PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dominik Robillard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justice Naruhodo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robillard comes to the cage accompanied by Orelsan - Bada Bing. Justice Naruhodo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Robillard
vs
Naruhodo

192 cm
32
201 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

160 cm
29
202 lbs
10 - 16 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Excellent grappler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dominik Robillard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Justice Naruhodo!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naruhodo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Robillard can pounce on him.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Robillard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Robillard connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Naruhodo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Robillard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Naruhodo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Naruhodo has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Robillard lands a nice leg kick that just misses Naruhodo's sensitive parts.
Robillard doesn't manage to clinch there - Naruhodo circles away.
Robillard is looking to clinch.
Robillard tries to clinch up but Naruhodo circles away and keeps his distance.
Robillard tries to close the distance and clinch up but Naruhodo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Naruhodo misses with a hook.
Robillard drops his hands momentarily and Naruhodo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

It looks like Dominik Robillard has been cut.

Robillard rushes Naruhodo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Naruhodo breaks the clinch.
Robillard tries to clinch there but Naruhodo circles away.
Robillard darts in trying to clinch

and Naruhodo counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Naruhodo trying to control the position but Robillard is working away.
The ground and pound from Naruhodo seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Naruhodo stalls from top position.
Robillard defending against the ground and pound.
Robillard is trying to get back to his feet.
Naruhodo sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Robillard is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The strikes coming from Naruhodo are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Naruhodo in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Robillard is trying to buck Naruhodo off.
Naruhodo works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Robillard avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Naruhodo.
Robillard is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Naruhodo is controlling him well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naruhodo creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

Robillard is rocked!
Naruhodo in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Robillard looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Naruhodo turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justice Naruhodo!
Justice Naruhodo was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.