PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Pewter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pewter has chosen Hard Sun- Eddie Vedder as his entrance music. Alexander Pewter will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.

Roberts
vs
Pewter

195 cm
20
255 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

200 cm
22
272 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

Urban Vandal fight gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bruce Roberts!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Pewter!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Roberts shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Pewter's guard.
Pewter looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Roberts thows a big elbow that misses.
Roberts wants to control from the top but Pewter keeps moving.
Roberts 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.
Roberts throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pewter works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Roberts missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Roberts throws a big right hand that misses.
Roberts chips away with some ground and pound.
Roberts landing some decent shots from guard.
Pewter really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Roberts. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Roberts working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Pewter's head.
Roberts passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Pewter tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Roberts wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Pewter is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Pewter managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Roberts.
Roberts trying to control the action but Pewter is working from the bottom.
Pewter avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Roberts.
Roberts sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Pewter is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Pewter is trying to get back to half guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Roberts misses with a double jab.
Roberts looks to score with a jab to the body but Pewter is just out of range.
Roberts lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Roberts misses the shot to the body.
Pewter lands with a nice combination. Roberts backs away looking to recover.

It looks like Bruce Roberts has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Pewter has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pewter blocking some punches.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Roberts wants a takedown.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Pewter just misses with a elbow thrown towards Roberts's brow.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Roberts creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Alexander Pewter has been cut.
Roberts tries to pull guard but Pewter holds him up against the ropes and eventually Roberts drops back down to his feet.
Pewter has had enough of the clinch but Roberts keeps him there for the moment.
Pewter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Roberts.
Roberts gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Pewter blocks an uppercut.
Roberts is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pewter trying to control the position but instead, Roberts has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pewter into the ropes.
Pewter prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruce Roberts. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Roberts pulls guard.
Roberts controls Pewter momentarily but Pewter frees himself.
Pewter looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Pewter stopping the sweep attempt from Roberts.
Pewter postures up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Roberts tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pewter pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Roberts is keeping the position for now.
Pewter must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Roberts is trying to control the position but Pewter postures up.
Pewter wants to control from the top but Roberts keeps moving.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Roberts closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Roberts tries to land knees in the clinch but Pewter avoids the damage to the body.
Pewter goes for a takedown in the clinch but Roberts prevents it.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Roberts effectively controlling the action here.
Pewter leaning his opponent against the ropes.

Pewter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Pewter looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Roberts manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Alexander Pewter will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Roberts's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Pewter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab from Roberts does it's job there.
Roberts scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Roberts tries to clinch there but Pewter circles away.
Pewter's corner calls for a 1-2. Pewter obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Pewter throws a shot from downtown. Roberts moves away and avoids it.
Pewter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pewter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Roberts misses with a body kick.
Roberts digs a good body shot into Pewter's ribs.
Roberts connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Roberts takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pewter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pewter shoots in for a double leg but Roberts sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.

Roberts gets the takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roberts advances nicely into full mount.
Pewter is breathing heavily.
Roberts landing strikes from the mount.
Roberts pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts looking to finish Pewter with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pewter!
Roberts lands with some strikes.

Roberts looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

Roberts wants to finish this one by submission but Pewter is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Roberts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberts lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Roberts lands a big shot there that rocks Pewter but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Roberts here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Pewter tries to hold on but Roberts postures up.
Roberts scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pewter in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Roberts lands a nice shot to the head.
Roberts dominating with strikes here.
Roberts dominating with strikes here.
Roberts scoring with strikes but Pewter is staying in there.
Roberts connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Roberts can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pewter is looking to escape.
Roberts connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Roberts lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Pewter hang on?

Roberts is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Pewter is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Pewter flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Roberts anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Pewter and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Roberts slips an arm under Pewter chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Roberts has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Roberts is squeezing on Pewter like an anaconda would it's prey. Pewter fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Bruce Roberts!
Bruce Roberts retains his heavyweight title!