PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robbie Brawler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zoro Rronoa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brawler
vs
Rronoa

194 cm
20
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
220 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Robbie Brawler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Zoro Rronoa!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brawler takes a kick to the side of the head.
Rronoa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rronoa plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Brawler throws a head kick but Rronoa moves out of range.
Rronoa throws a chopping leg kick but Brawler manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Brawler throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rronoa wants to clinch.
Rronoa pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rronoa throws a sloppy head kick
and Brawler connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A head kick misses from Rronoa.
Rronoa tries a head kick but it misses.
Brawler tries a head kick but it misses.
Rronoa slips under a jab.
Both fighters circling a little - Rronoa finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rronoa. That's going to slow Brawler down.

Rronoa closes the distance and clinches.
Rronoa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rronoa wants to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rronoa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brawler's face.
Rronoa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brawler blocks it with crossed arms.
Brawler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brawler is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rronoa is keeping busy.
Rronoa looking to throw knees to the head but Brawler is blocking nicely.
Rronoa trying to stall but Brawler improves his position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brawler.
Rronoa tries a knee to the head but Brawler blocks it.
Rronoa lands a knee to the body.
Rronoa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rronoa scores with a knee to the head.
Brawler is breathing heavily.
Brawler letting Rronoa take a breather here.
Brawler looking to stall.
Rronoa tries a knee to the head but Brawler blocks it.
Rronoa is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Rronoa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A knee to the head by Rronoa.
Rronoa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rronoa tries a knee to the head but Brawler blocks it.
Brawler doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brawler lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rronoa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brawler blocks it with crossed arms.
Rronoa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rronoa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brawler tries a knee to the head but Rronoa blocks it.
Rronoa avoiding damage.
Rronoa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brawler with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rronoa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brawler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rronoa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Brawler in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Brawler misses with a punch on the inside.
Brawler misses with a punch on the inside.
Brawler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rronoa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rronoa trying to land knees to the body.
Brawler connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rronoa's face.
Rronoa blocking some punches.
Rronoa lands a good knee to the midsection. Brawler won't want to take too many of those.
Rronoa scores with a knee to the head.
Rronoa landing knees to the head.
Brawler lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rronoa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rronoa misses with a knee strike.
Brawler doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brawler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rronoa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brawler lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rronoa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brawler avoids it.
Rronoa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brawler's face.
Rronoa tries to land a knee to the head but Brawler blocks with his arms.
Rronoa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brawler landing knees to the head.
Brawler lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Brawler tries to land a knee to the head but Rronoa blocks with his arms.
Rronoa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rronoa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brawler throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rronoa blocks it with crossed arms.
Rronoa taking a breather.
Rronoa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rronoa looking to slow down the pace here.
Brawler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rronoa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brawler's face.
Brawler misses with a knee to the head.
Rronoa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brawler's face.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rronoa landing knees to the head.

That's four 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.
Brawler avoiding damage as Rronoa throws knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Brawler is looking to control Rronoa's arms but Rronoa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Brawler has his back to the cage.
Rronoa misses with a knee strike.
Rronoa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rronoa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brawler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rronoa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rronoa blocks an uppercut.
Rronoa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rronoa crunches a lovely knee into Brawler's ribcage.
Brawler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brawler takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rronoa stalling in the clinch but Brawler improves position.
Rronoa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brawler stalling in the clinch.
Brawler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rronoa connects with a knee to the head.
Rronoa tries a knee to the head but Brawler blocks it.
Brawler has a couple of punches blocked by Rronoa.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brawler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rronoa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rronoa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rronoa has Brawler pushed against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rronoa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brawler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zoro Rronoa dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Brawler misses with an uppercut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rronoa. That's going to slow Brawler down.
Rronoa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rronoa misses with an attempted mid kick.
A head kick from Rronoa lands but Brawler takes it in his stride.
Brawler on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rronoa. Rronoa obviously looking to wear him down.
Rronoa throws a head kick that misses
and Brawler counters with a big head kick but Rronoa shrugs it off.
Brawler takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rronoa.
Rronoa throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Brawler's head.
Rronoa tries to clinch but Brawler is having none of it.
Rronoa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Crunch! Rronoa slams his shin into Brawler's torso.
Brawler walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rronoa.
Brawler takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Zoro Rronoa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rronoa throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Rronoa moves into range and clinches up with Brawler.
Rronoa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brawler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rronoa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rronoa misses with a knee strike.
Brawler takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rronoa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brawler trying to control the position but instead, Rronoa has worked for underhooks and has pushed Brawler into the cage.
Brawler doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rronoa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rronoa connects with a knee to the head.
Rronoa misses with a knee strike.
Rronoa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brawler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brawler doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rronoa tries to land a knee to the head but Brawler blocks with his arms.
Brawler trying to stall but Rronoa improves his position.
Brawler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rronoa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rronoa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brawler lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rronoa connects with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Brawler fails to land.
Rronoa wants to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rronoa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brawler's face.
Brawler tries to land a knee to the head but Rronoa blocks with his arms.
Rronoa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brawler's face.
Brawler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brawler looking to throw knees to the head but Rronoa is blocking nicely.
Brawler has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Rronoa lands a knee to the head.
Brawler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brawler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rronoa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brawler misses with a knee strike.
Rronoa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brawler misses with a punch on the inside.
Rronoa looking to stall.
Rronoa scores a nice knee to the body.
Rronoa tries to land a knee to the head but Brawler blocks with his arms.
Brawler is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Brawler swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brawler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rronoa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rronoa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brawler avoids it.
Rronoa with a knee to the head.
Brawler tries a knee to the head but Rronoa blocks it.
Brawler lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rronoa backwards.
Brawler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rronoa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rronoa tries to land a knee to the head but Brawler blocks with his arms.
A short uppercut from Brawler.
Brawler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rronoa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rronoa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brawler avoids it.
Rronoa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brawler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Brawler as Rronoa tries to tie him up.
Rronoa using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brawler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Brawler lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rronoa tries to land a knee to the head but Brawler blocks with his arms.
Brawler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brawler landing knees to the head.
Rronoa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rronoa misses with a knee to the head.
Brawler misses with a knee to the head.
Rronoa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brawler looking to slow down the pace here.
Brawler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rronoa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rronoa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rronoa manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Brawler swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rronoa with a knee to the head.
Rronoa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brawler is trying to stall.
Brawler has a couple of punches blocked by Rronoa.
Brawler tries to stall but Rronoa uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rronoa with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rronoa stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Brawler misses with a punch on the inside.
Rronoa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brawler lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Brawler throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rronoa tries to land a knee to the head but Brawler blocks with his arms.
Brawler tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rronoa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brawler blocks it with crossed arms.
Brawler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rronoa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Brawler lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brawler looking to throw knees to the head but Rronoa is blocking nicely.
Brawler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rronoa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A bit of stalling here from Rronoa.
Rronoa continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Rronoa tries to land knees in the clinch but Brawler avoids the damage to the body.
Brawler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brawler using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rronoa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Zoro Rronoa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, 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.

Rronoa delivers a nice body kick.
Brawler misses with a body shot.
Rronoa lands with a kick to the temple. Brawler shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Rronoa connects with a high kick.
Nice body kick from Rronoa.
Rronoa misses with a head kick.
Rronoa feints and then cracks Brawler's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Brawler down.
A head kick from Rronoa lands but Brawler takes it in his stride.
Rronoa tries to clinch up but Brawler circles away and keeps his distance.
Brawler misses with a looping right.
Rronoa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brawler keeps the fight on the outside.
Rronoa tries a head kick but it misses.
Brawler will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rronoa bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rronoa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rronoa lands a nice looking kick to the body. Brawler takes a step back to recover.
Brawler swats away the attempt to clinch by Rronoa.
Rronoa throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Brawler takes a kick to the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Rronoa.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Rronoa.
Rronoa lands a nice looking kick to the body. Brawler takes a step back to recover.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rronoa.
Rronoa tries to clinch there but Brawler circles away.
Brawler takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Rronoa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Zoro Rronoa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brawler steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Rronoa. That one must have hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brawler takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Rronoa closes the distance and clinches.
Rronoa lands a knee to the head.
Rronoa scores with a knee to the head.
Rronoa is stalling here.
Brawler misses with the head strike.
Rronoa tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brawler doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brawler tries to land a knee to the head but Rronoa blocks with his arms.
Rronoa throws a knee to the head but misses.
Brawler throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rronoa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rronoa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rronoa takes a shot to the head.
Rronoa stalling in the clinch.
Rronoa tries to stall but Brawler uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Brawler lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brawler with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brawler is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rronoa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Rronoa - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Brawler tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rronoa just leaning against Brawler, taking a breather.
Rronoa taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Zoro Rronoa.
Brawler misses with an uppercut.
Rronoa thuds his shin into the meat of Brawler's side.
Rronoa throws a leg kick but Brawler moved away.
Brawler looks to land a combination but Rronoa avoids it well.
Rronoa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rronoa ducks under a wild hook from Brawler.
Rronoa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rronoa scores with a nice body kick.
Rronoa throws the kick towards the body but Brawler avoids it.
Rronoa scores with a spinning back kick!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rronoa, right into the meat.
Brawler avoids the head kick by Rronoa.
Rronoa darts in trying to clinch
and Brawler counters with a lovely shot to the body.

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.
Rronoa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rronoa tries to clinch but Brawler is having none of it.
Rronoa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Brawler blocks a head kick by Rronoa.
Brawler takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Rronoa tries a head kick but it misses.
Rronoa throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Brawler's head.
Rronoa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rronoa thumps Brawler with a low kick.
Rronoa connects with a high kick.
Rronoa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Robbie Brawler has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rronoa lands with a slapping head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Zoro Rronoa comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rronoa has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 26:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 26:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zoro Rronoa!