PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jake Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Santiago Francisco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Roberts
vs
Santiago Francisco

162 cm
25
143 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

167 cm
19
152 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Nutrition Your Way!

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jake Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Santiago Francisco!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Francisco is defended easily by Roberts.
Francisco throws a leg kick
and Roberts counters with a good, hard body kick but Francisco shrugs it off.
Francisco fails to land the takedown.
Francisco misses with a looping right.
Roberts misses the shot to the body.
Ricardo Santiago Francisco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Francisco shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Roberts defends it nicely.
Jake Roberts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Santiago Francisco.
Francisco takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Roberts lands a body shot.
Francisco avoids the head kick by Roberts.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Francisco's head backwards.
Francisco misses with a wild body shot.
Francisco blocks a jab.
Francisco takes a swing at Roberts's ribcage but misses.
Francisco swings for the body but Roberts moves out of range.
Francisco misses with a hook.
Francisco throws a body punch but Roberts moves out of range.

Francisco shoots in and bounces Roberts off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Roberts is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Francisco is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francisco lands a couple of digs.
Roberts keeping moving, preventing Francisco from controlling successfully.
Francisco won't allow Roberts to get back to his feet.

Francisco is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Francisco thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts wants to stand and escape but Francisco is having none of it.
Francisco lands a couple of digs.
Francisco advances to half guard.
Roberts is refusing to be controlled, as Francisco sits in half guard.
Roberts tries to kick Francisco off but Francisco keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Francisco connects with a nice short shot to Roberts's temple.
Francisco stops Roberts from getting back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Francisco thows a huge punch but Roberts dodges it nicely.
Francisco lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

Francisco wants to work for an arm triangle but Roberts is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Roberts knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Francisco on the ground.
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!
Francisco missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Francisco throwing shots but Roberts is blocking nicely.
Roberts pushes Francisco off looking to stand but Francisco dives back in and keeps control.

Francisco is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo Santiago Francisco dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Roberts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roberts stuffs the takedown attempt from Francisco. Francisco gets slowly back to his feet.
Roberts throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Francisco shoots for a takedown but Roberts saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Roberts tries to bum rush Francisco with a series of wild strikes but Francisco uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A punch combination from Roberts misses.
Francisco fails with a takedown attempt.
Jake Roberts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Santiago Francisco.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Francisco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roberts moves away.
Roberts lands a head kick!
Francisco misses the shot to the body.
Roberts misses with a two punch combination.
Good standup being displayed there by Roberts as he connects with a hook.
Francisco throws a jab when Roberts was well out of range.
Francisco tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Roberts swivels and escapes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Francisco. Roberts does a little dance to reset his feet.
Francisco misses the body punch
and Roberts counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Francisco throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Francisco misses with a body punch
and Roberts connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jake Roberts is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Francisco swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Roberts counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Francisco showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roberts.
Roberts dodges the punch combination from Francisco.
Roberts tried to score with a low kick but Francisco checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francisco fails with a takedown attempt.
Roberts misses with a kick to the body.
Francisco misses the shot to the body.
Roberts steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Francisco.
Francisco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roberts moves away.
A shot to the body from Francisco misses
and Roberts counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Francisco thinking.
Roberts is looking to wear down Francisco with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A shot to the body from Francisco misses
and Roberts counters with a left to the body.
Francisco shoots in for a takedown but Roberts shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Francisco takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Roberts connects with a body shot that sends Francisco's belly button to the back.
Roberts misses with a wild body shot.
Francisco throws a poor cross that misses
and Roberts counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Francisco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Francisco throws a body punch but Roberts moves out of range.
Roberts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roberts connects with a good right hand that stumbles Francisco. Francisco circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Roberts looks to land a body kick but Francisco moved away.
Francisco dives in and grabs Roberts's left leg, looking for a takedown. Roberts pushes down on Francisco's head and hops out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jake Roberts dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Francisco takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Roberts throws a wild body kick that Francisco sees coming a mile off.
Francisco fails with a takedown attempt.
Roberts ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Francisco misses the body punch
letting Roberts counter with a right hand.
Jab, jab by Roberts - just one landing.
Francisco misses with a hook. Roberts ducked under it nicely.
Roberts lands a nice looking kick to the body. Francisco takes a step back to recover.
Francisco takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Francisco missing with a left hand there. Roberts was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Francisco waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roberts.
Francisco takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jake Roberts is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roberts stuffs the takedown.
Roberts misses with a jab, cross combination.
Francisco looks for a takedown but Roberts sprawls well.
Jake Roberts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Santiago Francisco.
Francisco swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roberts lands a nice shot to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts lands a slapping body shot.
Francisco will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Nice shot by Roberts.
Nice cross by Roberts.
Roberts keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Roberts avoids the body shot from Francisco.
Francisco changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Roberts tries to avoid it but Francisco manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Roberts to the ground. Roberts escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Roberts uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Francisco.
Francisco throws a leg kick
and Roberts counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Francisco takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Roberts throws a half hearted mid kick.
Roberts avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Roberts scores with a jab. Francisco acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Francisco moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Francisco on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Francisco shoots in and drives through. Roberts sprawls well.

Francisco darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Francisco has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Roberts keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Francisco working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Francisco missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Francisco tries to pass the half guard into mount. Roberts knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Francisco is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roberts wants to control but Francisco passes into side.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jake Roberts.
I think Roberts 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight for Ricardo Santiago Francisco!
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Ricardo Santiago Francisco!
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Ricardo Santiago Francisco!

Ricardo Santiago Francisco wins by unanimous decision!