PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Olegerio Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Theo Maples (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!

Rodriguez
vs
Maples

172 cm
28
179 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

168 cm
20
184 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Olegerio Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Theo Maples!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rodriguez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rodriguez wants to land a leg kick but Maples is out of range.
Maples on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rodriguez lands a leg kick that knocks Maples off balance momentarily.
Rodriguez just misses with a punch to the body.

Rodriguez has Maples up against the cage in a clinch.
Maples avoids a wild elbow strike from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rodriguez misses with an elbow over the top.
Rodriguez pushes off an throws an elbow but Maples leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Maples.
Maples throws a head punch that misses.
Rodriguez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Maples lands a hook that snaps the head of Rodriguez backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maples lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rodriguez swings wildly with an uppercut but Maples uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maples misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez lands with a short shot to the head.
Rodriguez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rodriguez has Maples pressed against the cage.
Rodriguez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Maples blocks a body shot from Rodriguez.
Maples misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Rodriguez.
Maples blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rodriguez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maples takes an elbow to the forehead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maples tries to throw a body punch but Rodriguez avoids it by throwing Maples back against the cage.
Maples blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maples.
Rodriguez misses with an elbow over the top.
Rodriguez lands a nice uppercut.
Maples doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rodriguez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rodriguez struggles to land a body shot inside as Maples controls his hands.
Rodriguez lands a nice knee to the body.
A short right from Rodriguez.
The referee is keeping an eye on Rodriguez - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Maples avoids a wild elbow strike from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez just leaning against Maples, taking a breather.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez misses with a body punch.
Rodriguez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rodriguez misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maples.
Maples avoids the elbow strike from Rodriguez, against the cage.
Rodriguez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Maples has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Rodriguez after a bit of a struggle.
Rodriguez gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Maples.
Maples managing to block the knees to the body from Rodriguez.
Maples blocks the elbow strike.
Rodriguez connects with a knee to the head.
Rodriguez prevents a takedown attempt there.
Olegerio Rodriguez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Theo Maples.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez misses with the head strike.
Rodriguez lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rodriguez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rodriguez throws a punch but it's blocked by Maples.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodriguez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Maples drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rodriguez lands an elbow just above Maples 's eye.
Maples is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Rodriguez is defending well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rodriguez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rodriguez misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rodriguez pushes off an throws an elbow but Maples leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rodriguez throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mapless head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Olegerio Rodriguez dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Maples swats away the attempt to clinch by Rodriguez.
Maples keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rodriguez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Maples.
Maples thows a body shot but no joy.
Rodriguez moves out of range as Maples strikes.
Rodriguez wants to slow Maples down by chopping away at his legs.
Rodriguez avoids the body shot from Maples.
A bone on bone clash there as Maples blocks the leg kick.
Maples swings for the body but Rodriguez moves out of range.
Maples avoids the head kick by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez throws a body punch but Maples moves out of range.
Rodriguez throws a lazy head kick

and Maples counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Maples sitting and controlling from the half guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Maples working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Maples has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez working to try and regain half guard.
Maples landing strikes, looking to finish!
Rodriguez tries to lock up and control but Maples gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Maples scoring with strikes but Rodriguez is staying in there.
Rodriguez is looking to get to half guard.
Rodriguez tries to hold on but Maples postures up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maples dominating with strikes here.
Rodriguez wants to control but Maples is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maples is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Rodriguez can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Maples avoids the attempt from Rodriguez to control.

Maples goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Rodriguez turns into him and now he's in Maples's guard.
Maples has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rodriguez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Maples is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maples avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Maples looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Maples is pulling down on Rodriguez's head to control his posture.
Rodriguez trying to control the position from guard on top but Maples is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rodriguez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rodriguez's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

Maples is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Rodriguez frees his head nicely. Oh but Maples has switched to an armbar! Rodriguez is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Theo Maples!
Theo Maples seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.