PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Rhodes (ranked 4721 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kenan Ademovic (ranked 2824 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Rhodes
vs
Ademovic

190 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

191 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Randy Rhodes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kenan Ademovic!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rhodes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ademovic moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Rhodes lands a lovely overhand right.
Ademovic connects with a crisp jab.
Rhodes cracks a nice hook into Ademovic's ribs.
Rhodes keeps the fight on the outside.
An attempted straight right counter from Rhodes misses the target.
Ademovic takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A jab lands there for Rhodes.
Ademovic looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A big right from Ademovic misses.
Rhodes connects with a single shot there.
Rhodes loads up on a big right hand but Ademovic slips the punch.
A nice side step and Ademovic releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Ademovic tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rhodes manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rhodes circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ademovic throws a jab when Rhodes was well out of range.
Ademovic tests Rhodes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rhodes throws a right hand that Ademovic ducks under and follows up with a left that Ademovic also avoids with ease.
Rhodes misses with a two punch combination.
Rhodes swings for the body but Ademovic moves out of range.
Rhodes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rhodes needs to keep his hands up - Ademovic had a free shot at his head there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ademovic misses with a body shot.
Rhodes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ademovic lands with an uppercut that bounces Rhodes off the cage and back into range.
Jab, jab by Ademovic - just one landing.
Ademovic swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rhodes.
Ademovic scores with a hook to the body. Rhodes takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A big right from Rhodes misses.
Ademovic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rhodes throws a lazy right hand but Ademovic sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ademovic looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice jab there from Ademovic.
Rhodes connects with a body shot.
Rhodes takes a jab right on the kisser.
Rhodes misses with a hook
and Ademovic counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ademovic staying out of range there.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ademovic! But no joy.
Kenan Ademovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ademovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rhodes keeps the fight on the outside.
Rhodes throws a shot from downtown. Ademovic moves away and avoids it.
Rhodes misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from Rhodes misses its intended target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ademovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ademovic tries to clinch but Rhodes moves out of range.
Ademovic moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rhodes misses with a straight right.
Ademovic lunges at Rhodes with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rhodes's hand.
Rhodes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ademovic.
Jab by Rhodes.
Ademovic paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Ademovic thuds a left hand into Rhodes's body.
Ademovic fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rhodes. Ademovic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ademovic scores with a jab. Rhodes acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Ademovic loads up on a big right hand but Rhodes slips the punch.
Rhodes misses with a looping left.
Ademovic throws a hook to the side of Rhodes's head but Rhodes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rhodes misses with a hook.
Ademovic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ademovic moves in looking to clinch but Rhodes pushes him off.

Ademovic darts in and clinches Rhodes up against the cage.
Ademovic blocks an uppercut.
Ademovic misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Ademovic.
A short right from Ademovic.
Rhodes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rhodes blocks a body shot from Ademovic.
Ademovic blocking some punches.
Rhodes is leaning against Ademovic and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rhodes misses with a punch on the inside.
Ademovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Ademovic lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rhodes backwards.
Rhodes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rhodes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ademovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Rhodes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ademovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ademovic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ademovic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rhodes backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rhodes lands a nice uppercut.
Rhodes lands a left hand.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ademovic.
Rhodes softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ademovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Rhodes fails to land.
Ademovic tries to work over Rhodes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ademovic blocks an uppercut.
Ademovic working aggressively here.
Rhodes blocks a body shot from Ademovic.
Rhodes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ademovic throws a head punch that misses.
Ademovic blocking some punches.
A short right from Rhodes on the inside.
Ademovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rhodes misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rhodes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rhodes lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ademovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rhodes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ademovic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rhodes backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rhodes.
Rhodes has a couple of punches blocked by Ademovic.
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 Randy Rhodes will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Ademovic tries to close the distance and clinch but Rhodes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rhodes looks to land a right hand but Ademovic moved out of range.
Ademovic looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ademovic slips under a jab from Rhodes.
Ademovic misses with a hook.
Ademovic blocks a jab.
Ademovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Jab by Ademovic.
Rhodes throws a big shot that misses.
Ademovic now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Rhodes throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Ademovic to counter with a crisp jab.
Ademovic tries to clinch up.
Ademovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rhodes.
Ademovic connects with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ademovic throws an overhand right that lands on Rhodes's shoulder, as Rhodes tries to avoid the shot.
Ademovic ducks under a wild hook from Rhodes.
Rhodes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ademovic tries to move into range but Rhodes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ademovic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rhodes swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rhodes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rhodes is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhodes lands with an uppercut that bounces Ademovic off the cage and back into range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rhodes, as that shot connected.
Rhodes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rhodes keeps the fight on the outside.
An attempted straight right counter from Rhodes misses the target.
Ademovic cracks Rhodes with a good jab.
Ademovic needs to keep his hands up - Rhodes had a free shot at his head there.
Nice defenses there by Rhodes.
Rhodes throws a hook to the side of Ademovic's head but Ademovic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rhodes lands a jab to Ademovic's midsection.
Rhodes takes one on the button.
Nice straight punches there by Ademovic. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ademovic.
Rhodes uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ademovic.
Ademovic is looking to clinch.
Rhodes gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ademovic.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ademovic moves away from the strike by Rhodes.
Rhodes throws out a loose jab but Ademovic uses good head movement to avoid it.

Ademovic has closed the distance and engaged Rhodes in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rhodes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ademovic blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ademovic.
Ademovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ademovic misses with a body punch.
Rhodes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rhodes throws a head punch that misses.
Ademovic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rhodes backwards.
Rhodes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rhodes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rhodes blocks an uppercut.
Ademovic can't find room to land a body shot as Rhodes controls the action.
Rhodes misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Rhodes fails to land.
A right handed body shot lands from Ademovic.
Ademovic misses with a body punch.
Rhodes swings wildly with an uppercut but Ademovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rhodes lands an uppercut.
Rhodes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rhodes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ademovic cracks Rhodes with a nice body shot.
Ademovic misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Rhodes.
Ademovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rhodes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ademovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ademovic lands a body shot in the clinch.
Rhodes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ademovic misses with some punches.
Ademovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ademovic blocks an uppercut.
Ademovic misses with a body punch.
Ademovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ademovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rhodes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ademovic's elbow.
Ademovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Ademovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Rhodes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ademovic blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rhodes lands a shoulder strike.
Rhodes struggles to land a body shot inside as Ademovic controls his hands.
Rhodes swings wildly with an uppercut but Ademovic uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ademovic tries to work over Rhodes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Rhodes.
Ademovic blocks an uppercut.
Ademovic working aggressively here.
Ademovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Rhodes.
Rhodes lands a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ademovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rhodes has a couple of punches blocked by Ademovic.
Rhodes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Rhodes.
Rhodes lands with a left to the head.
Rhodes lands a shoulder strike.
Ademovic misses with a punch to the body.
Rhodes throws a head punch that misses.
Rhodes lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ademovic backwards.
Ademovic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ademovic can't find room to land a body shot as Rhodes controls the action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rhodes.
Ademovic prevents a body shot from Rhodes.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ademovic misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Randy Rhodes dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

A jab from Rhodes misses.
Rhodes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Rhodes misses.
Ademovic swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rhodes.
Ademovic fails in his attempt to clinch.
A jab lands there for Ademovic.
Rhodes looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ademovic tries to clinch but Rhodes moves out of range.

Ademovic has closed the distance and engaged Rhodes in a clinch.
Rhodes has a couple of punches blocked by Ademovic.
Rhodes has a couple of punches blocked by Ademovic.
Rhodes misses with the head strike.
Rhodes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ademovic throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ademovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rhodes scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ademovic can't find room to land a body shot as Rhodes controls the action.
Rhodes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ademovic misses with the head strike.
Ademovic lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ademovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ademovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Rhodes.
Ademovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rhodes misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rhodes.
Ademovic working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Rhodes.
Rhodes blocking some punches.
Rhodes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rhodes lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rhodes tries to throw a body punch but Ademovic avoids it by throwing Rhodes back against the cage.
Ademovic's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rhodes.
Rhodes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ademovic backwards.
Rhodes tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rhodes lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rhodes lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ademovic backwards.
Ademovic tries a body shot but Rhodes blocks it.
Ademovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Randy Rhodes has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ademovic misses with a punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ademovic has a couple of punches blocked by Rhodes.
Kenan Ademovic has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ademovic misses with some punches.
Rhodes scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ademovic.
Ademovic misses with a body punch.
Ademovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Rhodes.
Ademovic lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ademovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ademovic misses with some punches.
Rhodes tries a body shot but Ademovic blocks it.
Ademovic tries to work over Rhodes's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rhodes misses with some punches.
Rhodes's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rhodes has a couple of punches blocked by Ademovic.
A body shot lands from Rhodes.
A head punch on the inside from Rhodes fails to land.
Rhodes misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Ademovic fails to land.
Rhodes lands with a left to the head.
Rhodes throws a punch but it's blocked by Ademovic.
A head punch on the inside from Rhodes fails to land.
Rhodes takes a shot to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ademovic blocking some punches.
Rhodes prevents a body shot from Ademovic.
Ademovic can't find room to land a body shot as Rhodes controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rhodes.
Rhodes scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ademovic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ademovic misses with a body punch.
Ademovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rhodes misses with some punches.
Randy Rhodes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A hook to the body from Rhodes.
Rhodes lands a hook that snaps the head of Ademovic backwards.
Ademovic misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rhodes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rhodes.
Ademovic swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Rhodes on the inside.
Ademovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ademovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Rhodes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ademovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rhodes's elbow.
Ademovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ademovic can't find room to land a body shot as Rhodes controls the action.
Ademovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ademovic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ademovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Rhodes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ademovic working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ademovic can't find room to land a body shot as Rhodes controls the action.

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 Randy Rhodes.
Well Rhodes has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Randy Rhodes!
During a confident post fight interview, Randy Rhodes thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.