PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arjen Lucassen (ranked 892 p4p, 121 weight class) and Marty Robbins (ranked 1140 p4p, 150 weight class). Robbins has chosen Big Iron as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Marty Robbins will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Lucassen
vs
Robbins

174 cm
34
186 lbs
12 - 2 - 0

186 cm
29
187 lbs
26 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arjen Lucassen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marty Robbins!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lucassen misses with a right hand
and Robbins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lucassen drops his hands momentarily and Robbins takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Robbins with a jab.
Lucassen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Robbins jabs Lucassen to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Robbins throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Robbins ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice shot by Robbins.
Robbins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lucassen.
Lucassen jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.

Robbins gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Robbins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lucassen is trying to break free.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucassen wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Robbins has him pressed against the cage.
Robbins misses with an elbow strike.
Lucassen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Robbins breaks the clinch.
Robbins connects with a jab.
Robbins throws a jab but it's blocked by Lucassen.
As Robbins backs away, Lucassen returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Lucassen throws an off balance right hand
and Robbins counters with a solid body kick.
Robbins looks to land a left hand but Lucassen moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from Robbins misses its intended target.
Lucassen throwing a counter right hand but Robbins manages to avoid it.
Robbins just misses with a punch to the body.
Lucassen lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Robbins at a distance.
Robbins misses with an uppercut. Lucassen saw that one coming.
Lucassen throws a right hand that misses
and Lucassen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Robbins is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robbins misses with a hook
and Lucassen counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Marty Robbins has been cut.
Robbins misses with a low kick as Lucassen jumps back.
An attempted straight right counter from Lucassen misses the target.
Lucassen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Robbins counters with a straight right hand.
A head kick misses from Robbins.
A little feinted left hand from Lucassen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice straight punches there by Robbins. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Robbins.
Marty Robbins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Robbins moves into the clinch successfully.
Robbins has Lucassen pressed against the cage, preventing Lucassen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Robbins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

Lucassen manages to break the clinch.
Robbins has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Robbins lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Robbins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Robbins slips a jab from Lucassen.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robbins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Robbins swings away with a body shot that misses
and Lucassen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lucassen looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Robbins ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Robbins throws a head kick but Lucassen moves out of range.
Robbins's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lucassen under the eye.
Lucassen throws a body punch but Robbins moves out of range.
Robbins misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Lucassen on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lucassen is looking to land body kicks.
Lucassen throws a hook but Robbins blocks it.
Robbins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robbins slips a jab from Lucassen.
Lucassen avoids the body shot from Robbins.
Robbins stuns Lucassen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Robbins falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lucassen counters with a straight right hand.
Lucassen throws a sloppy head kick and Robbins moves out of range easily.
Lucassen doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Robbins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lucassen. That did some damage!
A slow jab from Lucassen misses its intended target.
Robbins has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
A looping hook to the body misses from Robbins. Lucassen does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marty Robbins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marty Robbins's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Robbins closes the distance and pushes Lucassen back into the cage.
Robbins throws a punch but it's blocked by Lucassen.
A short left from Robbins.
Lucassen blocks an elbow strike.
Robbins blocking some punches.
Lucassen working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Robbins.

Robbins breaks the clinch.
Lucassen walks into a left hand.
Robbins connects with a body shot.
Robbins thows a leg kick but Lucassen checks it
and Lucassen counters with a nice uppercut.
Robbins takes a swing at Lucassen's ribcage but misses.
Lucassen blocks a low kick nicely.
Robbins pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Lucassen back to the cage. Robbins follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucassen moves out of range as Robbins strikes.
Lucassen throwing a counter right hand but Robbins manages to avoid it.
Robbins connects with a crisp jab.
Robbins on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Robbins swings for the body but Lucassen moves out of range.
Lucassen bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Robbins throws a shot to the body.
Nice shot lands for Robbins.
Robbins tries to clinch up.
Robbins wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Robbins throws the left hand but Lucassen avoids the punch easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robbins scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Robbins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.

Robbins clinches with his opponent.
Lucassen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Robbins comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Arjen Lucassen has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robbins pushes off an throws an elbow but Lucassen leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Robbins throws an elbow that misses.
Lucassen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lucassen has a couple of punches blocked by Robbins.
Lucassen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lucassen is trying to break the clinch but Robbins is controlling him.
Lucassen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lucassen is trying to push Robbins away but Robbins has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lucassen blocks an elbow strike from Robbins.
Lucassen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Robbins throws an elbow that misses.
Robbins creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lucassen's defenses.

Lucassen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lucassen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Robbins.
It looked like Lucassen was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Robbins.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robbins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lucassen seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Lucassen is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Lucassen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Robbins on the side of the head.

Robbins closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Robbins creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Robbins lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marty Robbins seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Robbins misses with the head strike.
Robbins doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Robbins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Robbins misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Lucassen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Robbins connects with a body shot that sends Lucassen's belly button to the back.
Robbins fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A head kick misses from Robbins.
Lucassen fires out a quick counter leg kick but Robbins just manages to avoid it.
Marty Robbins seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robbins lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Robbins avoids the body shot from Lucassen.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lucassen scores with a decent looking hook.
Robbins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lucassen sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Robbins pushes Lucassen up against the cage in a clinch.
Robbins has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Lucassen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Robbins's elbow.
Lucassen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Robbins lands a nice shot to the body.

Lucassen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Robbins throws a leg kick which misses Lucassen's front leg but catches the back leg as Lucassen tries to avoid it.
Robbins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marty Robbins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Robbins throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Robbins misses with a body kick.
Nice straight punches there by Lucassen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Lucassen.
Lucassen throws a jab but it's blocked by Robbins.
Robbins swings widly with a right hand
and Lucassen counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Robbins looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robbins throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lucassen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Lucassen lunges at Robbins with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Robbins's hand.
Lucassen misses the shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Robbins has closed the distance and engaged Lucassen in a clinch.

Robbins breaks from the clinch.
Lucassen takes a swing at Robbins's ribcage but misses.
Robbins appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Robbins scores with a body shot.
Robbins lets loose with a powerful body kick. Lucassen will feel that in the morning.
Robbins getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Robbins fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lucassen looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Robbins with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Robbins throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Lucassen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Robbins is looking to land body kicks.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robbins connects with a right hand. Lucassen shakes it off.
Robbins closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lucassen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lucassen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Robbins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lucassen was well out of range. Poor timing from Robbins.
Robbins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lucassen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lucassen misses the shot to the body.
Lucassen drops his hands momentarily and Robbins takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robbins lands a high kick!
Lucassen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Robbins counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Lucassen thinking.
Lucassen moves out of range of the body kick from Robbins.
Robbins connects with a body shot that sends Lucassen's belly button to the back.
Lucassen looks to throw the jab but Robbins is out of range.
Robbins throws a head kick that Lucassen semi-blocks.
Arjen Lucassen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Robbins throws a leg kick but Lucassen moved away.
Lucassen misses with a jab, cross combination.
Robbins cracks Lucassen with an open hand slap.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robbins tries to clinch up.
Lucassen moves forwards but Robbins connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Lucassen throws a good cross that connects.

That has opened up Marty Robbins's cut even more.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Robbins scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Robbins dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Marty Robbins is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Robbins lands a jab-cross combination.
Lucassen misses with a right hand
and Lucassen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A right-left combo lands from Robbins.
Robbins ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marty Robbins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Robbins has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marty Robbins!
After winning the bout, Marty Robbins thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.