PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Willian Detonator (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Robertson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Willian Detonator has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Detonator
vs
Robertson

193 cm
24
218 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

188 cm
20
210 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Willian Detonator!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Bruce Robertson!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Detonator fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Robertson manages to avoid it.
Robertson will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.

Robertson gets a takedown into half guard.
Robertson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Detonator knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Robertson is working for a submission of some sort.
Robertson sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Robertson trying to pass the guard but Detonator defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Detonator is trying to stand up here but Robertson is controlling him well.
Robertson controlling the action here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Detonator is trying to stand up here but Robertson is controlling him well.
Robertson is controlling the pace.

Robertson is working for a kimura but Detonator is defending it quite comfortably.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Detonator wants to get back to his feet.
Robertson content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Despite being in the dominant position, Bruce Robertson just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Robertson moves out of range of the strikes.

That's four 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.
Robertson defending well as Detonator loads up on a big left hand.
Detonator connects with a nice looking jab.

Robertson gets the takedown into side control.
Detonator pushes Robertson away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Robertson gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Robertson staying calm.

Robertson thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bruce Robertson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Robertson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Robertson misses with a two punch combination.
Willian Detonator seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A decent looking cross lands there for Detonator.
Robertson lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Robertson.
Detonator tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Robertson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Robertson cracks Detonator with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robertson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Detonator bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Detonator fails with an attempt to clinch.
Robertson avoids the head kick by Detonator.
Robertson is breathing heavily.
Detonator tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Detonator misses with an uppercut. Robertson saw that one coming.
Detonator is looking to clinch but Robertson is avoiding it.

Detonator drives through and clinches with Robertson against the cage.
Detonator wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Robertson has him pressed against the cage.
Robertson working hard to break the clinch.

Detonator pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Detonator fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Detonator pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Detonator fails with an attempt to clinch.
Detonator thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Robertson if he has to take too many more of those.
Detonator fails to land with a series of punches.
Detonator swinging wilding here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Detonator tries to clinch but Robertson is having none of it.
Robertson looks to land a combination. Detonator sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
No joy there for Detonator, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Robertson throws a combination that misses
and Detonator counters with a thumping low kick.
Detonator fails with an attempt to clinch.
Robertson checks the leg kick.
Robertson misses with a two punch combination.

Detonator gets a clinch.
Detonator wants to break free but Robertson has control.

Robertson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Detonator tries to clinch but Robertson is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to de liver by Detonator. Beautiful body shot.
Detonator tries to clinch up.
Detonator scores with a shot to the body.
Detonator looks to land a left hand but Robertson moved out of range nicely.
Detonator changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Detonator tries to clinch but Robertson is having none of it.
Robertson loads up on a big right hand but Detonator slips the punch.
Detonator scores with a jab to the jaw.
Detonator scores with a nice right hand.
Detonator swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Robertson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Robertson trying to control the position from guard on top but Detonator is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Detonator wants to stand but Robertson is controlling the position.
Detonator keeping moving, preventing Robertson from controlling successfully.
Robertson slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Robertson is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Detonator will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Willian Detonator dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! 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.

Detonator misses with a few strikes there.
Detonator throws a nice looking combination but Robertson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Robertson throws a series of punches but Detonator avoids them all with ease.
Detonator turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Robertson misses with a series of wild punches.
Detonator misses with an attempted mid kick.
Robertson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Detonator.
Detonator tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Robertson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Willian Detonator is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Detonator looks to score with a jab to the body but Robertson is just out of range.
Robertson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Detonator is looking to clinch.
Robertson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Detonator. Detonator circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Detonator misses with a wild body shot.

Robertson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Robertson controlling the pace.
Let's hope that Robertson has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Detonator wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robertson stalling.
Robertson's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Detonator pushes Robertson off looking to stand but Robertson dives back in and keeps control.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Robertson in particular looking to stall.

Despite being in the dominant position, Bruce Robertson just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Detonator lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Robertson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Robertson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A slow jab from Detonator misses its intended target.
Robertson swats away the attempt to clinch by Detonator.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Robertson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Detonator.

Robertson gets the takedown into side control.
Robertson taking a breather here.

And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Robertson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Robertson 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Robertson!