PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brock Letters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rogelio Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Letters kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is ABC 123. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Letters
vs
Rodriguez

173 cm
24
177 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

180 cm
21
180 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful

XTREME PWNAGE
[JMFC] 160!

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brock Letters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rogelio Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Letters cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Letters fails with the takedown
and Rodriguez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rodriguez scores with a nice strike.

Letters darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Rodriguez is refusing to be controlled, as Letters sits in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Letters is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Letters is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Rodriguez trying to get back to full guard but Letters takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Rodriguez tries to hold on but Letters postures up.

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.
Letters trying to control but Rodriguez is having none of it.
Letters is trying to control here but Rodriguez has managed to regain half guard.
Rodriguez wants to control but Letters is keeping busy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Letters is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Rodriguez is trying is best to control the position here.

Letters is looking for a kimura here.
Rodriguez wants to improve his position but Letters is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

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.
Letters trying to control the action but Rodriguez is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Letters thows a huge punch but Rodriguez dodges it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rogelio Rodriguez 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.

Rodriguez connects with a looping right hand.
Rodriguez misses with a body punch

and Letters moves into the clinch.

Letters pulls guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rodriguez trying to control the position from guard on top but Letters is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rodriguez slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Letters keeping moving, preventing Rodriguez from controlling successfully.
Letters is trying to keep Rodriguez in close.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Letters has momentary wrist control but Rodriguez slips an elbow through the middle.
Letters looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rodriguez works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Rodriguez is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Rodriguez thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Letters's head.
Rodriguez is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Letters!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letters tries to reverse the position but Rodriguez maintains control.
Rodriguez has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Letters's face.
Rodriguez with good strikes from the mount here!
Rodriguez trying to control but Letters is having none of it.
BOOM! Rodriguez connects with a massive shot to the dome!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rodriguez with the ground and pound from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letters is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Rodriguez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Letters is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rodriguez raining down shots from the mount!
Rodriguez in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Rodriguez with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodriguez lands with some strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez raining down shots from the mount!
Letters takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rodriguez trying to control but Letters is having none of it.
A nice elbow there by Rodriguez.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rodriguez lands a heavy elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rogelio Rodriguez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!

Rodriguez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A lazy left from Rodriguez finds it's target.
Rodriguez misses with a body shot.
Letters doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodriguez circles away.
Letters with a poor takedown
and Rodriguez counters with a nice uppercut.
Rodriguez lands a glancing blow to the side of Letters's head.
Rodriguez has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rodriguez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rodriguez jabs at Letters's body.
Rodriguez lands a body shot.
Rodriguez lands a nice shot that snaps Letters's head back.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rodriguez scores with a jab to the body.
Rodriguez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Letters takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rogelio Rodriguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodriguez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Letters.
Brock Letters is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rodriguez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Letters keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Letters takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rodriguez works the jab nicely.
Letters takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rodriguez lands a two punch combo.
Rodriguez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Letters takes one to the chin there.
Rodriguez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rodriguez misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Letters moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Letters avoids a punch combination nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rodriguez lands a nice looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rodriguez. Letters does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rodriguez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rodriguez works Letters's body with a nice hook.
Jab from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez scores with a punch to the head.
Rogelio Rodriguez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Rodriguez.
Letters takes one on the button.
Rodriguez stuns Letters with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Letters on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rodriguez scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rodriguez connects with the punch.
Letters takes a shot to the body in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Letters tries to move into range but Rodriguez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rodriguez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Letters rather than just go for the knockout.
Rodriguez scores with a jab to the body.
Letters walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Rodriguez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rodriguez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Letters looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rodriguez cracks Letters with an open hand slap.
Rodriguez thuds a left hand into Letters's body.
Rodriguez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rodriguez lands a nice hook to Letters's body. Letters takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rodriguez jabs Letters to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rodriguez scores with a jab.
Rogelio Rodriguez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rogelio Rodriguez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A jab lands there for Rodriguez.
Nice cross by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rodriguez lands with a right hand.
Letters on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Brock Letters has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rodriguez scores with a decent looking hook.

And that's the end of the fight!
Rogelio Rodriguez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rodriguez winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 25:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 26:29
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rogelio Rodriguez!