HOW DID THE BRITISH FIGHTERS DO? UFC 204 Report - Danny Roberts VS Mike Perry

Danny Roberts VS Mike Perry
Up first on the UFC Fight Pass prelims was Englishman Danny 'Hot Chocolate' Roberts. Roberts faced knockout king Mike Perry, Perry's record was 8 fights, 8 wins, 8 knockouts, 6 in the first round. Roberts has spent a lot of time at American Top Team in Florida and has become a more well rounded fighter as a result.

Danny's gameplan seemed to be overwhelm Perry and land a few big shots to wobble him and he absolutely executed that game plan, the issue was that needed to dodge almost every punch to execute this gameplan due to a combination of Danny not having a strong chin and Perry's massive one punch power.

The first round was going quite well for Danny he was landing a high volume of good technical striking and his movement looked good and also demonstrated high power in a few strikes that seemed to bother Perry only slightly due to his rock solid chin. Perry seemed to be just missing the clean contact he needed for the big shots, towards the end of the round Perry waited patiently for the big shot that dropped Roberts but Perry was unable to finish him.
MMA Genius Scorecard:
Round 1: 10-9 Perry

In the second round Roberts has fully recovered and comes out looking much better and Perry starts to look a little more laboured. Roberts stands landing clean often, Perry lands very very few shots. Towards the end of the round Roberts is on fire landing huge power shots again and again and again fully rocking Perry's head back, which would have dropped 95% of the division and finished most of them. He also frequently landed hard head kicks andstarted working on Perry's front leg mainly with outside leg kicks. At this point with about a minute to go I have it scored extremely close to a 10-8 I was just waiting for Perry to drop, Roberts was putting on a striking clinic against the tired and rocked Perry. With 20 seconds to go Perry lands one big shot and drops roberts but can't capitalize before the bell goes for the end of the round. Scoring wise this is very difficult as Roberts dominated 4:40 of the round but Perry dropped him. You could score ot for Perry on damage but Roberts controlled so much of that round and landed very powerful shots definitely causing damage to Perry.
MMA Genius Scorecard:
Round 2: 10-9 Roberts
Total: 19-19

Credit: MMAFighting

All even going into the third but also potentially 2-0 to Perry, regardless Roberts had to pull out a good round to get the win. Roberts came out looking like he knew that information, he did more of the same in the third, looking quite dominant and winning the round. This is the story of the fight, Roberts was 30 seconds away from the end of the fight and potentially winning, on my scorecard it would've been 29-28 Roberts. With under 30 seconds to go Roberts gets caught with a big right hand which wobbles him and he bends over and gets caught with a big knee which basically knocks him out and he catches another punch on the way down. Referee Marc Goddard was very lenient on the stoppage because Roberts seemed to show some life after hitting the ground before taking more heavy punches but also because he was seconds from winning at home.

Result: Perry wins via KO (Knee and punches) Round 3 (4:40)
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