PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Robert Bobson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ash Woodford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ash Woodford has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Bobson
vs
Woodford

168 cm
18
147 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

168 cm
18
145 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Transformer Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Robert Bobson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ash Woodford!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Bobson feints and as Woodford raises his hands in defense, Bobson changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Woodford looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bobson landing some decent shots from guard.
Bobson works over Woodford with some ground and pound from guard.
Woodford looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bobson is one step ahead there.
Bobson cracks Woodford with a solid left hand.

Woodford looking for a guillotine here but Bobson defends easily.
Bobson passes into half guard.
Bobson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Woodford keeps working.

Woodford looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bobson winds up and cracks Woodford with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bobson stalling.
Bobson slips a nice elbow through Woodford's hands, connecting with Woodford's forehead.
Woodford manages to get to full guard.

Woodford escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bobson gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bobson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bobson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Woodford is keeping the position for now.

Woodford is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Woodford trying to control the position.
Bobson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Bobson connects with a couple of short punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bobson trying to control but Woodford is working from the bottom.
Bobson controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Bobson lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bobson wants to control from the top but Woodford keeps moving.
Bobson landing with the ground and pound.
Woodford looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

Woodford keeping busy on the bottom but Bobson has passed one foot through into half guard.
Bobson is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Nice strikes from Bobson there.
Woodford has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bobson is working away from the top position though.
Bobson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Woodford is working to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Bobson.
Woodford tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bobson 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.
Bobson trying to control but Woodford is having none of it.
Bobson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Woodford can't stay in a position like this for much longer.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bobson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Woodford is bucking up trying to escape but Bobson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bobson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Woodford keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Bobson dominating with strikes here.
Bobson landing strikes from the mount and Woodford is in trouble!
Woodford keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Bobson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Woodford really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
A nice elbow there by Bobson.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Woodford is trying desperately to improve position.
Bobson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Woodford is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Bobson with good strikes from the mount here!
Woodford tries to lock up and control but Bobson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bobson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Woodford hang on?
Bobson landing punches.
Bobson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Bobson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Woodford is trying desperately to improve position.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Woodford'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.
Woodford working to try and regain half guard.
Woodford is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Woodford gets back to half guard.
Bobson stops Woodford from getting back to his feet.
Bobson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Woodford trying to control here.
Woodford is trying to stand up here but Bobson is controlling him well.
Woodford slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

Bobson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Bobson looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Bobson postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bobson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bobson scoring with some ground and pound.
Bobson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Bobson scoring with some ground and pound.
Bobson postures up.
Bobson passes Woodford's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bobson has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bobson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Woodford is looking to escape.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bobson scoring with strikes but Woodford is staying in there.
Bobson raining down shots from the mount!
Bobson lands a nice shot to the head.
Woodford takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Bobson dominating with strikes here.
Bobson controlling the position easily from mount.
Woodford slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Bobson uses his free foot to push down on Woodford's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Woodford.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robert Bobson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.

Woodford misses with a takedown attempt

and Bobson decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Woodford's guard.
Woodford keeping moving, preventing Bobson from controlling successfully.
Bobson won't allow Woodford to get back to his feet.
Bobson preventing the sweep.
Bobson wants to control from the top but Woodford keeps moving.
Robert Bobson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Woodford can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Bobson controls the pace.
Woodford controls Bobson momentarily but Bobson frees himself.
Bobson wants to pass the guard but Woodford is keeping the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bobson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Woodford closes the distance but Bobson moves to the side
and Bobson counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bobson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Woodford moves away.
Woodford looks to clinch

and Bobson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Bobson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Woodford keeping moving, preventing Bobson from controlling successfully.
Bobson wants to pass the guard but Woodford is keeping the position.
Bobson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Woodford works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Woodford wants to stand but Bobson is controlling the position.
Woodford wants to sweep here but Bobson controlling him for the moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bobson trying to control the position from guard on top but Woodford is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bobson working some strikes from top position.
Bobson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Bobson scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bobson stays in close to Woodford's body and controls the position.
Bobson passes Woodford's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Woodford actively working from the bottom here.
Bobson keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Woodford wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woodford taking some punishment here, with Bobson in his half guard.
Woodford is looking to improve his position.
Woodford works his way to full guard. Good work.
Bobson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Woodford is keeping the position for now.
Woodford keeping moving, preventing Bobson from controlling successfully.

Woodford had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Bobson is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Woodford Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Bobson's back instead.
Bobson avoids the strikes from Woodford.
Bobson is keeping busy.

Bobson is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Bobson rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Bobson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bobson keeping moving, preventing Woodford from controlling successfully.
Bobson is trying to keep Woodford in close.
Woodford wants to get up but he can't break Bobson's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Woodford looking to pass the guard.
Bobson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Woodford wants to pass the guard but Bobson is keeping the position.
Bobson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Woodford!
Bobson looking to finish with strikes here!
Woodford is looking to get to half guard.
Bobson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Woodford?
Bobson with a couple of short strikes.

Woodford is rocked!

It looks like Ash Woodford has been cut.
Woodford is looking to improve his position but Bobson isn't that keen on the idea.
Woodford is still in real trouble! Can Bobson finish him?
The referee warns Woodford that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Woodford is trying to escape the mount.
Woodford seems to have recovered his senses.
Bobson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bobson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Woodford?

That has opened up Ash Woodford's cut even more.
Bobson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Woodford can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bobson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Bobson raining down shots from the mount!
Bobson working the ground and pound effectively.
A nice elbow there by Bobson.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Woodford is trying to escape the mount.
Bobson looking to control but Woodford is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Woodford is looking to get to half guard.
Bobson controlling the pace for now.
Bobson unloading with bombs!

Bobson wants to finish this one by submission but Woodford is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Bobson.
Bobson prevents Woodford from getting the reversal.

That's eight 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.
Woodford is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Bobson landing shots from mount.
Woodford is looking to get to half guard.
Woodford wants to hold on but Bobson pushes him away.
Woodford tries to reverse the position but Bobson maintains control.
Bobson tries to control but Woodford wriggling away.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Woodford wants to control but Bobson is having none of it.
Woodford keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

Bobson jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Woodford manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Woodford is looking to regain half guard here but Bobson keeps moving and retains side control.
Ash Woodford has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Woodford tries a head kick but it misses.
Woodford misses with a double jab.

Bobson darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Bobson works his foot free and advances to mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Robert Bobson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bobson 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Robert Bobson!
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight for Robert Bobson!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Robert Bobson!

Robert Bobson wins by unanimous decision!