PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rudy Rhod (ranked 442 p4p, 56 weight class) and Sni Probong (ranked 185 p4p, 23 weight class). Probong has chosen Bodhi Mandala as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Rhod
vs
Probong

180 cm
27
162 lbs
14 - 7 - 1

177 cm
33
155 lbs
19 - 13 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Freebok (85% Laundry)

Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200)

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 14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rudy Rhod!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Sni Probong!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Probong loads up on a big right hand but Rhod slips the punch.
Rhod throws a quick counter kick to the body but Probong avoids it.
Rhod walks into a straight right hand from Probong.

Probong closes the distance and clinches.
A right hook to the body lands for Probong.
Probong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rhod.
Probong scores with a shot to the side of Rhod's head.
Rhod avoiding damage.
Probong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Probong misses with a body punch.
Probong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rhod.
Probong tries a body shot but Rhod blocks it.
A short uppercut from Probong.
Probong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rhod misses with a short punch on the inside.
Probong cracks Rhod with a nice body shot.
Probong swings wildly with an uppercut but Rhod uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rhod throws a head punch that misses.
Probong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Probong misses with a punch on the inside.
Probong throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Rhods head.

Rhod breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Probong blocks a head kick by Rhod.
Probong feints and then cracks Rhod's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rhod down.
Probong doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Probong lunges at Rhod with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rhod's hand.
Rhod ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Probong tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rhod was well out of range. Poor timing from Probong.
Probong pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rhod takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rhod rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Probong moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A lazy left from Rhod finds it's target.
Rhod ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Probong avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rhod looks to throw the jab but Probong is out of range.
Rhod moves out of range as Probong strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhod misses the shot to the body.
Rhod throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Probong on the side of the head.
Probong throws a low kick but Rhod moves out of range easily.
Probong misses with a looping left.
Rhod thinks about countering with a body kick.
Rhod blocks a head kick by Probong.
Probong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Probong looks to move away, Rhod throws a big counter combo but Probong just gets out of the way.
Rhod lands a glancing blow to the side of Probong's head.
Rhod cracks the inside of Probong's front leg.
Probong feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rhods jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Rhod tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Probong was well out of range. Poor timing from Rhod.
Probong takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Probong misses with a hook.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rhod digs a right hand into Probong's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Probong's gas tank.
Rhod scores with a hook to the body.
Probong tries to throw a body punch but Rhod avoids it by throwing Probong back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Probong softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Probong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rhod blocks an uppercut.
Rhod lands with a light punch inside.
Probong misses with a punch on the inside.
Rhod lands a shoulder strike.
Probong misses with the head strike.
Rhod blocking some punches.
Rhod scores with a shoulder strike.
Rhod throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Probongs head.
Probong lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by Rhod.
Rhod blocking some punches.
Rhod lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rhod prevents a body shot from Probong.
Probong lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rhod misses with a punch to the body.
Probong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rhod avoiding damage as Probong throws knees to the body.
Rhod has a couple of punches blocked by Probong.
Rhod lands with a light punch inside.
Rhod takes a shot to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Probong throws a punch but it's blocked by Rhod.
Rhod swings wildly with an uppercut but Probong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rhod lands a shoulder strike.
Rhod scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Probong.
Rhod misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rhod works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A body shot lands from Rhod.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Probong.
Rhod slowing the pace effectively.
Probong prevents a body shot from Rhod.
Rhod lands with a short shot to the head.
Probong pushes Rhod back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Probong swings wildly with an uppercut but Rhod uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rhod lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rhod tries a body shot but Probong blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Probong fails to land.
Rhod misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rhod tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Probong's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Rudy Rhod will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Rhod pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Probong moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Probong lands a glancing blow to the side of Rhod's head.
Rhod moves out of range of the body kick.
Probong looks for the body kick but Rhod saw that one coming.
Rhod scores with a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Probong.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rhod scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rhod avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The fighters circling - Rhod throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rhod throws a shot to the body.
Rhod wants to clinch up but Probong keeps it at a distance.
Probong throws a front kick that sends Rhod stumbling back into the cage.
Rhod on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Probong wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rhod just misses with a punch to the body.
Probong blocks a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhod jabs Probong to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Probong tries to work over Rhod's front leg with a kick but Rhod checks it.
A jab from Probong does it's job there.
Probong fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rhod is out of range.
Probong avoids the body shot from Rhod.
Probong takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Probong misses with a two punch combination.
Rhod throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rhod jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rhod swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Probong slips under a jab from Rhod.
Rhod takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Probong tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rhod is able to avoid easily.
Rhod uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Probong.
Probong looks to land a right hand but Rhod moved out of range.
Probong throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Probong is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rhod.
Rhod lands the left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Probong swings for the body but Rhod moves out of range.
Rhod throws a body shot but no joy.
Rhod cracks Probong with an open hand slap.
Probong turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rhod looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rhod is looking to land body kicks.
Probong tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Probong is looking to clinch.
Probong uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rhod.
Probong gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rhod.
Rhod misses with a body shot.
Probong pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rhod feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Probong throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Probong. Rhod does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rhod is looking to counter punch.
Probong throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhod misses with an uppercut.
Probong keeps the fight on the outside.
Probong checks a low kick from Rhod.
Probong tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rhod was well out of range. Poor timing from Probong.
Probong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sni Probong seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rhod rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Probong moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Probong misses with a leg kick.
Rhod swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Rhod lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Probong misses with a hook
and Rhod counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Probong lands a nice hook to Rhod's body. Rhod takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Probong thuds a left hand into Rhod's body.
Probong misses with a body kick.
Nice defenses there by Rhod.
It looked like Rhod was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Probong.
Probong misses with a body kick.
Rhod changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Probong.
Rhod swings widly with a right hand
letting Probong counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Donk. Rhod catches Probong right on the button with a cross.
Rhod moves forwards but Probong connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rhod steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Probong.
Rhod throws a lazy uppercut
and Probong counters with a leg kick.
Rhod fails with an attempt to clinch.
Probong throws a jab when Rhod was well out of range.
Rhod scores with a punch to the head.
Rhod throws a body shot but no joy.
Probong feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rhods jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Rhod slips under a jab from Probong.
Probong throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Probong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rhod.
Probong rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Rhod counter with a right hand.
Probong uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rhod.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Sni Probong will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Rhod moves out of range as Probong throws a body kick.
Probong shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Probong connects with a solid leg kick.
Probong throws a looping overhand right but Rhod ducks down to avoid it.
Rhod thinks about countering with a head kick.
Probong throws a head kick but Rhod moves out of range.
Rhod defending well as Probong loads up on a big left hand.
Rhod closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Probong misses with a looping right.
Probong scores with a kick to the body.
Rhod throws a front kick aimed at Probong's knee but Probong avoids it well.
Rhod misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rhod misses with a right hand
and Rhod takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rhod connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Rhod moves into range and clinches up with Probong.
Probong lands with a short shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Probong scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rhod throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhod misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rudy Rhod has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rhod tries a body shot but Probong blocks it.
A short uppercut from Probong.
Probong prevents a body shot from Rhod.
A right handed body shot lands from Probong.
Rhod scores with a shot to the side of Probong's head.
Rhod lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rhod misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rhod misses with a short punch on the inside.
Probong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rhod prevents a body shot from Probong.
Rhod presses Probong against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rhod struggles to land a body shot inside as Probong controls his hands.
Rhod lands a hook that snaps the head of Probong backwards.
Rhod blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Probong misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Probong - that landed with a thud.
Probong tries to throw a body punch but Rhod avoids it by throwing Probong back against the cage.
Rhod misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good body shot from Probong.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Probong presses Rhod against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rhod misses with a body punch.
A right hook to the body lands for Probong.
Probong working aggressively here.
Probong lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rhod tries to work over Probong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Probong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rhod misses with a hook to the ribs.
Probong struggles to land a body shot inside as Rhod controls his hands.
Rhod has a couple of punches blocked by Probong.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Probong.
A head punch on the inside from Probong fails to land.
Rhod misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Probong struggles to land a body shot inside as Rhod controls his hands.
Probong is trying to stall.

Rhod pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Rhod has closed the distance and engaged Probong in a clinch.
Rhod misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Probong working aggressively here.
Rhod misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Probong looking to slow down the pace here.
Rhod digs a right hand underneath Probong's ribcage. Probong let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Probong tries to break free but Rhod pushes him back against the cage.
Rhod throws a head punch that misses.
Probong tries to work over Rhod's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rhod lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Probong backwards.
Probong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rhod goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right handed body shot lands from Probong.
A nice right hand lands inside from Probong.
Rhod misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Probong.
Rhod misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rhod misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Rhod.
Rhod is trying to maintain a safe position but Probong gets an underhook and turns Rhod into the cage.
Rhod misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Probong blocks an uppercut.
Rhod tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rhod.
Probong pushes Rhod back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Probong tries to work over Rhod's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Probong is looking to control Rhod's arms but Rhod gets an underhook and turns him. Now Probong has his back to the cage.
Probong blocks a body shot from Rhod.
Rhod tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rhod.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Probong working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Probong can't find room to land a body shot as Rhod controls the action.
A shot in the inside from Probong.
Rhod lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Probong backwards.

Rhod breaks the clinch.
Rhod scoring well with a low kick there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Probong.
Rhod moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Probong works the jab nicely.
Rhod shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rudy Rhod.
I think Rhod has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Rudy Rhod!
An out of breath Rudy Rhod thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.