PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenji Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bryron Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Thomas's choice of entrance music: Five Finger Death Punch - Bad Company. Rodriguez is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Bryron Thomas will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Rodriguez
vs
Thomas

189 cm
27
216 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

200 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

-OVERDOSE Factory-

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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kenji Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bryron Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Thomas misses.
Rodriguez is breathing heavily.

Thomas darts in and clinches Rodriguez up against the cage.
Rodriguez keeps control of Thomas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rodriguez comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

It looks like Bryron Thomas has been cut.

Thomas gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Thomas working Rodriguez over with strikes.
Thomas is nestled in close to Rodriguez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Rodriguez avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Thomas.
Thomas tries to pass to full mount but Rodriguez defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Thomas postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Rodriguez to stand up.
Danga de danga de dang - Thomas scores with a four punch combination!

It looks like Kenji Rodriguez has been cut.
Thomas rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rodriguez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rodriguez blocks the body kick.

Thomas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thomas is looking to break free of the clinch but Rodriguez has double underhooks.

Thomas breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Danga de danga de dang - Thomas scores with a four punch combination!
Thomas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rodriguez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rodriguez avoids the head kick by Thomas.
Thomas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Thomas darts in and clinches Rodriguez up against the cage.

Thomas manages to break the clinch.

Thomas closes the distance and clinches.
Thomas is trying to force a seperation but Rodriguez has the dominant position.

Thomas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Thomas throws a nice looking combination but Rodriguez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thomas misses with a series of wild punches.
Thomas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Thomas misses with a two punch combination.
Rodriguez tries to clinch up
letting Thomas counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas looks to land a body kick but Rodriguez moved away.
Thomas lands a jab to the head.
Thomas misses with a series of wild punches.
Thomas lands a lovely overhand right.
Kenji Rodriguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas misses with a body kick.
Rodriguez wants to clinch
and Thomas counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rodriguez walks into a left hand.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Thomas counters by clinching up.
Thomas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rodriguez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Thomas's efforts to push away.

Thomas manages to break the clinch.
Thomas scores with a decent looking hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Thomas misses with a series of wild punches.
Rodriguez tries to clinch up
and Thomas counters with a stiff right hand.

Thomas gets a clinch.
Thomas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thomas controlling the action here for a moment.
Thomas is looking to break free of the clinch but Rodriguez has double underhooks.
Thomas lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Thomas successfully pulls guard.
Thomas pulls Rodriguez in close to his closed guard and prevents Rodriguez from doing any damage or advancing position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Rodriguez has gone for a leg lock! Thomas slips out almost immediately though and dives into Rodriguez's guard.
Rodriguez lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Thomas!
Thomas tries to hold on but Rodriguez pushes him away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thomas keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Thomas is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bryron Thomas dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Thomas gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Thomas lands a right hand.
Rodriguez prevents Thomas from breaking the clinch.

Thomas breaks the clinch.
Thomas misses with a two punch combination.
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Thomas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Thomas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Thomas has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Thomas tests Rodriguez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Thomas is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A head kick misses from Thomas.
Thomas moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Rodriguez is rocked!
Thomas swinging wildly here.
Oh Rodriguez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thomas lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Rodriguez is looking to close the distance but Thomas sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Rodriguez crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Rodriguez is OK because that was naaaaaasty!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Bryron Thomas!
After the big win, Bryron Thomas made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Reaper Combatwear and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.