PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Pie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kelly Rhodes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Pie
vs
Rhodes

205 cm
19
280 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

200 cm
19
270 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Pie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Kelly Rhodes!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pie misses with a series of wild punches.
Pie scores with a one two! Rhodes had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.

It looks like Kelly Rhodes has been cut.
Pie lands a lovely overhand right.
A shot to the liver by Pie. Beautiful body shot.
Rhodes tries to clinch up but Pie circles away and keeps his distance.
Rhodes tries to clinch there but Pie circles away.
Rhodes misses with a two punch combination.

Rhodes gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rhodes misses with a knee strike.
Pie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Knees to the body from Rhodes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rhodes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rhodes misses with an elbow strike.
Rhodes slows down the pace here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhodes misses with a knee to the head.
Rhodes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rhodes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pie avoids it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rhodes.

Rhodes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pie bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rhodes's head backwards.
Pie lands with a cross.
Pie throws a body punch but Rhodes moves out of range.
Pie swinging wildly here.
Pie lunges at Rhodes with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rhodes's hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pie scores with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pie lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Pie throws a series of punches but Rhodes moves out of range.
Pie cracks a nice hook into Rhodes's ribs.
Rhodes tries to close the distance and clinch but Pie swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rhodes slips a jab and a cross from Pie.
Rhodes dodges the punch combination from Pie.
Pie scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A left lands for Pie.
Pie scores with a nice head shot.
Pie keeps the fight on the outside.
A combination from Pie does no damage.
Pie throws a right hand that Rhodes ducks under and follows up with a left that Rhodes also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pie throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rhodes counters with a good low kick that Pie was not able to check.

Rhodes clinches up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rhodes throws an elbow but misses.
Rhodes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rhodes slowing the pace effectively.

Rhodes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rhodes tries to clinch but Pie is having none of it.
Rhodes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Pie connects with a right hand. Rhodes shakes it off.
Pie cracks Rhodes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Paul Pie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pie closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rhodes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pie throws a series of punches but Rhodes avoids them all with ease.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pie looks to land a combination. Rhodes sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Pie with a hook.
Rhodes doesn't manage to clinch there - Pie circles away.
Rhodes takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Rhodes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pie swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Rhodes has closed the distance and engaged Pie in a clinch.
Rhodes utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rhodes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pie up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rhodes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pie's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Pie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kelly Rhodes's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Pie lands a jab to the nose.
Pie throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pie keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pie lands with an uppercut that bounces Rhodes off the cage and back into range.
Pie scores with a hook.
Pie lands with an uppercut that bounces Rhodes off the cage and back into range.
Rhodes moves in looking to clinch but Pie pushes him off.

Rhodes instigates a clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rhodes.
Pie wants to break free but Rhodes has control.
Rhodes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

It looks like Paul Pie has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rhodes lands a nice knee to the body.
Rhodes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pie tries to circle away but Rhodes has him pinned against the cage.

Rhodes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Rhodes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rhodes displaying some good clinch control by pressing Pie up against the cage.
Pie prevents a body shot from Rhodes.
Rhodes lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

Rhodes manages to break the clinch.
Pie throws a series of strikes that have Rhodes backpedaling.
Rhodes gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rhodes moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes is looking to clinch but Pie is avoiding it.
Rhodes throws a hook but Pie blocks it.
A combination from Pie does no damage.
Pie lands with a cross.
Pie misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pie misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rhodes misses with a body kick.
Rhodes tries to clinch but Pie moves out of range.
Pie throws the left hand but Rhodes avoids the punch easily.
Pie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rhodes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rhodes tries to clinch there but Pie circles away.
Pie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pie swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rhodes makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Pie really felt that one!
Rhodes thumps Pie with a low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes wants to clinch.
Paul Pie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Rhodes drives through and clinches with Pie against the cage.

Rhodes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pie keeps the fight on the outside.
Pie misses with a series of wild punches.
Rhodes walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.

Rhodes moves into the clinch.
Rhodes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rhodes.
Rhodes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes crunches a lovely knee into Pie's ribcage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rhodes.
Rhodes misses with a punch to the body.
Pie is looking to break free of the clinch but Rhodes has double underhooks.
Rhodes with a knee to the head.

Rhodes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pie throws out a powerful jab.
Rhodes staying out of range there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rhodes walks into a jab.
Pie is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Rhodes moves in looking to clinch but Pie pushes him off.
Pie works over Rhodes's head and body with a nice combination.
Rhodes fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kelly Rhodes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Rhodes takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rhodes tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pie misses with a double jab.
Rhodes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pie tries to bum rush Rhodes with a series of wild strikes but Rhodes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pie cracks a nice hook into Rhodes's ribs.
Pie tries to bum rush Rhodes with a series of wild strikes but Rhodes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sloppy strikes from Pie. Those never looked like landing.

Rhodes clinches with his opponent.
Pie takes a knee to the side of the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rhodes lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rhodes effectively controlling the action here.
Rhodes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhodes lands a hook that snaps the head of Pie backwards.
Pie wants to get back to striking at distance but Rhodes won't allow it.
Rhodes lands a damaging elbow.
Rhodes slowing the pace effectively.
Rhodes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rhodes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pie.
Rhodes missing with knees to the body.
Pie takes an elbow to the forehead.

Rhodes breaks the clinch.

Pie tries to keep at a distance but Rhodes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rhodes misses with an elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rhodes lands an elbow just above Pie 's eye.
Rhodes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Rhodes breaks from the clinch.
Rhodes tries to clinch up.
Sloppy strikes from Pie. Those never looked like landing.
Rhodes moves in looking to clinch but Pie pushes him off.
Pie misses with the combination.
Rhodes dodges the punch combination from Pie.
Pie throws a right hand that Rhodes ducks under and follows up with a left that Rhodes also avoids with ease.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes wants to clinch.

Rhodes takes the fight into the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rhodes obliges.
Rhodes lands an elbow inside that Pie shrugs off.

Paul Pie's cut is getting worse.
Rhodes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Pie in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rhodes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rhodes lands an elbow just above Pie 's eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Rhodes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Paul Pie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pie misses with a wild combination.
Rhodes doesn't manage to clinch there - Pie circles away.
Rhodes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pie throws out the jab.
Rhodes has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rhodes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pie paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pie. Rhodes does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pie misses with the combination.
Pie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rhodes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rhodes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pie swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Rhodes takes the fight into the clinch.
Rhodes dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kelly Rhodes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rhodes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 William Gold scores the fight for Kelly Rhodes!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Kelly Rhodes!
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Kelly Rhodes!

Kelly Rhodes wins by unanimous decision!