PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Rodrigues (ranked 714 p4p, 2076 weight class) and Ziggy Ozbourne (ranked 85 p4p, 248 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ozbourne's choice of entrance music: Crazy Train. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Rodrigues
vs
Ozbourne

187 cm
29
170
16 - 3 - 0

185 cm
21
170
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Voodoo Nutrition
EL ZOIDO FEEBLE FIGHTWEAR

HARDCORE
Hardcore Alchemy

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 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samuel Rodrigues!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ziggy Ozbourne!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ozbourne swats away the attempt to clinch by Rodrigues.
Rodrigues moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.

It looks like Samuel Rodrigues has been cut.
Rodrigues doesn't manage to clinch there - Ozbourne circles away.
Rodrigues moves in looking to clinch but Ozbourne pushes him off.
Ozbourne misses with an uppercut. Rodrigues saw that one coming.
Rodrigues uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ozbourne.
Rodrigues moves in looking to clinch but Ozbourne pushes him off.
Ozbourne lands a slapping body shot.
Rodrigues is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rodrigues wants to clinch
and Ozbourne counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodrigues dodges the punch combination from Ozbourne.
Rodrigues wants to clinch.
Ozbourne circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodrigues tries to clinch
and Ozbourne counters with a nice uppercut.
Rodrigues moves in looking to clinch but Ozbourne pushes him off.
Rodrigues shoots in looking for a takedown. Ozbourne tries to sprawl out of it but Rodrigues keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ozbourne manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rodrigues tries to clinch up.
Good shot there by Ozbourne.

Rodrigues gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ozbourne can't find room to land a body shot as Rodrigues controls the action.
Ozbourne tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rodrigues avoids it.
Rodrigues is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ozbourne to keep the fight standing.
Ozbourne lands a nice uppercut.
Rodrigues is trying to pull guard but Ozbourne has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Samuel Rodrigues. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Ozbourne pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rodrigues fails with an attempt to clinch.
It seemed like Ozbourne was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ozbourne throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Rodrigues wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Ozbourne has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Ozbourne circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ozbourne counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ozbourne ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ozbourne lands a right hook to the body.
Rodrigues keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ozbourne. Rodrigues does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ozbourne ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ozbourne takes a swing at Rodrigues's ribcage but misses.
Rodrigues wants to clinch.
Rodrigues tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ozbourne connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ozbourne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rodrigues tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ozbourne paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rodrigues wants to clinch.
Ozbourne connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rodrigues's hands.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ozbourne manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Rodrigues shoots in for a takedown and gets it.

Rodrigues is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Ozbourne has managed to free his arm - good work.
Rodrigues is trying to control the action in half guard but Ozbourne is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Rodrigues sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Rodrigues is trying to control. Ozbourne wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues is looking to stall here but Ozbourne recovers full guard.
Rodrigues showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Rodrigues trying to control but Ozbourne is working from the bottom.
Rodrigues is really struggling to control Ozbourne but he's trying to hold on to the position.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ziggy Ozbourne dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Samuel Rodrigues's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Rodrigues tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ozbourne cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ziggy Ozbourne seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ozbourne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Samuel Rodrigues seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ozbourne jabs Rodrigues to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rodrigues takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Ozbourne circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rodrigues tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ozbourne paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ozbourne looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Ozbourne scores with a punch to the head.
Ozbourne fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

Samuel Rodrigues's cut is getting worse.
Ozbourne cracks a nice hook into Rodrigues's ribs.
Ozbourne has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rodrigues moves to clinch but Ozbourne breaks away
and Ozbourne scores with a counter punch that sends Rodrigues to the canvas! Ozbourne smells blood - he's punishing Rodrigues with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Rodrigues has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ziggy Ozbourne!
After the fight, Ziggy Ozbourne was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.