PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Rodriguez (ranked 671 p4p, 1611 weight class) and Bryant Smith (ranked 81 p4p, 171 weight class). Smith comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Television - Marquee Moon kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the cage it seems that Pablo Rodriguez has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Pablo Rodriguez seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Rodriguez
vs
Smith

180 cm
23
150
12 - 5 - 1

178 cm
23
159
11 - 5 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Pablo Rodriguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bryant Smith!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Fujiwara.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodriguez misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Smith staying out of range there.
Rodriguez backing away here, and Smith unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Smith slips under a jab from Rodriguez.
Smith staying out of range there.
Rodriguez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Smith. That did some damage!
Rodriguez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.
Smith let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Rodriguez paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Smith is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Rodriguez misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
Smith gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rodriguez seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Rodriguez misses with an uppercut
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rodriguez takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Rodriguez misses with a left hand
and Smith counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Smith gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Smith gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rodriguez cracks Smith with a right hand to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez avoids the body shot from Smith.
Rodriguez wants to clinch.
Smith dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rodriguez. That did some damage!
Pablo Rodriguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rodriguez misses with a straight right.
Smith throws out a counter right but Rodriguez avoids it with no problem.
Rodriguez moves in looking to clinch but Smith pushes him off.
Smith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rodriguez throws out the jab.
Rodriguez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Good shot there by Rodriguez.
Smith lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez scores with a leg kick.
Rodriguez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Rodriguez misses with a straight right.
Smith thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rodriguez tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Smith is able to avoid easily.
Smith feints a counter leg kick.
Rodriguez throws out a loose jab but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rodriguez slips under a jab.
Rodriguez throwing a counter right hand but Smith manages to avoid it.
Smith takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rodriguez tests Smith's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smith throws a counter combo.
A swing and a miss from Rodriguez.
It seemed like Smith was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A slow jab from Rodriguez misses its intended target.
Rodriguez scores with a jab. Smith acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rodriguez throws an off balance right hand
and Smith counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Pablo Rodriguez has been cut.
Rodriguez throws a lazy right hand but Smith sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez tries to clinch there but Smith circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Smith! But no joy.
Smith scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Smith misses with a body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Rodriguez misses the target.
Rodriguez throws out a loose jab but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rodriguez lands a two punch combo.
Rodriguez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Smith checks the leg kick nicely there.
Nice shot lands for Rodriguez.
Rodriguez misses with a straight right.
Smith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rodriguez throws out the jab.
A lazy body kick from Smith
and Rodriguez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rodriguez misses with a straight right.
Rodriguez lands with a shot to the body.
Smith takes one to the chin there.
Rodriguez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rodriguez misses with a hook.
Smith throws a looping overhand right but Rodriguez ducks down to avoid it.
Smith lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rodriguez misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Smith looks to score with a jab to the body but Rodriguez is just out of range.
Smith throws a nice inside leg kick.
Smith takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rodriguez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Smith slips under a jab.
Rodriguez lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Smith takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rodriguez swings widly with a right hand
and Smith makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rodriguez throws a combination that misses
and Smith counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Smith misses with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Rodriguez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pablo Rodriguez's cut.
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.

Rodriguez throws a jab but it's blocked by Smith.
A little jabbing left from Smith on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pablo Rodriguez is winning the standup battle so far.
Smith takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Smith throws a leg kick that misses.
It looked like Rodriguez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Smith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
Rodriguez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jab, jab by Rodriguez - just one landing.
Rodriguez throws a jab when Smith was well out of range.

Rodriguez forces Smith back against the cage and clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rodriguez letting Smith take a breather here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez has Smith pressed against the cage, preventing Smith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez blocks an uppercut.
Rodriguez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Smith.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rodriguez backwards.
Smith lands a shoulder strike.
Rodriguez misses with a punch on the inside.
Rodriguez throws a head punch that misses.
Rodriguez throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Rodriguez swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.

Smith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Smith looks to land a left hand but Rodriguez moved out of range nicely.
Smith swings for the body but Rodriguez moves out of range.
Rodriguez scores with the left hand. Smith knows he should have avoided that one.
Rodriguez throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Rodriguez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Smith! But no joy.
Smith slips under a jab.
Rodriguez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Smith.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith just misses with a punch to the body.
Rodriguez throws a right hand that misses
and Smith counters with a leg kick.
Rodriguez tries to clinch up but Smith circles away and keeps his distance.
Smith avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Smith counters with a body kick.
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!
Rodriguez tries to bum rush Smith with a series of wild strikes but Smith uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Smith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rodriguez wants to clinch but Smith slips to the side
and Smith counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rodriguez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Smith's head.
Rodriguez throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.

Rodriguez gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Rodriguez has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Smith is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rodriguez is keeping busy.
Still in the clinch, Smith scores with a nice short uppercut.
Smith lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rodriguez backwards.
Smith is stalling here.
Smith blocking some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
Rodriguez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rodriguez trying to control the position but instead, Smith has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rodriguez into the cage.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pablo Rodriguez has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rodriguez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rodriguez misses with some punches.
Smith blocking some punches.
Smith lands with a right to the head.

Smith breaks from the clinch.
Smith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Smith looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rodriguez swings away with a body shot that misses
and Smith counters with a straight right hand.
Smith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Smith swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Smith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

Rodriguez is rocked!
That kick from Rodriguez tenderised Smith's leg. Smith is trying to keep his angry face on.
Oh Rodriguez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Rodriguez.
Rodriguez seems to have got his legs back now.
Rodriguez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Smith circles away quickly and effectively.
Smith is trying to counter with his kicks.
Rodriguez misses with a straight left.
Rodriguez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Smith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Smith was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A jab from Smith misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd cheers as Rodriguez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Smith doesn't seem phased though.
Rodriguez looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
It seemed like Smith was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Smith has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
An inside leg kick from Smith misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Rodriguez. That snapped Smith's head back.
Rodriguez misses the jab.
Smith walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pablo Rodriguez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pablo Rodriguez's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Smith ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rodriguez scores with a nice right hand.
Rodriguez misses with a hook. Smith ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circling - Rodriguez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little jabbing left from Smith on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Smith swings widly with a right hand
and Rodriguez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Smith moves away from the strike by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Rodriguez.
As Rodriguez backs off Smith throws a huge counter combo but Rodriguez manages to avoid it all.
Rodriguez with a nice cross.
Rodriguez looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
Rodriguez misses with a double jab
and Smith counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriguez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Smith misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Smith throws a body punch but Rodriguez moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodriguez throws a nice outside leg kick.

Rodriguez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Smith, pushing him back against the cage.
Smith tries a body shot but Rodriguez blocks it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rodriguez swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rodriguez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rodriguez has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Smith swings wildly with an uppercut but Rodriguez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith trying to control the position but instead, Rodriguez has worked for underhooks and has pushed Smith into the cage.
Smith is stalling here.
Rodriguez displaying some good clinch control by pressing Smith up against the cage.
Rodriguez prevents a body shot from Smith.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Smith wants to break free but Rodriguez has control.

Smith breaks from the clinch.
A nice leg kick from Smith, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rodriguez throws the left hand but Smith avoids the punch easily.
Smith takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Rodriguez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Smith takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rodriguez misses with a looping right.
Rodriguez looks to land a right hand but Smith moved out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rodriguez is able to avoid easily.
Rodriguez throws an off balance right hand
and Smith cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rodriguez.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodriguez tests Smith's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Smith pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Smith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rodriguez throws out the jab.
Rodriguez lands a lovely overhand right.

Smith tries to keep at a distance but Rodriguez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rodriguez misses with a punch to the body.
Bryant Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Smith throws a punch but it's blocked by Rodriguez.
Rodriguez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Rodriguez misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith cracks Rodriguez with a nice body shot.
Smith lands a right hand.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
Rodriguez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Smith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rodriguez struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rodriguez slows down the pace here.
Smith misses with some punches.
Rodriguez is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.

Smith escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rodriguez rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Smith counters with a straight that turns Rodriguez's legs to rubber! Smith pushes forward with more strikes and Rodriguez goes down, battered and bloody! That's a wrap folks!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bryant Smith!
In his post fight interview, Bryant Smith started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.