PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Rodrigues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bas Naaktgeboren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodrigues comes to the ring accompanied by Reno. Bas Naaktgeboren has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Gabriel Rodrigues's chin.

Rodrigues
vs
Naaktgeboren

178 cm
23
164 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

184 cm
25
184 lbs
10 - 10 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gabriel Rodrigues!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bas Naaktgeboren!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch but Rodrigues moves out of range.
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch but Rodrigues moves out of range.
Bas Naaktgeboren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodrigues getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Naaktgeboren is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rodrigues shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Naaktgeboren but Naaktgeboren pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Naaktgeboren throws a series of punches but Rodrigues moves out of range.
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch but Rodrigues is having none of it.
Rodrigues shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Naaktgeboren as he avoids it easily.
Naaktgeboren doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodrigues circles away.
Naaktgeboren is looking to clinch.
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch up.
Naaktgeboren wants to clinch up but Rodrigues keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodrigues shoots in and drives through. Naaktgeboren sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Rodrigues. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Naaktgeboren is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rodrigues circles away from the clinch attempt.
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch up but Rodrigues circles away and keeps his distance.
Rodrigues throws a push kick but Naaktgeboren slaps the foot to one side.
The fight stays on the outside here - Naaktgeboren looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Naaktgeboren lands a nice looking body kick.
Rodrigues swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Naaktgeboren.
Rodrigues keeps the fight on the outside.
Naaktgeboren tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodrigues swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch but Rodrigues is having none of it.
Rodrigues takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rodrigues swats away the attempt to clinch by Naaktgeboren.
Naaktgeboren fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rodrigues lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Naaktgeboren circles away quickly and effectively.
Naaktgeboren looks to land a body kick but Rodrigues moved away.
Naaktgeboren misses with a kick to the body.
Naaktgeboren wants to clinch up but Rodrigues keeps it at a distance.
Naaktgeboren throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rodrigues counters with a nice body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rodrigues lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Naaktgeboren has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Naaktgeboren and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rodrigues circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rodrigues counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues connects with a jab.
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch

and Rodrigues decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Naaktgeboren's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Naaktgeboren utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rodrigues wants to pass the guard but Naaktgeboren is keeping the position.
Rodrigues won't allow Naaktgeboren to sweep him here.

Rodrigues gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Rodrigues fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Naaktgeboren rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rodrigues moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rodrigues lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Naaktgeboren circles away quickly and effectively.
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch
and Rodrigues counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rodrigues throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naaktgeboren wants to clinch but Rodrigues slips to the side

and Rodrigues counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Naaktgeboren looks gassed!
Naaktgeboren can't keep his opponent in guard - Rodrigues advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Rodrigues tries to pass to full mount but Naaktgeboren defends it.
Naaktgeboren trying to control but Rodrigues postures up.
Rodrigues prevents Naaktgeboren from improving his position.
Naaktgeboren taking some punishment here, with Rodrigues in his half guard.

Rodrigues escapes and gets back to his feet.
Naaktgeboren feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rodrigues's calf.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues misses with the combination.
Rodrigues shoots in for a double leg but Naaktgeboren sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Naaktgeboren looks to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch but Rodrigues moves away
and Rodrigues counters with a nice body shot.
Rodrigues connects with a solid leg kick.
Naaktgeboren tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Rodrigues counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rodrigues is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Naaktgeboren is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rodrigues lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Naaktgeboren gets full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Rodrigues dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Naaktgeboren walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rodrigues lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rodrigues fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Naaktgeboren takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Naaktgeboren wants to clinch

and Rodrigues counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

Rodrigues stands up from Naaktgeboren's guard - Rodrigues perhaps looking for a knockout.
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch but Rodrigues moves away
and Rodrigues counters with a right hand to the body.
Rodrigues throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Naaktgeboren.
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!
Rodrigues lands a right hook to the body.
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch but Rodrigues moves away
and Rodrigues counters with a one-two to the body.
Naaktgeboren darts in trying to clinch
and Rodrigues counters with a three punch combo that has Naaktgeboren backing up. Naaktgeboren nods at Rodrigues to acknowledge the strikes.
Naaktgeboren is breathing heavily.
A left and a right from Rodrigues both land. Nice combination.

Rodrigues tries to keep at a distance but Naaktgeboren has taken the fight into the clinch.

Naaktgeboren breaks from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodrigues will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Naaktgeboren throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Rodrigues to counter with a crisp jab.
Rodrigues buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rodrigues scores with a shot to the body.
Naaktgeboren gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Naaktgeboren takes one on the button.
Rodrigues throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Rodrigues here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Rodrigues lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Naaktgeboren at a distance.
Rodrigues misses with a jab, cross combination.
Naaktgeboren avoids the head kick by Rodrigues.
Naaktgeboren clinches but Rodrigues breaks the clinch
and Rodrigues counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rodrigues scores with a shot to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rodrigues.
Naaktgeboren closes the distance but Rodrigues moves to the side
and Rodrigues counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues closes the distance and clinches up with Naaktgeboren, looking for a takedown. Rodrigues pushes Naaktgeboren against the ropes but Naaktgeboren circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A punch combination from Rodrigues misses.
Naaktgeboren darts in trying to clinch
and Rodrigues counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch but Rodrigues moves away
and Rodrigues cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rodrigues scores with a leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rodrigues scores with a nice right hand.
Naaktgeboren takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gabriel Rodrigues is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rodrigues throws a leg kick but Naaktgeboren sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A good leg kick by Rodrigues.
Naaktgeboren closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rodrigues counters with a straight right hand.
Rodrigues throws a series of punches but Naaktgeboren moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naaktgeboren clinches but Rodrigues breaks the clinch
and Rodrigues counters with a three punch combo that has Naaktgeboren backing up. Naaktgeboren nods at Rodrigues to acknowledge the strikes.
A head kick by Naaktgeboren misses
and Rodrigues counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rodrigues lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Naaktgeboren slaps away a takedown attempt from Rodrigues, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Rodrigues circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rodrigues counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Rodrigues throws a nice inside leg kick.
A head kick from Rodrigues lands but Naaktgeboren takes it in his stride.
Rodrigues shoots in for a takedown but Naaktgeboren shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gabriel Rodrigues. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rodrigues with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rodrigues's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Rodrigues duly obliges.
Naaktgeboren shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Naaktgeboren misses with a double jab
and Rodrigues makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naaktgeboren doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rodrigues scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bas Naaktgeboren is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rodrigues connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rodrigues counters with a two punch combo.
Gabriel Rodrigues is winning the standup battle so far.
Rodrigues takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Naaktgeboren has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rodrigues ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Rodrigues scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.

Rodrigues stands up out of the half guard.
Rodrigues digs a good body shot into Naaktgeboren's ribs.
Rodrigues closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rodrigues throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rodrigues throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch up
and Naaktgeboren takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gabriel Rodrigues dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

A head kick misses from Rodrigues.
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch up
and Rodrigues counters with a nice uppercut.
Naaktgeboren bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rodrigues is looking to chop away at Naaktgeboren's legs.
Rodrigues shoots in but Naaktgeboren avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch up
and Rodrigues counters with a right hand to the body.
Naaktgeboren tries to land a leg kick but Rodrigues saw it coming and moves away.
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch
and Rodrigues counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rodrigues throws a push kick but Naaktgeboren slaps the foot to one side.
Naaktgeboren takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rodrigues tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Naaktgeboren was well out of range. Poor timing from Rodrigues.
Naaktgeboren wants to clinch but Rodrigues slips to the side
and Rodrigues counters with an inside leg kick.
Jab, jab by Rodrigues - just one landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodrigues lands a lovely overhand right.
Rodrigues scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Naaktgeboren doesn't seem bothered though.
Naaktgeboren blocks a low kick nicely.
Rodrigues misses with a head kick.
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch but Rodrigues moves away

and Rodrigues counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Rodrigues.
Rodrigues trying to stand up but can't free himself from Naaktgeboren's guard.

Rodrigues gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Naaktgeboren closes the distance but Rodrigues moves to the side

so Rodrigues counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rodrigues would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Naaktgeboren working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rodrigues.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues working some strikes from top position.
Naaktgeboren has a closed guard, preventing Rodrigues from standing up.
Rodrigues throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Naaktgeboren works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

Naaktgeboren had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Rodrigues defends it easily.
Rodrigues stops Naaktgeboren from standing up.

Rodrigues stands up from Naaktgeboren's guard - Rodrigues perhaps looking for a knockout.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rodrigues. Naaktgeboren shrugs it off though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naaktgeboren closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rodrigues counters with a nice low kick that buckles Naaktgeboren's knee momentarily.
Rodrigues misses with a wild combination.
Rodrigues is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Naaktgeboren can do to turn this around?
Naaktgeboren closes the distance but Rodrigues moves to the side
and Naaktgeboren takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rodrigues slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Rodrigues tries a head kick but it misses.
Bas Naaktgeboren has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Naaktgeboren's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rodrigues throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice cross by Rodrigues.
A good leg kick by Rodrigues.
Naaktgeboren takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Naaktgeboren takes one on the button.
Rodrigues throws a wild body kick that Naaktgeboren sees coming a mile off.
A punch lands to the side of Naaktgeboren 's head but he takes it in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Naaktgeboren tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rodrigues counters with a nice leg kick.
Rodrigues lands with a right hand.
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch
and Rodrigues counters with a straight right hand.
Rodrigues throws a front kick that sends Naaktgeboren stumbling back into the ropes.
Rodrigues thuds his right hand into Naaktgeboren's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Naaktgeboren wants to clinch
and Rodrigues counters with a nice uppercut.
Rodrigues lands a jab to the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rodrigues.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rodrigues lands a nice looking body shot.
Naaktgeboren tries to clinch
and Rodrigues counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rodrigues's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Rodrigues duly obliges.
Rodrigues fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Naaktgeboren.

And that's the end of the fight!
Gabriel Rodrigues showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rodrigues, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:26
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:26

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