PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Caius Cosades (ranked 754 p4p, 98 weight class) and Rudy Rhod (ranked 343 p4p, 46 weight class). Cosades kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Morrowind. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cosades
vs
Rhod

175 cm
34
152 lbs
21 - 17 - 0

180 cm
32
162 lbs
21 - 13 - 2

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing

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 21 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Caius Cosades!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 2, fighting out of New York, Rudy Rhod!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rhod is looking to clinch but Cosades is avoiding it.
Rhod misses with a wild body shot.
Rhod walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cosades checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cosades keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cosades half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Cosades misses the jab.
Rhod scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cosades doesn't seem bothered though.
Rhod lands a body shot.
Rhod leaves Cosades with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nice body punch from Rhod.
Rhod has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Cosades is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Cosades throws a low kick, looking for Rhod's leg but Rhod calmly moves out of range.
Cosades ducks under a wild hook from Rhod.
Cosades throws a leg kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rhod throws a hook but Cosades blocks it.
Rhod throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rhod drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Cosades shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Rhod checks the leg kick.
Cosades fails with a takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cosades thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cosades stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rhod.
Rhod avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cosades misses with an uppercut.
Cosades bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rhod's head.
Rhod is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cosades rather than just go for the knockout.
Cosades with a poor takedown
and Rhod cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Caius Cosades. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cosades walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rhod checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Rhod appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cosades throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rhod counters with a stiff right hand.
Cosades misses with a leg kick
and Rhod counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rhod keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cosades scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cosades lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rhod has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rhod and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rhod lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Cosades scores with a leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cosades turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rhod connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cosades momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cosades tries a low kick but Rhod avoids it.
Rhod lands with an uppercut that bounces Cosades off the cage and back into range.
Rhod throws a hook but Cosades avoids it easily.
Rhod tries to close the distance and clinch but Cosades swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhod misses with a looping right.
Rhod jabs at Cosades's body.
Cosades ducks under a wild hook from Rhod.
Cosades drops down looking for a counter takedown but Rhod sprawls and moves away.
Cosades fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Cosades moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rhod wants to clinch.
Rhod tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Cosades counters with a shoot takedown. Rhod fights it but they end up in guard.
Cosades wants to control from the top but Rhod keeps moving.
Cosades missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cosades trying to control but Rhod is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhod is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Cosades throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rhod works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cosades throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cosades trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cosades accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rhod utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cosades forces his way into half guard.
Cosades thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rhod's head.
Cosades throws a strike but Rhod avoids it easily and moves to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cosades throwing strikes from guard but Rhod blocks nicely.
Cosades being controlled here momentarily.
Rhod avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rhod keeping moving, preventing Cosades from controlling successfully.
Cosades throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rhod works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cosades throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cosades 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.
Cosades distracts Rhod with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rhod preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cosades trying to control the position from guard on top but Rhod is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cosades scoring with some ground and pound.
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 Caius Cosades will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cosades wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cosades throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cosades is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Cosades throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rhod sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cosades throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rhod counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rhod, right into the meat.
Cosades lands a jab to the nose.
Rhod swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rhod throws a good cross that connects.
Rhod fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cosades uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rhod.
Cosades lands with a good body shot.
Rhod misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cosades.
Cosades swings for the body but Rhod moves out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Rhod misses.
Rhod uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cosades.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cosades moves out of range as Rhod strikes.
Rhod bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rhod lands a jab to Cosades's midsection.
Cosades throws a jab when Rhod was well out of range.
Cosades throws a hook but Rhod blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhod moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rhod misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cosades.
Rhod misses with a hook.
Cosades attempts a counter takedown but Rhod avoids it well and moves away.
Cosades lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rhod lands a jab to the nose.
Cosades lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rhod tries to work over Cosades's front leg with a kick but Cosades checks it.
Rhod staying out of range there.
Cosades shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rhod finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cosades scores with a decent looking hook.
Rhod thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rudy Rhod seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rhod scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cosades attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cosades ducks right into an uppercut from Rhod.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cosades thows a leg kick but Rhod checks it
and Rhod counters with a leg kick.
A big left from Rhod misses.
Rhod just misses with a punch to the body.
Rhod throws a series of strikes that have Cosades backpedaling.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cosades tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rhod is able to avoid easily.
Rhod on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cosades needs to keep his hands up - Rhod had a free shot at his head there.
Cosades staying out of range there.
Rhod throws a hook but Cosades blocks it.
Cosades keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rhod lands with an uppercut that bounces Cosades off the cage and back into range.
Cosades lands a nice leg kick that just misses Rhod's sensitive parts.
Rhod misses with a wild body shot.
Cosades lands a nice looking body shot.
Rhod throws a jab when Cosades was well out of range.
Rhod connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cosades. Cosades circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cosades walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rhod throws the left hand but Cosades avoids the punch easily.
Rhod throws a lazy uppercut

and Cosades counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Caius Cosades overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cosades wants to control from the top but Rhod keeps moving.
Cosades is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cosades trying to control but Rhod is working from the bottom.
Cosades postures up in Rhod's guard and throws a big left but Rhod blocks it.
Cosades stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rhod swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cosades throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cosades is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cosades throwing strikes from guard but Rhod blocks nicely.
Cosades's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Cosades has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Cosades throwing strikes from guard but Rhod blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rhod utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rhod utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cosades scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cosades trying to control but Rhod is working from the bottom.
Cosades controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Cosades wants to control from the top but Rhod keeps moving.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Cosades throws out a leg kick but Rhod moves out of range and Cosades only half commits.
Rhod looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Rudy Rhod will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Rhod connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A low kick from Cosades misses
and Rhod counters with a slapping leg kick.
A big right from Cosades misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cosades lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rhod has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rhod and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The crowd cheers as Cosades lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rhod doesn't seem phased though.
Rhod lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rhod lands a glancing blow to the side of Cosades's head.
Rhod looks to land a left hand but Cosades moved out of range nicely.
Rhod does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Rhod pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A slow jab from Rhod misses its intended target.
Cosades ducks under a wild hook from Rhod.
Cosades takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Cosades misses with a straight right.
Cosades scores with a shot to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Rhod checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cosades lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rhod has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rhod and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rhod swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rhod with a hook.
Cosades blocks a head kick by Rhod.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cosades dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rhod. That did some damage!
A cross from Rhod lands.
A good leg kick by Rhod.
Cosades throws a hook but Rhod avoids it easily.
Rhod's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cosades lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rhod has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rhod and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rhod has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cosades.
Cosades throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rhod.

Cosades closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Cosades lands in his opponent's guard.
Cosades trying to control the position from guard on top but Rhod is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cosades slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Cosades tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cosades grinds an elbow into Rhod's temple.
Cosades is staying tight to Rhod's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Rhod avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Cosades.
Cosades trying to control the action but Rhod is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Cosades wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Rhod, who protects the arm well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cosades misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Rhod can't do much from the bottom here.
Cosades is looking to take a break and control but Rhod is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cosades tries to advance to mount but Rhod instead regains half guard.
Cosades drops an elbow to the side of Rhod's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cosades missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cosades content to control rather than advance.
Cosades thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cosades passes to side control.
Cosades throws an elbow but Rhod slips to the side and avoids it well.
Rhod defending against the ground and pound.
Cosades wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rhod keeps working.
Cosades working the ground and pound from side control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Caius Cosades showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cosades 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 29:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Caius Cosades!
After winning the bout, Caius Cosades thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.