PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ja Wuan Robinson (ranked 326 p4p, 44 weight class) and Gunnar Wylde (ranked 553 p4p, 80 weight class). Robinson comes to the cage accompanied by Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep. Wylde has chosen Black Label Society - Parade of the Dead as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Wuan Robinson
vs
Wylde

188 cm
34
208 lbs
29 - 12 - 0

196 cm
36
215 lbs
24 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Pit Bull Development

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 29 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Ja Wuan Robinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gunnar Wylde!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Andrew Berry and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wylde clobbers Robinson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Robinson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Wylde connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Robinson scrambles back to his feet.
Robinson misses with a straight right.
Wylde throws a jab when Robinson was well out of range.
Wylde misses with the combination.
Robinson throws a counter high kick but Wylde was just alert enough to avoid it.
Robinson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wylde.
Wylde steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Robinson.
Robinson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Robinson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wylde throws an off balance right hand
enabling Robinson to counter with a crisp jab.
Robinson tries a head kick but it misses.
Wylde uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Robinson.
Robinson checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
It looked like Robinson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Robinson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wylde avoids the head kick by Robinson.
Wylde throws a hook but Robinson blocks it.
Wylde throws a low kick but it's checked well by Robinson.
Wylde lands a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robinson slips under a jab from Wylde.
Robinson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Robinson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Wylde.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Wylde.
Robinson throws a looping overhand right but Wylde ducks down to avoid it.
A big right from Wylde misses.
Robinson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wylde sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Robinson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wylde.
A big right from Wylde misses.
A little feinted left hand from Robinson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wylde bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wylde fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fighters circling - Robinson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice jab there from Robinson.
Robinson throws a head kick that misses.
Wylde lands the left hand.
Robinson missing with a left hand there. Wylde was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wylde lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nice defenses there by Wylde.
Gunnar Wylde seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Robinson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wylde lands with a straight right. Robinson didn't see that one coming.
Wylde has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wylde swings widly with a right hand
and Robinson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Robinson looks to land a right hand but Wylde moved out of range.
Wylde lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Robinson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wylde gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Robinson.

It looks like Gunnar Wylde has been cut.
Robinson slips a jab from Wylde.
Wylde just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromRobinson.
Robinson blocks a head kick by Wylde.
Nice defenses there by Wylde.
Robinson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wylde.
Robinson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wylde cracks Robinson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Robinson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Robinson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wylde tests Robinson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A slow jab from Wylde misses its intended target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wylde turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wylde throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wylde is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Robinson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A jab from Robinson misses.
Wylde misses with an uppercut. Robinson saw that one coming.
Robinson loads up on a big right hand but Wylde slips the punch.
Robinson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wylde.
And Robinson counters with a quick kick to the body but Wylde blocks it.
Robinson defending well as Wylde loads up on a big left hand.
Robinson moves out of range of the leg kick from Wylde.
Robinson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wylde missing with a left hand there. Robinson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wylde tests Robinson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Wylde misses the jab.
Robinson avoids the head kick by Wylde.
Nice jab there from Wylde.
Wylde throws the left hand but Robinson avoids the punch easily.
Wylde misses with a straight right.
Wylde throws a looping overhand right but Robinson ducks down to avoid it.
Wylde pushing out the jab but it's not landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robinson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wylde.
Robinson throws a jab but it's blocked by Wylde.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wylde clobbers Robinson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Donk. Wylde catches Robinson right on the button with a cross.
Robinson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wylde.
Robinson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Wylde misses with a wild combination.
Wylde uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Robinson.
Robinson throws a sloppy head kick and Wylde moves out of range easily.
Robinson throws an overhand right that lands on Wylde's shoulder, as Wylde tries to avoid the shot.
Robinson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Robinson.
Robinson throws a push kick but Wylde slaps the foot to one side.
Wylde appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wylde lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Robinson throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Wylde's head.
Wylde blocks a jab.

Wylde moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gunnar Wylde dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gunnar Wylde's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Wylde lands a head shot.

Wylde instigates a clinch.
A short left from Robinson.
Robinson tries to work over Wylde's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wylde lands a right hand.
Wylde pushes Robinson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Robinson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Robinson scores with a shoulder strike.
Robinson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Robinson is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Wylde's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Robinson tries to work over Wylde's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Robinson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wylde goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Robinson blocks an uppercut.

Robinson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Robinson moves away from the strike by Wylde.
Wylde lunges at Robinson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Robinson's hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wylde throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Robinson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It looked like Robinson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Robinson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Robinson swats away the attempt to clinch by Wylde.
Robinson takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wylde lands with a good body shot.
Wylde takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wylde scores with a leg kick.
Robinson tries a head kick but it misses.
Wylde falls off balance throwing a combination
and Robinson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab from Wylde finds it's way through Robinson's defenses.
Robinson moves out of range as Wylde strikes.
Robinson throws a hook but Wylde blocks it.
Wylde tries a quick counter leg kick but Robinson is wise to it.
Robinson misses with a straight left.
Wylde looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wylde chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Robinson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wylde.
Robinson lands a really nice looking cross but Wylde seems unphased.

That has opened up Gunnar Wylde's cut even more.
Wylde misses with a looping left.
Wylde takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wylde throws a quick inside leg kick.
Wylde has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wylde misses with an uppercut
and Robinson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Robinson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wylde.
Robinson misses with an uppercut
and Wylde counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wylde on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Robinson misses with a hook.
Wylde is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Robinson.
Robinson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wylde throws a body shot but no joy.
Wylde cracks Robinson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Robinson moves out of range as Wylde strikes.
Robinson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A big left from Robinson misses.
Robinson takes one to the chin there.
Wylde loads up on a big right hand but Robinson slips the punch.
Robinson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wylde uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Robinson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robinson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

The cut above Gunnar Wylde's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Robinson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Robinson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wylde.
Wylde lands with a good body shot.
Robinson throws a hook to the side of Wylde's head but Wylde sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wylde doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Wylde throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Robinson.
Wylde jabs Robinson to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Wylde throws a right hand that Robinson ducks under and follows up with a left that Robinson also avoids with ease.
Robinson throws an overhand right that lands on Wylde's shoulder, as Wylde tries to avoid the shot.
Wylde throws a predictable looking body shot
and Wylde takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Robinson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wylde throws a head kick but Robinson moves out of range.
Robinson lands a head shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wylde ducks under a wild hook from Robinson.
Wylde is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Robinson was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Wylde.
Robinson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Wylde.

Gunnar Wylde's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wylde lands a jab to the head.

Robinson lands a big head kick that sends Wylde tumbling to the mat! Robinson takes a step backwards and waves Wylde back to his feet - he wants the finish!

Wylde is rocked!

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Gunnar Wylde's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ja Wuan Robinson!
An out of breath Ja Wuan Robinson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.