PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Robbins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Smooth Operator (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Operator is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Beautiful in Blue alesana. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Robbins
vs
Operator

200 cm
28
190 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

198 cm
24
197 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

The Nutritionists (O.R.G) »Q155 only $49!«

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mark Robbins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Smooth Operator!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robbins throws a leg kick
and Operator counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A jab from Operator misses.
Robbins lands with a good body shot.
Operator misses with a straight left.
Operator uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Robbins.
Robbins dodges the punch combination from Operator.
Operator misses with the combination.
Operator doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Robbins fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Operator checks it well.
Operator lands a head shot.
Robbins misses with a body punch
and Operator counters with a nice uppercut.
Robbins misses with a series of wild punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Robbins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mark Robbins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Robbins moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Operator tries to circle away but Robbins has him pinned against the cage.

Robbins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Robbins is looking to wear down Operator with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Operator misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Robbins counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Robbins tries to clinch there but Operator circles away.
Operator dips to his left and cracks Robbins with an uppercut!
Robbins dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

Robbins drives through and clinches with Operator against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Operator's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Operator blocks a body shot from Robbins.
Robbins putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Operator in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Robbins crunches a lovely knee into Operator's ribcage.
Nice body punch from Robbins - that landed with a thud.
Robbins really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Operator escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Robbins connects with a solid leg kick.
Operator keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Robbins gets a clinch.
Robbins pushes Operator back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Robbins throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Operator is trying to force a seperation but Robbins has the dominant position.
Operator has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Operator looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Operator is looking to break free of the clinch but Robbins has double underhooks.

Operator manages to break the clinch.
Robbins thumps Operator with a low kick.
Robbins tries to clinch but Operator moves out of range.
Robbins lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Robbins looks to land a combination. Operator sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Operator rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Robbins moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Robbins scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Operator doesn't seem bothered though.
A punch combination from Operator misses.
Operator keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robbins with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Robbins misses with a wild body shot.

Robbins moves into the clinch.
Robbins unloads a knee to the mid-section. Operator lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Operator looks gassed!

Robbins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Robbins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Operator swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Robbins moves into range and clinches up with Operator.
Robbins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Robbins using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

Operator's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A good leg kick by Robbins.

Operator gets tackled into the cage by Robbins. Robbins maintains the clinch.

Robbins breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Robbins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robbins attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robbins avoids the body shot from Operator.

Robbins fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Operator, pushing him back against the cage.
Robbins lands with a light punch inside.
Robbins working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Robbins manages to break the clinch.
Robbins staying out of range there.
Robbins ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Robbins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Operator swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Operator misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Robbins.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Operator wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Operator wants to break free but Robbins has control.

Robbins manages to break the clinch.
Operator takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Robbins tries to clinch there but Operator circles away.

Robbins rushes Operator and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Operator wants to break free but Robbins has control.
Robbins lands with a right to the head.
Robbins looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mark Robbins has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Operator tries to break free but Robbins pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Robbins.

Robbins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mark Robbins is winning the standup battle so far.
Robbins closes the distance looking to clinch
and Operator counters with a left to the body.
Operator takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Robbins takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Robbins dodges the punch combination from Operator.
Robbins moves in looking to clinch but Operator pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robbins swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Operator gets tackled into the cage by Robbins. Robbins maintains the clinch.
Operator tries to break free but Robbins pushes him back against the cage.
Robbins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Operator's defenses.

Robbins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Robbins lands with a thumping leg kick.
Robbins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Operator tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.

Robbins has closed the distance and engaged Operator in a clinch.
Robbins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Operator is trying to break the clinch but Robbins is controlling him.
Robbins crunches a lovely knee into Operator's ribcage.
Robbins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Operator's elbow.
Robbins tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Operator's elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robbins keeps control of Operator as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Robbins lands an elbow that stopped Operator in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Smooth Operator has been cut.
Robbins keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Operator's efforts to push away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Operator is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Operator is trying to break the clinch but Robbins has him pressed against the cage.
Operator looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Operator tries to circle away but Robbins has him pinned against the cage.

Robbins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Robbins lands with a nice combination. Operator backs away looking to recover.
Operator avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Operator throws an off balance right hand
and Robbins counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Robbins moves in looking to clinch but Operator pushes him off.
A nice leg kick lands there from Robbins.
Robbins tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Operator manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Robbins slips a jab and a cross from Operator.
Operator's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Operator misses with the combination.
Robbins is looking to clinch.
Robbins moves in looking to clinch but Operator pushes him off.
Operator keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Robbins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Robbins has managed to clinch.
Robbins lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Robbins lands a right hand.
Robbins lands an elbow that stopped Operator in his tracks for a moment.
Robbins lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Robbins.
Robbins prevents Operator from breaking the clinch.
Robbins lands a good knee to the midsection. Operator won't want to take too many of those.
Robbins lands with a left to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Robbins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Robbins tries to clinch but Operator is having none of it.
Robbins throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Robbins. Those never looked like landing.
Operator lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Robbins circles away quickly and effectively.
Operator is breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Robbins gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Robbins manages to break the clinch.
A punch combination from Operator misses.
Operator keeps the fight on the outside.
Robbins tries to clinch but Operator is having none of it.
Operator circles away from the clinch attempt.
Smooth Operator is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Robbins looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Robbins swings away with a body shot that misses
and Operator counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Operator avoids the body shot from Robbins.
Robbins tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mark Robbins dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Smooth Operator's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Robbins tries to clinch up but Operator circles away and keeps his distance.
Robbins misses with a wild body shot.
Robbins turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Robbins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Robbins swings for the body but Operator moves out of range.
Robbins tries to clinch there but Operator circles away.
Operator rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Robbins counters with a good, hard body kick but Operator shrugs it off.
Operator misses with a series of wild punches.
Robbins misses with a few strikes there.
Robbins tries to clinch but Operator moves out of range.
Robbins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Robbins lands a nice leg kick that just misses Operator's sensitive parts.
Robbins tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Operator manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Robbins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Operator swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robbins is looking to clinch.
Robbins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Operator moves away.
Robbins tries to clinch but Operator moves out of range.
Operator with a nice cross.
Robbins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Operator thows a left - swing and a miss!
Operator avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Robbins looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Robbins is looking to clinch.
Robbins ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Operator moves away.
Operator looks to land a right hand but Robbins moved out of range.
Robbins lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Operator swats away the attempt to clinch by Robbins.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robbins doesn't manage to clinch there - Operator circles away.
Robbins is looking to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Operator. Those never looked like landing.
Robbins looks to score with a jab to the body but Operator is just out of range.
Robbins is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Operator can do to turn this around?
Robbins lands with a shot to the body.
Robbins throws a leg kick which misses Operator's front leg but catches the back leg as Operator tries to avoid it.
Robbins comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A punch combination from Operator misses.
Operator takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Robbins clinches with his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Robbins is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Operator is defending well for now.
Robbins lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Operator is trying to break free.
Robbins lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Operator tries to circle away but Robbins has him pinned against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Robbins breaks from the clinch.

Robbins moves into range and clinches up with Operator.
Operator wants to get back to striking at distance but Robbins won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Operator's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Robbins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Robbins tries to clinch up but Operator circles away and keeps his distance.
Robbins tries to clinch up
and Robbins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Robbins has Operator up against the cage in a clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Robbins.
Robbins using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Smooth Operator has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Operator wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mark Robbins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Operator cracks Robbins with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Operator is trying to force a seperation but Robbins has the dominant position.
Operator looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

Robbins breaks from the clinch.
Robbins slips under a jab.
Robbins wants to clinch.
Operator throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Operator keeps the fight on the outside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Robbins fails in his attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Operator throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That kick from Robbins tenderised Operator's leg. Operator is trying to keep his angry face on.
Robbins tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Operator manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Operator thows a left - swing and a miss!

And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Robbins showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Robbins has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Robbins!
Mark Robbins managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Perkele!, into his post fight interview.