PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dexter Cooke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Margot Robbie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Margot Robbie is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Cooke
vs
Robbie

190 cm
18
140 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

168 cm
25
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very confident

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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dexter Cooke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Margot Robbie!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Hugh Johnson and Chris Dean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooke stalks Robbie and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Robbie's face. Robbie staggers backwards, shaken.

Robbie shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Cooke's guard.
Cooke really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cooke is controlling Robbie's posture.
Robbie throwing strikes from guard but Cooke blocks nicely.
Cooke not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Robbie wants to control from the top but Cooke keeps moving.
Cooke trying to keep a closed guard but Robbie is proving a slippery customer.
Cooke tries to strike from the bottom.
Cooke will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Cooke looking for a guillotine here but Robbie defends easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke controls Robbie momentarily but Robbie frees himself.
Cooke wants to stand and escape but Robbie is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robbie postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cooke keeping moving, preventing Robbie from controlling successfully.
Robbie slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Robbie trying to control but Cooke is working from the bottom.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Cooke has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Robbie dives in and scores a takedown into Cooke's guard.
Cooke keeping moving, preventing Robbie from controlling successfully.
Robbie landing with the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooke is trying to keep Robbie in close.
Robbie lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cooke knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Robbie on the ground.
Cooke is trying to control the position but Robbie postures up.
Cooke pulls Robbie in to control the position.
Robbie stands up over Cooke, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Robbie is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Cooke trying to control the position.
Robbie has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cooke keeping moving, preventing Robbie from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Robbie looks winded!
Robbie stands up over Cooke, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cooke is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Cooke holds on and takes a little breather.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Cooke throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Robbie on the side of the head.
Cooke misses with a wild body shot.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Robbie.
Robbie working away.
Robbie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cooke keeps working.
Cooke tries to bench press Robbie off him but Robbie keeps the position.
Robbie working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cooke is working to avoid the ground and pound but Robbie connects with a decent elbow.
Robbie scores with punches from side control.
Cooke tries to improve position but can't.

Robbie is trying to get an arm triangle but Cooke is defending well.
You can see the frustration on Cooke's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cooke is trying to get back to half guard.
Robbie remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cooke throws a few strikes from the bottom but Robbie takes advantage and mounts!
Robbie landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Robbie gets a double leg takedown into Cooke's guard.
Cooke trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Cooke is trying to keep Robbie in close.
Cooke looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.

Cooke escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Robbie gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Robbie trying to control but Cooke is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robbie distracts Cooke with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cooke is trying to control the position but Robbie postures up.
Robbie stopping the sweep attempt from Cooke.
Robbie in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Robbie trying to control the position from guard on top but Cooke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Cooke is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Robbie defends well.

Robbie stands up from Cooke's guard - Robbie perhaps looking for a knockout.

Robbie shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Cooke trying to control here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Robbie is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Robbie thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Cooke's head.
Cooke keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Robbie not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Robbie missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cooke is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Robbie is working for a kimura but Cooke is defending it quite comfortably.
Cooke won't allow Robbie to pass to mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robbie stops Cooke from getting back to his feet.
Cooke keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Cooke is trying to control but can't.

Robbie looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.

Robbie seems to be looking for submissions.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Robbie missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Robbie seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cooke does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Robbie is thwarting Cooke's attempts to control the position.
Robbie throwing shots but Cooke is blocking nicely.

Cooke actively working from the bottom here.
Robbie is looking to take a break and control but Cooke is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cooke wants to control but Robbie is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Robbie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Cooke missing with punches from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Margot Robbie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Cooke's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Cooke closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Robbie's guard.
Robbie trying to control the position.
Robbie pulls Cooke in to control the position.
Robbie has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Robbie looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cooke is one step ahead there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cooke accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Robbie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cooke's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Margot Robbie has got the better of the ground game so far.
Robbie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cooke postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cooke is looking to work some ground and pound but Robbie has wrist control.
Robbie has a closed guard, preventing Cooke from standing up.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Robbie gets a double leg takedown into Cooke's guard.
Cooke is controlling Robbie's posture.
Robbie throwing strikes but missing.
Cooke seems keen to control Robbie's posture.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robbie tries to stand but Cooke is controlling from the bottom.
Cooke pulls Robbie in close to prevent any damage.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Robbie slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Cooke scores with a nice right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Cooke.
And Robbie tries to counter it with a takedown but Cooke pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Robbie is looking to score with low kicks.
Cooke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And Robbie tries to counter it with a takedown but Cooke pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Robbie needs to keep his hands up - Cooke had a free shot at his head there.
Cooke misses with a few strikes there.
Robbie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cooke.

Robbie drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Robbie trying to stand up but can't free himself from Cooke's guard.
Cooke working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Robbie.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Cooke holds on and takes a little breather.
Cooke keeping moving, preventing Robbie from controlling successfully.

Cooke looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Cooke thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Robbie accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Robbie throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Cooke throws the left hand but Robbie avoids the punch easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cooke throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cooke pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dexter Cooke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Margot Robbie is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Robbie misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dexter Cooke showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Robbie has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Margot Robbie!
Margot Robbie spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.