PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Armondo Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodriguez comes to the cage accompanied by LOSTPROPHETS - Wake Up (Make A Move) . 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?

Rodriguez
vs
Williams

193 cm
26
185 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

189 cm
27
193 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Armondo Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Williams!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the body from Williams misses
and Rodriguez counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Williams attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Williams wants to clinch.
Rodriguez lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Williams takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rodriguez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A shot to the liver by Rodriguez. Beautiful body shot.
A clash of legs there as Rodriguez blocks the low kick.
Williams throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rodriguez lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Williams attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Williams dodges the punch combination from Rodriguez.
Armondo Rodriguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A chopping leg kick lands by Williams.
Williams shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rodriguez fails to land with a series of punches.
Williams tries to clinch up but Rodriguez circles away and keeps his distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rodriguez.
Williams tries to clinch up but Rodriguez circles away and keeps his distance.
Williams avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rodriguez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Williams throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rodriguez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rodriguez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Williams is looking to clinch.
Williams looks to throw the jab but Rodriguez is out of range.
Rodriguez jabs Williams to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rodriguez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rodriguez is looking to wear down Williams with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rodriguez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rodriguez avoids a kick to the body.

Rodriguez pushes Williams up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams wants to break free but Rodriguez has control.
Rodriguez can't break the clinch.
Rodriguez is trying to break the clinch but Williams is controlling him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rodriguez wants to break free but Williams has control.

Rodriguez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rodriguez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Williams.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Williams tries to clinch but Rodriguez is having none of it.
Williams moves to clinch but Rodriguez breaks away
and Rodriguez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Williams misses with a kick to the body.
Rodriguez throws a series of punches but Williams avoids them all with ease.
Rodriguez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rodriguez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rodriguez checks the leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Williams takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rodriguez swinging wildly here.
Williams throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rodriguez throws a predictable looking body shot
and Williams counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
A right-left combo lands from Rodriguez.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Rodriguez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Williams has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Sloppy strikes from Rodriguez. Those never looked like landing.

Rodriguez gets tackled into the cage by Williams. Williams maintains the clinch.
Rodriguez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rodriguez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rodriguez is defending well for now.
Rodriguez can't break the clinch.

Rodriguez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rodriguez swinging wildly here.
Rodriguez misses with a wild combination.
Rodriguez is breathing heavily.
Rodriguez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Williams connects with a solid leg kick.
Williams throws a head kick that misses.
A good leg kick by Williams.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rodriguez moves out of range of the body kick from Williams.
Rodriguez scores with a one two! Williams had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Williams is looking to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams is looking to clinch.
Williams wants to clinch.
Williams lands a leg kick that knocks Rodriguez off balance momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Armondo Rodriguez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Some wild striking there from Rodriguez.
Williams tries to clinch up but Rodriguez circles away and keeps his distance.
That kick from Williams tenderised Rodriguez's leg. Rodriguez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rodriguez throws a series of strikes that have Williams backpedaling.
Williams moves in looking to clinch but Rodriguez pushes him off.
A telegraphed right hand from Williams misses the target.
Armondo Rodriguez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rodriguez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Williams eats them both and turns towards Rodriguez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

Rodriguez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rodriguez is trying to break the clinch but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
Williams wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rodriguez can't break the clinch.
Rodriguez blocks the elbow strike.
Williams keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Rodriguez's efforts to push away.
Rodriguez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Williams tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Williams is trying to maintain a safe position but Rodriguez gets an underhook and turns Williams into the cage.
Williams is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Rodriguez has denied him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Williams tries to land knees in the clinch but Rodriguez avoids the damage to the body.
Rodriguez avoiding damage as Williams throws knees to the body.
Rodriguez is trying to break the clinch but Williams is controlling him.

Williams manages to break the clinch.
Rodriguez thuds his right hand into Williams's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rodriguez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Armondo Rodriguez is winning the standup battle so far.
Rodriguez keeps the fight on the outside.
Rodriguez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Williams counters with a leg kick.
Rodriguez throws a body punch but Williams moves out of range.
Williams swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Williams throws a low kick, looking for Rodriguez's leg but Rodriguez calmly moves out of range.
Rodriguez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rodriguez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Williams throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a head kick.
Williams looks to score with a jab to the body but Rodriguez is just out of range.
Williams looks to clinch
and Rodriguez counters with a three punch combo that has Williams backing up. Williams nods at Rodriguez to acknowledge the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rodriguez throws a series of punches but Williams avoids them all with ease.
Rodriguez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williams.
Rodriguez throws a nice looking combination but Williams bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rodriguez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

Williams closes the distance and clinches.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rodriguez managing to block the knees to the body from Williams.
Williams can't break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Williams.
Rodriguez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Williams throws an elbow that misses.
Rodriguez is trying to break the clinch but Williams has him pressed against the cage.
Williams keeps control of Rodriguez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rodriguez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

Rodriguez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Williams tries to clinch up.
Rodriguez keeps the fight on the outside.
Rodriguez lands an overhand right.
Williams swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rodriguez counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rodriguez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Williams tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rodriguez fails to land with a series of punches.
Rodriguez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Williams counters with a head kick.
Williams tries to clinch but Rodriguez is having none of it.
Rodriguez looks to score with a jab to the body but Williams is just out of range.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Rodriguez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rodriguez misses with a wild combination.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Williams.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodriguez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Williams tries to clinch there but Rodriguez circles away.
Rodriguez blocks a head kick by Williams.
Rodriguez slips under a jab.
Rodriguez lands a jab to the head.
Rodriguez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Williams showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rodriguez.
Some wild striking there from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rodriguez on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Williams. Williams obviously looking to wear him down.
Williams is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Williams tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rodriguez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Shane Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

No joy there for Rodriguez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Williams connects with a high kick.
Williams misses with a body shot.
Williams throws the kick towards the body but Rodriguez avoids it.
Rodriguez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
An inside leg kick lands from Williams.
Rodriguez ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Williams tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rodriguez counters with a nice body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Rodriguez.
Nice defenses there by Rodriguez.
Williams throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rodriguez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Williams tries to clinch there but Rodriguez circles away.
A punch combination from Rodriguez misses.
Rodriguez scores with a one two! Williams had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rodriguez takes one to the chin there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams lands a leg kick that knocks Rodriguez off balance momentarily.
Rodriguez misses with a two punch combination.
Rodriguez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Williams doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodriguez circles away.
Williams looks to land a right hand but Rodriguez moved out of range.
Rodriguez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Williams throws a series of punches but Rodriguez avoids them all with ease.
A clash of legs there as Rodriguez blocks the low kick.
Williams lands with a kick to the ribs.
Williams tries a head kick but it misses.
Williams tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Rodriguez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rodriguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Williams has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Williams there as he acknowledges the shot.
Williams throws a hook to the side of Rodriguez's head but Rodriguez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Williams throws a head kick that misses.
Rodriguez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Williams eats them both and turns towards Rodriguez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Rodriguez misses with a series of wild punches.
Danga de danga de dang - Rodriguez scores with a four punch combination!
Rodriguez misses with a few strikes there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sloppy strikes from Rodriguez. Those never looked like landing.
Williams looks for the body kick but Rodriguez saw that one coming.
Williams slips a jab and a cross from Rodriguez.
Williams throws a right hand that Rodriguez ducks under and follows up with a left that Rodriguez also avoids with ease.
Williams lands a head kick!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a nice outside leg kick.
Williams tries to clinch up.
Williams wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Williams tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Rodriguez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rodriguez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Williams moves away.
Williams connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rodriguez's hands.
Williams throws a head kick that half lands.
Rodriguez slips under a jab from Williams.
No joy there for Rodriguez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Williams wants to clinch.
Rodriguez throws a nice looking combination but Williams bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Williams pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Williams misses with a body kick.
Williams lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Rodriguez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Williams.
Williams tries to clinch there but Rodriguez circles away.
Rodriguez checks the leg kick.
Williams tries to clinch
and Rodriguez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Williams thinking.
Rodriguez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Williams lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rodriguez takes a swing at Williams's ribcage but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams throws a front kick aimed at Rodriguez's knee but Rodriguez avoids it well.
Rodriguez slips a straight right by Williams.
Rodriguez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Williams comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Williams has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Williams!
A very excited looking Shane Williams made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.