PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Michael MacRoberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vanilla Ice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MacRoberts comes to the ring accompanied by Pretty Vacant by The Sex Pistols. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ice's choice of entrance music: 50 Cent - Disco Inferno. Vanilla Ice has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

MacRoberts
vs
Ice

176 cm
22
147 lbs
3 - 6 - 0

177 cm
21
162 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

ADCC Champion
Counter striker
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael MacRoberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Vanilla Ice!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, William Gold and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
MacRoberts throws out a powerful jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by MacRoberts. That's going to slow Ice down.
MacRoberts throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
MacRoberts misses with a double jab.
Ice on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ice takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.

MacRoberts has closed the distance and engaged Ice in a clinch.

MacRoberts pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
MacRoberts scores with a nice strike.
MacRoberts rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ice moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ice moves out of range as MacRoberts strikes.
Michael MacRoberts is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacRoberts throws the left hand but Ice avoids the punch easily.
MacRoberts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ice circles away quickly and effectively.
A punch combination from MacRoberts misses.
MacRoberts cracks Ice with a right hand to the side of the head.
MacRoberts throws a series of strikes that have Ice backpedaling.
Jab from MacRoberts.
MacRoberts jabs Ice right on the nose. Ice blinks but takes it well.

MacRoberts moves into the clinch.
MacRoberts is struggling to control the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

MacRoberts has picked Ice up - he's going for a ride! MacRoberts dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
MacRoberts seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Ice looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Ice looking for submissions off his back.
MacRoberts seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

Ice looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacRoberts tries to stand and escape but Ice is controlling the position.

Ice looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

MacRoberts postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Ice to stand up.

MacRoberts drives through and clinches with Ice against the ropes.
Ice has MacRoberts pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. MacRoberts manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.

MacRoberts breaks from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ice takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
MacRoberts lands with a straight right. Ice didn't see that one coming.
Ice walks into a stiff left hand from MacRoberts.
MacRoberts looks for the body kick but Ice saw that one coming.
MacRoberts scores with a jab to the body.
MacRoberts throws a right and a left that Ice avoids nicely.
A head kick misses from MacRoberts.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
MacRoberts lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
MacRoberts listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael MacRoberts dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

MacRoberts tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Ice manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

MacRoberts has managed to clinch.

MacRoberts breaks the clinch.
MacRoberts moves into range and connects with a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts MacRoberts, as that shot connected.
MacRoberts scores with a jab. Ice acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ice drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
MacRoberts is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

MacRoberts closes the distance and clinches.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting MacRoberts here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.

MacRoberts has picked Ice up - he's going for a ride! MacRoberts dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
MacRoberts is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.

Ice looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Ice has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for MacRoberts. Oh but Ice has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! MacRoberts goes limp - he's gone! Ice jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Vanilla Ice!
A very excited looking Vanilla Ice made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.