PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paulo rodrigo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Obama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

rodrigo
vs
Obama

180 cm
22
165 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

188 cm
25
168 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo rodrigo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George Obama!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Obama tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but rodrigo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
rodrigo misses with a series of wild punches.
Obama tries to clinch but rodrigo moves out of range.
rodrigo moves out of range as Obama strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Obama looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
rodrigo misses with a body kick.

Obama has managed to clinch.
Obama wants to get back to striking at distance but rodrigo won't allow it.
Obama wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but rodrigo has him pressed against the cage.

Obama breaks from the clinch.
Obama misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Obama. rodrigo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Obama tries to clinch up but rodrigo circles away and keeps his distance.
rodrigo slips a jab and a cross from Obama.

rodrigo closes the distance and clinches.
rodrigo tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Obama just stands there and leans against the cage.

rodrigo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
rodrigo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Obama was well out of range. Poor timing from rodrigo.
Obama connects with a good right hand that stumbles rodrigo. rodrigo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
rodrigo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Obama fails with an attempt to clinch.
rodrigo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
rodrigo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Obama takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Obama tries to clinch but rodrigo moves out of range.
George Obama seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Obama stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from rodrigo.
rodrigo defending well as Obama loads up on a big left hand.

rodrigo moves into the clinch.
Obama has had enough of the clinch but rodrigo keeps him there for the moment.
Obama prevents the takedown attempt.

Obama escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Obama tries to clinch up.
rodrigo pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
rodrigo fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paulo rodrigo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Obama swings away with a body shot that misses
and rodrigo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
rodrigo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Obama.
Obama misses with a wild body shot.
rodrigo swings away with a body shot that misses

and Obama counters by clinching up.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
rodrigo struggles to land a body shot inside as Obama controls his hands.
Obama working some nice short punches in the clinch.

Obama pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
rodrigo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and rodrigo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
rodrigo lands with a cross.
Obama waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract rodrigo.
Obama misses with the combination.
Obama stuffs the takedown attempt from rodrigo. rodrigo gets slowly back to his feet.
Obama jabbing away but nothing is landing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Obama.
rodrigo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
rodrigo is looking to land body kicks.
Obama avoids the body shot from rodrigo.
A big right from rodrigo misses.
rodrigo wants to clinch.
George Obama is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Obama moves in looking to clinch but rodrigo pushes him off.
Obama throws a lazy right hand but rodrigo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Obama gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Obama preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
rodrigo throwing strikes from guard but Obama blocks nicely.
rodrigo wants to control from the top but Obama keeps moving.
rodrigo is in close to Obama's body, working some short punches and elbows.
rodrigo won't allow Obama to get back to his feet.
Obama is pulling down on rodrigo's head to control his posture.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
rodrigo trying to control but Obama is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Paulo rodrigo will probably get the nod.
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.

Obama tries to move into range but rodrigo moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

Obama rushes rodrigo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Obama breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
rodrigo ducks under a wild hook from Obama.
rodrigo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
rodrigo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

Obama forces rodrigo back against the cage and clinches.
Obama wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but rodrigo has him pressed against the cage.
Obama wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but rodrigo has him pressed against the cage.
Obama wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Obama looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Obama lands a left hand that snaps the head of rodrigo backwards.
Obama working aggressively here.
Obama wants to break free but rodrigo has control.
Obama misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Obama pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
rodrigo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Obama avoids the head kick by rodrigo.
Obama throws out a loose jab but rodrigo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Obama uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.

rodrigo closes the distance and pushes Obama back into the cage.
rodrigo holding his opponent close, against the cage.

The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
rodrigo breaks the clinch.
rodrigo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
rodrigo just misses with a punch to the body.
rodrigo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Obama lands a head shot.
rodrigo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

rodrigo shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Obama's guard.

rodrigo stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Paulo rodrigo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obama lands with an overhand left.
Obama misses with a jab to the body
and rodrigo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Obama tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Obama just misses with a punch to the body.
Obama moves out of range of the body kick from rodrigo.
rodrigo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
rodrigo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Obama.
The fight stays on the outside here - Obama looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
rodrigo throws a nice looking combination but Obama bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
rodrigo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
rodrigo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Obama moves away.
rodrigo slips a jab from Obama.
Nice body kick from rodrigo.
Obama is breathing heavily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obama is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
rodrigo keeps the fight on the outside.
Obama tries to close the distance and clinch up but rodrigo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
rodrigo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Obama.
Obama doesn't manage to clinch there - rodrigo circles away.
Obama tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
rodrigo throws a sloppy head kick and Obama moves out of range easily.
rodrigo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Obama tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Obama avoids a kick to the body.
rodrigo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Obama moves away.
Obama misses with a combination

and rodrigo counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Obama's guard now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
rodrigo forces his way into half guard.
rodrigo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Obama keeps working.
rodrigo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
rodrigo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
rodrigo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
rodrigo frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paulo rodrigo dominated that second 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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

rodrigo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Obama.
rodrigo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Obama moves away.
Obama misses with a body shot.
rodrigo fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Obama circles away from the clinch attempt.
rodrigo slips a straight right by Obama.

Obama clinches up with rodrigo and pushes him back against the cage.
rodrigo is trying to maintain a safe position but Obama gets an underhook and turns rodrigo into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Obama breaks from the clinch.
rodrigo shoots in for a takedown but Obama shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Obama uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before rodrigo has time to react.
rodrigo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Obama lands with a good body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Obama scores with a jab.
Obama avoids a kick to the body.
Obama doesn't manage to clinch there - rodrigo circles away.
rodrigo slips under a jab.
rodrigo tries to land a front kick but Obama steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Obama tries to clinch up but rodrigo circles away and keeps his distance.
Obama rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but rodrigo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Obama tries to close the distance and clinch but rodrigo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Obama moves out of range of the strikes.
Obama throws a right and a left that rodrigo avoids nicely.
Obama takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Obama punishes rodrigo's body with a nice straight punch.
rodrigo tries to close the distance and clinch but Obama swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
rodrigo fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paulo rodrigo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Obama moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
George Obama seems to be getting the better of the standup.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obama misses with a wild body shot.
Obama misses the jab.
Obama slips a jab and a cross from rodrigo.
Obama throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent rodrigo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from rodrigo.
rodrigo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
rodrigo tries for a takedown but Obama sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Obama cracks rodrigo with a good jab.
rodrigo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Obama.

rodrigo shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Obama wants to sweep here but rodrigo controlling him for the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as rodrigo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obama avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
rodrigo postures up in Obama's guard and throws a big left but Obama blocks it.
rodrigo throwing strikes from guard but Obama blocks nicely.
rodrigo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
rodrigo forces his way into half guard.

rodrigo wants to work for an arm triangle but Obama is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Obama tries to get to full guard but rodrigo has control of the leg.
rodrigo is pressing down on Obama's thigh, looking to free his foot. Obama is holding on for now.

rodrigo is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Obama is just riding it out for now. rodrigo eventually gives up the hold.

rodrigo is working for a kimura from half guard. He's really concentrating on the hold and it's allowed Obama to slip a leg under and get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
George Obama comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think rodrigo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight for Paulo rodrigo!
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight for Paulo rodrigo!
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight for Paulo rodrigo!

Paulo rodrigo wins by unanimous decision!