PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Charles Darwin (ranked 25216 p4p, 4392 weight class) and Atticus Roberson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles Darwin looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Darwin
vs
Roberson

150 cm
19
130
2 - 3 - 0

173 cm
18
134
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Experienced

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Charles Darwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Atticus Roberson!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Darwin gets caught flat footed, as Roberson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Darwin looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!

Roberson drops back looking for a leg! Darwin is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Darwin manages to kick Roberson off! Roberson jumps back into Darwin's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roberson forces his way into half guard.
Roberson frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

Roberson goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Darwin turns into him and now he's in Roberson's guard.

Roberson looking for a triangle here. Darwin is fighting it but it looks tight! Roberson pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Darwin is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Atticus Roberson!