PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rza Reckta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bender Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reckta comes into the arena with Bring The Pain blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Reckta
vs
Rodriguez

195 cm
28
194 lbs
15 - 8 - 1

185 cm
28
201 lbs
14 - 14 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

5th Round
Crippler's Corner

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rza Reckta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bender Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez fails in his attempt to clinch.

Reckta looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reckta stops Rodriguez from getting back to his feet.
Reckta not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Reckta thows a huge punch but Rodriguez dodges it nicely.
Rodriguez is looking to escape.
Reckta throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

Reckta seems to be looking for submissions.
Reckta not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Rodriguez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Reckta.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reckta throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rodriguez is trying to stand.
Reckta thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reckta thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rodriguez's head.
Reckta thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rodriguez's head.
Rodriguez is not content to let Reckta control the position.
Rodriguez has hold of Reckta's hands but Reckta slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Reckta is looking to take a break and control but Rodriguez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Reckta lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Reckta trying to mount his opponent but Rodriguez defends it.
Reckta missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reckta missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

Reckta is looking for a kimura here.
Rodriguez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Reckta.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Reckta lands a nice short elbow.
Reckta trying to advance position but Rodriguez counters by regaining guard.
Reckta postures up in Rodriguez's guard and throws a big left but Rodriguez blocks it.
Rodriguez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Reckta.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Reckta lands a couple of elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Reckta accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Reckta 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.
Rodriguez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rodriguez seems keen to control Reckta's posture.
Reckta trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Reckta throwing strikes but missing.
Reckta prevents Rodriguez from getting back to his feet.
Reckta with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reckta missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Reckta working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Rodriguez wants to stand and escape but Reckta is having none of it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Reckta accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Reckta lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Reckta throwing strikes from guard but Rodriguez blocks nicely.
Rodriguez wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Rodriguez looking for a sweep. Not yet Rodriguez, not yet.
Rodriguez looks gassed!
Reckta working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Reckta thows a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rza Reckta dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Reckta misses the jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Reckta misses the target.
Reckta misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Reckta throws out a powerful jab.
Rza Reckta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Reckta misses with a hook.
Reckta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rodriguez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Reckta moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reckta manages to avoid it.
Reckta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Reckta lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rodriguez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rodriguez throws a right hand that Reckta ducks under and follows up with a left that Reckta also avoids with ease.
Rodriguez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Reckta manages to avoid it.
Rodriguez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Reckta keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rodriguez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Rodriguez wants it to stay on the feet.
Rodriguez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Reckta.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rza Reckta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rodriguez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Reckta swings for the body but Rodriguez moves out of range.
Rodriguez misses the jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rodriguez tries to move into range but Reckta moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Reckta bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Reckta lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rodriguez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rodriguez throws a jab when Reckta was well out of range.
Rodriguez lands with a shot to the body.
Reckta misses with a hook.
Reckta misses with a takedown attempt - Rodriguez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Rodriguez moves in looking to clinch but Reckta pushes him off.
Reckta scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reckta scores with a body shot.
Reckta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rodriguez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rodriguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rodriguez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Reckta.
Reckta misses with the combination.
Reckta swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Reckta paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Reckta on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bender Rodriguez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Reckta ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Reckta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rodriguez throws a big shot that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Reckta misses the body punch
letting Rodriguez counter with a right hand.
Reckta throws a hook but Rodriguez blocks it.
Rodriguez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rodriguez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Reckta.
Rodriguez is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Rodriguez misses with a wild combination.
Nice defenses there by Rodriguez.
A punch combination from Rodriguez misses.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Reckta lands a body shot.
A jab from Rodriguez misses.
A punch lands to the side of Reckta 's head but he takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Rza Reckta will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Reckta scores with a jab to the jaw.
Reckta tries to score with a low kick but Rodriguez moves his leg out of the way.
A shot to the body from Rodriguez misses
and Reckta cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rodriguez slips under a jab from Reckta.
Rodriguez throws out a loose jab but Reckta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rodriguez connects with a single shot there.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Reckta throws the left hand but Rodriguez avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rodriguez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Reckta closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Rodriguez did well to prevent Reckta getting side control.
Rodriguez is trying to stand back up but Reckta is controlling him

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reckta throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Reckta looks to land a strike but Rodriguez avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Reckta preventing the sweep.
Rodriguez wants to stand but Reckta is controlling the position.
Reckta advances to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Reckta lands a nice short elbow.
Reckta missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Reckta prevents Rodriguez from improving his position.
Rodriguez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rodriguez is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Reckta takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bender Rodriguez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reckta scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rodriguez is refusing to be controlled, as Reckta sits in half guard.
Rodriguez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Reckta throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rodriguez is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Reckta's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Reckta's back!
Rodriguez struggling to keep hold of the position.
Reckta holding both Rodriguez 's hands and preventing any damage.
Reckta rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reckta is doing well to control the position and prevent Rodriguez from advancing to side control.
Reckta is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Reckta blocking the ground and pound attempt from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Reckta.
Reckta is looking to control Rodriguez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Reckta avoid being mounted?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Reckta preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Rodriguez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Reckta manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rodriguez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Reckta getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Nice takedown defense from Rodriguez. No joy for Reckta on that attempt.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rza Reckta showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Reckta has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rza Reckta!