PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Tran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Rendulic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Tran might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Blockbuster Night Part 1. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Tran
vs
Rendulic

205 cm
26
198 lbs
0 - 22 - 0

185 cm
26
217 lbs
2 - 1 - 1

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andrew Tran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Rocky Rendulic!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Ben Hemmingworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tran misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rendulic throws a jab when Tran was well out of range.

Rendulic closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Tran did well to prevent Rendulic getting side control.
Rendulic stalling.
Rendulic drops an elbow to the side of Tran's head.
Rendulic working over Tran with some ground and pound. Tran looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rendulic has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rendulic is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tran wants to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rendulic looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Rendulic seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Rendulic prevents Tran from standing back up.
Rendulic is looking to advance position but Tran won't allow it.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rendulic lands a nice short elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rendulic controlling the pace.
Rendulic working Tran over with strikes.
Rendulic performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Tran pushes Rendulic off looking to stand but Rendulic dives back in and keeps control.
Rendulic lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rendulic trying to mount his opponent but Tran defends it.
Rendulic sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Rendulic takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Rendulic trying to control the action but Tran is working from the bottom.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rendulic is looking for a kimura here.
Tran trying to control but Rendulic postures up.
Rendulic scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Rendulic connects with a nice short shot to Tran's temple.
Rendulic working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tran taking some punishment here, with Rendulic in his half guard.

Rendulic is working for a kimura but Tran is defending it quite comfortably.
Tran is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rendulic scores with a couple of nice shots.
Tran really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Rendulic is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Tran defends it well.
Rendulic wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tran keeps working.
Rendulic slows the pace down in half guard.
Rendulic scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tran is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Rendulic scores with a couple of nice shots.
Rendulic winds up and cracks Tran with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rendulic is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rendulic is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nice strikes from Rendulic there.
Rendulic uses his free foot to push down on Tran's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Tran.
Rendulic with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
BOOM! Rendulic connects with a massive shot to the dome!

Tran is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tran wants to hold on but Rendulic pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rocky Rendulic dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tran closes the distance and clinches.
Rendulic blocks a body shot from Tran.

Rendulic turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Rendulic manages to end up in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tran on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Rendulic in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Tran taking a bit of punishment here - Rendulic scoring with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rendulic working the ground and pound.
Rendulic is looking to take a break and control but Tran is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tran sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rendulic landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Tran tries to get to full guard but Rendulic has control of the leg.
Tran on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Rendulic looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Rendulic scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Oh Tran is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rendulic lands strikes from half guard.
Rendulic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rendulic working Tran over with strikes.
Rendulic slows the pace down in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tran seems to have got his legs back now.
Rendulic is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rendulic lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rendulic scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rendulic tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tran knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Rendulic scores with a big shot! Tran's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Tran! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rocky Rendulic!
Andrew Tran was interviewed post fight and said 'Well It Wasn't My Best Fight, But I Will Train Hard To Get Back In The Game And Win My Next Fight.'.