PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between George Robertson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Europha Emanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emanuel has chosen I'm Not Jesus - Apocalyptica as his entrance music. Europha Emanuel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Robertson
vs
Emanuel

175 cm
29
149 lbs
22 - 12 - 0

170 cm
30
163 lbs
23 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

ADCC Champion
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Robertson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Europha Emanuel!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Steve Montenegro and Columbo Gatti.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robertson throws a leg kick which misses Emanuel's front leg but catches the back leg as Emanuel tries to avoid it.

Robertson gets a clinch.
Robertson blocks a body shot from Emanuel.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Emanuel as Robertson tries to tie him up.
Robertson stalling against the cage.
Emanuel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Robertson avoids it.
Robertson takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like George Robertson has been cut.
Emanuel can't find room to land a body shot as Robertson controls the action.
Robertson presses Emanuel against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Emanuel comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Emanuel blocks a body shot from Robertson.
Emanuel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Robertson backwards.
Robertson digs a right hand underneath Emanuel's ribcage. Emanuel let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Emanuel can't find room to land a body shot as Robertson controls the action.
A short left from Robertson.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Robertson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Emanuel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Emanuel landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Emanuel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Robertson avoids the elbow strike from Emanuel, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Emanuel cracks Robertson with a nice body shot.
Emanuel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Robertson is defending well for now.
Robertson is trying to maintain a safe position but Emanuel gets an underhook and turns Robertson into the cage.
Robertson lands with a left to the head.
Robertson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Emanuel.
Emanuel stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Robertson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Robertson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Emanuel lands a shoulder strike.
Emanuel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Robertson's elbow.
Emanuel creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Robertson's defenses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Emanuel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Robertson backwards.
Emanuel is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A right hook to the body lands for Emanuel.
Emanuel using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Robertson scores with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Robertson.
Emanuel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Robertson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Emanuel prevents a body shot from Robertson.
Emanuel missing with knees to the body.
Emanuel stalls.
Good body shot from Robertson.
Emanuel tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Robertson avoids it.
Emanuel blocks a body shot from Robertson.
Emanuel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Robertson's elbow.
Robertson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Robertson prevents a body shot from Emanuel.
Robertson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Emanuel throws an elbow but it misses.
Emanuel tries to land knees in the clinch but Robertson avoids the damage to the body.
Robertson has a couple of punches blocked by Emanuel.
Emanuel tries to work over Robertson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Robertson scores with a shot to the side of Emanuel's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Robertson is defending well for now.
Emanuel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Emanuel leaning against his opponent.
Robertson tries to stall but Emanuel uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Robertson stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Emanuel landing knees to the body.
Robertson lands a shoulder strike.
Emanuel throws an elbow that misses.
Robertson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Emanuel digs a right hand into Robertson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Robertson's gas tank.
Emanuel lands a left hand.
Robertson gets through Emanuel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Emanuel.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Robertson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Robertson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Emanuel - that landed with a thud.
Emanuel blocks an uppercut.
Emanuel throws a head punch that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robertson lands with a left to the head.
Emanuel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A right handed body shot lands from Emanuel.
With the fighters up against the cage, Emanuel throws an elbow but misses.
Robertson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Robertson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Robertson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Robertson avoiding damage as Emanuel throws knees to the body.
Robertson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Emanuel creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Robertson's defenses.
Emanuel tries a body shot but Robertson blocks it.
Robertson is looking to control Emanuel's arms but Emanuel gets an underhook and turns him. Now Robertson has his back to the cage.
Emanuel prevents a body shot from Robertson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Emanuel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Robertson prevents a body shot from Emanuel.
Emanuel tries to land knees in the clinch but Robertson avoids the damage to the body.
Robertson slowing the pace effectively.
Robertson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Europha Emanuel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on George Robertson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A big right from Robertson misses.
Robertson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Robertson motions for Emanuel to come forward. Robertson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Emanuel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Robertson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Emanuel throws a lazy uppercut
and Robertson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Robertson lands a lovely overhand right.
Robertson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Emanuel.
Emanuel connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

Robertson rushes Emanuel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Robertson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Robertson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Robertson fails to land.
A short uppercut from Emanuel.
Emanuel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Emanuel landing knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Emanuel crunches a lovely knee into Robertson's ribcage.
Emanuel trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Emanuel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Robertson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson tries to work over Emanuel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Robertson blocks an uppercut.
Emanuel tries to land a knee to the head but Robertson blocks with his arms.
Robertson has a couple of punches blocked by Emanuel.
Robertson is leaning against Emanuel and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Emanuel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Europha Emanuel seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Emanuel landing knees to the body.
Emanuel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Robertson is defending well for now.
Emanuel scores with a hook to the body.
Emanuel misses with a body punch.
Emanuel stalling the fight.
Robertson takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Emanuel struggles to land a body shot inside as Robertson controls his hands.
Emanuel misses with a hook to the ribs.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Emanuel landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Emanuel is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Emanuel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Emanuel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Robertson is defending well for now.
Emanuel lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Emanuel lands with a right to the head.
Emanuel landing knees to the body.
Emanuel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Robertson has a couple of punches blocked by Emanuel.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Emanuel can't find room to land a body shot as Robertson controls the action.
Emanuel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Robertson trying to control the position but instead, Emanuel has worked for underhooks and has pushed Robertson into the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Emanuel takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Emanuel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Robertsons head.
Emanuel lands a good knee to the midsection. Robertson won't want to take too many of those.
Emanuel can't find room to land a body shot as Robertson controls the action.
Emanuel crunches a lovely knee into Robertson's ribcage.
Robertson working aggressively here.
Robertson managing to block the knees to the body from Emanuel.
Robertson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short left from Robertson.
Nice body punch from Emanuel.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Robertson.
Emanuel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Robertson.
Emanuel stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Emanuel misses with a body punch.
Emanuel stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Emanuel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel struggles to land a body shot inside as Robertson controls his hands.
Emanuel lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Robertson backwards.
Robertson tries to stall but Emanuel uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Emanuel misses with a knee to the head.
Emanuel working aggressively here.
Emanuel blocks an uppercut.
Emanuel struggles to land a body shot inside as Robertson controls his hands.
Emanuel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Robertson slowing the pace effectively.
Emanuel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Robertson.
Robertson pushes Emanuel back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Emanuel misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Robertson.
Robertson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Emanuel misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Robertson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Robertson.
Robertson struggles to land a body shot inside as Emanuel controls his hands.
Emanuel works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Robertson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Europha Emanuel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on George Robertson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Robertson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jab by Emanuel.
Robertson misses the jab.
Emanuel tests Robertson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Robertson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Emanuel.
Emanuel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A lazy left from Emanuel finds it's target.
Robertson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Emanuel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Robertson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Emanuel throws out the jab.

Robertson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Emanuel, pushing him back against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Robertson.
Emanuel trying to stall but Robertson improves his position.
Emanuel digs a right hand into Robertson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Robertson's gas tank.
Emanuel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Robertson's elbow.
Emanuel lands an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robertson has a couple of punches blocked by Emanuel.
A knee to the head by Emanuel.
Emanuel blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Emanuel.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Emanuel misses with a body punch.
Robertson trying to stall but Emanuel improves his position.
Emanuel is leaning against Robertson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Robertson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Robertson misses with a body punch.
Emanuel misses with an elbow over the top.
Robertson taking a breather.
Emanuel misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Emanuel.
A right hand to the body from Emanuel.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Emanuel trying to land knees to the body.
Emanuel pushes off an throws an elbow but Robertson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Emanuel blocks a body shot from Robertson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Emanuel dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Robertson tries a body shot but Emanuel blocks it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Robertson as Emanuel tries to tie him up.
Emanuel lands with a right to the head.
Emanuel missing with knees to the body.
Emanuel tries to throw a body punch but Robertson avoids it by throwing Emanuel back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Emanuel fails to land.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Robertson as Emanuel tries to tie him up.
A bit of stalling here from Robertson.
Robertson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Robertson managing to block the knees to the body from Emanuel.
Robertson taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Emanuel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Emanuel.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel works on Robertson's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Robertson.
Robertson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Emanuel tries a knee to the head but Robertson blocks it.
Emanuel digs a right hand into Robertson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Robertson's gas tank.
Robertson pressing his opponent against the cage.
Robertson blocks a body shot from Emanuel.
George Robertson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Emanuel taking a breather.
Robertson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Emanuel's elbow.
Emanuel struggles to land a body shot inside as Robertson controls his hands.
Robertson blocks an elbow strike from Emanuel.
Emanuel struggles to land a body shot inside as Robertson controls his hands.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Emanuel fails to land.
Robertson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Emanuel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robertson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Emanuel misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Emanuel.
Emanuel misses with a knee strike.
Robertson misses with a punch on the inside.
Robertson prevents a body shot from Emanuel.
Emanuel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Robertson's elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robertson struggles to land a body shot inside as Emanuel controls his hands.
Emanuel tries to land knees in the clinch but Robertson avoids the damage to the body.
Robertson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Robertson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Robertson looking to slow down the pace here.
Robertson avoiding damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Robertson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Emanuels head.
Robertson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Robertson lands a nice uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
Europha Emanuel comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Emanuel winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jonathan Paton scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 27:30
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Europha Emanuel!
Europha Emanuel decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.