PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Evan Danby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Danby
vs
Rodriguez

195 cm
18
218 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

195 cm
22
273 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Evan Danby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eddie Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danby throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rodriguez is looking to clinch but Danby is avoiding it.
Danby fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rodriguez manages to avoid it.
Danby keeps the fight on the outside.

Danby drives through with a takedown into guard.
Danby stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rodriguez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rodriguez wants to stand but Danby is controlling the position.
Danby won't allow Rodriguez to sweep him here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danby looking to pass the guard.
Danby working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danby postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Danby postures up in Rodriguez's guard and throws a big left but Rodriguez blocks it.

Rodriguez throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Danby keeps the fight on the outside.
Rodriguez should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Rodriguez wants to clinch.
Rodriguez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Danby avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rodriguez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rodriguez wants to clinch.

That's two 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.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Danby paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rodriguez wants to clinch.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Danby paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Danby paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rodriguez is looking to clinch but Danby is avoiding it.
Eddie Rodriguez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rodriguez wants to clinch up but Danby keeps it at a distance.
Rodriguez wants to clinch.
Rodriguez blocks a head kick by Danby.
Eddie Rodriguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Danby swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses.
Danby avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rodriguez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Danby misses with a looping left.
Rodriguez blocks a head kick by Danby.
Rodriguez fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fighters circling - Danby throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Danby tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodriguez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rodriguez tries to clinch up but Danby circles away and keeps his distance.
Rodriguez wants to clinch up but Danby keeps it at a distance.
Danby misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rodriguez looks to clinch

so Danby counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Danby thows a big elbow that misses.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Rodriguez can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rodriguez is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Danby accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Danby is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Danby in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rodriguez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Danby looking to pass the guard.
Danby is looking to work some ground and pound but Rodriguez has wrist control.
Rodriguez wants to stand but Danby is controlling the position.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Danby shoots in but Rodriguez avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Rodriguez closes the distance and clinches.
Danby wants to break free but Rodriguez has control.
Danby tries for a takedown but Rodriguez manages to get underhooks.
Rodriguez lands a nice knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Evan Danby dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Rodriguez clinches with his opponent.
Knees to the body from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez connects with a knee to the head.
Danby is trying to break the clinch but Rodriguez has him pressed against the cage.
Rodriguez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Danby wants to break free but Rodriguez has control.
Danby wants to break free but Rodriguez has control.
Danby wants a takedown but no success here.
Rodriguez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Danby is trying to break the clinch but Rodriguez has him pressed against the cage.
Rodriguez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Danby lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
with the fighters clinched against the cage, Rodriguez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but Danby is having none of it.
Danby throws a looping overhand right but Rodriguez ducks down to avoid it.
Rodriguez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rodriguez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

Rodriguez darts in and clinches Danby up against the cage.
Rodriguez is stalling here.
Danby tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rodriguez smiles and moves away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head kick misses from Danby.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rodriguez lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A slapping body kick lands there for Rodriguez.
Rodriguez wants to clinch.
Danby throws a body punch but Rodriguez moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but Danby is having none of it.
Danby throws a head kick that misses.
Danby keeps the fight on the outside.
Some wild striking there from Rodriguez.
Danby misses with a wild body shot.
Rodriguez tries to move into range but Danby moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rodriguez blocks a head kick by Danby.
Rodriguez tries to clinch there but Danby circles away.
Rodriguez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Danby.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Danby throws a lazy head kick

and Rodriguez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Danby is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Danby is trying to break free.
Danby wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rodriguez has him pressed against the cage.
Rodriguez keeps control of Danby as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Danby is working for takedown but Rodriguez is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Evan Danby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Danby tries for a takedown. No joy.
Danby takes an elbow to the temple.
Rodriguez with a knee to the head.
Danby is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rodriguez gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rodriguez crunches a lovely knee into Danby's ribcage.
Rodriguez scores with a shoulder strike.
Rodriguez lands with a short shot to the head.
Danby tries to pull guard but Rodriguez holds him up against the cage and eventually Danby drops back down to his feet.
A short uppercut from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez tries a knee to the head but Danby blocks it.
Danby wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Danby wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Danby wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rodriguez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Danby is looking to break free of the clinch but Rodriguez has double underhooks.
Rodriguez landing knees to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rodriguez scores with a hook to the body.

Rodriguez lands a big knee from the Thai clinch and Danby goes down hard! The ref takes a good look at him but he's still defending himself. Rodriguez in side control.

Danby is rocked!
Danby tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Oh Danby is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rodriguez wants to stand but Danby has his arm trapped.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Danby tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Danby seems to have got his legs back now.

Rodriguez decides to stand back up.
Danby keeps the fight on the outside.
Danby shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Rodriguez as he jumps to the side.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but Danby moves out of range.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Danby swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rodriguez is looking to clinch but Danby is avoiding it.
Rodriguez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Danby swats away the attempt to clinch by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez doesn't manage to clinch there - Danby circles away.
Rodriguez moves in looking to clinch but Danby pushes him off.
Rodriguez fails with an attempt to clinch.

Rodriguez has managed to clinch.
Rodriguez stops a takedown attempt from Danby.
Danby is trying to break free.
Rodriguez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Danby takes a knee right on the jaw!
Danby has Rodriguez pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rodriguez manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
A bit of stalling here from Rodriguez.
Danby wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rodriguez scores with a knee to the head.
Danby takes a knee right on the jaw!

Danby is rocked!
Rodriguez prevents Danby from breaking the clinch.
Rodriguez trying to stall but Danby improves his position.
Rodriguez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Danby is looking to break free of the clinch but Rodriguez has double underhooks.
Danby takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rodriguez stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Danby wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rodriguez landing knees to the body.
Danby has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rodriguez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Rodriguez holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Rodriguez makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rodriguez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Oh Danby is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rodriguez scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Rodriguez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Danby avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Danby fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rodriguez is looking to clinch but Danby is avoiding it.
Danby seems to have got his legs back now.
Danby ducks into an uppercut from Rodriguez and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Eddie Rodriguez!