PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Eric Koch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodriguez has chosen Outlandish - Guantanamo as his entrance music. I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ben Rodriguez was going to win. Let's see if he was right.

Koch
vs
Rodriguez

177 cm
26
145 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

187 cm
26
150 lbs
6 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Koch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ben Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Koch connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rodriguez scrambles back to his feet.
Koch lands a head shot.
A head kick from Koch lands but Rodriguez takes it in his stride.
Koch stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Koch wants it to stay on the feet.
Koch scores with a jab.
Koch lands a high kick!

Rodriguez is rocked!
Rodriguez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Koch is fending him off so far but Rodriguez persists. Nope, Koch circles away and we're back to standing.
Rodriguez is still on wobbly legs! Can Koch finish him?

Koch closes the distance and clinches.
Nice elbow from Koch.
Nice elbow from Koch.
Koch unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koch lands with a short shot to the head.
Koch lands a knee to the body.
Rodriguez takes an elbow to the forehead.
Koch landing knees to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Koch.

Rodriguez pulls Koch into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Rodriguez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.

Koch gets to his feet. Rodriguez looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Rodriguez looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Koch thuds a left hand into Rodriguez's body.

Koch gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Koch unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Koch lands an elbow just above Rodriguez 's eye.
Rodriguez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Koch landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rodriguez is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Koch gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The referee calls for Koch to work.
Koch lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koch creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rodriguez's defenses.
Nice elbow from Koch.
Koch putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rodriguez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Koch lands an elbow that stopped Rodriguez in his tracks for a moment.
Rodriguez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Eric Koch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Rodriguez.
Koch comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Koch.
Koch lands an elbow just above Rodriguez 's eye.
Koch lands a damaging elbow.
Koch lands a right hand.
Koch pushes Rodriguez against the cage. Koch is working some dirty boxing. Koch pushes off with a quick right hook! Rodriguez goes down! Rodriguez tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Koch moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Koch!
Eric Koch tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.