PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Riki Rousey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renaldo Dominguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Rousey
vs
Dominguez

185 cm
20
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

182 cm
25
192 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Riki Rousey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Renaldo Dominguez!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dominguez has a takedown stuffed.
Dominguez with a lazy takedown attempt

and Rousey moves into the clinch.
Dominguez is trying to drag Rousey to the mat but Rousey just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Riki Rousey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renaldo Dominguez.
Rousey misses with a knee to the head.
Dominguez has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Rousey after a bit of a struggle.
Rousey will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Dominguez up against the cage.
Rousey with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rousey stalling the fight.
Rousey misses with a knee strike.
Dominguez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rousey is stalling here.
Rousey gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Dominguez.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rousey is pressed up against the cage. Dominguez has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rousey down to the mat. Rousey avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Rousey tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dominguez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dominguez shoots in and drives through. Rousey sprawls well.
Dominguez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dominguez shoots for a double leg takedown but Rousey sprawls well. He's pushed Dominguez's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rousey defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Dominguez.

Rousey clinches up against the cage.
Rousey stalling against the cage.
Rousey scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like Renaldo Dominguez has been cut.
Dominguez drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dominguez wants a takedown but no success here.
Dominguez looks gassed!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rousey is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dominguez tries to score a body lock takedown but Rousey shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rousey stalling the fight.
Knees to the body from Rousey.
Rousey landing knees to the body.
Rousey landing knees to the head.
Rousey working Dominguez over with knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rousey's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rousey throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rousey scores with a knee to the head.
Rousey slows down the pace here.
Rousey unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dominguez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rousey is pushing Dominguez up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Riki Rousey.

Rousey has managed to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rousey lands a good knee to the midsection. Dominguez won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rousey has Dominguez pushed against the cage.
Knees to the body from Rousey.
Rousey landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rousey dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rousey lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rousey using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dominguez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rousey with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rousey landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Riki Rousey dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Renaldo Dominguez's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rousey closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Rousey.
The referee is keeping an eye on Rousey - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Rousey putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dominguez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rousey slows down the pace here.
Rousey utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Rousey drops Dominguez with a big knee straight up the middle! Dominguez is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Dominguez is rocked!
Dominguez is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rousey has closed the distance and engaged Dominguez in a clinch.
Dominguez is still on wobbly legs! Can Rousey finish him?
Rousey lands a big knee to the head and Dominguez goes down! Rousey pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Riki Rousey!