PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Drake Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amirezza Pourramenazanali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pourramenazanali has chosen Godsmack - Cryin' Like A Bitch!! as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Roberts
vs
Pourramenazanali

186 cm
28
196 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

179 cm
21
187 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big right hand

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Drake Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Amirezza Pourramenazanali!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, David Schapiro and John Kavanagh.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pourramenazanali displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Pourramenazanali goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Roberts closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Pourramenazanali tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Roberts manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Roberts looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A punch lands to the side of Roberts 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pourramenazanali misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Roberts checks a low kick from Pourramenazanali.
Roberts on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberts swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pourramenazanali is looking to clinch.
Roberts throws a low kick, looking for Pourramenazanali's leg but Pourramenazanali calmly moves out of range.
Roberts darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pourramenazanali throws a body punch but Roberts moves out of range.
Roberts ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Pourramenazanali has managed to clinch.

Roberts manages to break the clinch.
Roberts dodges the punch combination from Pourramenazanali.
Pourramenazanali misses with a low kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pourramenazanali takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pourramenazanali ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roberts moves away.
Roberts connects with a leg kick. Pourramenazanali looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pourramenazanali misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roberts.

Pourramenazanali takes the fight into the clinch.

Pourramenazanali breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Roberts pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Roberts throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pourramenazanali lands a nice leg kick that just misses Roberts's sensitive parts.
Amirezza Pourramenazanali seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Roberts.
Pourramenazanali keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A good leg kick by Roberts.
Pourramenazanali uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Roberts.
Roberts dodges the punch combination from Pourramenazanali.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Roberts.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberts scores with a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Pourramenazanali blocks the leg kick.
Pourramenazanali throws a low kick, looking for Roberts's leg but Roberts calmly moves out of range.
Pourramenazanali scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A clash of legs there as Pourramenazanali blocks the low kick.
Pourramenazanali displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roberts throws out the jab.
Pourramenazanali keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Pourramenazanali tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roberts swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pourramenazanali rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Roberts moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Roberts throws a body punch but Pourramenazanali moves out of range.
Roberts lands with an overhand left.
Roberts throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Roberts will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Pourramenazanali keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roberts misses with a straight left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pourramenazanali was well out of range. Poor timing from Roberts.
Roberts moves forwards but Pourramenazanali connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Pourramenazanali keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roberts tries to work over Pourramenazanali's front leg with a kick but Pourramenazanali checks it.
Pourramenazanali swinging wildly here.
A punch combination from Pourramenazanali misses.
Pourramenazanali fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Roberts misses with a wild body shot.
Pourramenazanali lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!

Pourramenazanali fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Roberts, pushing him back against the cage.
Pourramenazanali stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roberts just misses with a elbow thrown towards Pourramenazanali's brow.
Roberts is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pourramenazanali digs a right hand underneath Roberts's ribcage. Roberts let out a lung full of air as it connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pourramenazanali misses with an elbow over the top.
A short left from Pourramenazanali.
Roberts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pourramenazanali is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roberts is defending well for now.
Pourramenazanali pressing his opponent against the cage.
Pourramenazanali is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Roberts is defending well for now.

Pourramenazanali pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roberts fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Roberts connects with an inside leg kick.
Pourramenazanali lands a lovely overhand right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Roberts throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Roberts ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
An inside leg kick from Roberts misses.
Pourramenazanali goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Pourramenazanali misses with a jab, cross combination.
Pourramenazanali fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pourramenazanali misses with a straight left.
Pourramenazanali throws a series of punches but Roberts moves out of range.
Roberts tries to land a leg kick but Pourramenazanali saw it coming and moves away.
Roberts takes a swing at Pourramenazanali's ribcage but misses.
Pourramenazanali on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Amirezza Pourramenazanali seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pourramenazanali misses with a body shot.
Roberts throws a leg kick but Pourramenazanali sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Roberts keeps the fight on the outside.
Roberts throws a body punch but Pourramenazanali moves out of range.
Roberts is looking to wear down Pourramenazanali with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Roberts takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Pourramenazanali doesn't manage to clinch there - Roberts circles away.
Roberts's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pourramenazanali connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Roberts scrambles back to his feet.
Pourramenazanali misses with a straight right.
Pourramenazanali checks the leg kick.
Pourramenazanali keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pourramenazanali digs a good hook to Roberts's body.
Pourramenazanali connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pourramenazanali has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pourramenazanali there as he acknowledges the shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pourramenazanali, right into the meat.
Pourramenazanali attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Pourramenazanali has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Roberts is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Pourramenazanali tries to clinch up but Roberts circles away and keeps his distance.
A bone on bone clash there as Pourramenazanali blocks the leg kick.
Roberts misses with an uppercut. Pourramenazanali saw that one coming.
Pourramenazanali fails in his attempt to clinch.
Roberts attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nice cross by Roberts.
A cross from Roberts lands.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pourramenazanali fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pourramenazanali thows a body shot but no joy.
Roberts chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pourramenazanali can pounce on him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pourramenazanali scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Roberts lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pourramenazanali takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Roberts with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pourramenazanali to score with a decent uppercut.
Pourramenazanali turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Roberts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Amirezza Pourramenazanali is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roberts missing with a left hand there. Pourramenazanali was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Roberts keeps the fight on the outside.
Pourramenazanali lands a jab to Roberts's midsection.
Roberts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pourramenazanali's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pourramenazanali scores with a hook to the body. Roberts takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The crowd cheers as Pourramenazanali lands an impressive looking overhand right. Roberts doesn't seem phased though.
Roberts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pourramenazanali bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Roberts's head.
Pourramenazanali ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pourramenazanali stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Roberts.
Pourramenazanali lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Pourramenazanali.
Pourramenazanali misses with a series of wild punches.
Pourramenazanali misses with a double jab.
Roberts chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pourramenazanali pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Roberts lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Roberts lands with a good body shot.
Roberts misses the shot to the body.
Roberts throws a leg kick that is checked
and Pourramenazanali counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pourramenazanali swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Roberts counters with an inside leg kick.
Pourramenazanali moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roberts checks the leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Roberts creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pourramenazanali's defenses.
Pourramenazanali looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short uppercut from Pourramenazanali.

Pourramenazanali manages to break the clinch.
Roberts moves into range and connects with a jab.
Roberts swats away the attempt to clinch by Pourramenazanali.
Roberts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roberts throws a nice looking combination but Pourramenazanali bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pourramenazanali attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Roberts jabs Pourramenazanali right on the nose. Pourramenazanali blinks but takes it well.
Roberts uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pourramenazanali.
Pourramenazanali looks to land a combination. Roberts sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Amirezza Pourramenazanali will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Pourramenazanali throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Roberts stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pourramenazanali tries to clinch there but Roberts circles away.
Pourramenazanali throws a body punch but Roberts moves out of range.
Roberts misses the shot to the body.
Roberts wants to land a leg kick but Pourramenazanali is out of range.
Pourramenazanali misses with a wild combination.
Roberts throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Pourramenazanali tries to close the distance and clinch but Roberts swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Roberts throws a body punch but Pourramenazanali moves out of range.
Roberts fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pourramenazanali.
Roberts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pourramenazanali, as that shot connected.
Roberts walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Roberts motions for Pourramenazanali to come forward. Roberts throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pourramenazanali scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pourramenazanali looks to throw the jab but Roberts is out of range.
Pourramenazanali scores with a hook to the body. Roberts takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pourramenazanali throws an off balance right hand
and Roberts counters with a low kick, right behind Pourramenazanali 's knee.
Roberts lands a right hook to the body.
Pourramenazanali feints a jab promting Roberts to slip. Pourramenazanali then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Roberts slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Roberts throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pourramenazanali.
Roberts throws a leg kick that misses.
Pourramenazanali throws a hook but Roberts avoids it easily.
Roberts ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Roberts keeps the fight on the outside.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roberts. Pourramenazanali does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pourramenazanali tries to bum rush Roberts with a series of wild strikes but Roberts uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pourramenazanali tries to clinch there but Roberts circles away.
Roberts misses with a hook. Pourramenazanali ducked under it nicely.
Drake Roberts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roberts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roberts throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pourramenazanali on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pourramenazanali avoids the body shot from Roberts.
Roberts attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Pourramenazanali shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Roberts eats them both and turns towards Pourramenazanali to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Roberts misses the shot to the body.
Roberts throws a leg kick that misses.
Roberts lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Roberts attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Roberts looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Roberts pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pourramenazanali is out of range and Roberts settles back down.
Pourramenazanali throws a good cross that connects.
Sloppy strikes from Roberts. Those never looked like landing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Roberts throws a chopping leg kick but Pourramenazanali manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pourramenazanali goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.

Roberts tries to keep at a distance but Pourramenazanali has taken the fight into the clinch.
Roberts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pourramenazanali throws an elbow but it misses.
Roberts pushes off an throws an elbow but Pourramenazanali leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pourramenazanali is looking to control Roberts's arms but Roberts gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pourramenazanali has his back to the cage.
Roberts is trying to force a seperation but Pourramenazanali has the dominant position.

Pourramenazanali breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pourramenazanali slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Pourramenazanali checks the leg kick.
Roberts misses with a looping left.
Roberts misses with a low kick.
Roberts swinging wildly here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberts throws a right hand that Pourramenazanali ducks under and follows up with a left that Pourramenazanali also avoids with ease.
Pourramenazanali jabs Roberts to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Roberts closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberts on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Roberts throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Roberts misses with a leg kick.
Roberts does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Pourramenazanali misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Amirezza Pourramenazanali is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Pourramenazanali dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pourramenazanali looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pourramenazanali misses with a head kick.
Pourramenazanali is looking to clinch but Roberts is avoiding it.
Pourramenazanali lands a nice looking kick to the body. Roberts takes a step back to recover.
No joy there for Pourramenazanali, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

And that's the end of the fight!
Amirezza Pourramenazanali comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pourramenazanali has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Amirezza Pourramenazanali!
Amirezza Pourramenazanali gave a mention to Elite Canadian Threads in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).