PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Troy Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Rodgers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palmer comes to the cage accompanied by Fivefold – Broken. On his way into the cage it seems that Troy Palmer has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Troy Palmer seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Palmer
vs
Rodgers

170 cm
28
140 lbs
9 - 1 - 0

170 cm
20
142 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Heavy handed

M.O. Fight Wear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Troy Palmer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aaron Rodgers!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palmer clobbers Rodgers with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Palmer closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Troy Palmer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Palmer has taken the fight to the clinch.
Palmer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rodgers wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rodgers looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Palmer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Palmer working aggressively here.
Rodgers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Palmer lands with a left to the head.
Palmer swings wildly with an uppercut but Rodgers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Palmer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rodgers struggles to land a body shot inside as Palmer controls his hands.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Palmer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Palmer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Palmer has a couple of punches blocked by Rodgers.
Rodgers has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Palmer seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Rodgers can turn it around.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Rodgers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rodgers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Palmer takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Palmer pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Rodgers back to the cage. Palmer follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Palmer scores with a sloppy right hand. Rodgers should have avoided that one.
Rodgers shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Palmer eats them both and turns towards Rodgers to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Rodgers misses with a double jab.

Palmer moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Palmer lands a body shot in the clinch.
Palmer misses with the head strike.
Palmer lands with a short shot to the head.
Palmer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Palmer gets through Rodgers's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Palmer comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A bit of stalling here from Rodgers.
Rodgers takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rodgers struggles to land a body shot inside as Palmer controls his hands.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rodgers.
Palmer throws a punch but it's blocked by Rodgers.
Palmer lands a left hand.
Palmer lands with a short shot to the head.
Rodgers just leaning against Palmer, taking a breather.
Palmer throws a punch but it's blocked by Rodgers.
Palmer lands a nice shot to the body.
Palmer lands a shoulder strike.
Palmer swings wildly with an uppercut but Rodgers uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rodgers lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Palmer.
Rodgers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Palmer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Palmer lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rodgers is trying to maintain a safe position but Palmer gets an underhook and turns Rodgers into the cage.
Palmer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rodgers just leaning against Palmer, taking a breather.
A body shot lands from Rodgers.
Come on Rodgers - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Palmer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rodgers lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rodgers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rodgers is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Palmer is keeping busy.
Rodgers tries to land knees in the clinch but Palmer avoids the damage to the body.
Palmer working aggressively here.
Rodgers blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Palmer.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rodgers.
Rodgers content to slow the pace in the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodgers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Palmer misses with the head strike.
Palmer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rodgers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Palmer struggles to land a body shot inside as Rodgers controls his hands.
Rodgers trying to control the position but instead, Palmer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rodgers into the cage.
Palmer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rodgers blocks the elbow strike.
Rodgers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Palmer throws an elbow but misses.
Palmer misses with an elbow over the top.
Rodgers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Palmer lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palmer throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Troy Palmer 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.

Palmer waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rodgers.
Rodgers lands a head shot.
Rodgers pushes Palmer away with a front kick.
Rodgers lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rodgers.
Rodgers takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rodgers cracks Palmer with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rodgers's corner calls for a 1-2. Rodgers obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rodgers scores with a decent looking hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Palmer slips a jab and a cross from Rodgers.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rodgers, right into the meat.
Palmer drops his hands momentarily and Rodgers takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Palmer looks to score with a jab to the body but Rodgers is just out of range.
Rodgers pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rodgers lands a nice leg kick that just misses Palmer's sensitive parts.

Palmer has taken the fight to the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Palmer.
Palmer lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Palmer lands a nice uppercut.
Troy Palmer has scored more points in the clinch so far.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer lands a left hand.

Rodgers manages to break the clinch.
Rodgers connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Palmer's hands.
Rodgers swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Palmer.
Palmer has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Palmer walks into a straight right hand from Rodgers.
Palmer throws a big shot that misses.
Sloppy strikes from Palmer. Those never looked like landing.
Rodgers lands an overhand right.

Palmer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rodgers, pushing him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Palmer misses with the head strike.
Palmer misses with some punches.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Palmer creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rodgers trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodgers blocks a body shot from Palmer.
Palmer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rodgers throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from Palmer.
Rodgers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Palmer avoids it.

Rodgers breaks from the clinch.
Palmer throws a hook to the side of Rodgers's head but Rodgers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rodgers cracks Palmer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A combination from Palmer does no damage.
Rodgers keeps the fight on the outside.
Rodgers throws out a counter right but Palmer avoids it with no problem.
A head kick misses from Rodgers.
Rodgers stuns Palmer with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Palmer clinches up with Rodgers and pushes him back against the cage.
Palmer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Palmer tries to work over Rodgers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Palmer has a couple of punches blocked by Rodgers.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Palmer on the inside.
Palmer lands a left hand.
Rodgers drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Palmer gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Palmer tries a body shot but Rodgers blocks it.
Rodgers stalling in the clinch but Palmer improves position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rodgers blocking some punches.

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

Palmer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rodgers, pushing him back against the cage.
A short right from Palmer on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Palmer fails to land.
Rodgers lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Palmer backwards.
Rodgers tries to stall but Palmer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Palmer prevents a body shot from Rodgers.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rodgers throws a punch but it's blocked by Palmer.
A head punch on the inside from Palmer fails to land.
Rodgers avoiding damage.
Rodgers wants a takedown.
Palmer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rodgerss head.
Rodgers presses Palmer against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Palmer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rodgers backwards.
Palmer pushes Rodgers back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Palmer working aggressively here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Rodgers missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Palmer.
Palmer working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Aaron Rodgers will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Rodgers cracks the inside of Palmer's front leg.
A punch lands to the side of Rodgers 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Rodgers is rocked!
Troy Palmer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rodgers avoids the body shot from Palmer.

Palmer drives through and clinches with Rodgers against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Palmer.
Rodgers leaning against his opponent.
Rodgers misses with a punch to the body.
Palmer lands an uppercut.
Rodgers is still on wobbly legs! Can Palmer finish him?
Nice body punch from Palmer.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rodgers.
Rodgers seems to have recovered his senses.
Rodgers lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Palmer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rodgerss head.
Palmer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Palmer lands a left hand.
Rodgers lands with a light punch inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Palmer misses with an elbow over the top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rodgers.
Rodgers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Palmer misses with some punches.
Palmer lands a left hand.
A hook to the body from Palmer.
Rodgers takes a shot to the head.
Rodgers tries to stall but Palmer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Palmer.
Rodgers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Palmer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

Rodgers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Some wild striking there from Palmer.
Palmer looks to score with a jab to the body but Rodgers is just out of range.
Palmer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rodgers.
Palmer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rodgers can do to turn this around?

Palmer closes the distance and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palmer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rodgers looking to stall.
Palmer misses with a punch to the body.
Palmer throws a head punch that misses.
Palmer has a couple of punches blocked by Rodgers.
Rodgers stalling in the clinch but Palmer improves position.
Palmer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Palmer on the inside.
Palmer lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rodgers backwards.
Rodgers misses with a body punch.
Palmer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Palmer.
Palmer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palmer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Palmer lands a hook that snaps the head of Rodgers backwards.
Palmer lands a nice uppercut.
Rodgers tries to stall but Palmer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Palmer has Rodgers pressed against the cage, preventing Rodgers from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rodgers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Palmer misses with some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rodgers throws an elbow but misses.
Palmer lands a damaging elbow.
Rodgers tries to throw a body punch but Palmer avoids it by throwing Rodgers back against the cage.
Palmer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rodgers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Palmer's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Palmer.
Rodgers misses with a punch on the inside.
Rodgers trying to control the position but instead, Palmer has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rodgers into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer has a couple of punches blocked by Rodgers.
Palmer digs a right hand underneath Rodgers's ribcage. Rodgers let out a lung full of air as it connected.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rodgers throws an elbow but misses.
Rodgers blocking some punches.
Palmer throws a head punch that misses.
Rodgers blocks an uppercut.
Rodgers blocking some punches.
Rodgers wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Palmer has him pressed against the cage.
Rodgers tries to throw a body punch but Palmer avoids it by throwing Rodgers back against the cage.
Palmer cracks Rodgers with a nice body shot.
Palmer lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Aaron Rodgers has been cut.
Palmer scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rodgers's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

And that's the end of the fight!
Troy Palmer showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Palmer has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Troy Palmer!
Troy Palmer seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.