PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paul Bright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo Rojas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Bright
vs
Rojas

206 cm
20
161 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

180 cm
24
160 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Bright!
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, Rodrigo Rojas!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Luis Engracia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Rojas shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Rojas with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Rojas is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Rojas is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rojas accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rojas is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Let's hope that Rojas has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojas with a nice head shot there.
Rojas distracts Bright with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rojas pushing down on Bright's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Rojas content to control rather than advance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rojas lands a nice short elbow.
Rojas stalling.

Rojas is looking for a kimura here.
Rojas content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
It looks like Rojas might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Rojas throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Bright fails in his attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

Rojas gets a takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rojas takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rojas lands a nice short elbow.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Ground and pound from Rojas.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rojas landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rodrigo Rojas dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Rojas takes the fight into the clinch.

Rojas is trying to trip Bright. He has hold of a leg but Bright is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Rojas persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Rojas throwing strikes but missing.
Rojas missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rojas landing some decent shots from guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rojas accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rojas throwing strikes but missing.
Rojas trying to control the position from guard on top but Bright is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bright will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojas with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

Bright is rocked!
Bright wants to control the position but Rojas says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Oh Bright is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rojas winds up and cracks Bright with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rojas lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Bright! More strikes land and this one is all over! Rojas jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodrigo Rojas!