PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harry Distacio Jr (ranked 1454 p4p, 197 weight class) and Anthony Rodgers (ranked 1989 p4p, 269 weight class). Distacio Jr comes to the cage accompanied by Red - Darkest Part. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Distacio Jr
vs
Rodgers

190 cm
20
207 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

188 cm
22
220 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

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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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Harry Distacio Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Rodgers!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Anni Minnemäki.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodgers misses the jab.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Rodgers has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Rodgers throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Anthony Rodgers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Distacio Jr slips a jab from Rodgers.
Distacio Jr swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Distacio Jr moves forwards but Rodgers connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Distacio Jr goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Distacio Jr throws a jab when Rodgers was well out of range.
Distacio Jr connects with a right hand. Rodgers shakes it off.
Rodgers misses with a leg kick

and Distacio Jr counters with a takedown into side control.
Rodgers tries to bench press Distacio Jr off him but Distacio Jr keeps the position.
Rodgers stops Distacio Jr from passing to mount.
Distacio Jr with the ground and pound but Rodgers regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Rodgers tries to roll over but Distacio Jr keeps him under control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodgers avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Distacio Jr.
Rodgers is staying active underneath Distacio Jr, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Rodgers wants to improve his position but Distacio Jr is controlling well.
Distacio Jr throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Distacio Jr sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rodgers defending well though.
Distacio Jr throwing shots but Rodgers is blocking nicely.
Distacio Jr scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Distacio Jr wants to free his trapped foot but Rodgers is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Distacio Jr missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Distacio Jr drops an elbow to the side of Rodgers's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Distacio Jr tries to pass the half guard into mount. Rodgers knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Distacio Jr is looking to take a break and control but Rodgers is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rodgers trying to hold on to Distacio Jr's head to control him but Distacio Jr postures up.
Distacio Jr is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

Distacio Jr is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Rodgers doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Distacio Jr.
Distacio Jr throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Distacio Jr is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Rodgers doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Distacio Jr.
Distacio Jr trying to control from half guard but Rodgers is working away.
Rodgers regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Distacio Jr.
Distacio Jr is stalling in the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Distacio Jr pushing down on Rodgers's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Distacio Jr is keen to just control but Rodgers is a slippery customer.
Distacio Jr is thwarting Rodgers's attempts to control the position.
Distacio Jr sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Rodgers defending well though.
Rodgers is concentrating on defense, preventing Distacio Jr from advancing position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Distacio Jr is pressing down on Rodgers's thigh, looking to free his foot. Rodgers is holding on for now.
Rodgers is looking to improve his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

Distacio Jr wants to work for an arm triangle but Rodgers is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Harry Distacio Jr dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Rodgers throws a body punch but Distacio Jr moves out of range.

Distacio Jr shoots in and bounces Rodgers off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Rodgers wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Distacio Jr preventing the sweep.
Rodgers keeping moving, preventing Distacio Jr from controlling successfully.
Rodgers is pulling down on Distacio Jr's head. It's preventing any offense from Distacio Jr, at least for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Distacio Jr passes Rodgers's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Distacio Jr missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Distacio Jr lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Distacio Jr is just content to waste time from the top position. Rodgers takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Distacio Jr scoring with some ground and pound.
Distacio Jr stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rodgers swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Distacio Jr with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Distacio Jr's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Distacio Jr throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Distacio Jr wants to control from the top but Rodgers keeps moving.
Harry Distacio Jr overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodgers seems keen to control Distacio Jr's posture.
Distacio Jr slips nicely into half guard.
Distacio Jr works his foot free and advances to mount.
Distacio Jr has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Distacio Jr pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Rodgers holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Distacio Jr tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Rodgers is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Distacio Jr throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Distacio Jr can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rodgers is looking to escape.
Distacio Jr controlling from mount.
Distacio Jr looking to finish with strikes here!
Distacio Jr sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Distacio Jr looking to finish Rodgers with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rodgers!
Rodgers is squirming around, avoiding Distacio Jr's attempts to control the action.
Distacio Jr lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

Rodgers is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big strike lands for Distacio Jr! That's really hurt Rodgers and he's turned his back - Distacio Jr keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Distacio Jr jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harry Distacio Jr!
Harry Distacio Jr seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.