coming.
Prince blocks a jab.
Prince takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Prince connects with a good right hand that stumbles Roberto. Roberto circles away out of range and recomposes himself.#T2#
Roberto missing with a left hand there. Prince was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A nice leg kick from Prince, right into the meat of the thigh.
Roberto throws a nice looking combination but Prince bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Roberto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Prince manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Prince unleashes a big counter combination but Roberto bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Roberto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Prince manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Prince in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.#CL2#
Prince moves into the clinch successfully.
A head punch on the inside from Roberto fails to land.
Roberto blocks an elbow strike from Prince.
Roberto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Prince is struggling to control the position.
Roberto misses with a body punch.
Prince lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Prince lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prince.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Prince just misses with a elbow thrown towards Roberto's brow.
Roberto blocks a body shot from Prince.
Prince lands an uppercut.
Roberto blocks an uppercut. #T3##BC#
Roberto manages to break the clinch.
Prince finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A telegraphed right hand from Prince misses the target.
Prince throws a nice outside leg kick. #CL2#
Prince fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Roberto, pushing him back against the cage.
Roberto lands a body punch.
Prince avoiding damage.
Prince tries to work over Roberto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #BC#
Roberto breaks from the clinch.
Roberto loads up on a big right hand but Prince slips the punch.
Roberto throws a lazy right hand but Prince sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Roberto throws a body shot but no joy.
A punch combination from Prince misses.
Prince takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Roberto is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Prince moves out of range as Roberto strikes.
Prince throws out a token jab with nothing on it.#CL2#
Prince clinches up with Roberto and pushes him back against the cage.
Roberto misses with a body punch. #T4#
Prince is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Roberto is keeping busy.
Prince tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roberto prevents a body shot from Prince.
Roberto is trying to break the clinch but Prince has him pressed against the cage.
Prince tries to work over Roberto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Prince misses with a punch to the body.
Prince is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Roberto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Prince misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Roberto on the inside.
Roberto lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Prince has Roberto pushed against the cage.
Prince lands with a light punch inside.
Prince struggles to land a body shot inside as Roberto controls his hands.
Prince misses with an elbow over the top.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Nasir Prince showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
A head kick by Prince misses
and Roberto connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Paulo Roberto is winning the standup battle so far.
Roberto slips under a jab.
Prince misses with a head kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Roberto darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Roberto scores with a jab. Prince acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Roberto loads up on a big right hand but Prince slips the punch.#CL2#
Prince closes the distance and pushes Roberto back into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Roberto fails to land.
Prince looking to stall.
Prince leaning his opponent against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Prince.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prince working aggressively here.
Roberto throws a punch but it's blocked by Prince.
Prince lands a nice shot to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Prince.#T1#
Roberto blocks an uppercut.
Prince avoids a wild elbow strike from Roberto.
Prince tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Roberto avoids it.
Roberto blocks an elbow strike.
Prince dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Roberto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Prince controlling the action here for a moment.
Prince has a couple of punches blocked by Roberto.
Prince misses with the head strike.
Prince swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roberto lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberto.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A body shot lands from Roberto. #T2#
Prince manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment. #BC#
Roberto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Roberto clobbers Prince with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Roberto lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Roberto lands the left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#CL2#
Prince moves into the clinch successfully.
Prince stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Roberto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roberto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Prince stalling the fight.
A head punch on the inside from Prince fails to land.
Roberto cracks Prince with a nice body shot.#BC#
Roberto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Prince misses with a few strikes there.
Prince is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roberto.
An attempted straight right counter from Roberto misses the target.
Paulo Roberto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#CL2#
Prince closes the distance and clinches. #T3##BC#
Roberto breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Roberto scores with a nice right hand.
Prince misses with a jab to the body
and Roberto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.#ROC#Prince is rocked!
Prince throws a series of punches but Roberto moves out of range.
Roberto is looking to counter punch.
Roberto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Prince.
Roberto fails with an attempt to clinch.
Roberto throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Roberto looks to throw the jab but Prince is out of range.
Prince unleashes a big counter combination but Roberto bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Roberto catches Prince with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Prince fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Roberto checks it well.
Prince moves out of range as Roberto strikes.
Roberto throws a poor cross that misses
and Prince counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Roberto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Prince.
Roberto was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Roberto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Prince swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A jab from Roberto misses.
Roberto is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight. #T4#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Prince looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Roberto takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Prince has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Roberto moves away from the strike by Prince.
Roberto looks to land a left hand but Prince moved out of range nicely.
Prince swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Prince throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Roberto lands a glancing blow to the side of Prince's head.#CL2#
Prince has closed the distance and engaged Roberto in a clinch.
Roberto tries to throw a body punch but Prince avoids it by throwing Roberto back against the cage.
Prince keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Roberto's efforts to push away.
Prince has a couple of punches blocked by Roberto.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Prince misses with a body punch.
Prince misses with a punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Roberto lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Prince.
Prince takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Nasir Prince is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Prince blocks an uppercut.

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 Paulo Roberto.
I think Prince has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a draw!

Event: ENIGMA 79
Date: Feb 27, 2022

#R1#
Hopkins misses with a looping left.
Roberto looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Roberto moves away from the strike by Hopkins.
A little jabbing left from Roberto on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hopkins moves out of range as Roberto strikes.
Roberto displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hopkins throws out the jab.
Roberto missing with a left hand there. Hopkins was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hopkins moves out of range as Roberto strikes.
Roberto misses with a hook.
Hopkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Roberto jabs Hopkins right on the nose. Hopkins blinks but takes it well.
Hopkins scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hopkins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roberto.
Roberto swings for the body but Hopkins moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hopkins drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hopkins dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Roberto. Those never looked like landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roberto misses with a straight left.
Hopkins throws a right and a left that both miss.#CL2#
Roberto drives through and clinches with Hopkins against the cage. #T1#
Roberto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roberto lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hopkins is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Roberto.
Nice body punch from Roberto.
Roberto scores with a shot to the side of Hopkins's head.
Roberto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Roberto scores with a shoulder strike.
Hopkins looking to slow down the pace here.
Hopkins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Roberto lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roberto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Roberto goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hopkins lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Roberto or not.
Hopkins misses with a shot to the kidneys. #T2##BC2#
Roberto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot by Roberto.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hopkins lands with a good body shot.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Roberto, as that shot connected.
Hopkins misses with a straight right.
Hopkins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roberto moves away.
A big left from Roberto misses.
Jab, jab by Roberto - just one landing. #ROC2#Hopkins is rocked!
Hopkins takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Oh Hopkins is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Roberto scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hopkins doesn't seem bothered though.
Roberto punishes Hopkins's body with a nice straight punch.
Roberto fakes the body blow, causing Hopkins to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Hopkins goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Paulo Roberto!
An out of breath Paulo Roberto thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

Event: ENIGMA 73
Date: Jan 30, 2022

#R1#
Ebon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Roberto cracks Ebon with an open hand slap.
Roberto lands with an uppercut that bounces Ebon off the cage and back into range.
Paulo Roberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab lands there for Roberto.
Roberto connects with a crisp jab. #ROC#Ebon is rocked!
Roberto shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Ebon takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Roberto sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Ebon bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Paulo Roberto!
Our winner, Paulo Roberto, 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.
The defeated Ragang Ebon had this to say: 'I try my best but its not enough, congrat to my oponent but i will be back in better form next time this lost will be avange that i promise'.

Event: ENIGMA 64
Date: Dec 19, 2021

#R1##CL2#
Roberto moves into the clinch.#BC2#
Roberto escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Roberto paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Roberto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Drayson needs to keep his hands up - Roberto had a free shot at his head there.
Roberto listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Roberto lands with an uppercut that bounces Drayson off the cage and back into range.#ROC2#Drayson is rocked!
BOOM! Roberto lands a beautiful left hook that drops Drayson. Drayson tries to recover but Roberto is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Drayson lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Roberto!
A victorious Paulo Roberto thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

Event: ENIGMA 54
Date: Nov 07, 2021

#R1#
Van Hire gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Roberto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Roberto throws a shot from downtown. Van Hire moves away and avoids it.
Van Hire clobbers Roberto with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Van Hire misses with a hook
and Roberto connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Roberto tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Nice defenses there by Van Hire.
Van Hire misses with a body kick.
Van Hire throws the kick towards the body but Roberto avoids it.
Roberto throws an overhand right that lands on Van Hire's shoulder, as Van Hire tries to avoid the shot.
As Roberto tries to get set, Van Hire tries to push him back and clinch up but Roberto manages to avoid the attempt.
Roberto throws a shot to the body.
Van Hire ducks under a wild hook from Roberto.
Whealer Van Hire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Hire looks to clinch
and Van Hire takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Roberto throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van Hire sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Hire moves out of range as Roberto strikes.
That kick from Van Hire tenderised Roberto's leg. Roberto is trying to keep his angry face on.
Roberto fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Van Hire throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Good exchange - Van Hire coming out on top.#T1#
Roberto chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Van Hire can pounce on him.
Van Hire uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Roberto.
Roberto moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Van Hire throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Van Hire takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Van Hire throws a wild body kick that Roberto sees coming a mile off.
The fighters circling - Roberto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Roberto scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Van Hire avoids the body shot from Roberto.
Van Hire turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Van Hire lands a nice looking kick to the body. Roberto takes a step back to recover.
A nice inside leg kick there by Van Hire. That's going to slow Roberto down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roberto misses with a looping right.
Roberto throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Hire.
Van Hire pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Roberto throws out a counter right but Van Hire avoids it with no problem.
Roberto takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Van Hire looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.#T2##CL#
Van Hire darts in and clinches Roberto up against the cage.
Van Hire tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Hire definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Roberto wants to break free but Van Hire has control.
Roberto blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Hire misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Van Hire fails to land.
Roberto is trying to push Van Hire away but Van Hire has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Roberto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Van Hire keeps control of Roberto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Paulo Roberto will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!#R2##CL#
Van Hire moves into range and clinches up with Roberto.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Van Hire.
Roberto is trying to push Van Hire away but Van Hire has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Van Hire prevents Roberto from breaking the clinch.
Van Hire misses with a hook from the clinch. #BC2#
Roberto breaks the clinch.
A lazy body kick from Van Hire
and Roberto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Hire looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Van Hire delivers a nice body kick.
Roberto lands a jab-cross combination.
Van Hire fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Roberto.#T1#
Roberto scores with a nice strike.
Van Hire moves away from the strike by Roberto.
Roberto throws a lazy right hand but Van Hire sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Van Hire is looking to counter the offense by Roberto and move into the clinch.
Van Hire steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Roberto.
Van Hire tries to clinch but Roberto moves away
and Roberto counters with a straight right hand.
Van Hire tries to close the distance and clinch but Roberto swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. #CL#
Van Hire has Roberto up against the cage in a clinch.
We've been informed that Roberto has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Van Hire misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Hire misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberto.
Van Hire tries a body shot but Roberto blocks it. #T2#
Van Hire misses with some punches.
Roberto blocks a body shot from Van Hire.
Roberto is trying to break the clinch but Van Hire has him pressed against the cage.
Nice body punch from Van Hire - that landed with a thud.
Van Hire keeps control of Roberto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Van Hire lands a left hand.
Van Hire keeps control of Roberto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Roberto is trying to break the clinch but Van Hire has him pressed against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Whealer Van Hire will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!#R3#
Van Hire moves out of range as Roberto strikes.
Van Hire missing with a left hand there. Roberto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Roberto on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Van Hire with a jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Van Hire!
Roberto might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Roberto has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Van Hire.
Van Hire tries to score with a low kick but Roberto moves his leg out of the way.
Roberto misses with a lunging right hand #CL#
and Van Hire counters by clinching up.
Van Hire misses with the head strike.
Van Hire misses with the head strike.
Roberto has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Van Hire.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A short left from Van Hire.
Van Hire swings wildly with an uppercut but Roberto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roberto has had enough of the clinch but Van Hire keeps him there for the moment.#T1#
Van Hire swings wildly with an uppercut but Roberto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Hire misses with a body punch.
Roberto is trying to break the clinch but Van Hire has him pressed against the cage.
Van Hire goes for a body shot but it's blocked. #BC2#
Roberto breaks from the clinch.
Roberto misses with a body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Van Hire.
Roberto is looking for the big counter here.#T2#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Roberto lands a lovely overhand right.
Van Hire throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
A lazy body kick from Van Hire
and Roberto counters with a straight right hand.
Van Hire misses with an attempted mid kick.
Roberto moves out of range as Van Hire throws a body kick.
Van Hire connects with a right hand. Roberto shakes it off.
Roberto throws a jab when Van Hire was well out of range.
Roberto avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Roberto misses with a hook.
The fighters circling - Roberto throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Van Hire avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Roberto cracks Van Hire with a right hand to the side of the head.
Van Hire misses with a kick to the body.
Van Hire misses with a kick to the body.
Roberto with a body punch. A glancing blow. #CL#
Van Hire instigates a clinch.
Roberto is looking to break free of the clinch but Van Hire has double underhooks.

And that's the end of the fight!
Whealer Van Hire showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Van Hire has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 29:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Whealer Van Hire!

Event: ENIGMA 47
Date: Oct 03, 2021

#R1#
Roberto showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nurmagomedov.
Nurmagomedov throws a combination that misses #KD#
and Roberto counters with a crisp one two that drops Nurmagomedov! Roberto thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Nurmagomedov to his feet! Nurmagomedov is in big trouble!#ROC#Nurmagomedov is rocked!
A slow jab from Nurmagomedov misses its intended target.
Nurmagomedov is still on wobbly legs! Can Roberto finish him?
Nurmagomedov tries to score a power double leg takedown but Roberto sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nurmagomedov somewhat.
Roberto connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nurmagomedov throws a nice looking combination but Roberto bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Roberto engages and cracks Nurmagomedov with a massive lead left hook - Nurmagomedov tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Roberto is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Paulo Roberto!
Paulo Roberto very nearly forgot to thank Barry Bonds Performance Enhancers $110 160q Rec&St amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
Miroslav Nurmagomedov was interviewed post fight and said 'I'm not the Russian number 432 for nothing'.

Event: ENIGMA 41
Date: Aug 29, 2021

#R1#
Nice straight punches there by Roberto. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Roberto.
MccGregor shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Roberto pinned against the cage. Roberto gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Roberto keeps the fight on the outside.
Roberto dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Roberto does it's job there.
MccGregor takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Good standup being displayed there by Roberto as he connects with a hook.
Roberto lands with an overhand left.
MccGregor tries to clinch up
and Roberto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Roberto scores with a crisp jab that stopped MccGregor in his tracks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberto thuds a left hand into MccGregor's body.
Roberto wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A head kick by MccGregor misses
and MccGregor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #T1#
Roberto lands a right hook to the body.
MccGregor takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. #ROC2#MccGregor is rocked!
Roberto connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks MccGregor out cold! This one is over in a flash!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Paulo Roberto!
Paulo Roberto took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Barry Bonds Performance Enhancers $110 160q Rec&St for their support in the buildup to the fight.

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