PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Todd Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Plouman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Roberts
vs
Plouman

175 cm
25
135 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

165 cm
25
144 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Experienced

Spartan Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Todd Roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rodrigo Plouman!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Plouman tries to keep at a distance but Roberts has taken the fight into the clinch.
Roberts misses with a punch on the inside.
Roberts misses with a hook from the clinch.
Plouman blocks an uppercut.
Roberts tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roberts prevents the takedown attempt.
Roberts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Plouman tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Still in the clinch, Roberts scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Roberts on the inside.
Roberts scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberts throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roberts.
Roberts scores with a shot to the side of Plouman's head.
Roberts swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Plouman blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Plouman.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roberts.
Roberts lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roberts working aggressively here.
Roberts misses with a short punch on the inside.
Plouman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roberts working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roberts.
Roberts misses with some punches.
Plouman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roberts swings wildly with an uppercut but Plouman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roberts lands with a short shot to the head.

Plouman is rocked!
Roberts lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Plouman is still on wobbly legs! Can Roberts finish him?
Plouman takes a shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Plouman drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Roberts gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Todd Roberts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rodrigo Plouman.
Roberts swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts has a couple of punches blocked by Plouman.
Plouman blocks an uppercut.
Plouman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Plouman.
Roberts lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Roberts creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Plouman's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Plouman drops to his knees and Roberts pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Todd Roberts!
After winning the bout, Todd Roberts thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.