PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Rodriguez (ranked 3272 p4p, 333 weight class) and Buakaw Banchamek (ranked 2988 p4p, 310 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Rodriguez
vs
Banchamek

178 cm
19
160 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

174 cm
26
158 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ryan Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Buakaw Banchamek!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Banchamek gets a clinch.
Rodriguez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rodriguez prevents a body shot from Banchamek.
Banchamek blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rodriguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rodriguez working aggressively here.
Banchamek lands a nice elbow.
Rodriguez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short uppercut from Rodriguez.

Rodriguez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rodriguez scores with a sloppy right hand. Banchamek should have avoided that one.
Rodriguez looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
And Banchamek tries to counter it with a takedown but Rodriguez pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Rodriguez thuds a left hand into Banchamek's body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Banchamek.
Rodriguez lands with an uppercut that bounces Banchamek off the cage and back into range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Banchamek takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rodriguez thuds a left hand into Banchamek's body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rodriguez is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Rodriguez looks to land a body kick but Banchamek moved away.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Banchamek is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rodriguez is defending well for now.
Banchamek misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rodriguez lands with a left to the head.
Rodriguez looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rodriguez tries to throw a body punch but Banchamek avoids it by throwing Rodriguez back against the cage.
Banchamek swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Banchamek struggles to land a body shot inside as Rodriguez controls his hands.
Rodriguez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Banchamek can't find room to land a body shot as Rodriguez controls the action.
Banchamek looking to throw knees to the head but Rodriguez is blocking nicely.
Nice body punch from Rodriguez - that landed with a thud.
Banchamek is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rodriguez is defending well for now.
Rodriguez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Banchamek looks winded!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez pushes Banchamek back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Rodriguez lands a hook that snaps the head of Banchamek backwards.

Rodriguez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rodriguez scores with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodriguez pushes Banchamek away with a front kick.
Rodriguez lands a nice looking body shot.
Good leg kick by Rodriguez there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rodriguez. That's going to slow Banchamek down.
Banchamek is looking to clinch.
Rodriguez lands a leg kick that knocks Banchamek off balance momentarily.
Banchamek tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rodriguez is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Banchamek has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rodriguez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Banchamek! Rodriguez dives in looking to finish! Banchamek is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Rodriguez!
A very excited looking Ryan Rodriguez rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.