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QFC Tournament 940 Round 4 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Rodriguez (ranked 4028 p4p, 0 weight class) and Third Tourn (ranked 4064 p4p, 0 weight class). Michael Rodriguez could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Third Tourn's chin.
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170 lbs
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Michael Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Third Tourn!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tourn fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rodriguez on the side of the head.
Rodriguez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tourn was well out of range. Poor timing from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez scores with a jab.
A big right from Rodriguez misses.
Rodriguez misses with a looping left.
Rodriguez throws a body punch but Tourn moves out of range.
Tourn swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A jab from Tourn misses.
Rodriguez is looking to counter punch.
Rodriguez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tourn was well out of range. Poor timing from Rodriguez.
Tourn throws an overhand right that lands on Rodriguez's shoulder, as Rodriguez tries to avoid the shot.
Tourn throws an off balance right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a stiff right hand.
Rodriguez lands with a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tourn's corner calls for a 1-2. Tourn obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rodriguez lands with a right hand.
Rodriguez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tourn catches Rodriguez with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
It looks like Michael Rodriguez has been cut.
Rodriguez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tourn is looking to clinch but Rodriguez is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tourn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rodriguez moves away.
Rodriguez digs a good body shot into Tourn's ribs.
Tourn misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Tourn misses.
Tourn looks to throw the jab but Rodriguez is out of range.
Tourn throws an overhand right that lands on Rodriguez's shoulder, as Rodriguez tries to avoid the shot.
Good shot there by Tourn.
Tourn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rodriguez manages to avoid it.
Tourn gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rodriguez.
Tourn waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rodriguez.
Rodriguez punishes Tourn's body with a nice straight punch.
Rodriguez moves out of range of the strikes.
Tourn throws a hook but Rodriguez avoids it easily.
Rodriguez moves out of range of the strikes.
Tourn misses with an uppercut.
Tourn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rodriguez's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tourn under the eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice cross by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tourn throws out the jab.
Rodriguez avoids the body shot from Tourn.
Rodriguez sizes up Tourn with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rodriguez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rodriguez cracks Tourn with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rodriguez lunges at Tourn with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tourn's hand.
Rodriguez throws an off balance right hand
and Tourn counters with a straight right hand.
Tourn lands a right hook to the body.
Rodriguez misses the shot to the body.
Rodriguez throws a body punch but Tourn moves out of range.
Rodriguez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tourn scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rodriguez in his tracks.
Tourn darts in and clinches Rodriguez up against the cage.
Tourn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tourn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rodriguez works the jab nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tourn throws a hook but Rodriguez blocks it.
Rodriguez throws a body punch but Tourn moves out of range.
Rodriguez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Tourn pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rodriguez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tourn.
Rodriguez scores with a punch to the head.
Rodriguez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tourn throws an off balance right hand
and Rodriguez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rodriguez lands with a hook. Tourn tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tourn fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rodriguez manages to avoid it.
Rodriguez lands a glancing blow to the side of Tourn's head.
Rodriguez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A big left from Tourn misses.
Rodriguez appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Tourn misses with a hook to the body
and Rodriguez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rodriguez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tourn takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tourn takes a swing at Rodriguez's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Rodriguez does it's job there.
Tourn throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rodriguez counters with a right hand to the body.
Tourn throws a lazy uppercut
and Rodriguez counters with a stiff right hand.
Rodriguez with a nice cross.
Tourn misses with a looping right.
Rodriguez looks to land a left hand but Tourn moved out of range nicely.
Tourn swings for the body but Rodriguez moves out of range.
Tourn misses with a body shot
and Rodriguez counters with a straight right hand.
Rodriguez avoids the body shot from Tourn.
Rodriguez looks to score with a jab to the body but Tourn is just out of range.
Tourn has taken the fight to the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Tourn fails to land.
Rodriguez misses with a punch to the body.
Tourn struggles to land a body shot inside as Rodriguez controls his hands.
Rodriguez misses with a body punch.
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 Michael Rodriguez will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Michael Rodriguez's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rodriguez lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rodriguez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rodriguez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tourn.
Tourn throws a looping overhand right but Rodriguez ducks down to avoid it.
Rodriguez thuds his right hand into Tourn's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tourn closes the distance and pushes Rodriguez back into the cage.
Rodriguez blocks an uppercut.
Tourn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tourn moves to clinch but Rodriguez breaks away
letting Rodriguez counter with a right hand.
Rodriguez digs a good hook to Tourn's body.
Tourn misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rodriguez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez throws a body shot but no joy.
Tourn throws out a counter right but Rodriguez avoids it with no problem.
Rodriguez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tourn in his tracks.
Rodriguez digs a good body shot into Tourn's ribs.
Rodriguez connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rodriguez throws an overhand right that lands on Tourn's shoulder, as Tourn tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tourn avoids the body shot from Rodriguez.
Tourn let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Rodriguez throws a hook but Tourn blocks it.
Rodriguez avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tourn misses with a straight right.
Tourn scores with a decent looking hook.
Tourn misses with a body shot.
It looked like Rodriguez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tourn has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tourn misses with a hook.
Tourn wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tourn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tourn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tourn pushes Rodriguez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Rodriguez.
Tourn pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rodriguez jabs Tourn right on the nose. Tourn blinks but takes it well.
Rodriguez slips under a jab.
Rodriguez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rodriguez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rodriguez ducks under a wild hook from Tourn.
Tourn scores with a body shot.
Michael Rodriguez is winning the standup battle so far.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tourn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rodriguez defending well as Tourn loads up on a big left hand.
Rodriguez misses the shot to the body.
Rodriguez connects with a crisp jab.
Tourn throws a jab but it's blocked by Rodriguez.
Tourn takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tourn thows a left - swing and a miss!
An attempted straight right counter from Rodriguez misses the target.
The fighters circling - Rodriguez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The fighters circling - Tourn throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Rodriguez was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tourn.
Tourn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rodriguez connects with a right hand. Tourn shakes it off.
Rodriguez digs a good body shot into Tourn's ribs.
Rodriguez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tourn looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Tourn throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rodriguez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tourn swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rodriguez.
Tourn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rodriguez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tourn looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tourn tries to clinch there but Rodriguez circles away.
Rodriguez scores with a jab to the head.
Tourn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rodriguez.
Tourn now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Rodriguez scores with a decent looking hook.
Tourn looks to score with a jab to the body but Rodriguez is just out of range.
Rodriguez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tourn manages to avoid it.
Rodriguez moves away from the strike by Tourn.
Rodriguez slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez slips a straight right by Tourn.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rodriguez lands with a shot to the body.
Rodriguez lands a jab to Tourn's midsection.
Tourn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tourn keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tourn takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rodriguez cracks a nice hook into Tourn's ribs.
Rodriguez looks to land a left hand but Tourn moved out of range nicely.
Rodriguez lands with a right hand.
Tourn misses with an uppercut. Rodriguez saw that one coming.
Nice shot lands for Rodriguez.
Tourn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rodriguez scores with a sloppy right hand. Tourn should have avoided that one.
Tourn just misses with a punch to the body.
Rodriguez slips under a jab from Tourn.
It looked like Rodriguez was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Tourn.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Rodriguez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Michael Rodriguez's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Rodriguez connects with a looping right hand.
Tourn staying out of range there.
Rodriguez ducks under a wild hook from Tourn.
Rodriguez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tourn manages to avoid it.
Tourn takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tourn misses the jab.
Tourn doesn't manage to clinch there - Rodriguez circles away.
Rodriguez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tourn can do to turn this around?
Rodriguez misses with a looping right.
Tourn throws a body shot but no joy.
Tourn misses with a hook.
Tourn throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez misses with a straight right.
Tourn swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rodriguez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tourn clinches with his opponent.
A left hand lands to the body for Rodriguez.
A body shot lands from Tourn.
Tourn tries to work over Rodriguez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez misses with a punch to the body.
Tourn working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rodriguez tries to work over Tourn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tourn blocks a body shot from Rodriguez.
Tourn takes a shot to the head.
Rodriguez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tourn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tourn displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rodriguez throws out the jab.
Rodriguez takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rodriguez throws the left hand but Tourn avoids the punch easily.
Rodriguez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tourn throws an off balance right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a stiff right hand.
Rodriguez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rodriguez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rodriguez misses with a hook.
Tourn slips a straight right by Rodriguez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tourn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez cracks Tourn with an open hand slap.
Tourn misses with a looping right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodriguez lands a really nice looking cross but Tourn seems unphased.
Rodriguez scores with a decent looking hook.
Rodriguez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rodriguez throws a hook but Tourn blocks it.
Tourn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rodriguez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Tourn throws a looping overhand right but Rodriguez ducks down to avoid it.
Rodriguez misses the shot to the body.
Rodriguez throws the left hand but Tourn avoids the punch easily.
Tourn throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rodriguez on the side of the head.
Rodriguez throws a shot from downtown. Tourn moves away and avoids it.
Rodriguez avoids the body shot from Tourn.
Tourn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tourn ducks right into an uppercut from Rodriguez.
Tourn takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The fighters circling - Rodriguez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tourn misses with an uppercut. Rodriguez saw that one coming.
Good standup being displayed there by Rodriguez as he connects with a hook.
Tourn on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tourn throws a hook to the side of Rodriguez's head but Rodriguez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rodriguez misses with a lunging right hand
and Tourn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tourn defending well as Rodriguez loads up on a big left hand.
Tourn slips a jab from Rodriguez.
Tourn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rodriguez lands with an overhand left.
Tourn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tourn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rodriguez throws a good cross that connects.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tourn throws the left hand but Rodriguez avoids the punch easily.
Rodriguez is looking to counter punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rodriguez lands with an overhand left.
Rodriguez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rodriguez with a jab.
Tourn takes a swing at Rodriguez's ribcage but misses.
Tourn throws a poor cross that misses
and Rodriguez counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Rodriguez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tourn was well out of range. Poor timing from Rodriguez.
Tourn defending well as Rodriguez loads up on a big left hand.
Rodriguez lands with an uppercut that bounces Tourn off the cage and back into range.
Rodriguez digs a good body shot into Tourn's ribs.
Tourn swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab from Tourn misses.
Tourn takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Third Tourn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A swing and a miss from Tourn.
Rodriguez cracks Tourn with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Rodriguez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rodriguez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight for Michael Rodriguez!
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight for Michael Rodriguez!
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight for Michael Rodriguez!
Michael Rodriguez wins by unanimous decision!
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