PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Couture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edgar Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robinson has chosen Drowning Pool - Bodies as his entrance music. Randy Couture had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 207.2lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Couture
vs
Robinson

187 cm
22
223 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

185 cm
19
211 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

THE STEEL PENN

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Randy Couture!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Edgar Robinson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robinson lands with a straight right. Couture didn't see that one coming.
Robinson lands a lovely overhand right.
Robinson connects with a nice looking jab.
Edgar Robinson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Robinson lands a body shot.
Danga de danga de dang - Robinson scores with a four punch combination!
Nice uppercut lands for Robinson. That snapped Couture's head back.
Robinson tests Couture's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Robinson digs a good hook to Couture's body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Robinson lands a left and a right that sends Couture crashing to the canvas! Robinson dives into mount looking to finish!

Couture is rocked!

It looks like Randy Couture has been cut.
Couture is breathing heavily.
Robinson controlling from mount.
Oh Couture is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Robinson tries to control but Couture wriggling away.
Couture seems to have got his legs back now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson 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.
Poor strikes thrown by Robinson there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Robinson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Robinson blocks Couture's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Robinson unloads with some shots from mount but Couture bucks and avoids them well.
Robinson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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.
Couture is trying to escape the mount.
Robinson tries to control but Couture wriggling away.
Couture is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Robinson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Couture is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Robinson trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Couture defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Robinson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Couture is desperately trying to improve his position but Robinson has a good base and remains in mount.
Robinson wants to control the pace but Couture is squirming around nicely.
Couture is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Robinson unloading with bombs!
Couture on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Couture tries to get out of the position.
Robinson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Couture is squirming around, avoiding Robinson's attempts to control the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Robinson is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Couture to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Couture shrugs it off.
Robinson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edgar Robinson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Randy Couture's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Couture is trying hard to land a takedown here. Robinson sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Robinson scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Robinson connects with a jab.
Edgar Robinson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Robinson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Robinson works Couture's body with a nice hook.
Couture takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Couture on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Couture is rocked!
Robinson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Oh Couture is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robinson lands with an uppercut that bounces Couture off the cage and back into rage.
Robinson comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Robinson drops Couture with a big left hand and mounts him. Couture is in big trouble!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Robinson controlling from mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robinson wants to control the pace but Couture is squirming around nicely.
Couture seems to have got his legs back now.

Despite being in the dominant position, Edgar Robinson just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Robinson scores with a body shot.
Robinson displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Robinson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Couture. Couture circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Robinson thuds a left hand into Couture's body.
Couture walks into a straight right hand from Robinson.

Couture is rocked!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robinson jabs at Couture's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robinson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Oh Couture is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Robinson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Couture looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Couture seems to have got his legs back now.
Good standup being displayed there by Robinson as he connects with a hook.
Robinson closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Couture! Robinson dives in looking to finish! Couture is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edgar Robinson!