PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dee Airben (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Robles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Airben's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, pilipinaz!!. Robles has chosen WHO LET THE DOGS OUT as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Airben
vs
Robles

170 cm
24
180 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

177 cm
22
170 lbs
12 - 24 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dee Airben!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Adam Robles!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Robles gets a takedown into half guard.

Airben looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Airben trying to hold on to Robles's head to control him but Robles postures up.
Robles trying to pass the guard but Airben defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Robles wants to stand up but Airben is controlling the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Airben has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Robles is working away from the top position though.
Robles missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Robles passes to full mount!
Robles looking to control but Airben is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Airben is working to get back to half guard.
Robles working the ground and pound effectively.
Airben tries to hold on but Robles postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Airben is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Robles can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Airben is looking to escape.
Airben looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!

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.
Robles missing with strikes from the back.
Robles doesn't have the hooks in and Airben manages to turn into his guard.
Airben forces his way into half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Airben scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nice strikes from Airben there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Adam Robles dominated that round.
That's time! Airben's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Airben drives through and clinches with Robles against the cage.

Robles escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Robles shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Airben is trying to defend but Robles finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Robles is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Robles is looking to take a break and control but Airben is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Robles looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Robles is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Airben manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Airben is looking for a triangle but Robles pushes his legs off easily.
Airben pulls Robles in close to prevent any damage.
Airben bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Robles's guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Airben working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Airben with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Airben is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Airben postures up.
Airben postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Airben's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Airben is in close to Robles's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Airben is working Robles over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Airben lands a couple of elbows.
Airben stands up over Robles, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Airben is in close to Robles's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Airben works over Robles with some ground and pound from guard.
Robles has momentary wrist control but Airben slips an elbow through the middle.
Airben stands up over Robles, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Airben postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Robles can't keep his opponent in guard - Airben advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Airben lands with a punch from half guard.
Airben is nestled in close to Robles, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Airben lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Airben seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Airben lands a nice short elbow.
Airben passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Robles!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Airben working Robles over with strikes here.
Robles really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Airben scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Airben breaks from Robles's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Robles wants to hold on but Airben pushes him away.
Airben punishing his opponent with strikes.
BOOM! Airben connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Airben scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Airben with the ground and pound from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dee Airben dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Airben darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Robles keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Airben seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Airben missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Robles taking some punishment here, with Airben in his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Robles won't allow Airben to pass to mount.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Airben lands a nice short elbow.
Airben tries to pass the half guard into mount. Robles knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Robles keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Robles is trying to maintain the position but Airben is very close to passing his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Airben scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Robles taking some punishment here, with Airben in his half guard.

Airben is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Robles has managed to free his arm - good work.
Airben frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Airben landing punches.
A nice elbow there by Airben.
Airben with shots to the head and body - Robles looks very uncomfortable down there.
Airben with a couple of short strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Airben with the ground and pound from mount.
Airben raining down shots from the mount!
Airben lands a big elbow.
Airben with the ground and pound from mount.
Robles is working to get back to half guard.
Airben unloading with bombs!
Airben working the ground and pound effectively.
Airben is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Robles can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Airben lands with some strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Airben lands with some strikes.
Robles is trying desperately to improve position.
Airben punishing his opponent with strikes.
Airben with good strikes from the mount here!
Robles wants to hold on but Airben pushes him away.
Robles is in a horrible position here. Airben smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Airben lands with some strikes.
Robles is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Airben scoring with strikes but Robles is staying in there.
Dee Airben overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Airben is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Robles can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Airben cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robles can't escape the position.
Airben has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Robles's face.
Airben in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Airben lands a heavy elbow.
Airben has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Robles's face.
Airben 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.
BOOM! Airben connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Airben lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Airben lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Airben lands a big elbow.
Airben landing strikes, looking to finish!
Airben working the ground and pound effectively.
Airben lands a nice shot to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dee Airben showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Airben 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dee Airben!