PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Manuel Whitaker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alvaro Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Whitaker
vs
Rodriguez

195 cm
18
193 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
184 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Likes comics

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Manuel Whitaker!
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, Alvaro Rodriguez!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Mauricio Rocha and Matheus Silva.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitaker misses with a few strikes there.
Rodriguez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Whitaker throws a series of punches but Rodriguez avoids them all with ease.
Whitaker throws a series of punches but Rodriguez moves out of range.

Whitaker clinches with his opponent.

Rodriguez works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.

Rodriguez avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Whitaker can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Rodriguez controls the pace.

Whitaker throws his legs up looking for a submission but Rodriguez uses it to pass to side control.
Rodriguez wants to control but Whitaker is keeping him busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitaker wants to control but Rodriguez postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Rodriguez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Rodriguez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Whitaker can't do much from the bottom here.

Rodriguez decides to stand back up.
Whitaker defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Rodriguez.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Whitaker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

Rodriguez is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Whitaker's half guard.
Whitaker tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Rodriguez manages to move to mount!
Whitaker is breathing heavily.
Whitaker is trying desperately to improve position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rodriguez with the ground and pound from mount.
Rodriguez avoids the attempt from Whitaker to control.
Rodriguez connects with a couple of good shots from mount.

Whitaker is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rodriguez is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Rodriguez!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Alvaro Rodriguez!