PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Wells (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antar Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Wells
vs
Robinson

170 cm
26
140 lbs
8 - 6 - 1

175 cm
22
130 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Wells!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Antar Robinson!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wells takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ryan Wells seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Wells decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Robinson is trying to control but can't.
Wells prevents Robinson from improving his position.
Robinson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Wells thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Robinson's head.
Wells 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.
Robinson wants to control the action here but instead Wells manages to pass to full mount!
Wells landing strikes from the mount and Robinson is in trouble!
Wells pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Robinson is squirming around, avoiding Wells's attempts to control the action.
Robinson wants to control but Wells is having none of it.
Wells with a couple of short strikes.
Robinson is in a horrible position here. Wells smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Wells working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Robinson tries to reverse the position but Wells maintains control.
Wells takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wells is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Robinson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Robinson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Wells. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Robinson is squirming around, avoiding Wells's attempts to control the action.
Wells is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Wells looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Robinson tries to hold on but Wells postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Wells working for a submission but Robinson is keeping him at bay.
Robinson tries to lock up and control but Wells gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Wells controlling from the full mount.
Robinson is looking to get to half guard.
Wells sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Robinson is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson holds on for dear life, controlling Wells's posture momentarily.
Wells lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wells is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Robinson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wells punishing his opponent with strikes.
Wells lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wells can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Robinson is looking to escape.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Robinson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Wells working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Wells lands a heavy elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wells is landing with some decent strikes but Robinson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Wells working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Robinson looks gassed!
The referee warns Robinson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Wells fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wells takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Wells is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Robinson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wells lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wells trying to control but Robinson is having none of it.
Robinson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wells with shots to the head and body - Robinson looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Wells dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Wells shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Wells was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Robinson's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.

Wells with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Wells trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Robinson manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Ryan Wells overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Robinson has hold of Wells's hands but Wells slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Robinson trying to control from the bottom.
Robinson has hold of Wells's hands but Wells slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wells scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Robinson is breathing heavily.
Robinson wants to control but Wells is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Robinson taking some punishment here, with Wells in his half guard.
Wells is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Wells is looking for a kimura but Robinson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Wells to get the leverage.
Wells performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Wells uses his free foot to push down on Robinson's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Robinson.
Robinson taking shots to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wells is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Robinson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wells landing strikes from the mount.
Wells landing punches.
Wells lands a heavy elbow.
Wells lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Robinson hang on?
Wells scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Robinson?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Wells is giving the impression that he's looking to ground and pound but he switches suddenly into a beautiful far side armbar! Robinson is forced to tap! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ryan Wells!