PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aaron Acton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodriguez's entrance music is Anxiety. A fine choice. Aaron Acton has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Eddie Rodriguez's chin.

Rodriguez
vs
Acton

195 cm
24
273 lbs
5 - 4 - 0

200 cm
20
240 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eddie Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aaron Acton!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Robert Twigg and Wesley Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez throws a head kick that misses.
Acton takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Acton looks gassed!
Acton takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rodriguez fakes the leg kick and cracks Acton in the body.

Rodriguez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Rodriguez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rodriguez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rodriguez scores with the left hand. Acton knows he should have avoided that one.
Acton avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rodriguez lands with a cross.
Aaron Acton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Rodriguez breaks the clinch.
Rodriguez wants to clinch up but Acton keeps it at a distance.
Rodriguez tries to clinch up.
Jab from Rodriguez.
A jab from Rodriguez finds it's way through Acton's defenses.
Rodriguez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Acton takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rodriguez lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rodriguez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Acton. That did some damage!
Rodriguez scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rodriguez. Acton shrugs it off though.
Rodriguez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Acton circles away quickly and effectively.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but Acton moves out of range.
Acton on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rodriguez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Acton is fending him off so far but Rodriguez persists. Nope, Acton circles away and we're back to standing.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but Acton moves out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rodriguez. Acton shrugs it off though.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that Acton semi-blocks.
Acton throws an overhand right that lands on Rodriguez's shoulder, as Rodriguez tries to avoid the shot.
Aaron Acton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Acton throws a combination that misses
and Rodriguez counters with a two punch combo.
Rodriguez moves in looking to clinch but Acton pushes him off.
Acton lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rodriguez backs up against the cage.
Rodriguez throws a series of strikes that have Acton backpedaling.
Rodriguez misses with a few strikes there.
Acton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rodriguez cracks Acton with a good jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Acton moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Acton throws a nice looking combination but Rodriguez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rodriguez slips under a jab.

Rodriguez forces Acton back against the cage and clinches.
Rodriguez taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Acton blocks a body shot from Rodriguez.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rodriguez just misses with a elbow thrown towards Acton's brow.
Acton tries to pull guard but Rodriguez won't allow it.
Rodriguez lands an elbow inside that Acton shrugs off.
Rodriguez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Acton gets through Rodriguez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rodriguez wants to get back to striking at distance but Acton won't allow it.

Acton pulls Rodriguez into guard.
Rodriguez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Acton swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Rodriguez tries to stand but Acton is controlling from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Acton preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rodriguez stays in close to Acton's body and controls the position.
Rodriguez wants to control from the top but Acton keeps moving.
Acton wants to stand and escape but Rodriguez is having none of it.
Rodriguez trying to control the position from guard on top but Acton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rodriguez is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rodriguez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rodriguez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Acton stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez lands a lovely overhand right.
Rodriguez with a hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rodriguez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but Acton moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rodriguez shoots in and drives through. Acton sprawls well.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Acton lands a lovely overhand right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Rodriguez dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Acton misses with a wild body shot.
Acton throws a jab but it's blocked by Rodriguez.
A good leg kick by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez tries to clinch up but Acton circles away and keeps his distance.
Rodriguez scores with a head kick.
Rodriguez scores with a head kick.
Acton misses the jab.
Acton on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rodriguez. Rodriguez obviously looking to wear him down.
Rodriguez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Acton takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rodriguez throws a nice head kick!
Rodriguez is looking to clinch but Acton is avoiding it.
Acton thuds his right hand into Rodriguez's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rodriguez looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Acton is fending him off so far but Rodriguez persists. Nope, Acton circles away and we're back to standing.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Acton misses with a double jab.
Acton dodges the punch combination from Rodriguez.
Acton is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Acton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Acton's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Acton takes a kick to the side of the head.
Acton lands with an overhand left.
Rodriguez throws a wild body kick that Acton sees coming a mile off.
Acton fails with an attempt to clinch.

Acton has taken the fight to the clinch.
Acton has had enough of the clinch but Rodriguez keeps him there for the moment.

Rodriguez gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Acton is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Rodriguez passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Rodriguez misses with an attempted head punch from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez is staying tight to Acton's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Rodriguez scores with a couple of short elbows.
Acton is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Rodriguez has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Rodriguez advances to mount.
Rodriguez takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez looking to control but Acton is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rodriguez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rodriguez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Acton can do to turn this around?
Rodriguez tries to control but Acton wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Eddie Rodriguez just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Acton keeps the fight on the outside.
Rodriguez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rodriguez thumps Acton with a low kick.
Rodriguez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Acton at a distance.
Rodriguez thows a body shot but no joy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rodriguez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eddie Rodriguez dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Acton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Acton blocks a head kick by Rodriguez.
Acton misses with a jab, cross combination.
Acton tries to clinch

and Rodriguez counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Acton's guard now.
Rodriguez won't allow Acton to get back to his feet.
Rodriguez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Rodriguez is looking to work some ground and pound but Acton has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Rodriguez gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Acton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rodriguez ducks under a wild hook from Acton.
Acton takes a jab right on the kisser.
Rodriguez lands a nice shot to the body.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick that misses.
A combination from Acton does no damage.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rodriguez.
Eddie Rodriguez is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab by Rodriguez.
Eddie Rodriguez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Acton checks a leg kick nicely.
Acton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rodriguez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Acton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rodriguez is looking to land body kicks.
Acton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Acton moves out of range of the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Acton walks into a straight right hand from Rodriguez.
Acton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rodriguez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rodriguez 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 Acton has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Acton and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rodriguez staying out of range there.
Acton scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Rodriguez tries to close the distance and clinch but Acton swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Acton blocks a head kick by Rodriguez.
Acton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rodriguez was well out of range. Poor timing from Acton.
Acton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rodriguez tests Acton's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rodriguez misses with a head kick.
Acton moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rodriguez shoots in looking for a takedown. Acton tries to sprawl out of it but Rodriguez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Acton manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rodriguez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rodriguez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rodriguez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rodriguez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rodriguez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Acton avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eddie Rodriguez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Acton has had enough of the clinch but Rodriguez keeps him there for the moment.

Acton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Acton moves out of range of the leg kick from Rodriguez.
Acton swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rodriguez counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Acton moves away from the strike by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez throws a jab but it's blocked by Acton.
Acton fails with an attempt to clinch.
Acton blocks the body kick.
Acton cracks Rodriguez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rodriguez tries to bum rush Acton with a series of wild strikes but Acton uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Acton throws a good cross that connects.
Rodriguez throws a leg kick but Acton moved away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez closes the distance looking to clinch

and Acton counters by moving into the clinch.

Acton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Acton might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A punch lands to the side of Rodriguez 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Aaron Acton has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Acton circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rodriguez tries to clinch but Acton moves out of range.
Acton jabs Rodriguez right on the nose. Rodriguez blinks but takes it well.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Acton crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Rodriguez - the referee stops the clock and Acton gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Rodriguez. Acton manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Rodriguez is looking to slow Acton down with leg kicks.
Acton has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Rodriguez.
Acton scores with a jab. Rodriguez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rodriguez avoids a punch combination nicely.

Rodriguez moves into the clinch successfully.

Rodriguez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Eddie Rodriguez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Acton misses with the combination.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eddie Rodriguez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rodriguez 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:26
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eddie Rodriguez!