PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Collin McFartland (ranked 4817 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alessandro Rodrigues (ranked 6092 p4p, 575 weight class). Collin McFartland has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

McFartland
vs
Rodrigues

187 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

188 cm
18
202 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Determined

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Collin McFartland!
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, Alessandro Rodrigues!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Daniel Cesar and Thiago Cunha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodrigues fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

McFartland pushes Rodrigues up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from McFartland fails to land.
Nice body punch from McFartland.
A short right from Rodrigues on the inside.
Rodrigues working aggressively here.
Rodrigues blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McFartland is working Rodrigues over against the cage.
A short left from McFartland.
Rodrigues throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rodrigues.
McFartland tries to work over Rodrigues's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
McFartland goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rodrigues tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McFartland's elbow.
A nice left hand lands by McFartland.
Rodrigues fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McFartland gets through Rodrigues's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Still in the clinch, McFartland scores with a nice short uppercut.
McFartland swings wildly with an uppercut but Rodrigues uses good head movement to avoid it.
McFartland blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McFartland doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McFartland blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McFartland.
Rodrigues blocking some punches.
Rodrigues lands a hook that snaps the head of McFartland backwards.
McFartland misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hook to the body lands for McFartland.
McFartland throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rodriguess head.
McFartland can't find room to land a body shot as Rodrigues controls the action.
A short right from McFartland on the inside.
Rodrigues fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McFartland working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McFartland lands with a short shot to the head.
Rodrigues just leaning against McFartland, taking a breather.
Rodrigues misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rodrigues swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McFartland lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodrigues wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rodrigues lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McFartland lands a hook to the side of the head.
McFartland working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rodrigues is trying to stall.
McFartland working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McFartland tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rodrigues's elbow.

McFartland breaks the clinch.

McFartland has taken the fight to the clinch.
McFartland tries to throw a body punch but Rodrigues avoids it by throwing McFartland back against the cage.
McFartland lands a right hand.
McFartland lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Rodrigues fails to land.
McFartland throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rodriguess head.

It looks like Alessandro Rodrigues has been cut.
Rodrigues is trying to break the clinch but McFartland has him pressed against the cage.
McFartland gets through Rodrigues's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
McFartland lands a shoulder strike.
Rodrigues swings wildly with an uppercut but McFartland uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rodrigues.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McFartland blocks an uppercut.
McFartland lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McFartland prevents a body shot from Rodrigues.
Rodrigues working aggressively here.
McFartland lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from McFartland fails to land.
Rodrigues taking a breather.
McFartland lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McFartland swings wildly with an uppercut but Rodrigues uses good head movement to avoid it.
McFartland stalling in the clinch.
Rodrigues tries a body shot but McFartland blocks it.
McFartland has a couple of punches blocked by Rodrigues.
Rodrigues misses with a punch on the inside.
McFartland misses with a punch to the body.
Rodrigues misses with a hook to the ribs.
McFartland lands a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from McFartland.
A hook to the body from McFartland.
Rodrigues is looking to break free of the clinch but McFartland has double underhooks.
McFartland scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McFartland lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McFartland makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McFartland tries a body shot but Rodrigues blocks it.
Rodrigues misses with a punch on the inside.
McFartland has a couple of punches blocked by Rodrigues.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A hook to the body from McFartland.
McFartland goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rodrigues is trying to maintain a safe position but McFartland gets an underhook and turns Rodrigues into the cage.
McFartland cracks Rodrigues with a nice body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rodrigues throws a head punch that misses.
McFartland tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from McFartland.
McFartland stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
McFartland working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Collin McFartland dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alessandro Rodrigues's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Rodrigues moves away from the strike by McFartland.
McFartland tries to clinch there but Rodrigues circles away.
McFartland swings for the body but Rodrigues moves out of range.
McFartland's corner calls for a 1-2. McFartland obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Collin McFartland seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McFartland looks to score with a jab to the body but Rodrigues is just out of range.
McFartland is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rodrigues can do to turn this around?

McFartland moves into the clinch successfully.
Rodrigues throws a head punch that misses.
Rodrigues throws a punch but it's blocked by McFartland.
A nice left hand lands by McFartland.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rodrigues throws a punch but it's blocked by McFartland.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodrigues tries to work over McFartland's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rodrigues has a couple of punches blocked by McFartland.
Rodrigues can't break the clinch.
McFartland prevents a body shot from Rodrigues.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rodrigues.
McFartland blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McFartland misses with a punch to the body.
Rodrigues swings wildly with an uppercut but McFartland uses good head movement to avoid it.
McFartland goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
McFartland lands a hook that snaps the head of Rodrigues backwards.
Rodrigues is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
McFartland blocks an uppercut.
Rodrigues fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McFartland lands an uppercut.
Rodrigues blocks an uppercut.
McFartland lands a body shot in the clinch.
McFartland blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
McFartland can't find room to land a body shot as Rodrigues controls the action.
McFartland blocks an uppercut.
Rodrigues misses with a punch on the inside.
Rodrigues leaning against his opponent.
McFartland tries a body shot but Rodrigues blocks it.
McFartland scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McFartland blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rodrigues working aggressively here.
Rodrigues is trying to break free.
Rodrigues lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McFartland digs a right hand underneath Rodrigues's ribcage. Rodrigues let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rodrigues is breathing heavily.
A right hand to the body from McFartland.
Collin McFartland has scored more points in the clinch so far.
McFartland lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McFartland lands a right hand.
Rodrigues fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McFartland lands an uppercut.
McFartland lands a shot to the body.
McFartland works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
McFartland scores with a shoulder strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
McFartland works on Rodrigues's body with a couple of short punches.
McFartland lands a shot to the body.
McFartland scores with a shoulder strike.
McFartland lands with a right to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McFartland scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, McFartland scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from McFartland.
McFartland lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Rodrigues is rocked!
A left hand lands to the body for McFartland.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from McFartland.
McFartland lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for McFartland.
McFartland lands a right hand.
Rodrigues is still on wobbly legs! Can McFartland finish him?
McFartland lands with a right to the head.
McFartland lands with a short shot to the head.
McFartland stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rodrigues.
McFartland lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from McFartland.
McFartland pushes Rodrigues against the cage. McFartland is working some dirty boxing. McFartland pushes off with a quick right hook! Rodrigues goes down! Rodrigues tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! McFartland moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Collin McFartland!