PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brad Rood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Handeson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Handeson has chosen Go Hard as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Ben Handeson is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Rood
vs
Handeson

182 cm
19
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

170 cm
19
165 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

Rivers Edge Nutrition
Demonic Drugs

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brad Rood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ben Handeson!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Reed Andrews and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Handeson misses with a takedown attempt - Rood sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Handeson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Handeson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Handeson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rood lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

Rood shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Rood showed some decent athleticism there.
Handeson taking some punishment here, with Rood in his half guard.
Rood throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rood throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rood controlling the action here.
Rood missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Handeson is in trouble now - Rood has advanced to mount!
Rood throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Rood misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Rood thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Rood connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rood cracks Handeson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Handeson looks gassed!
Rood scoring with strikes but Handeson is staying in there.
Rood controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rood scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rood postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Handeson looks a forlorn figure.
A nice elbow there by Rood.
Rood lands a big shot there that rocks Handeson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Rood tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rood with the ground and pound from mount.
Rood with a couple of short strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rood with good strikes from the mount here!
Rood with shots to the head and body - Handeson looks very uncomfortable down there.
Rood controlling from the full mount.
Handeson is bucking up trying to escape but Rood cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Rood looking to finish Handeson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Handeson!
Rood looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Rood pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Rood connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rood putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Rood scoring with strikes but Handeson is staying in there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rood controlling the pace for now.
Handeson wants to control but Rood is having none of it.
Rood cracks Handeson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rood looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Rood dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rood decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Rood moves nicely into side control.
Rood in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Rood looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Handeson is avoiding damage well.
Handeson is letting Rood control him for a moment.
Rood in side control, throwing shots but Handeson defends.
Handeson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Rood is putting a hurting on Handeson here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rood connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Handeson some visible discomfort.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rood connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Handeson some visible discomfort.
Rood just content to control the position.
Rood in side control, throwing shots but Handeson defends.
Rood sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Handeson is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Handeson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Handeson trying to remain calm as Rood controls from the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
You can see the frustration on Handeson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Rood is putting a hurting on Handeson here, landing some big shots from side control.
Handeson tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Rood presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Rood tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Handeson wants to control but Rood is having none of it.

Rood with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rood content just to control the position here.
Handeson tries to hold on but Rood pushes him away.
Rood with shots to the head and body - Handeson looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Rood punishing his opponent with strikes.
Handeson is in a horrible position here. Rood smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Rood looking to control and managing it successfully.
Brad Rood overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rood prevents Handeson from getting the reversal.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rood lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Handeson hang on?
Rood takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Rood dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Handeson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brad Rood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rood throws a hook to the side of Handeson's head but Handeson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rood throws a series of punches but Handeson avoids them all with ease.
Handeson stuffs the takedown.
Rood throws a hook to the side of Handeson's head but Handeson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Handeson tries to bum rush Rood with a series of wild strikes but Rood uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Handeson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Handeson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Handeson throws a right and a left that Rood avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Handeson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rood.
Handeson misses with the combination.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Handeson has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rood is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Handeson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rood has Handeson pressed against the cage.
Rood is looking to break free of the clinch but Handeson has double underhooks.
Handeson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Handeson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Brad Rood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Handeson.
Handeson has Rood pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Rood manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Rood wants to get back to striking at distance but Handeson won't allow it.
Handeson can't get the takedown.
Rood is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Handeson can do to turn this around?
Rood tries to break the clinch but Handeson is controlling the position.
Handeson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rood can't break the clinch.
Handeson tries to pull guard but Rood holds him up against the cage and eventually Handeson drops back down to his feet.
Rood wants to break the clinch but can't.

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.
Handeson tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rood wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rood is looking to break free of the clinch but Handeson has double underhooks.
Handeson prevents Rood from breaking the clinch.
Handeson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Handeson manages to break the clinch.
Handeson throws a nice looking combination but Rood bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A head kick misses from Handeson.
Rood throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Nice sprawl there from Handeson as Rood shoots in.
Rood is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Handeson.
Rood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Handeson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rood takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Handeson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Handeson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Handeson has his takedown stuffed
and Rood counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rood fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Handeson has his takedown stuffed
and Handeson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rood scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Handeson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Rood looking for submissions off his back.
Brad Rood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rood trying to control from the bottom.
Handeson wants to take a breather but Rood is having none of it.
Rood is trying to get back to full guard.
Rood on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Rood tries to get out of the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Handeson wants to free his trapped foot but Rood is holding on for dear life with his legs.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ben Handeson.
Well Rood 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:27
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:27
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brad Rood!