PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chris Booger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Rodrigues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodrigues has chosen Reno as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Booger
vs
Rodrigues

185 cm
24
185 lbs
8 - 6 - 0

178 cm
27
180 lbs
16 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chris Booger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gabriel Rodrigues!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Booger moves into range and connects with a jab.

It looks like Gabriel Rodrigues has been cut.

Booger pushes Rodrigues up against the cage in a clinch.
Booger effectively controlling the action here.
Booger is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Rodrigues is defending well.
Booger goes for a takedown attempt but Rodrigues pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Rodrigues turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rodrigues misses with a low kick.
Booger checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Booger wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Booger fails with the takedown
and Rodrigues makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Booger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodrigues stuffs the takedown attempt from Booger. Booger gets slowly back to his feet.
Rodrigues looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Booger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rodrigues.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Booger fails with the takedown
and Rodrigues counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Booger is breathing heavily.

Booger shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Booger showed some decent athleticism there.

Rodrigues is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Booger pulls his head out easily.
Rodrigues is looking to control Booger's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Rodrigues avoid being mounted?
Booger looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Booger is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Booger thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rodrigues's head.

Rodrigues actively working from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Rodrigues looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rodrigues trying to get back to full guard but Booger takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Rodrigues is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Booger fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodrigues is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rodrigues is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Booger scoring with strikes but Rodrigues is staying in there.
Rodrigues is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Booger landing shots from mount.

Rodrigues is rocked!

That has opened up Gabriel Rodrigues's cut even more.
Booger postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Rodrigues in real trouble here! The ref calls for Rodrigues to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Booger!
In his post fight interview, Chris Booger started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.