PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Gorgeous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Rodrigues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Justin Rodrigues is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Gorgeous
vs
Rodrigues

196 cm
22
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
20
250 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, George Gorgeous!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Justin Rodrigues!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodrigues is looking to clinch but Gorgeous is avoiding it.
Gorgeous darts in trying to clinch

and Rodrigues counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Gorgeous tries to get to full guard but Rodrigues has control of the leg.

Rodrigues stands up out of the half guard.
Rodrigues swinging wildly here.
Rodrigues will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.

Gorgeous darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Rodrigues moves into full guard.
Gorgeous knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rodrigues on the ground.
Gorgeous wants to control from the top but Rodrigues keeps moving.
Rodrigues is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodrigues manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Gorgeous is controlling an arm, preventing Rodrigues from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
Gorgeous taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gorgeous can't escape the position.

Rodrigues looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Gorgeous wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Rodrigues.
Rodrigues tries to control but Gorgeous wriggling away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorgeous wants to hold on but Rodrigues pushes him away.
Rodrigues with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Rodrigues tries to control but Gorgeous wriggling away.

Rodrigues is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Gorgeous can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Gorgeous tries to get back to half guard but can't.

Rodrigues stands up from mount. Strange move.

Gorgeous shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Rodrigues regains half guard.
Gorgeous prevents Rodrigues from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Rodrigues manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gorgeous manages to get himself to full guard.
Rodrigues pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gorgeous is keeping the position for now.
Rodrigues preventing the sweep.
Rodrigues looking to pass the guard.
Rodrigues sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Gorgeous's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues is looking to advance position but Gorgeous won't allow it.
Rodrigues wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gorgeous keeps working.
Gorgeous tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Rodrigues has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Rodrigues can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gorgeous is looking to escape.

Gorgeous defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Rodrigues.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Justin Rodrigues dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Rodrigues forces Gorgeous back against the cage and clinches.
Rodrigues misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gorgeous keeps control of Rodrigues as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rodrigues working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rodrigues is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Rodrigues throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rodrigues wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rodrigues just leaning against Gorgeous, taking a breather.
Gorgeous tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rodrigues just stands there and leans against the cage.
Gorgeous drops down looking for an ankle pick but Rodrigues pulls his leg out and moves away.
Gorgeous tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Rodrigues holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Gorgeous breaks the clinch.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Rodrigues. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Rodrigues fails with the takedown

and Gorgeous counters with a shoot takedown. Rodrigues fights it but they end up in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorgeous stops Rodrigues from standing up.

Gorgeous stands up from Rodrigues's guard - Gorgeous perhaps looking for a knockout.
Gorgeous misses with a takedown attempt

and Rodrigues counters by clinching up.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Gorgeous. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rodrigues goes for a takedown attempt but Gorgeous pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Rodrigues lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gorgeous circles away quickly and effectively.
Rodrigues throws a body kick that misses.

Gorgeous closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Gorgeous controlling from side mount.

Gorgeous wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Rodrigues, who protects the arm well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rodrigues tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gorgeous wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues gets back to half guard.
Rodrigues gets full guard.
Rodrigues manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Rodrigues trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gorgeous has given up his back. Will we see Rodrigues going for some submissions?
Gorgeous is trying to break free.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Gorgeous defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Rodrigues trying to control.
Rodrigues avoiding Gorgeous 's attempts to control his hands.
Rodrigues trying to control momentarily.
Gorgeous can't escape the position.
Rodrigues trying to control momentarily.
Rodrigues struggling to land strikes to the head as Gorgeous covers up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gorgeous is taking damage to the body and head.
Gorgeous staying busy and making it hard for Rodrigues to control.
Gorgeous avoids the strikes from Rodrigues.

Rodrigues is persistently looking for the submission but Gorgeous is defending it well.
Rodrigues trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Gorgeous tries to escape the position.
Rodrigues is looking to control Gorgeous but Gorgeous is wriggling around and keeping busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Justin Rodrigues will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Gorgeous swats away the attempt to clinch by Rodrigues.
Gorgeous shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rodrigues as he jumps to the side.
Rodrigues tries to clinch up but Gorgeous circles away and keeps his distance.
Gorgeous avoids the head kick by Rodrigues.
Rodrigues tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gorgeous swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gorgeous keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.

Rodrigues feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Rodrigues trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gorgeous is trying to control the position but Rodrigues postures up.
Rodrigues passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Rodrigues advances to full mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodrigues scoring with strikes but Gorgeous is staying in there.
Gorgeous wants to control but Rodrigues is having none of it.
Rodrigues looking to control but Gorgeous is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rodrigues fails to move to back control.
Rodrigues takes Gorgeous's back.
Gorgeous is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues trying to control.

Rodrigues patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Rodrigues controlling well, preventing Gorgeous from escaping the position.
Rodrigues throwing damaging strikes from the back! Gorgeous could be in trouble here!

Rodrigues is looking for the choke from the back position but Gorgeous is controlling his hands well.

Rodrigues has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Gorgeous has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.

Rodrigues looking to break Gorgeous's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Gorgeous remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Rodrigues will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rodrigues working for a choke but Gorgeous is defending well.
Gorgeous tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Gorgeous wants to hold on but Rodrigues pushes him away.
Gorgeous's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Rodrigues trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gorgeous is desperately trying to improve his position but Rodrigues has a good base and remains in mount.
Rodrigues working away from the top, dropping strikes.

Rodrigues stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Rodrigues misses with a two punch combination.
Rodrigues misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gorgeous avoids the head kick by Rodrigues.
Gorgeous tries to clinch but Rodrigues is having none of it.

Rodrigues shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Gorgeous's guard.
Justin Rodrigues has got the better of the ground game so far.

Gorgeous has his foot on Rodrigues's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rodrigues works his way back into a safe position though.
Justin Rodrigues is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rodrigues content to stall in guard here.
Gorgeous looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rodrigues is one step ahead there.
George Gorgeous has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rodrigues trying to control but Gorgeous is working from the bottom.

And that's the end of the fight!
Justin Rodrigues comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rodrigues 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 27:30
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 26:30
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Justin Rodrigues!