PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Lucho Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Alverez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucho Rodriguez has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Rodriguez
vs
Alverez

167 cm
24
146 lbs
3 - 12 - 0

175 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lucho Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Alverez!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rodriguez lands with a cross.
Rodriguez staying out of range there.
Alverez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Alverez throws a body punch but Rodriguez moves out of range.
Alverez takes a swing at Rodriguez's ribcage but misses.
Rodriguez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rodriguez feints and then cracks Alverez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Alverez down.
Rodriguez lands with a straight right. Alverez didn't see that one coming.
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that Alverez avoids nicely.
A jab lands there for Alverez.
Alverez misses the shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rodriguez.
Alverez throws a hook but Rodriguez avoids it easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rodriguez scores with a head kick. Alverez tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Rodriguez cracks the inside of Alverez's front leg.
Rodriguez throws a hook but Alverez avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alverez misses with a leg kick
and Rodriguez counters with a nice low kick that buckles Alverez's knee momentarily.
Alverez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rodriguez manages to avoid it.
Thiago Alverez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alverez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rodriguez.
Alverez connects with a crisp jab.
Alverez takes a swing at Rodriguez's ribcage but misses.
Alverez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rodriguez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alverez circles away quickly and effectively.
Rodriguez blocks a head kick by Alverez.
Rodriguez lands a two punch combo.
Rodriguez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Alverez takes a swing at Rodriguez's ribcage but misses.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Alverez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Good leg kick by Rodriguez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rodriguez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alverez.
Rodriguez looks to score with a jab to the body but Alverez is just out of range.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses.
Rodriguez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Alverez.
Alverez throws the left hand but Rodriguez avoids the punch easily.
A combination from Rodriguez does no damage.
Alverez lands a nice looking body shot.
Alverez misses the shot to the body.
Rodriguez lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Alverez blocks a head kick by Rodriguez.
Alverez throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Alverez 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.
Alverez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rodriguez manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alverez throws a series of punches but Rodriguez moves out of range.
Alverez looks gassed!
Alverez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rodriguez scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alverez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rodriguez manages to avoid it.
A head kick from Rodriguez lands but Alverez takes it in his stride.
Alverez fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rodriguez is out of range.
Alverez misses with a looping left.
Rodriguez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alverez.
Alverez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez scores with a head kick.
Alverez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rodriguez's head.
Alverez swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alverez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rodriguez ducks under a wild hook from Alverez.
Rodriguez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Alverez's calf.
Rodriguez swinging wildly here.
Rodriguez thuds his right hand into Alverez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rodriguez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Alverez throws a hook to the side of Rodriguez's head but Rodriguez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alverez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rodriguez's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big right from Alverez misses.
Alverez tries to score with a low kick but Rodriguez moves his leg out of the way.
Rodriguez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Lucho Rodriguez will probably get the nod.
That's time! Rodriguez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Alverez throws a hook but Rodriguez avoids it easily.
Alverez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Rodriguez looks to land a combination but Alverez avoids it well.
Alverez's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rodriguez avoids the body shot from Alverez.
Rodriguez connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Alverez misses the shot to the body.
Alverez looks to score with a jab to the body but Rodriguez is just out of range.
Rodriguez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alverez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rodriguez moves away.
Rodriguez swinging wildly here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Rodriguez.
Alverez lands with a shot to the body.
Rodriguez throws a looping overhand right but Alverez ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alverez misses with a leg kick.
Rodriguez lands a head kick. Alverez smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Alverez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alverez lands a right hook to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rodriguez fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Alverez.
Rodriguez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rodriguez lands a high kick!
Alverez throws out a powerful jab.
Alverez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A clash of legs there as Rodriguez blocks the low kick.
Alverez looks to score with a jab to the body but Rodriguez is just out of range.
Rodriguez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Lucho Rodriguez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alverez wants to slow Rodriguez down by chopping away at his legs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Rodriguez. Those never looked like landing.
Alverez connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rodriguez. Rodriguez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alverez with a hook.
Alverez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rodriguez lands a head kick!
Alverez is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rodriguez rather than just go for the knockout.
Rodriguez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rodriguez looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Alverez lands with a nice body punch.
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Alverez punishes Rodriguez's body with a nice straight punch.
Rodriguez avoids the head kick by Alverez.
Alverez misses with a series of wild punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alverez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rodriguez manages to avoid it.
Rodriguez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alverez.
Rodriguez throws a series of punches but Alverez avoids them all with ease.
Alverez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that Alverez semi-blocks.
Alverez tries to land a body kick
and Rodriguez counters with a big head kick but Alverez shrugs it off.
Rodriguez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Alverez's calf.
Rodriguez on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Lucho Rodriguez is winning the standup battle so far.
Alverez jabs Rodriguez to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rodriguez.
Alverez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rodriguez blocks a low kick nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alverez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rodriguez looks to land a combination but Alverez avoids it well.
Alverez looks to throw the jab but Rodriguez is out of range.
Rodriguez blocks a head kick by Alverez.
A good leg kick by Rodriguez.
Alverez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rodriguez manages to avoid it.
Alverez throws a right and a left that both miss.
A good leg kick by Rodriguez.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alverez misses with a hook. Rodriguez ducked under it nicely.
Rodriguez swings for the body but Alverez moves out of range.
Rodriguez lands with a nice combination. Alverez backs away looking to recover.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Thiago Alverez will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

A head kick misses from Alverez.
Rodriguez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Alverez.
Rodriguez lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Alverez throws a low kick, looking for Rodriguez's leg but Rodriguez calmly moves out of range.
Alverez moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Rodriguez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Rodriguez lands a high kick!
Rodriguez just misses with a punch to the body.
Rodriguez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rodriguez with a jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alverez throws a body kick the misses
and Rodriguez counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Alverez is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Alverez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Alverez lands a jab to Rodriguez's midsection.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rodriguez avoids the body shot from Alverez.
Rodriguez thows a body shot but no joy.
Rodriguez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Alverez. That did some damage!
Rodriguez connects with a solid leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alverez. Rodriguez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rodriguez needs to keep his hands up - Alverez had a free shot at his head there.
Rodriguez misses with a double jab.
Rodriguez throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rodriguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Alverez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Alverez misses the shot to the body.
Rodriguez goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alverez connects with a body shot.
Alverez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rodriguez on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rodriguez tries a low kick but Alverez avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alverez. Rodriguez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rodriguez avoids a punch combination nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Alverez. Rodriguez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rodriguez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
No joy there for Rodriguez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rodriguez throws out a loose jab but Alverez uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rodriguez lands with an overhand left.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alverez misses with a straight left.
Alverez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Alverez looks to throw the jab but Rodriguez is out of range.
Rodriguez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Alverez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Alverez throws an overhand right that lands on Rodriguez's shoulder, as Rodriguez tries to avoid the shot.
Alverez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that half lands.
Rodriguez throws a series of punches but Alverez avoids them all with ease.
Alverez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rodriguez can pounce on him.
Rodriguez takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Alverez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Rodriguez walks into a stiff left hand from Alverez.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez avoids the body shot from Alverez.
Alverez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rodriguez's head backwards.
Alverez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rodriguez.
Alverez thows a body shot but no joy.
Rodriguez staying out of range there.
Rodriguez lands with a slapping head kick.
Alverez misses with a hook.
Alverez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez lands with a thumping leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A combination from Rodriguez does no damage.
A good leg kick by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Alverez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Lucho Rodriguez.
Well Rodriguez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thiago Alverez!
After the big win, Thiago Alverez made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Vicious Supplements $25 159 Recovery and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.