PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Proudstar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Rodrigues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

Proudstar
vs
Rodrigues

184 cm
27
205 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

180 cm
21
205 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Proudstar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rodrigo Rodrigues!
The judges for this bout are , and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rodrigues shoots in and bounces Proudstar off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.

Proudstar is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Rodrigues trying to control but Proudstar is working from the bottom.
Rodrigues passes Proudstar's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Proudstar tries to get to full guard but Rodrigues has control of the leg.

Proudstar looking for a kimura from the bottom but Rodrigues passes into side control!
Proudstar tries to bench press Rodrigues off him but Rodrigues keeps the position.

Rodrigues is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Proudstar is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Rodrigues is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Proudstar has escaped the position, nice work there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Rodrigues tries for a kimura but Proudstar is defending well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Proudstar is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Rodrigues tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Rodrigues has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!

Rodrigues is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Proudstar is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Rodrigues trying to control the action but Proudstar is working from the bottom.
Proudstar is trying to control Rodrigues's posture but Rodrigues avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Proudstar is avoiding damage well.
Proudstar is looking to reverse the position.

Rodrigues wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Proudstar, who protects the arm well.
Rodrigues wants to control but Proudstar is keeping him busy.
Proudstar manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.

Rodrigues is working for a kimura but Proudstar is defending it quite comfortably.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Proudstar is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Rodrigues pulls his head out easily.

Rodrigues is looking for a kimura but Proudstar is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Rodrigues to get the leverage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Proudstar looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rodrigues is looking to stall here but Proudstar recovers full guard.

Proudstar is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Rodrigues is aware though and is defending well.

Proudstar looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Rodrigues has picked Proudstar up and slammed him! Proudstar can't keep hold of the triangle and Rodrigues manages to pass to side control!
Proudstar is looking for a sweep.

Rodrigues is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Proudstar is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Rodrigues tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Rodrigues has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Proudstar tries to bench press Rodrigues off him but Rodrigues keeps the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Proudstar is working hard here to advance position.

Rodrigues working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Proudstar is trying to control Rodrigues's posture but Rodrigues avoids it.

Rodrigues looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Proudstar is looking to reverse the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Proudstar wants to control but Rodrigues postures up.
Proudstar gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Rodrigues is working for a kimura here but Proudstar manages to reverse the position and he's now in Rodrigues's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Rodrigues dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Rodrigues fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A telegraphed right hand from Proudstar misses the target.

Proudstar shoots in and gets a takedown into Rodrigues's guard.
Rodrigues bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Proudstar's guard.

Rodrigues is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Proudstar has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Rodrigues is looking to defend but Proudstar has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Rodrigues! Proudstar pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Rodrigues taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). James Proudstar!