PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mark Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Lister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Rodriguez
vs
Lister

172 cm
29
200 lbs
1 - 9 - 0

183 cm
25
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Very confident

Dauntless

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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mark Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dean Lister!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez scores with a nice right hand.
Rodriguez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rodriguez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rodriguez punishes Lister's body with a nice straight punch.
Lister has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Lister dives in for a single leg takedown but Rodriguez sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Lister fails to land the takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lister looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice body punch from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lister moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No luck for Lister with that takedown attempt.
Mark Rodriguez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dean Lister.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lister has a takedown stuffed.
Rodriguez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rodriguez throws a one two combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rodriguez misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lister.
Rodriguez lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Lister backs up against the cage.

Lister closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Lister looks winded!
Rodriguez is trying to buck Lister off.
Rodriguez taking a bit of punishment here - Lister scoring with strikes.
Rodriguez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Rodriguez is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rodriguez seems a little lost for a moment, as Lister dominates the positioning.
Rodriguez pushes Lister away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Lister gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Lister stands up.
Lister walks into a stiff left hand from Rodriguez.
Lister showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Rodriguez wants it to stay on the feet.
Rodriguez went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Mark Rodriguez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No luck for Lister with that takedown attempt.
Rodriguez lands a hook that stumbles Lister back into the cage. Rodriguez follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Lister to the canvas! Rodriguez pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Lister has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mark Rodriguez!