PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between KO King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Rodrigues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

King
vs
Rodrigues

225 cm
25
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 1

200 cm
25
180 lbs
7 - 5 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Cage Wars Nutrition

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, KO King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabio Rodrigues!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Fabio Rodrigues has been cut.
King looks to land a combination but Rodrigues avoids it well.
King moves out of range of the leg kick from Rodrigues.
Rodrigues circles away from the clinch attempt.
King pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rodrigues blocks a head kick by King.
Rodrigues fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but King is out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - King looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rodrigues throws a wild body kick that King sees coming a mile off.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rodrigues swats him away and circles back towards the center.
King throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Rodrigues closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodrigues misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from King.
King trying to land knees to the body.
Rodrigues is pushing King up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

King pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
King throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
King moves out of range of the body kick from Rodrigues.
King clinches but Rodrigues breaks the clinch

and Rodrigues counters by clinching up.
Rodrigues is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rodrigues tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.
Rodrigues missing with knees to the body.
Rodrigues tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.
The referee calls for Rodrigues to work.
King managing to block the knees to the body from Rodrigues.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The referee is keeping an eye on Rodrigues - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
King blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rodrigues has had enough of the clinch but King keeps him there for the moment.
King managing to block the knees to the body from Rodrigues.

Rodrigues breaks from the clinch.

Rodrigues gets a clinch.
Rodrigues stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rodrigues trying to stall but King improves his position.
King managing to block the knees to the body from Rodrigues.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rodrigues receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Rodrigues won't allow it.
Rodrigues is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. King is defending well for now.
Rodrigues has King pressed against the ropes, preventing King from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
King on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rodrigues stalling against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

KO King dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fabio Rodrigues's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

King wants to clinch

and Rodrigues counters by clinching up.
Rodrigues is struggling to control the position.
Rodrigues is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. King is defending well for now.
Rodrigues wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but King has him pressed against the ropes.
Rodrigues misses with a knee strike.
King has had enough of the clinch but Rodrigues keeps him there for the moment.
King tries to stall but Rodrigues uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rodrigues tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.
King throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

King manages to break the clinch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Rodrigues in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
King closes the distance but Rodrigues moves to the side

and Rodrigues counters by moving into the clinch.
Rodrigues stalling.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by King as Rodrigues tries to tie him up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodrigues is struggling to control the position.
King wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Fabio Rodrigues.
Rodrigues looking to land some kicks to the body here.
King throws a leg kick but Rodrigues sees it coming and moves out of range.
Rodrigues tries to land a front kick but King steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.

Rodrigues darts in and clinches King up against the ropes.
Rodrigues trying to land knees to the body.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rodrigues as King tries to tie him up.
The referee calls for Rodrigues to work.
King looking to throw knees to the head but Rodrigues is blocking nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rodrigues wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rodrigues wants to get back to striking at distance but King won't allow it.
Rodrigues avoids a wild elbow strike from King.
Rodrigues missing with knees to the body.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
King letting Rodrigues take a breather here.
Rodrigues misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from King.
King keeps control of Rodrigues as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rodrigues is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. King is defending well for now.
Rodrigues just leaning against King, taking a breather.
King blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rodrigues missing with knees to the body.

King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rodrigues pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rodrigues pivots, looking for a leg kick but King is out of range and Rodrigues settles back down.
King tries to clinch up

and Rodrigues counters by clinching up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fabio Rodrigues showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Fabio Rodrigues's cut.
That's time! King's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

King is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rodrigues.
Rodrigues keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rodrigues looking to land some kicks to the body here.
King fails to land with a series of punches.

Rodrigues drives through and clinches with King against the ropes.

Rodrigues pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
King misses with a combination

and Rodrigues counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Rodrigues.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodrigues is trying to break free.
Rodrigues keeps control of King as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
King is trying to break the clinch but Rodrigues is controlling him.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
King looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rodrigues wants to break the clinch but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King taking a breather.
Rodrigues is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rodrigues lands a body shot.
Rodrigues prevents King from breaking the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A right handed body shot lands from Rodrigues.
King blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rodrigues leaning against his opponent.
Rodrigues tries to break free but King pushes him back against the ropes.
Rodrigues is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. King is defending well for now.
King wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rodrigues stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rodrigues is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. King is defending well for now.
Rodrigues wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Rodrigues pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rodrigues blocks a head kick by King.
Rodrigues walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. King checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
King moves out of range as Rodrigues throws a body kick.
Rodrigues misses with a low kick.

That's two 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.
Rodrigues misses with a low kick as King jumps back.
Rodrigues throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.

Rodrigues forces King back against the ropes and clinches.
Rodrigues missing with knees to the body.
Rodrigues is pushing King up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
King tries to stall but Rodrigues uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
King on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
King on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rodrigues wants to get back to striking at distance but King won't allow it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rodrigues tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.
King keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rodrigues's efforts to push away.
Rodrigues just leaning against King, taking a breather.

And that's the end of the fight!
Fabio Rodrigues comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rodrigues has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29

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