PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rob Rush (ranked 6968 p4p, 24601 weight class) and Santiago Rodriguez (ranked 658 p4p, 679 weight class). Rob Rush could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Santiago Rodriguez's chin.

Rush
vs
Rodriguez

189 cm
21
203
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
20
215
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rob Rush!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Santiago Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rush ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rush looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rush cracks a nice hook into Rodriguez's ribs.
Rodriguez takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

It looks like Santiago Rodriguez has been cut.
Rush cracks Rodriguez with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rodriguez walks into a jab.
Nice jab there from Rush.
Rob Rush seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodriguez with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rush to score with a decent uppercut.

Rodriguez is rocked!
Rush scores with the left hand. Rodriguez knows he should have avoided that one.
Rodriguez is still on wobbly legs! Can Rush finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rush jabs at Rodriguez's body.
Rodriguez seems to have recovered his senses.
Rush punishes Rodriguez's body with a nice straight punch.
Rush avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rush paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A jab from Rush finds it's way through Rodriguez's defenses.
Rodriguez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rush circles away quickly and effectively.

Rush cracks Rodriguez with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Rodriguez looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Rush finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rush throws an overhand right that drops Rodriguez like a sack of potatoes! Rush dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rob Rush!