PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Robbie Hartford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edilberto Nestuta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nestuta has chosen Friday - Rebecca Black as his entrance music. Edilberto Nestuta is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Hartford
vs
Nestuta

180 cm
30
165 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

196 cm
32
165 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

Good takedowns
Decent elbows
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Knockout power

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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robbie Hartford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edilberto Nestuta!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Lou da Vinci and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Nestuta instigates a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hartford throws an elbow but misses.
Hartford creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hartford avoids a wild elbow strike from Nestuta.
Hartford blocks the elbow strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hartford obliges.
Nestuta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hartford landing knees to the head.
Nestuta avoiding damage as Hartford throws knees to the body.
Nestuta dodges an elbow strike from Hartford.
Hartford throws an elbow that misses.
Hartford takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nestuta swings wildly with an uppercut but Hartford uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nestuta throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hartford gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hartford lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nestuta throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nestuta avoids the elbow strike from Hartford, against the cage.
Nestuta throws an elbow that misses.
Hartford pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hartford throws an elbow that misses.
Hartford lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hartford avoids a wild elbow strike from Nestuta.
Hartford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nestuta blocks it with crossed arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hartford takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hartford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nestuta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hartford with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nestuta tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nestuta blocks the elbow strike.
Nestuta tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nestuta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hartford just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nestuta's brow.
Hartford unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nestuta creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nestuta looking to throw knees to the head but Hartford is blocking nicely.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hartford throws an elbow but misses.
Hartford lands an elbow inside.
Nice elbow from Hartford.
Nestuta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nestuta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nestuta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hartford throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hartford with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hartford throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nestuta misses with a knee strike.
Nestuta lands an elbow inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nestuta misses with a knee strike.
Hartford misses with a knee strike.
Hartford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hartford lands an elbow just above Nestuta 's eye.
Hartford misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nestuta.
Hartford creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hartford blocks an elbow strike from Nestuta.
Hartford using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Hartford lands an elbow that stopped Nestuta in his tracks for a moment.
Hartford creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Nestuta's defenses.
Nestuta blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hartford.
Nestuta looking to throw knees to the head but Hartford is blocking nicely.
Hartford gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hartford looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nestuta throws an elbow but misses.
Hartford tries to land a knee to the head but Nestuta blocks with his arms.
Hartford lands with a left to the head.
Nestuta throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hartford with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hartford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hartford.
Hartford tries to land a knee to the head but Nestuta blocks with his arms.
Hartford is breathing heavily.
Hartford lands a nice elbow.
Nestuta managing to block the knees to the body from Hartford.
Knees in the clinch landing for Hartford.
Hartford blocks an elbow strike from Nestuta.
Nestuta throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hartford blocks it with crossed arms.
Nestuta lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hartford backwards.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nestuta just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hartford's brow.
Nestuta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hartford pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hartford pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short right from Nestuta.
Nestuta throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nestuta lands an elbow that stopped Hartford in his tracks for a moment.
Hartford is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nestuta is defending well for now.
Nestuta blocks an elbow strike from Hartford.
Nestuta comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nestuta throws an elbow but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hartford scores a nice knee to the body.
Hartford gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hartford tries to land a knee to the head but Nestuta blocks with his arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nestuta throws an elbow but misses.
Nestuta blocks the elbow strike.
Hartford tries a knee to the head but Nestuta blocks it.
Nestuta misses with a knee to the head.
Nestuta blocks the elbow strike.
Nestuta misses with an elbow strike.
Nestuta managing to block the knees to the body from Hartford.
Nestuta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Robbie Hartford has been cut.
Hartford looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nestuta pushes off an throws an elbow but Hartford leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nestuta throws an elbow but misses.
Hartford pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hartford misses with an elbow over the top.
Hartford creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hartford pushes off an throws an elbow but Nestuta leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hartford blocks the elbow strike.
Nestuta looks to throw an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Robbie Hartford dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robbie Hartford's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Nestuta clinches with his opponent.
Robbie Hartford has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nestuta avoiding damage as Hartford throws knees to the body.
Nestuta throws an elbow that misses.
Hartford can't find room to land a body shot as Nestuta controls the action.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nestuta just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hartford's brow.
Hartford pushes off an throws an elbow but Nestuta leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hartford creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice left hand lands by Hartford.
Nestuta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nestuta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nestuta misses with an elbow strike.
Nestuta throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nestuta avoiding damage as Hartford throws knees to the body.
Hartford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nestuta blocks it with crossed arms.
Nestuta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nestuta avoids a wild elbow strike from Hartford.
Hartford misses with an elbow strike.
Hartford throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nestuta blocks an elbow strike.
Hartford creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hartford tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nestuta lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nestuta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nestuta using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hartford has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nestuta landing knees to the head.
Nestuta creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hartford's defenses.
Hartford avoids a wild elbow strike from Nestuta.
Hartford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hartford with a knee to the head.
Nestuta lands an elbow inside that Hartford shrugs off.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Nestuta just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hartford's brow.
Hartford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Nestuta blocks it with crossed arms.
Nestuta connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hartford's face.
Hartford takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hartford avoids the elbow strike from Nestuta, against the cage.
Hartford blocks an elbow strike.
Nestuta blocks the elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Hartford.
With the fighters up against the cage, Nestuta throws an elbow but misses.
Hartford takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nestuta throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nestuta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nestuta blocks an elbow strike from Hartford.
Hartford misses with a knee strike.
Hartford creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nestuta throws an elbow but it misses.
Nestuta pushes off an throws an elbow but Hartford leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nestuta tries to land a knee to the head but Hartford blocks with his arms.
Hartford is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nestuta throws an elbow but it misses.
Nestuta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hartford tries to land knees in the clinch but Nestuta avoids the damage to the body.
Hartford tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice elbow from Nestuta.
Nestuta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nestuta scores with a shot to the side of Hartford's head.
Nestuta lands an elbow inside that Hartford shrugs off.

Robbie Hartford's cut is getting worse.
Hartford landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nestuta with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hartford pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hartford misses with an elbow strike.
Nestuta creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hartford blocks an elbow strike.
Nestuta pushes off an throws an elbow but Hartford leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nestuta creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nestuta pushes off an throws an elbow but Hartford leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nestuta avoids a wild elbow strike from Hartford.
Hartford throws an elbow that misses.
Hartford throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nestuta lands an elbow just above Hartford 's eye.
Nestuta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nestuta throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nestuta takes an elbow to the temple.
Nestuta is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Nestuta throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hartford takes an elbow to the temple.
Hartford lands an elbow that stopped Nestuta in his tracks for a moment.
Nestuta dodges an elbow strike from Hartford.
Hartford lands a damaging elbow.
Nestuta with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hartford avoids the elbow strike from Nestuta, against the cage.
Nestuta avoids the elbow strike from Hartford, against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hartford creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Nestuta scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nestuta gets through Hartford's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nestuta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nestuta working aggressively here.
Nestuta pushes off an throws an elbow but Hartford leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hartford tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nestuta with a knee to the head.
Nestuta lands an elbow inside that Hartford shrugs off.
Nestuta tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nestuta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nestuta tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hartford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Nestuta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nestuta throws an elbow that misses.
Hartford comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hartford lands an elbow inside that Nestuta shrugs off.
Hartford dodges an elbow strike from Nestuta.
Nestuta throws a punch but it's blocked by Hartford.
Nestuta blocks the elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Edilberto Nestuta showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Robbie Hartford's cut.
That's time! Hartford's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Hartford closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hartford tries to land a knee to the head but Nestuta blocks with his arms.
Hartford avoids the elbow strike from Nestuta, against the cage.
Hartford lands a knee to the head.
Hartford blocks an elbow strike.
Nestuta looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nestuta throws an elbow that misses.
Hartford looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nestuta blocks the elbow strike.
Nestuta throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Hartford blocks it with crossed arms.
Hartford trying to land knees to the body.
Hartford tries a knee to the head but Nestuta blocks it.
Nestuta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hartford throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nestuta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Nestuta blocks the elbow strike.
Nestuta lands a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nestuta throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nestuta throws a knee to the head but misses.
Nestuta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nestuta tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hartford lands an elbow just above Nestuta 's eye.
Hartford lands a nice elbow.
Hartford pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nestuta takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hartford looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Nestuta takes a shot to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hartford just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nestuta's brow.
Hartford blocks an elbow strike from Nestuta.
Hartford throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nestuta tries to land a knee to the head but Hartford blocks with his arms.
Hartford takes an elbow to the temple.
Good body shot from Hartford.
Hartford tries to land knees in the clinch but Nestuta avoids the damage to the body.
Nestuta misses with a knee strike.
Hartford tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nestuta misses with an elbow strike.
Hartford avoids the elbow strike from Nestuta, against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hartford just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nestuta's brow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nestuta pushes off an throws an elbow but Hartford leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nestuta tries to land a knee to the head but Hartford blocks with his arms.
Hartford dodges an elbow strike from Nestuta.
Hartford lands a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hartford lands an elbow just above Nestuta 's eye.
Hartford lands an elbow inside.
Hartford connects with a nasty looking knee right to Nestuta's face.
Nestuta misses with a knee to the head.
Hartford lands an elbow that stopped Nestuta in his tracks for a moment.
Hartford lands an elbow inside.
Hartford with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hartford tries to land knees in the clinch but Nestuta avoids the damage to the body.
Nestuta lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hartford lands a nice elbow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Nestuta.
Nestuta creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Hartford takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hartford working Nestuta over with knees to the body.
Hartford connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nestuta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hartford throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hartford throws an elbow but misses.
Hartford fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hartford gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nestuta lands with a short shot to the head.
Hartford lands an elbow just above Nestuta 's eye.
Nestuta misses with an elbow over the top.
Hartford avoids the elbow strike from Nestuta, against the cage.
Hartford misses with an elbow strike.
Nestuta gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hartford lands an elbow inside that Nestuta shrugs off.
Nestuta lands an elbow that stopped Hartford in his tracks for a moment.
Hartford takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nestuta misses with a knee to the head.
Hartford throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hartford lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Hartford blocks the elbow strike.
Hartford lands an elbow inside.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nestuta pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hartford takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nestuta with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hartford throws an elbow but misses.
Nestuta avoids a wild elbow strike from Hartford.
Hartford comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hartford throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Nestuta takes an elbow to the temple.
Hartford is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Nestuta is defending well for now.
Nestuta blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Nestuta misses with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hartford just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nestuta's brow.
Nestuta with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hartford throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hartford lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Nestuta with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Nestuta avoids the elbow strike from Hartford, against the cage.
Nestuta lands a damaging elbow.

And that's the end of the fight!
Robbie Hartford showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Hartford 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robbie Hartford!